to see over time, that rudy had those qualities. - they should be followed. they must be followed. - he s the mayor of new york city, america s mayor. - quiet. quiet! - he blames it on me. he blames it on you. david dinkins! [cheering] - throw him out of office. get somebody else. - who demonstrate some irresponsibility on his behalf. [dramatic music] - the high power, high profile addition to the president s legal team, rudy giuliani. - anyone can become an influencer. - throw him out. - just sort of a mini cult leader in their own right. - the corruption in the ukraine. - there s an effort by rudy to get information about evidence that hunter biden was on the take, and that joe biden was getting money from ukraine. - he sounded like a mobster. - when people say there is no mafia, i mean, i know from my history that there is such a thing, and i know what it does and what it can do. - he s he is a he is a warrior. - i saw god out on the block today he was darker than t
good evening. welcome to cnn tonight. breaking news. in just the past few minutes, the house voted to pass the debt limit bill. this is a huge relief for president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy and you can argue, the global financial system. a vote could happen in the senate as soon as tomorrow. we ll take you live to capitol hill. plus, first on cnn, the justice department has an audio tape of donald trump at a meeting in the summer of 2021 acknowledging that he kept a classified pentagon document after he was out of office about a potential attack on iran. sources say he suggested he would like to share that info with a group of people at his golf club but he was aware that there were limits to his ability to declassify documents. that, of course, is the opposite of what he later claimed that he could just declassify anything by thinking about it. what does this development mean for the special counsel investigation? a lot more only in a moment. and neil de grassi is
please welcome america s mayor, rudy giuliani! [crowd response] - hello, everyone. it seems to me. we don t wanna find out three weeks from now even more proof that this election was stolen, do we? crowd: no! - who hides evidence? criminals hide evidence! [cheers and applause] - if you re surprised by the decline and fall, or really more crash and burn, of rudy giuliani, you haven t been paying attention. - this is a man who has a consistent willingness to play with fire when it s towards his benefit. - good to see you. thank you all for coming. the reason the morale of the police department of the city of new york is so low is one reason and one reason alone david dinkins! - who is rudy giuliani? he s the antichrist. he is the person who set us on a path of ruin. - you re all terrific. - he struck me as a pretty smart man who had some basic understandings of the law that were completely twisted and distorted in service of. the cult master. - rudy giuliani is. the greatest n
2016 campaign and russia, special counsel john durham released his findings yesterday, a 300-page report. and in it, durham, who was first appointed by that attorney general william barr in 2019, accuses the bureau of acting negligently but did not reveal any bombshells, as many republicans had long claimed he would. durham found no evidence the justice department and the fbi conspired in a deep state plot to investigate trump s ties to russia in 2016. in addition, durham did not recommend any wholesale changes at the fbi. the special counsel also appears to relitigate two of the cases he lost that went to trial, in which he brought criminal charges. the durham report has been contradicted by two of the reports, including one released in 2020 by the republican-led senate intelligence committee. the committee s report as well as one from the justice department watchdog found the fbi s investigation with some laws but warranted. and said the trump campaign closed a counter inte
good morning. welcome to morning joe. this morning, a debt ceiling deal seems to be on the right path. house speaker kevin mccarthy had a much more optimistic tone yesterday while answering questions about the negotiations. we ll have those comments for you. it comes as president biden is busy with world leaders at the g7 summit in japan. the group just announced a new round of sanctions for russia, aimed at closing loopholes moscow has been using since the start of the ukraine invasion. meanwhile, ukraine could be receiving more u.s. military aid thanks to an accounting error. we ll explain what happened there. also ahead, the manhattan d.a. shuts down what appears to be a delay tactic from donald trump s defense team. and nikki haley finally pushes back against her old boss. we ll have her response to trump calling january 6th a beautiful day. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday. willie, can you believe it s friday? i m still processing.