Leading this hour, a new sign of the clear dysfunction in the republican party, right . Right now. I mean, how bad things have to be to turn down two days. All expenses paid at a Luxury Resort well, thats the reality for many many House Republicans and a source says, fewer than half of them have rsvp. Yes. For the annual event starting today, that is meant to build party unity. Republican Congresswoman Name since he made shes doing a tv or parents instead congressman Kelly Armstrong says hed rather focus on his campaign for governor. And congressman tim burchett remarked, quote, i dont retreat i move forward. I got a farm to run. This comes just one day after republican Lawmakers Said hes quitting congress altogether next week because of the fighting and bickering cnns Melanie Zanona is live for us in white sulfur springs, West Virginia where this retreat is taking place. Melanie, nice gig. What are you hearing . From lawmakers who did show up apparently we lost Melanie Zanona as sound
vermont some areas seeing 9 inches. higher than hurricane irene. i don t know anymore. the pga tour and saudi backed liv golf teed up for a merger. congress is stepping in. 9/11 families blasted the potential sports alliance. complete betrayal to the community. to deep left field. puts the national league in front. potential game-winning homer. ramirez swings and misses. the national league is finally back on top. good morning, everybody. it is 1:01 p.m. in the afternoon there in lithuania and we start with a fox news alert. president biden is set to attend a north atlantic council meeting in about half an hour on day two of the nato summit there in lithuania. brian: also set to meet with volodymyr zelenskyy as tensions rise after the war torn country s bid to join the alliance is denied. no blueprint seems to be offered. ainsley: jacqui heinrich is live with the latest for us. good morning to you guys. that s right. president zelenskyy did not hide his ou
ukraine, and those of a russian spy base in cuba. mike gallagher of wisconsin joined me now, chairman of the house select committee on china. welcome, good to see you again. you wrote this week for my newspaper that the administration is pursuing zombie engagement. what do you mean? reporter: like a zombie in a horror movie, rising from the grave the biden administration is bringing back diplomatic and economic engagement from the dead. there are three risks to this approach, the first, even to get to the negotiating table the biden administration is slow rolling steps to defend ourselves from chinese coming is party aggression like ending expert licenses to while away, sanctioning officials engaged in genocide or transparency when it comes to the spy base in cuba. the second is because biden is afraid of provoking xi jinping and the relationship spiraling out of control, we incentivized the ccp to act, no matter what we do and the third and most basic concern is that it is
first of all, big amen to all of that. this hour, the former president doubling down, donald trump telling a crowd, immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country. and quoting vladimir putin, condemning american democracy. all well questions swirl about reports around a binder that s been missing, containing highly classified russian intelligence. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news on capitol hill, top senate negotiators are scrambling right now to hammer out a bipartisan deal to fund the wars in both israel and ukraine. while also clamping down on u.s. border security with a framework needed by the end of today. nbc s julie tsirkin is reporting from capitol hill for us. julie, welcome. tell us who is negotiating there, and with the latest issue here on the talks? hey, alex, the next couple of hours we ll see the new consented to go cheaters once again h
tomorrow thanks to at-home for joining us this hour. so today was the big day. the day the man who was widely seen as the strongest potential competitor to former president trump in the 2024 republican primary, today was the day this guy entered the race. it is the biggest day of florida governor ron desantis s political career so far. the biggest state, certainly, since he first stepped out into the national stage in 2018 as a candidate for florida governor. everyone knows my husband ron desantis is endorsed by president trump. but he is also an amazing dad. ron loves playing with the kids. build the wall. he read stories. that mr. trump said, you are fired. i love that part. he s teaching madison to talk. make america great again. people say ron is all about trump, but he is so much more. fake lead. so good. that ad was from way back in 2018 when desantis was positioning himself as a trump understudy. someone who knew all the lyrics, who had studied all