Indeed deed show up for the first debate. Weve also got Asa Hutchinson who says trump should just drop out before that debate. Hes saying, like, right now. And a former doj official who says Hunter Bidens growing legal mess could become a big mess for his dad too. All of this as the Hawkeye State heats up, 13 republican candidates attending a big dindin in des moines last might. We must provide our country with a new birth of freedom. Theres only one candidate, and you know who that candidate is, whos going to get the job done. We will not back down from the truth. Lets make sure we save our country once and for all. Neil all right. The guy who hosted the whole affair is here today. Who stood out to him . We thought wed ask him here and only here. Welcome, everybody, glad to have you. Hope your weekend is going well. It is hot outside. Well get to that this just a second. In the meantime, lets get the legal drama thats building for both sides of the aisle. Lucas tomlinson tracking it a
his party remains in denial. you are saying you are not sure, as a republican party chair, that he was a legitimate in the 2020 election. as tornadoes landed chicago, flash floods rage through vermont, and the ocean of florida reaches record temperatures, business as usual for the maga conference. i believe that you are representing a far-left radical agenda. why do you think 195 countries in the world, their prime ministers, they re presidents because they re grifting like you are, sir. when all in starts, right now. this good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we ve got some big breaking news tonight of special counsel jack smith s investigation into donald trump s attempt to overturn the election. jack smith s office is zeroing in exactly on donald trump s state of mind in the run up to and on january 6th. today the obvious, that is really significant. as trump s state of mind is one of the key maybe even the key element of a possible prosecution
and we begin this morning with breaking news on capitol hill. where a major defense bill has been turned into a debate over social issues. overnight, the republican-led house passed a series of amendments to nearly $900 billion defense policy bill. the amendments include overturning the pentagon s abortion policy, banning transgender health services for military personnel and other things. meanwhile, republican senator tommy tuberville continues to hold up military promotions over the pentagon s abortion policy, which defense secretary lloyd austin warned was a national security issue. this is a national security issue, it is a readiness issue, and we shouldn t kid ourselves. i think any member of the senate armed services committee knows that. joining us from capitol hill is ali vitali. also with us is brandon buck, an msnbc political analyst. ali, what is happening with the vote at this hour? reporter: yeah, i believe, jose, the vote is not yet closed, but that the nd
use an aed. they save lives. the response to damar s injury was able to bring our nation together for a moment. let s remember that feeling of unity, and he was at to make sure that we can save the next life to. so genuine heroes taking us off the area tonight, and i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow! tomorr ow tonight on all in. does the president really think that he lost? a lot of times he will tell me that they lost, but he wants to keep fighting it. what did the president know and when did he acknowledge it? and he was looking at the tv and he said, can you believe that i lost to this guy? bombshell reporting from the new york times, prosecutors asking witnesses whether trump acknowledged his laws in order to gauge and what we know about jared kushner s grand jury appearance, and as prosecutors bear down on the republican front runner,
that does it for us, the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins, starts now. tonight, straight from the source, we have exclusive new information on the january 6th investigation, special counsel jack smith has another key witness. and she is about to join us live. plus, the fbi director coming face to face with some of his harshest critics during what turned out to be a tense hearing on capitol hill, blasting republican claims of bias against conservatives has, quote, insane. but some democrats did not give him a pass either, and a lawmaker who was their will join us. also, mending fences. a high stakes sit down between president biden and president zelenskyy, ending on a high note tonight. after tensions had been simmering about nato membership. how are they able to smooth things over? a top white house official will tell us about it. i am kaitlan collins. and this is the source. tonight, we have cnn exclusive report. reporting. the special counsel s te