Agreed on a frame work, and were going to be heading to the white house tomorrow. The white house confirmed tomorrows meeting taking place just before senators leave town for their twoweek recess. Theres more on this glimmer of partisan process just ahead. Biden also putting his weight behind fighting a surge in violent crimes. Homicides up 24 . Gun assaults, 22 . Over the same period last year. Late today the president and Attorney General outline a new anticrime strategy focused on getting more money to Police Departments and violence intervention programs while cracking down on socalled rogue gun dealers. Zero tolerance for gun dealers who willfully violate existing laws. If you willfully fail to run a background check, if you willfully falsify a record, if you willfully fail to cooperate with the request or inspections, well find you, and we will seek your license to sell guns. Well make sure you cant sell death and mayhem on our streets. Biden also noted crime traditionally rises
From House Democrats. Its such a body blow to our democracy. Just how far reaching was this effort by the Justice Department . Hello, im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is trying to mend fences and build bridges. As President Biden is welcomed back to the club at the g7 summit in europe, he is also preparing for a closelywatched summit with russian president Vladimir Putin as tensions between the two countries continue to rise. The president will take questions from reporters this hour. We will bring that Press Conference to you live when it happens. In the meantime, the president s priorities here at home from infrastructure to Voting Rights have run smack into the reality of a 50 50 senate. And late this week, a stunning new revelation prompted an uproar on capitol hill and beyond. We learned the trump Justice Department seized Cell Phone Data from the former president s political enemies including members of congress. And joining me now exclusively is the House
Good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters here in new york. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. We begin with President Biden saying donald trump should not receive Intelligence Briefings. In a new interview with cbs, biden breaking with tradition, saying trump has no need for those intel briefings now that hes out of office. Should former President Trump still receive Intelligence Briefings . I think not. Why not . Because of his erratic behavior unrelated to the insurrection. I just think that theres no need for him to have that Intelligence Briefing. What value is giving him an Intelligence Briefing . What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and Say Something . Also in that interview, the president says he will not budge on the 1,400 stimulus checks but maybe taking a more targeted approach on exactly who will receive those checks. I will talk with Congressman Ro about covid relief in just a moment. Today marks one month since the attack of capit
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