of the witnesses in the house investigation into the january 6th attack. plus, republican congresswoman liz cheney of the committee defending her work there during last night s republican primary debate in wyoming, as she fights to keep her seat in congress. and the latest in the debate over abortion rights. president biden says the senate should make an exception and suspend the filibuster and its rules to allow new protections to make it through congress. but does he have the votes to pull that off? we ll discuss it. and a brutal six months for financial markets, as wall street closes out one of its worst periods in a half century. brian sullivan joins us in a moment to look ahead to the next six months. with us this morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. let s start with the questions of whether donald trump may be trying to influence wi
it s how they write their memoirs. those are some of the new excuses from republicans about why donald trump took classified documents home with him to mar-a-lago. there was, though, one of the old ones about hillary clinton. the former president now is previewing his legal plans as he pushes more dangerous rhetoric. also this morning, new polling from nbc news shows americans no longer believe the economy is the most pressing issue facing our country. steve kornacki joins us to break down the numbers and to tell us what is on the minds of americans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is monday, august 22nd. with us this morning, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, the great katty kay. katty, taking broadside shots a moment ago at your home country and the technology there. i was deeply concerned by that. i know. i was just hoping no one was listening back home. i think you re okay. we ll redeem ourselves here. okay. let s start with the new nbc news
and vice president vow to act on gun control. russia s major advancement in ukraine. what vladimir putin said in calls with key western leaders. allegations of widespread price gouging, as the baby formula shortage gets even worse what parents can do to fight back new rental car warning, as the summer travel season kicks off, you may have a confirmed reservation, but they may notave your car just had no cs.s. and they just clearly overbooked and on this memorial day weekend, the man turning veterans houses into homes. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening. i m kristen welker in for jose as the memorial day weekend get underway, the anger is growing as we learn new details about what happened inside robb elementary school. while law enforcement waited nearly an hour to move in on the shooter who claimed 21 lives. we now know the name of the police chief who gave the order to wait and we learned that he and his department partici
combatting china. president biden will spend the next days in south korea before heading to japan to meet with leaders there. before returning home to d.c. on tuesday, he ll attend a meeting of the quad leaders. which includes japan, india, and australia. and in ukraine, russian forces are stepping up attacks on the eastern donbas region. at least 12 people were killed and 40 injured after russia unleashed new rounds of shelling in a key city in luhansk. one of the few ukrainian strong holds standing in the way of russia seizing full control of the don bass. the attacks could be a precursor to a larger drawn out battle. president volodymyr zelenskyy called the strikes, quote, brutal and completely pointless. willie. meanwhile, the u.k. ministry of defense has released new information reporting the battle for mariupol has left the russian military weakened. the fierce fighting against ukrainian troops who held out inside of that steel plant has depleted russia s ranks and re
more interesting closer to january 6 based on conversations they were having both with trump and with folks who were involved in the planning of that day. and brooks have said afterwards, he s talked to trump and that trump was still talking to him after the 6th about trying to get reinstated which there is no mechanism in the constitution to even do. so we know why the committee wants to talk to these people and we know they ve decided to escalate by going to subpoenas. but it doesn t sound like any of are going to answer the subpoenas. listen to what they told our team on capitol hill yesterday. i have not seen this subpoena. look, my view on committee has not changed. they re not conducting a legitimate investigation. they just want to go after their political opponents. the fact that they sent it to the press before they send it to the members just proves this is all about headlines. this whole thing is just a charade. i think this is a illegitimate committee and th