Really sad. That is absolutely heartbreaking. Oh, brandi. You need to keep on keeping on. Thank you for the work you do, and thanks for coming to talk to us about it. In the meantime, there are a slew of new headlines in the Trump Classified documents case, along with reports of that new audiotape. The implications of all of this with the author of these stories, our new hour starts right now. A very good day from all of you to msnbc World Headquarters in new york, thank you to alex witt reports. We begin this hour with new reaction to the big debt ceiling deal, with President Biden having signed it today. His historic First Oval Office address dominating the front pages of newspapers across the country, highlighting his pronouncement of crisis averted, and his message of unity and bipartisanship i know bipartisanship is hard. And unity is hard. But we can never stop trying, no matter how tough our politics gets, we need to see each other not as adversaries, but as federal americans. T
siphon votes away from the democrat and help elect a republican. and help potentially elect donald trump. if you go on their website, they suggest that they can get 37% of the popular vote. and 282 electoral votes. now, if you think that sounds a bit outlandish, they think they can win texas, florida, montana and illinois. that is delusional. the likelihood that that is going to happen is zero. they are spending millions and millions of dollars and all they are going to do is siphon votes, anti trump votes away from democrats. all, right, well nick is telling me we have to. go you have we ve got to the top of the. our i appreciate you both. all of you, in just a few, minutes we re going to unpack these two headlines, with the journalist who cowrote them. the first is about the former presidents attachment to his boxes. the other is what one person close to trump called an unforced error. trump rejected lawyers efforts to avoid indictment. here we, are a minute, late but
observation of juneteenth as a federal holiday coming as our largest blue state has a historic conversation on reparations for its black residents. i am conflicted tonight. as i watch any number of republican politicians and voters pledge the enduring support for donald trump, seeking a return to the white house well facing a 37 count federal indictment after years of white racial grievance for political gain, paving the way for other gop politicians including the 2024 competitors to attack racial progress in public life. i struggle to justify why, in my mind, america deserves a day off for work, made possible by black history so many republicans now insist should be banned from our institutions. despite the conflict in, me i m still grateful to see that black history recognized at a national level. i just want to see our nation at large are in the holiday created in its name. me now is congressman barbara lee the democrat of california. currently running for the u.s. sen
but prosecutors say he has refused to hand over that material to the fbi after he left office including war plans that allegedly showed he allegedly showed off to visitors, nuclear scents and our nation s vulnerability to military attack. special counsel jack smith charged trump with 37 felonies saying the the violation of our national security laws put our country at risk. as far as joke of an indictment, the it s a horrible thing. it s a horrible thing for this country. i mean, the only good thing about it is, it s driven by mol, can you believe this? somebody said the fund raising is through the roof. that s less important. but i will tell you it s really driven us right through the sky. arthel: let s go to alexis mcadams live in greensboro, north carolina, with the latest. reporter: arthel and eric, good evening. yeah, the former president will soon be here in greensboro, north carolina, at the gop convention. but he s still talking right now in georgia where he als
politicsnation. tonight s lead, justice for all. . tonight, from a president and current candidate donald trump. responding to news of his federal indictment. special counsel jack smith unveiled of the charges yesterday which included 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information as well as making false statements and conspiracy to obstruct justice. trump is accused of holding on to sensitive documents that he had no right to keep. and resisting requests from the national archives to return them, even against the advice of his own lawyers. the charges are serious and consequential and yet trump s response is all too familiar. in georgia today he called the indictments baseless and accused to the biden administration of weaponizing the justice department. the former president is hoping that once again he can dodge a counter ability about riling up his maga army of supporters and pressuring the republican party to rally behind him. but when donald trump v