welcome to prime time weekend. i am nicolle wallace. let s get right to the week s top stories. in the study of criminal minds, it s actually not uncommon for an arsonist to knowingly return to the scorch scorched-earth he or she torched, to admire his or her work. what is uncommon is that the arsonist is not just been applied by the victims upon his return to the scene of the crime but being celebrated. today the trump fraud republican party showcased a version of this phenomenon. being showcased with house and senate republicans this afternoon three blocks from where he was arraigned last year in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election he lost, trumps trip to washington, d.c. today amounted to equal parts chest thumping, america bashing, more bizarre incoherent ramblings about dating nancy pelosi in the gop host city. hannibal left lector kept coming up as well as trumps animosity for the department of justice. the aftermath of his 34 felony count conviction in new yo
plus, trump trying to court black voters using tone deaf rambling and racist talking points. plus, activism through art, an album entirely inspired by the war in gaza. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s do it. the far right has a vision board for a second trump term. on it, a disturbing sinister array of steps to rollback democracy and overhaul how the united states government functions. the vision has a name that you probably heard at this point, project 2025, and the ideas are detailed in a monstrous 900 page policy book titled, mandate for leadership, a conservative promise. it was published by the conservative heritage foundation. we are going to give you some of the highlights including christianity would be at the center of u.s. government and society by turning a biblical worldview into federal law, a national abortion ban could also be enforced by reinstating the reconstruction era comstock act to eliminate access, track and limit medication abortions. immigration enforcemen
mar-a-lago today with his most powerful ally in washington as president biden blasts the former president as a convicted criminal in a massive new ad buy. the maneuvers from both sides ahead of their first debate next week. a new phase in israel s operations in gaza, and netanyahu disbanding his war cabinet. what does it all mean for the war against hamas? scorching heat from detroit to boston as wildfires rage in california. the extreme weather that s turning this summer into a slow broil. good morning. thanks for being here. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin this morning with the intensifying race for the white house today donald trump hosts house speaker mike johnson and the head of the campaign committee working to elect house republicans at mar-a-lago to talk strategy, while president biden is seeing green coming off a record fund-raiser, raking in $30 million at a hollywood event with big-time stars in attendance. nbc s vaughn h
maybe currently predisposed who don t agree with what i, joe, or other democrats stand for, is there was a time when we had certain core values that we agreed with. former president obama on stage with president biden saturday night for a star-studded fund-raiser in los angeles. we will have more from that event including president biden s warning of the future of the supreme court. the presidential debate is less than two weeks away. well get expert legal analysis on the controversial analysis for the federal court to strike down a ban on bump stocks. good morning. welcome to way too early on monday, june 17th. the biden campaign is raking cash over the weekend. the campaign said it raised more than $30 million as a part of a star-studded fund-raiser in los angeles on sat breaking the record for the largest fund-raise forever. the nbc news could not claim that. president biden appeared at the event, alongside former president barack obama, actors george clooney and
the next president is likely to have two new supreme court nominees. two more. he already has appointed two that have been very negative in terms of the rights of individuals. the supreme court has never been as out of kilter as it is today. i mean, never. i have taught constitutional law for nine years. this guy knows more about it then most. the fact of the matter is, there has never been a court this far out of step. joining us to discuss is our and missy legal analyst. we have a host of the justice matters podcast. welcome you with a happy father s day. you too. glenn, were you surprised by these comments from president biden? he is pretty forward leaning but he is calling it the way not only he sees it but i think the way most americans see it. we seem to have a supreme court, at least a block of justices, who are not honest brokers of the law. i knew we would talk about the supreme court. one thing i want to remind myself of from the washington post reporting