from his own lawyers, and furthermore, there s evidence of him saying things that are completely incompatible that this was an idea. do you believe he lied to the justice department do i personally believe it? yes, i do. that s former attorney general bill barr, continuing his criticism of done in another sunday show interview. we ll have more of barr s damning comments about the president in just a moment. meanwhile, 2024 republican presidential candidate chris christie is mocking the rnc for its loyalty pledge we ll explain. and we ll have the very latest from beijing as u.s. secretary of state antony blinken meets with chinese president xi jinping amid heightened tensions between the world s two largest economies. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 19th, juneteen. i m job nathan lemire. thank you for starting your day and week with us. former attorney general bill barr is offering a scathing new case against former president donald
this? obviously, this is a ridiculous, terryville trivial thing but in the modern era, tele-candidates do better. how tall are you? i m six feet. i can do it. do you think i should run for president? i m not going to comment on that in the 26 seconds we have left. have a great show. i like i always have, chris hayes. have a great weekend. and thanks to you at home for being here. happy friday. we have lots to get to this evening. but i want to start tonight with a book. it is published by winning team publishing. that s the name of the publishing house. winning team publishing. and you can preorder it. now it is $99, which is an expensive book. but it includes this letter dated december 21st, 1987. it reads, they were donald, i did not see the program, but mrs. nixon told me that you were really great on the donahue show. as you can imagine, she is an expert on politics. and she predicts that whenever you decide to run for office, you will be a winner. w
we have lots to get to this evening. but i want to start tonight with a book. it is published by winning team publishing. that s the name of the publishing house. winning team publishing. and you can preorder it. now it is $99, which is an expensive book. but it includes this letter dated december 21st, 1987. it reads, they were donald, i did not see the program, but mrs. nixon told me that you were really great on the donahue show. as you can imagine, she is an expert on politics. and she predicts that whenever you decide to run for office, you will be a winner. with warm regards, richard nixon. that letter is from a new book, from donald trump, coming out next month. and it is titled, letters to trump. it includes correspondence with celebrities and dignitaries and former presidents, including, apparently, richard nixon. today, trump called nixon, a very interesting guy, and informed reporters that nixon s biggest regret was resigning amidst the watergate scandal. the twi
all i could think is how, and why. the whole stadium, paying tribute to damar hamlin in the first nfl game since his collapse the reason why this former coach broke down in tears. why police are looking for a customer who killed an armed robber at a taco shop, all of it captured on camera. green flag for the great driverless car competition no one at the wheel, no remote controls, who will win the race to the future? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening, i m hallie jackson, in for jose although one political drama is over tonight, another is just beginning. for now, speaker of the house kevin mccarthy because, well yes, after four days and 15 votes, he has finally won that speaker s gavel. now, he has to use it to actually govern. we saw the infighting in his own republican party play out live on the house floor with mccarthy confronting some of his critics face to face. then this, one lawmaker physically pulling another back f
hi there, everyone, here we go again. it s 4:00 in new york. at this hour, the house of representatives is completely and totally paralyzed. it is unable and incapable of swearing in members, forming committees, setting rules for itself, passing legislation even in the case of an emergency, couldn t do any of those things. it s a state of chaos and paralysis that is unprecedent ed in modern american history and it is all because the new republican house majority cannot agree on who should lead it in the 118th congress. house gop leader kevin mccarthy has moved into the speaker s office already, appears to be living by the motto, if at first you don t succeed try, try, try, try, try, try again. he has now lost five votes for the speakership, a sixth vote is underway. it s already clear from the math that mccarthy doesn t have the votes to become speaker of the house of representatives this time either. democrats for their part quietly made history yesterday by choosing the fir