so let s go. a very good day to all of the digital age is waiting. you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with breaking news. the country s largest infant formula manufacturer is under investigation by the department of justice. nbc news has not confirmed the focus of the probe taking place at the laboratory. but a company spokesperson says, quote, doj has informed us of its investigation and we are cooperating fully. a voluntary shutdown of the michigan plant last year led to a nationwide formula shortage. we are going to have more on that in just a moment for you. meanwhile, as speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden both say look forward to meeting the white house is shutting down any hope republicans might have to negotiate the country s debt. the white house spokesperson reiterated the firm stance, no negotiations on the debt ceiling. and new action to the department of justice imposing republi
made its way to our doorstep right here in aalbuquerque, new mexico. fundamentally at the end of the day this was about a right-wing radical, an election denier who was arrested today, and someone who did the worst imaginable thing you can do when you have a political disagreement, which is turn that to violence. wow. saddest of all perhaps is that such incidents of dangerous domestic extremism are starting to feel routine in our country. amid a sharp rise to threats of public officials over the last few years, are any of us even surprised in what plays out almost every day. what did republicans expect or want when they spent the last few years talking like this. we re not allowed to punch back anymore. i love the old days. you know what they used to do to guys like that when they were in a place like this? they d be carried out on a stretcher, folks. i m eric grietens, navy s.e.a.l. and today we re going rino hunting. now today we face the greats danger we have ever
of staff in the west wing. working for trump. he carried out this operation under donald trump s nose and without his knowledge. she quietly kept the wheels of the transition turning. he communicated through intermediary with the biden camp. he was about to resign several times. he was fed up with trump s behavior. friends of his would talk him off of the ledge. he stayed until the morning of january 20th. until 11:59 a.m.. he helped to make that peaceful transfer of power take place. it s a normal evil story that has not been told before. yeah. better that he stayed and could keep the wheels turning appropriately. he could ve left out of frustration. this is interesting. a number of trump officials spoke to you for the book. the most notable has to be jared kushner. he claims that he had knockdown, drag out, screaming matches
extraordinary thing was this untold story i came across of a trump staffer, an obscure deputy white house chief of staff, a new zealander who used to work for mitt romney. he was in charge of his transition. wound up at the trump white house. he wasn t crazy about trump. but he stayed until january 6th and beyond. and he was the guy who quietly kept the wheels of the transition turning in a kind of subrosa operation under trump s nose and without his knowledge. it s an extraordinary story. he had people like josh bolton, the former bush chief of staff, and others talking to him as kind of a lifeline, talking him off the ledge. telling him you cannot quit because otherwise we won t have a transfer of power. so it s an amazing story. and that s those are the first few chapters of the book. i go on to talk about the first two years of the biden white
trump s two adult sons, don jr. and eric, who mr. trump says will run his businesses to wall off the president-elect from conflicts of interest. cnn political reporter sara murray is live outside trump tower. and sara, trump was supposed to announce his business plan tomorrow. how to wall off his presidency from this empire. but that press conference, that announcement, it s been postponed. why? reporter: well, that s right, jake. tomorrow was supposed to be the big day. now that is being pushed to january so they can sort all of this out. ethics experts have raised a number of concerns about the roles the children have been playing, both in the trump organization and in the building of donald trump s administration. but as of today there still seems to be no wall. don jr., eric trump and ivanka trump, all sitting in on that very important meeting between donald trump and top tech ceos. donald trump s transition turning into quite the family