The New York Times is reporting that at least one of the warrants against giuliani stems from an investigation into his attempts to oust former ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. An incident you may recall was at the center of the first impeachment of Donald Trump last year. Nbc has also learned that giuliani was first approached by the fbi back in 2019 to warn him that he was the target of a russian Disinformation Scheme so as not to dig up that dirt. Giulianis lawyer says that news, which was first reported by the Washington Post is false. It does, though, follow similar reports that the trump White House was also warned that giuliani was a target. President biden told our own Craig Melvin in an exclusive interview that he had no knowledge of the raid, but giuliani feels he is being singled out by the Justice Department. There is no justification for that warrant. It is an illegal, unjustified warrant. The Justice Department spied on me, and that is if that is not taken seriously, if that doesnt result in theyre being sanctioned, the case being dismissed and it stopping, this is no longer a free we might as well be in East Berlin before the warfare. This is tactics only known in a dictatorship. Joining me now is nbc national Security And Intelligence correspondent ken delanian, Phil Rucker and clint watts. Also Jay Russer and joyce vance. You all are msnbc contributors, Phil Rucker and joyce vance. Rudy giuliani was warned that he was the target of a disinformation russian investigation. Yes, katy, back in 2019 with the counterintelligence division. Sure to become a fixture in one if there are charges going forward, because what this did was put Rudy Giuliani on notice as far back as 2019 that what the fbiobserving was a russian Intelligence Operation designed to smear Joe Biden to support Donald Trump in the election. We dont know what rudy said during that briefing, but we do know that after the briefing, he traveled to kiev, ukraine and met with a man named Andrew Derkoch who was later publicly branded by the Trump Treasury Department as a russian intelligence agent. So, you know, rudy is now saying this is all political. For those of us who lived in the world of facts and reason, we can see that whats going on here is that there is a segment of the republican party, and Rudy Giuliani is a part of it, that doesnt want to believe anything the u. S. Intelligence community tells them, even when its Career Fbi agents from the counterintelligence division. Hes now being investigated for his dealings in ukraine, and into the question of whether he tried to influence u. S. Policy on behalf of foreigners, essentially whether he was an unregistered foreign agent, katy. So, Phil Rucker, your paper was the first to report that Rudy Giuliani himself was personally warned, but the White House was also warned about giuliani and about what he was doing in ukraine back in 2019 by the intelligence community. Bring us Up To Speed. Thats exactly right, katy. Not only was the White House warned but President Trump was warned by his National Security advisor, robert obrien, that information provided by Rudy Giuliani pertaining to the bidens, pertaining to ukraine could be russian disinformation, part of Russias Attempt to shape the 2020 election just as it had in the 2016 election. So these warnings were very clear, not only to Rudy Giuliani but to various White House officials and to the president. Of course, giuliani continued with his outreach to ukranians. He even took that trip to ukraine and has dismissed all of these accusations in the past couple of days. Joyce, giuliani is calling this a political hit job, but this investigation started back in 2019 under the trump doj. Ideally, every doj is independent and separate in terms of investigations from the administration. But what is the response to a statement like that from giuliani . Giuliani who, as a former u. S. Attorney, knows better, seems to conveniently forget that the Justice Department doesnt just go and raid peoples apartments. Actually has to get an order from a federal judge not a part of the Justice Department who reviews the warrant and the affidavit attached to it where a federal agent swears under oath to the facts that establish probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed and that the search will enable investigators to recover evidence of those crimes. So for giuliani to, in essence, call in a Witch Hunt really flies in the face of everything that he knows. I understand its easy to look at this as being political. This is, after all, the former president s lawyer, and we live in a politically charged environment, but hell have access to information like that if there is an indictment and a trial. On its face right now, this is doj doing its job, and in this case it appears that that started during President Trumps administration when Bill Barr was the Attorney General signing off on some of these investigative matters. So, clint, the New York Times is reporting that this is about giulianis attempts to get Marie Yavonovitch ousted as ambassador. The president can oust whoever he wants, so im wondering, what is the violation here . Is it just a violation that he was an unregistered agent for a foreign lobbyist, or is it something bigger than that . Katy, i think it could be in two parts. If you remember back to the impeachment trial, thats when discussions about giuliani and his behavior in ukraine really started to surface originally, and that really came down to her testimony. If you remember, she talked about feeling intimidated, that maybe she was being patrolled or surveilled by people in ukraine. We dont know the circumstance of it yet, but if thats where this investigation started, if it dated back that far, thats a totally different and separate issue, which is how a u. S. Official wants to be treated by an american. It is obvious there was a foreign russian, because they appeared in videos with Giuliani Who was seen repeatedly in ukraine with giuliani from September 19 to September 2020 when he was sanctioned. Yet Rudy Giuliani continued to push it, continued to advance it, and it appears this was up to a year after he was warned by the fbi. I think it could be a multipronged sort of investigation, but looking at it as activities overseas and looking at it here at home as an agent. My partner Jonathan Capehart interviewed Rudy Giuliani last year and asked specifically about meeting with him. Lets listen. Can you please explain the nature i did not know he was a russian agent. How could you not know . How could you not know, mayor giuliani . Youre a former prosecutor in the district of New York, former mayor of New York city, you have National Security. How could you not know this guy was a russian agent who graduated from Agent Schools . Joyce, what do you make of that . Well, its really an interesting exchange. We all know that someone who has had a position like being the u. S. Attorney in the southern district of New York has a pretty high level of sophistication. As a u. S. Attorney, you develop sort of a radar for people who are trying to use you for inappropriate purposes. Giuliani should have been fully attuned to whats going on, and the impact of this interview and of the warnings he received from the fbi, ultimately if there is a trial, is that it becomes an indictment and a trial, i should say, that its very difficult for giuliani to claim that he didnt know what was going on because the fbi gave him warning. They gave him every opportunity to repudiate those actions, every opportunity to stop, if he was working for a foreign government, to stop working for him. This ultimately, although it was done in an effort to keep bad stuff from happening, could form a piece of the Governments Proof if there is Afternoon Indictment down the road. So i dont want to get ahead of our skis here, over our skis here, but if Marie Yovanovitch was ousted as ukraine ambassador, and if Rudy Giuliani was working with a foreign agent to get that done, does that expose the former president in any way legally . I think it will come down to the same consequences of deliberations around the impeachment trial, which was how much did the president know . This goes back to the russian investigation four years ago. Four years ago we were talking about a guy named Paul Man fort who was working with a russian agent. All of this comes down to, is there any direct evidence that the president was aware of these things that were going to . Is he in or recall. At different point you see Rudy Giuliani and the president but you also see the department of justice and the department of treasury doing the opposite. Unless there is some hard evidence there, its going to be very difficult to prove, and i think thats really what this investigation is trying to figure out. Clint watts, Phil Rucker, ken delanian, joyce vance, thank you very much for getting us Up To Speed on that story. Still ahead, a mother of two takes her fight for paid leave to Capitol Hill. 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I want to dive into the sound of the size of the proposals Joe Biden is making in this country. You proposed 6 Million and you plan to pay for it by taxes of the wealthy. Why are taxes so much when the country is recovering from the pandemic . Thats why its recovering. Were spending. Look how its recovering from the last piece of legislation. That legislation was 1. 9 trillion. If we dont invest, well fall even further. He argued that we were already behind before this second round of investment, but clearly President Biden wants to run full force with this idea of taxing the wealthy. He believes taxing the wealthy is a politically strong message for him and the democrats. This is a fundamental difference in how the president and republicans and even some moderate democrats view what this next stage of the recovery should look like, katy. Youre absolutely right, what we saw there was essentially President Biden doubling down on the fact that he is betting that americans want more Government Intervention in their lives. Especially when it comes to this Infrastructure Program he is proposing, but Child Care, early child education, College Educations and those sorts of things. He is going to push for this american families plan. Republicans believe there are some areas of agreement, but the real sticking points do come in when you think about how to pay for it. Those taxes, if you talk to republicans, they say, look, were willing to compromise with him on some of these issues, but the question is how do we pay for it and how big should the package be . You might see some of this get passed, its also part of the recovery but being competitive with countries like china. He is on the Road Today in philadelphia selling this plan. Jen psaki said that they were open to splitting this up and making this individual bills if that would make it easier to pass. Michael steele, taxes usually are the third rail, but im finding when i watch republicans try to push back against this plan that theyre flailing a little in trying to respond to this idea that the wealthiest among us at the very, very top shouldnt be taxed more. Well, they are, and its largely because a growing number of republicans around the country are sort of agreeing with this idea that, yeah, those over 400,000 a year and corporations probably should be taxed to pay for some of this. This idea of taxation being forbidden is not agreed to inside the party any longer and a lot of it has to do with government since the early 2000s. Theyve watched republicans spend wildly without somely real, and then on the Back End try to cut taktsz they are right, though, that the fundamentals of the bill, let the economy go back to what it was doing before covid19. But the president s argument is, look, weve lost a lot of jobs, weve lost a lot of businesses, so we have to come back a different way. We have to now put in place some fundamentals to help that foundation become a little bit stronger. I was just out today in a Mall Area and just looked at the number of businesses and shops that have been closed up that are no longer there. Youve got to now figure out how to get those businesses reopened, and thats a big part of what biden is trying to do. There are a lot of boardedup storefronts. Its funny you bring up President Trump a big spender. Wanting to lower the deficit went poof for four years when President Trump was in office advocating some of his ideas. Lets talk about the role of big government, because you mentioned that as well. Heres Joe Biden on that. Democrats and republicans for generations have been, shall we say, skeptical about the ability of big government to do big things. What makes you so confident that skepticism has changed . First of all, the facts dont reflect that. I dont have an inordinate faith in government, but there are certain things only the government can do. We rank eighth in the world in terms of infrastructure, for gods sake. Is the private sector going to build billions of Dollars Worth of highways, ports, bridges . Are they going to do that . These are things only government can really do. Kristen welker . Go back to former President Bill clinton, right, who said the era of big government is over. This is the opposite of that, katy. This is skwloebd is back and thgs a reorientation in the lives of american citizens and this will be a big push by the president. Can he get this passed in congress . Early polling shows there is actually a fair amount of support for the number of policies he is proposing within the broader family bill, within his infrastructure bill. Are they on board, though, with this reorientation of government and how big it is. That remains to be seen, katy. Michael, i want to get your take on the electoral politics of that, but kristen, i believe you do have Breaking News from President Biden. I do. Just moments ago, and this relates to the ongoing response to the covid19 crisis, we know that cases have been surging in india recall. So moments ago, a white House Officer told me, the administration will restrict travel fromly Pole Pole in caseskploeds multiple Variants Circumstance loing tuesday. It will be on thursday, may 12, at 1 01 a. M. The administration is saying this does not apply to u. S. Citizens or permanent residents or exempt individuals. According to the administration, they must first test. I also just want to underscore something that Jen Sacre veelz. In the last 24 hours, there has been Military Assistance in flight that departed the Air Force Base last night trying to respond. So the u. S. Government trying to help on the ground and at the same time issing a message to all americans saying get out now. Its not safe to be in india right now. And michael, more to you. Im sorry for the hard turn here. But in talking about big government, is this going to be a winning issue . What would make it not a winning issue for democrats in 2022 . Whats the risk here . I think the risk is not getting anything done. To kristens point, i think this is a small package deal. I think you could probably do a little bit less on the Family Part of the equation and a little bit more on the Infrastructure Part right now. I think what the president needs to do is to get a win. He needs to put something forward that is palatable to republicans in large measure. If they get on board, great. If they dont, thats fine, but you want to continue the momentum you have with the american people right now, to kristens reporting, who are showing some interest in what the president is doing, they like what theyre hearing, they are favorably disposed to the plan as its currently laid out. If he can notch a win here and get some form of infrastructure done going into next year, covid, infrastructure, schools open. We had a great fourth of july, well have great christmas holidays. All of those things sort of add to the growing momentum you see the president accumulating with american voters who are going to be hard to make that turn away from him and democrats in the fall next year when republicans are saying, socialism, socialism. And theyre going, well, okay, i like this. This is okay. You know, because were returning to some degree of normal. Its hard to take entitlement away from americans who are already getting it. Look at obamacare. 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You said, as i sat on the floor taking care of other mothers children, the pain of my csection stitches didnt compare to the pain of not being with i am own brand new baby. It is hard for me to even read that because i remember how painful both of those things were, the csection and the yearning you have for your newborn child. Tell me how that moment spurred you into action . Well, in those moments you really felt like you couldnt do anything about it. You kind of feel like this is the State Of Affairs and theres no hope. But then when i got connected with the coalition, i really found out if youre passionate about something and you have the need for humanity to really better itself, then anything is possible. I cant take back the time that i lost, but i can fight for my fellow americans to not have to go through that again. I was struck by one thing you said in that testimony, which is your taxes go to paid leave, federal leave for federal employees. So americans are paying taxes to give federal employees paid leave off but not americans in general. It doesnt just include new moms or new dads or new partners, it includes people who have to care for a sick loved one, a family member, a parent. Its much broader than those who decide to start a family. Correct, it is. And, you know, i think were really in an atmosphere now where we are starting as regular citizens to start realizing that, you know, our senators, our representatives, they work for us, you know. And i feel that its been a type of disconnect between the general population and then those who hold office, and i think were really starting to come to a place where we are the ones who you represent, and this is what we need. We need it more than ever now, and its time for you to start being held accountable for that. So there is a lot of consensus even in congress that this should happen for this entire country. There is not consensus on how to pay for it. Do you feel strongly about how we should pay for it . There are some plans that say it would be best to do an Income tax, just a little bit more per paycheck for every individual american. There are others who say lets borrow from Social Security or lets borrow from the child tax credit. Do you care either way . I dont care where it comes from, to be honest with you. And in this country, if we want something bad enough, if we want to go to war, we find the money to go to war, so i think its possible to find the money to help the regular Working Public who desperately need it and the children who are the most vulnerable in our society. If we can come up with money for things like war and other things, there is no reason why we cant spend that money in investing in our countrys people. I know there was a siren behind you, but i think we heard you loud and clear. If we can find the money to go to war, we can find the money to invest in american families. Bethany froto, you are inspiring. Go ahead. I was just going to say, we find the money for things that we want in our personal lives and especially in government. It really offended me when one of the reps said hes talking about 50 Billion, billion with a b, and thats where the disconnect came for me, because we know now that 50 Billion with a b is not a huge amount of money when it comes to government spending. Thats nothing. We can definitely spend that. Bethany, thank you so much. I still cant believe going back to work three weeks after a csection. That is powerful and difficult, and i just wish that people did not have to do that. I wish you did not have to go through that. But thank you for the fight. Bethany, thank you. Thank you so much. Tune in to npc news this saturday at 8 00 p. M. For our special inspiring america. Well be honoring people who made a positive difference in their communities, culture and country. Nascar driver Bubba Wallace and a whole lot more. 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And the next big political fight is currently underway in texas, not under voting access, which is still an issue there, but over congressional districts. Before you reach for the remote, hear me out. Districts are shaped to fit new population numbers, but they are largely based on the whims of whoever is in charge of redrawing the map. Some incumbents could be paired to run against fellow incumbents. Others will find themselves in districts almost impossible to lose. Texas grew more than any other state over the last decade. The jump is big enough to add two new districts, which sets the stage for a very interesting fight, if you are into the political equivalent of blood sports. Joining me now from austin is msnbc senior national correspondent, chris jansing. So, chris, explain it to us. Reporter yeah, you are so right. This is going to be an epic battle here in austin, with huge consequences, not just here in the state of texas, but nationally. You set the stage. Look, the redistricting, the redrawing of lines every ten years, which is starting to happen now depends on whos in the legislature. And the folks in the legislature behind me who control it are republicans. The governors republican, the Redistricting Committee is republicans, and there are now going to be 38 members of congress from texas. The way they draw those lines will depend on how many republicans and democrats we have going to washington. And as Nancy Pelosi knows very well, if the republicans pick up five seats, control of the house goes to the democrats. So, we talk to folks on both sides about the national implications for whats happening here. Take a listen. We know that they are going to flood money in here from people like michael bloomberg, mark zuckerberg, george soros, whomever you wish. But the thing that texas is strong because the policies of texas is strong and the policies of texas are about advancing individuals and their hopes, dreams, and aspirations. Republicans like to talk a lot about the texas miracle, our Growing Economy and everything. That miracle is driven not by republican policies in this building behind me, its driven by the people of our state. Our diverse population, our immigrant communities, and so, our Redistricting Maps should give voice to that texas miracle. The stakes for the u. S. Congress are enormous. You cant be overstated. Teams of lawyers are being hired right now and its almost certain that the primaries here are going to be pushed back. Keep your eyes out, katy . No doubt about that. Chris jansing, thank you very much. Lets go to Joe Biden, President Biden, who is speaking at the anniversary for amtrak. Is here too. As far as im concerned, the weavers are family. And justin gray, speaking of family, your father and i fought a lot of fights together, planned a lot of those fights on amtrak coming back to philly. I didnt come all the way to philly. Its a wonderful tribute to this station to bear his name. And bill flynn, thank you for having me. Governor wolf, mayor kinney, congressman devons, thank you for the passport into the city. Appreciate it, and we have another i dont know that theyre all here, still, but i met a lot of really important friends that were here to for this occasion. Understand Senator Blumenthal is here, there you go, one of the great senators, the former Attorney General took care of my son, beau, when he was Attorney General. Thank you very much. And also, dwight evans. Dwights here. You cant miss dwight. Come on, dwight, stand up here, man. And a good friend of mine and worked like The Devil to get me elected, brendan boyle. Brendan . Thats the irish of it, man. And donald payne, New Jersey i keep telling donald, because delaware is so small, it is a constitutional there was a case in the supreme court, delaware, the state of owns the Delaware River up to the high Water Mark in New Jersey. Just want you to know that. Youve got to treat us with more respect. And mayor kinney, thanks for the passport. Great friend. Thank you, mr. Mayor. Youre doing a heck of a job. And a real close, close friend who is a cochairman of my campaign and a great friend whole time, governor ed rendell. Eddie, thank you, pal. This city owes you a lot. And tony costa, Chairman Of The Board and one of my best friends in life. A guy named burt declementi. Weve known Each Other since high school. We went to rival high schools. Burt ran my operation in delaware for years and years. I won an election i got the most votes in was the last election i ran for the senate. I was also running for Vice President at the same time. Because under delaware, if youre not out of a race by a certain time period, youve got to stay in. So burt was the senator in Delaware Campaigning for me. He got more votes than i go. So burt, thank you very much. Also, justin gray. Ive mentioned justin already and his Dad And Greg Weaver Jr. Greg, you are fame excuse me, blake, you are family. And mary kate. You know, folks, the fact is that in the past, when ive ended up at the 30th street station, the amtrak station, its probably because i took the late train back from washington and slept through the delaware stop, literally, not figuratively. I only did it about four times, but i i wouldnt have missed this for the world. I look forward to a bright future for all american rail. Back in 2016, i announced a federal loan that allowed amtrak to purchase the new acela trains, that you see behind me. And they look great. I can hardly wait to ride. And theyre Made In America and i want to see more of that. Thats why the investments in my american Jobs Plan are guided by one principle. Buy american. By products that are Made In America. And american Tax Dollars will be used to Buy American products to create american jobs. When i became Vice President , one of the Capitol Hill newspapers estimated that i had taken more than 7,000 Round Trips on amtrak over my career. I think thats an exaggeration. And ill rely on, there are two conductors that mr. Weaver will remember. One of thems a guy named angelo negri. And angelo, there was an article, i guess my fourth or fifth year as president , Vice President said, biden travels 1 Million Miles On Air Force. And Secret Service didnt like it, but i would like to used to take the train home. My mom was sick, and i would come home almost every weekend as Vice President to see her and i was getting on the Train And Angelo came up to me and he said, joey, baby, and he grabbed my cheek and started squeezing like he always did. And i thought he was going to get shot. I was serious. I said, no, no, hes a friend. He said, joey, whats the big deal . A 1 Million or so Miles On Air Force one. He said, do you know how many miles youve traveled on amtrak, he said, you traveled 1,115,000 Miles On amtrak. I would probably take his word before i took the word of what the article said. But in the process, as the conductor will tell you, amtrak became my family. I literally, literally, every single day that i was in the United States Senate got either the 728, became the 732 and or got home on, if i got lucky, i got the metro that left the last one left at 6 00 or i got the 730 coming home. And you get to know everybody. You get to know the folks. And i used to have a Christmas Party for amtrak employees at my home. And it got so big, we ended up having a summer party, because family and retirees kept coming back. I want to tell you, they work like The Devil. They really, really, really do. And Amtrak Wasnt just this way getting home. It provided me and