never-before-seen video. plus, attorney general merrick garland is pressed about the justice department s response to the attack on the capitol. we ll show you his response to a question about prosecuting former president trump. and concerns about the next election have the senate taking rare, bipartisan action. there is promising progress on a bill to prevent future coup attempts. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 21st. big night tonight. with joe and me, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. good to have you both. we begin with a new development surrounding those deleted texts from the secret service from the day before and the day of the january 6th attack on the capitol. a senior secret service official tells nbc news that employees received at least three emails, including one before the insurrection wow.
try and stay away from, but at some point, i won t coming up, on the second hour of ayman, democrats historic artist. i will speak with congresswoman barbara lee about the big wins the biden administration is knocking up, and how to turn those winds into electoral victories. plus, merrick garland finally takes action against donald trump and republican lies about the fbi search on mar-a-lago are fueling concerns of political violence. i am charles blow in for ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. it s hard to overstate the massive, historic month the biden administration has had. the sheer number of legislative and foreign policy victories in such a short span of time is historic. this week, democrats successfully passed the inflation reduction act, which will provide 430 billion dollars for fighting climate change, lowering prescription drug prices, and reforming the tax code to ensure corporations pay what they owe. once biden signs the ira it s a law, he will have
happens. our justice department, which i try and stay away from, but at some point, i won t coming up, on the second hour of ayman, democrats historic august. i will speak with congresswoman barbara lee about the big wins the biden administration s notching up, and how to turn those winds into electoral victories. plus, merrick garland finally takes action against donald trump and republican lies about the fbi search on mar-a-lago are fueling concerns of political violence. i am charles blow in for ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. it s hard to overstate the massive, historic month the biden administration has had. the sheer number of legislative and foreign policy victories in such a short span of time is historic. this week, democrats successfully passed the inflation reduction act, which will provide 430 billion dollars for fighting climate change, lowering prescription drug prices, and reforming the tax code to ensure corporations pay what they owe. once biden
enforcement officer of the country. i said i will stay out of it. i wish i did not make that statement. there s no reason why i have to. what happened to durham? bill barr could go down as the greatest attorney general in history, or go down as an average guy. it depends what will happen. he was put, there we have an election coming up, i wish he was more forthcoming. attorney general says he will i will queues myself. why did he not tell me that before i put him in? 33,000 emails, we have a great attorney general, let s see what happens. our justice department, which i try to stay away from, at some point, i won t. coming, up democrats historic we ll speak with barbara lee about the big wins the biden administration is notching up, and how to turn those winds into electoral victories. plus, merrick garland takes action against donald trump. i m republican lies about the fbi, they re feeling political violence. let s get started. it s hard to overstate the massive h
so, we need to get rid of the filibuster, to make sure we have at least two more senators to make our agenda move forward. and so, it says a lot about our leadership to just list the bills that you have laid out, in terms of what president biden has signed into law. that s active lot. and i think the public understand that the democrats have been fighting for them. we are putting people over politics and they re going to show up at the voting box like a haven t before. let s and the public for a little bit. how do you think democrats all these victories to the american people, especially when they can get consumed or put on back burners, on things like the fbi searching a former presidents house? well, first of all, people are suffering from inflation. and so people care about kitchen table issues, really. and i think when you see what is taking place in terms of the cost of gasoline going down, the cost of living is going down, what we have done with