Lifestyle. Also ahead, the starstudded event with an obama cameo. How a state dinner for kenya became a showcase for the allies who President Biden is keeping close during the heat of the campaign season. Plus, they were bitter rivals, but is donald trump warming to the thought of nikki haley on his team . Also could he be reading too much into her comment that she would vote for him. And the Memorial Day Rush is on. What you need to know if youre planning to skip town for the weekend. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We begin with nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian on that hearing for hunter biden. Just got a slew of rulings from the judge about what can and cannot be referenced at trial. What can you tell us as this wraps up . Reporter thats right, chris. The hearing does appear to be over now, and the judge worked through a series of motions by the prosecution and the defense to admit or deny certain evidence. This is a w
tea partiers have been losing to these mainstream republican parties and betalked about how the democrats seem to have, including ken buy wasserman shoults a talking point generated just a couple of weeks ago that the tea party has taken over the republican party. that they are no longer two distinct groups. they are one in the same and the tea party has won. you and i talked about the last primary night about how that wasn t being born out that particular night. does this shift that? does this change that? well, you know, they got to send out something. they can t send out nothing. so they have to send out something. so they say it s the tea party, it s the establishment, the tea party lost. the tea party won. it goes back and for the. in the end that doesn t really matter. what matters is whether republicans are nominating electable candidates, the republican party s future is dependent on whether they nominate electeddable candidates. is dave brat one. dave brat so far seems to
tonight, caught red-handed on an open mic. wrapping up a meeting with russian president dmitry medvedev in seoul today, president obama was heard saying this. this is my last election. after my election i have more flexibility. i understand you. i transmit this information to vladimir and i stand with you. he was asking for space when it comes to the hotly disputed missile defense system which would place a shield in countries neighboring russia. russia strongly opposes this system. so is the president saying i can t be seen catering to russian demands during an election year so wait until i m re-elected and i ll have more flexibility then? he may have decided it s not a good idea but if that s true it would still be a change. here the president is on the missile defense system in september, 2009. it deploys capabilities that are proven and cost effective and it sustains and builds upon our commitment to protect the u.s. homeland against long-range ballistic missile thr
jail in boston awaiting trial for allegedly robbing two banks, but her life in jail has taken a major turn. her cell mate and good friend, melanie reddy recently had her prostitution charge dismissed and has returned to the streets. the neighborhood that i m from, the armpit of massachusetts, it s gangbangers, drug dealers, prostitutes and addicts. i love it. i don t know what it is about that place because it s disgusting, but i [ bleep ] love it. i know how it is being out there, especially when you re not ready. i want to really try to change, but she blatantly said she wasn t ready. i respect that. she knew they wanted to get clean so we didn t talk about use. i knew she wanted to use, so i didn t talk much about getting clean. but betalked about everything else. not surprisingly, o reilly received distressing news about her friend. we heard she od d.
i mean here we are at this point in the negotiations, we have already had mcconnell plan offered as the backup plan. i think what republicans are trying to do is answer the question that a.b. raised. what are republicans for in this context? i think the question, itself, is a little bit fair. is it the case that the republicans have already passed the ryan budget. the republicans have been the one con analysis tempt throughout consistent throughout this year that offered ideas. the president has done nothing. he repeatedly punted. betalked about it before. but the fact that they are scrambling to put this together i think suggests that they see themselves in desperate straights. bret: charles, there are some on capitol hill who say if a martian landed and listened to that news conference today the president would appear to be the adult in the room, that is pushing for the conciliatory big deal. if they didn t have any context of reexcellents the past couple of years. take a listen