about the facts of his case. then, tough talk on the debt limit deal. fighting got an important win by signing the legislation. but the real question, what at what cost to the american people? a culture of losing, that is how one of the front runners for the gop presidential nomination described his party s electoral performance. but there s no sign republicans want to change their strategy. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all right, this hour, we begin with a sad and at this point, quite honestly, an obvious reality. republicans will do almost anything to hurt president biden s reelection chances. no surprise there. no but there are desperate, mary alice or insane their actions might be, just this week, senator chuck grassley had this to say about and unconfirmed years old allegation that joe biden accepted a bribe as vice president. watch. we aren t interested in whether or not the accusations against vice president biden are accurate or not. so, grassley just
second hour of a man. the obvious and flailing republican smear campaign against president biden. one gop senator this week, admitted that he didn t care about the facts of his case. then, tough talk on the debt limit deal. fighting got an important win by signing the legislation. but the real question, what at what cost to the american people? a culture of losing, that is how one of the front runners for the gop presidential nomination described his party s electoral performance. but there s no sign republicans want to change their strategy. i m phil ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all right, this hour, we begin with a sad and at this point, quite honestly, an honest reality. republicans will do almost anything to hurt president biden s reelection chances. no surprise there. no matter how desperate merit-less or in saying their actions might be, just this week, senator chuck grassley had this to say about and unconfirmed years old allegation that joe biden accepted a bri
that is what we are hearing from the white house about debt ceiling negotiations at this hour. house speaker kevin mccarthy sounding more confident now that a deal can and will be reached before the new june 5th deadly. chair of the congressional black caucus, congressman steven horsford is with us to discuss what is at stake. and let s talk about governor ron desantis roll out on twitter, y all. the florida republican officially announced he s running for president. but there was no crowd, no introduction of the candidate. i mean, it s almost the exact opposite of what you want to do to launch a presidential campaign. plus, three years ago, since george floyd was killed by police, police brutality is still a deadly reality in america today. we are talking to activist tamika mallory about confronting this ongoing crisis. i am symone sanders townsend. and i have something to say. a breakthrough or a breakdown? that is what is at stake in the next nine days. that ceilin
going to do now? we may get some early answers when the white house briefing starts just a few minutes from now. and we have some brand-new information about the two americans who survived. plus, one republican lawmaker calling bs on tucker carlson s narrative that january 6th was a peaceful protest. another republican calling it flat out a lie. the capitol police are going further, insisting it invites the prospect of more antigovernment violence. and president biden s big pitch for 2024 that he s the only one who can save medicare. how it fits with his larger message to voters and contrasts with maga republicans he says are intent on making things worse. but, we begin with that breaking news. two of the four americans kidnapped in mexico just a few days ago have been murdered. two others are alive and we just learned minutes ago that they are now back across the border to the u.s. one of them, though, injured. a state department briefing is scheduled next hour with ke
one-on-one with vice president kamala harris. her take as such a pivotal decision divides the nation. and the cost of living. a closer look at sky-high rent prices and the crippling effect on so many people just trying to get by. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead. and fallout from the monumental supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. today, a portrait of an increasingly divided america. at least ten states now have effectively banned abortion with varying exceptions or none at all. another handful of states are expected to enact bans in the coming days and weeks. meanwhile, abortion rights activists are launching new legal challenges on the state level while democratic governors are promising to expand abortion access and protect people who travel there for care. a fourth day of protests is planned in cities across the country today after a weekend of marches, rallies, and at times violent demonstratio