Sandwich. This is the first and only time our cameras have caught him since Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed smith. And on that subject, we asked him where the investigation stands. Is the Indictment Sir . Is an investigation happening, sir . Excuse us. Anything youd like to say, mr. Smith . He didnt say anything. Didnt even look in our direction, but there are reasons to believe a Charging Decision is in fact coming soon. Donald trumps lawyers were at Doj Headquarters yesterday meeting with him and other doj officials. Jack smith and other doj officials and sources familiar with the investigation told nbc news The Grand Jury in washington, d. C. Is set to meet again this week after a lull. Weve also just learned from sources familiar another grand jury will hear from a witness in florida. So whats the deal with that . What are two grand juries doing for the special counsels investigation and who else could jack smith be looking at . Joining me now is nbc news justice and int
capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways. however, u.s. officials clarified today s attacks are not in response to the american casualties in jordan. a spokesman for the houthis warned the group would retaliate. writing, quote, we will meet escalation with escalation. this comes as secretary of state antony blinken prepares to depart for
and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. so it was called damn love, d-a-m-n love. it was a game you played on your cell phone. now i ll tell you, the premise was little bit dark, but straight forward. you see there is a grumpy looking person in the foreground on the left and a happy couple on the right. the grumpy person in the foreground is supposed to be you in this game. and your goal as a grumpy little troll is that you re supposed to break up the happy looking couple behind you. now you play against an opponent, and over the course of seven rounds, you basically have to choose between two scenarios that might cause a rift between this otherwise happy couple. and at the end of the game, the player that causes the most heartbreak is declared to be the winner. now this game does not exist, but these are real screen shots from it. congratulations, you just plunged to the next rank, you awful person. it was little twisted, and it was very, very irreverent, but i
live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. it s not something we say very often, but congress appears on the verge of actually accomplishing something. more than 350 house members, even speaker johnson himself have signed on to a multibillion dollar deal that could give a tax break to millions of families and businesses, but will senate republicans end up sinking it? for the first time in a long time, we heard from defense secretary lloyd austin pinning the blame directly on iran for the deadly attack on u.s. service members and insisting they ll pay the price. we ve not described what our response is going to be, but we look to hold the people that are responsible for this accountable. but the question is when and is the delay getting iranian backed militants time to get away. and the government is gearing up for a price war with big pharma, with billions of your dollars at stake. hhs secretary xavier becerra will join me later in the show to talk about how it coul
and trying with diplomacy. they and that faith is. jordan put out a very specific statement to say this ain t us, we are not involved in this. guys, thank you so. much and elise, time is up for me. the saturday show with jonathan capehart starts right now. how capehart starts right now. good evening, i am jonathan capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the wor