busy wednesday morning. we re keeping a close eye on capitol hill, where right now the nation s top intelligence officials are testifying about the biggest threats to worldwide security. we re learning more about the kidnapping of four americans in mexico. the two surviing victims are back on u.s. soil and now we re hearing from their families. plus, top republicans speaking out, criticizing tucker carlson s portrayal of the january 6th attack, but how speaker kevin mccarthy is defending releasing the tapes to fox news. also, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas speaks out on whether the biden administration could bring back family detention centers. florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz weighs in. and we begin this very busy hour with a very latest on capitol hill, where right now lawmakers are hearing from top leaders in the intelligence community for their annual worldwide threats hearing. and this year, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are laser focused o
just a little while ago to london for the queen s funeral. it is coming as we get to see an emotional moment involving the queen s grandchildren led by princes william and harry. more on that ahead, as well. but, first the department of justice. following through on their promise to appeal judge canada s special master role in what they call out as quote, an unprecedented order in joining the executive branch s use of its own highly classified records in a criminal investigation with direct implications for national security. before this appeal, the newly appointed special master judge raymond dealey, wasting no, time scheduling his first hearing for this tuesday. for more, we get to senior politics reporter jonathan allen as long as msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquade. jonathan, let me start with you on this one. and let s get the tiktok of what we can expect first on tuesday? well that s a great question, yasmin. i think we are going to see the initial agenda actually on
Doing to shore up the support in the early states and there is a Comfortable Lead in the nationwide poll, his is very aware of the fact that when cop serve tiffs are polled even if they say that they support donald trump many of them are still interested in alternative options and theyre trying to get support and trying to rally up the team here with the people. The other thing i want to point out is michigan, talking about general versus the primary and he is looking towards the General Election with this stop in michigan and particularly looking toward these Union Workers. I am told when he gets his prime time remarks outside of detroit and it will be to current and former Union Members and crurret uaw workers striking with their families and they have not endorsed in this race. In 2020 they endorsed joe biden. They have not endorsed in 2024 and donald trump has been speaking about this on truth social and his team believes that while hes had complications with unions in the past, he
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. We will watch the situation very closely. Paula, thank you for the report. Jury selection begins later this morning in the federal trial of the former Trump Campaign Paul Manafort for alleged financial crimes. The first test for special Counsel Robert Mueller and his prosecutors although russia is not the center of the trial. We have more from evan perez from washington. Reporter dave and laura, Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman, is going on trial in Virginia On Federal Tax and bank fraud charges. This is the first trial to come from Robert Muellers investigation. Dont expect the trial to be about russia or collusion or President Trump. Prosecutors and attorneys plan to stick closely to the issues in the charges which have to do with the governments accusations that manafort used secret Foreign Bank Accounts to hide millions of dollars he earned working for the Ukrainian Government and failed to report it to t
Post is they are quoting officials with information on this matter. One or two icbms are currently being built. The liquid fuel Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles which means they take longer to set up because the liquid fuel is not easily stored inside the missile. What it does mean, according to the u. S. Official, it gives the United States a heads up when one is being mantled. A u. S. Official telling cnn that this report from the Washington Post is consistent with what they believe. The u. S. And Intel Community and Around The World has been saying that kim jongun is continuing his proper duduction activity. He did not fully agree to denuclearization. He said he would work toward denuclearization. Those were the words in the singapore summit. This is not much of a surprise. The big challenge for the United States at this point is to try
the president s press team is not coordinating with Rudy Giuliani concerning his comments on behalf of mr. Trumps legal team. That was apparent m