to being irrelevant in the state of american politics. yeah. maybe not this year, maybe not next year, but that time is coming. i agree. this is unsustainable. yeah. this republican party is unsustainable. we re going to explain that more because there s different strains of that that are really coming to light. also, when it comes to helping ukraine, a new report finds some countries are really helping while others are mostly talking. we will discuss the growing pressure on western europe to do more. with us, we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius joining us this morning. national political reporter for axios, jonathan swan. and white house bureau chief at politico and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire is with us. and the host of msnbc s politics nation, president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton is with us on this monday morning. we re going to begin, joe, with that poll that finds a
whose reporting did more than most to make it clear that watergate was for more than the simple break-in it first appeared to be. it s worth mentioning now because contrary to the impression people might have today, knowledge about what watergate truly was in size and scope and the threat to democracy it posed did not come all at once all neatly wrapped up in a bow. it was revealed in day by day slices of the truth by bob and carl and so many others. that notion seems just as true tonight, 50 years later, when it comes to the latest assault on democracy. we ve had plenty of revelations almost since the capitol was attacked, so many that it s hard to keep track, and harder still to be surprised or imagine any of it changes what we think we already know. yet this week, the house january 6 committee, even as it tries to bundle up the scandal and tie a bow around it, has also delivered plenty that is new. and today promised more. listen to kmut tee member zoe lofgren today on cnn
president to overturn the election results, even as the attorney general says he and his prosecutors are closely following all the testimony. today is another primary election day with tests of trump s influence in two key south carolina republican congressional races. a big senate race in nevada. we begin with the president and the economy. joining me now, kristin welker, jillian ted. the president is frustrated, angry his team can t figure out what to do about inflation. not that any white house has figured out what to do. he has to justify meeting with the crown prince of saudi arabia. part of the president s frustration has to do with messaging. he feels as though his messaging has not been cutting through to voters at this critical moment with the midterms looming. you heard part of the reset when it comes to messaging in the speech to the afl\cio infended spots of the economy, talked about low unemployment, but also acknowledged that there is more work that needs to
good morning. i m peter alexander. we ve live here on capitol hill, where tonight the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack here will hold its first hearing. it will take place in primetime. a chance for that committee to grab the attention of the american public to try to lay out its case. it has now been more than 500 days since the attack in this building. the images haunting. but the impact has been waning over time. the committee that hopes to show donald trump s election with his election loss and repeated false claims of voter fraud laid the foundation for the deadly siege. but as our meet the press first read team puts it, what if folks who watch tonight are part of nearly half americans who already believe donald trump was mainly responsible for what happened on january 6th? and what if the other half of americans do not tune in? the committee does have a lot of work that it has to get done tonight, try to make its case. there are going to be si
fierce fighting in key areas of the donbas. another big primary day from california to new jersey. we will have steve kornacki to break it all down. we begin with the january 6th hearings. ali vitali and ryan reilly and eugene daniels. ali, first to you. the company members have been projecting confidence, new evidence, things we haven t seen or heard before. are they going to have a difficult task ahead with so much of the country distracted by inflation, gas prices, the gun issue, of course, other things than what happened last year? there s other things going on up here on capitol hill. but this is the culmination of a year of work for the january 6 select committee, finally coming to fruition in primetime thursday night. they have a challenge before them of trying to elevate this hearing into something that is historic and compelling for the attention of the american people, many of whom watched what happened in real time on their television screens that day. it s w