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over a key piece of the president s domestic agenda. and plus what a member of the january 6 committee is saying about the s word, subpoenas. why lawmakers might skip asking people to testify and instead try to require them. and just who might be on that list. we have a lot to get to with you. good to be with you. i m hallie jackson in washington and we re joined by our newly minted nbc news senior congressional correspondent garrett haake, tony sporting a new title, congressional economic policy reporter for the washington post. he is also an msnbc cribber. and shannon pettypiece is at the white house. so here is the deal. you have the house possibly as soon as tonight ready to pass a bill that would avoid a shutdown by keeping the government open and running through early december. suspend the debt limit through the end of next year. which means the u.s. wouldn t default on its debts, money that has already been spent, not new spending. and it would provide about $3 ....
now, according to the trump campaign s assis claims, dominion voting election company worked with a an election firm smartmatic, george soros and the government to steal the election from donald trump. of course, none that is even true. days before the infamous press conference, probably airing the baseless claims and there are internal records that prove it. there s the details from the new york times reporting, quote, according to emails contained in the court documents, zack parkinson, then the campaign director s director of communications reached out to subordinates in november 13th asking them to debunk several matters concerning dominion. the next day, it shows mr. parkinson got a copy of a memo, cobbled together by his staff which largely appeared to be news articles. and the times has a list of rebutted allegations, photo, that dominion did not use voting technology that dominion had no ties to venezuela or mr. soros. and there s no evidence that dominion l ....
chairman schiff introducing formally new sweeping legislation to deal with exactly this. my reason for being here is as simple as the title: protecting our democracy act. it shouldn t matter who the president of the united states is. we should want that president not to be able to abuse that office to enrich themselves. we should want them to maintain independence from the justice department, not use it as their own private law firm, not use it to go after their adversaries. the plan here is not partisan as emphasized. the legislation would have rules to limit how presidents use or, again, potentially abuse pardon power. deal with the deadlines that might prevent otherwise prosecution of rogue presidents. that s obviously a look at the legal presidency of trump. and to enforce the ban on presidents who aren t allowed to enrich themselves. also ideas to better protect doj independence. this is all part of congress broader efforts at accountability, deal with what ....
mostly haitian illegal immigrants crammed under a bridge in south texas last week. and they are still there right now. things are so bad it s not just republicans sounding the alarm as obama s dhs secretary jeh johnson, well, he is also crying uncle. we have to get control of our borders. 200,000 a month is a lot of people. dhs just released the numbers for august, it s 200,000. august is typically a month where it s very low. and those kinds of numbers and the images you just showed your audience saps the ability. it overwhelms the ability of ths, the border patrol, ice,. pete: overwhelmed. unable to ignore the crisis any longer the white house sent current homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas down to texas with a shall we say weak message for these illegal immigrants. we are very concerned the haitians who are taking this irregular migration path are receiving false information that the border is open or the temporary protected status is available. i w ....
vaccination. it s a ray of hope for millions of american families and a common sense approach to travel as we stair down what looks more and more like a bifercated country. we re sure pasting the devastating flu of 1918 and driven by the tragedy unfolding in largely unvaccinated states like mississippi which currently has the highest covid death rate per capita in the country and if it were a zone country, miss mississippi would be tied for second. republican governor tate reeves tried to down play his own incompetence. as you know, unfortunately, fatalities is a lagging indicator when it comes to the virus, it is a lagging indicator and so timing has as much to do with that statistic that you used as anything else. the president will try to believe the delta variant is only affecting republicans in the united states. that is not true. that is not a fact. move around the country and you re going to see fatalities rise in other states. we believe in personal responsi ....