today on inside politics, follow the leader. the trump wing of the republican congress goes after the justice department. and new reporting on how the biden campaign plans to generate campaign cash without mentioning the trump indictment. plus mayor francis swau resident is running. he debuts in the 2024 race with long odds and video of him, yes, running. and by ducking the question every single candidate will have to answer. and cornel west changes his game plan. he s running for president and he s now switching parties. he calls donald trump a criminal, but is his campaign an inkind donation to the gop front runner. he will join the show in minutes. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. pencil in a post indictment first. donald trump s campaign choosing south carolina as the stage for the former president s first rattle ily following his arraignment. there are plenty of ways to measure the indictments political impact. 7 million of them
trump. just as trump s legal issues grow more precarious, his political challenges are also growing more complicated. his republican opponents testing new ways to take him down, but do they risk focusing too much on the former president? we ll explain the trump trap coming up. take a look at this. u.s. and chinese warships coming heartstoppingly close to coming close to the coast of taiwan. both sides warning a military confrontation would be a, quote, disaster for the world. we re on the verge of a decision that could drag the country into uncharted territory as new clues indicate we could soon find out if special counsel jack smith is going to do something that s never been done before, charge a sitting or former president with a federal crime. nbc news learned that the grand jury investigating donald trump s handling of classified documents will be back in session this week after they ve been on hiatus. in fact, nbc news has confirmed that some members of trump s legal
thieves involved will be held accountable. volodymyr zelenskyy has decided a date for the long-awaited counteroffensive by ukrainian forces. several buildings sustained insignificant damage as a result of what he says were drone attacks. russia wants to follow the path of evil to the end. the world must see that terror is losing. president biden saying bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling will make it across the finish line. i have serious concerns about the deal. my team and i are still reviewing it. we re a divided government right now. we had to compromise. house lawmakers now delivered articles of impeachment against attorney general ken paxton to the state senate. every politician who supports this will inflict lasting damage this is going to be the beginning of the end of his criminal reign or god help us. the vegas golden knights to the stanley cup final for the second time in the six-year history. they will play the florida panthers. i
chris jansing picks up our coverage right now. good day, i m chris jansing in new york city. happy memorial day. and welcome to a special edition of chris jansing reports. the agreement on the debt limit is not done but is done but the fight s not finished. the white house and the speaker s office now in an 11th hour push to pick up every last vote in congress, trying to make sure their big deal doesn t go bust, but today is also about putting politics aside and honoring the men and women who have fought and died for this country. you might have seen the sombering images out of arlington national cemetery where the president laid the wreath and delivered that memorial day address. also this hour, a second memorial day address. one you ll only see here on msnbc. this one from president zelenskyy. as he salutes the americans and ukrainians still fighting for freedom. that is just a few minutes away. but we begin with the intense pressure of step two of the debt ceiling deal
off to, me welcome everyone. i m yasmin vossoughian. zelenskyy in japan for the g7 summit. he is getting major news on his arrival about what the u.s. and its allies are willing to provide his country. president biden is balancing global diplomacy with the debt ceiling standoff back home. frustrations are growing as the possibility of a default is looming. we should not give it to a ransom note. already, without defaulting, which is where the freedom caucus would like us to go, clearly, without defaulting we have already sent a signal to the world that we cannot be counted on to pay bills. that s incredibly alarming. the house passed a strong bill. it has great savings in it. and it s responsible, it puts us on the path. but they need to have reasonable conversations about how we can actually move forward, we re not gonna sit here and talk to them. you information about what the dea will reveal. a charging decision in the investigation that donald trump in georgia. plus,