ukrainian offensive through this area. where they don t. i think they needed them. donald trump, the campaign trail, amidst new reporting today on classified documents and potential pressure campaign involving the irs to let his freedom caucus fracture is, the latest on an inept effort to oust marjorie taylor greene from the gop organization. plus, you are following some extreme heat that continues to stifle parts of the country as well as a threat of severe storms and others. an alarming health development, cases of malaria, cropping up in the u.s. from the first time in decades. all of that and a troubling new trend in the wake of anti-trans legislation around the country. people forced to go to the black market to get medication they desperately need. that story is ahead this hour as well. you don t miss that conversation. we begin though with ukraine. now, 500 days into its fight for survival after the russian invasion. the president just signed off on what may be his
in tennessee and late friday, a ruling on a abortion pill that could hav enormous implications for wome all across the country senator catherine cortez masto described that texas rulin with a word i can t say on television and that exclusive interview i coming up first. plus, what is next for justi j. pearson, one of the tennessee three who captivated this country this week i will ask him when he joins m in a few minutes meanwhile, after donald trump arraignment in new york, republicans stepped up their calls to defund the fbi and th doj. i will explain all the reasons why the gop is anything but in the party of law and order and later, what was th governor of california doing a alabama? i traveled to montgomery for a wide ranging conversation with governor gavin newsom. i asked him about gun reform abortion rights in the, trum indictment, and of course hi favorite foil, ron desantis. i try not to be alarmist on the show, but every now an then there is good reason to
lamp broke on its own. maybe the dog did it you just don t want to face the consequences, as a kid you can kind of get away with it but as an adult you need to take the heat. sorry, i ruined your lives and crammed 11 cookies into the vcr. jesse: but today we have a president who can t own up to anything. and no matter how many times he blows it, nobody ever pays a price. gas prices keep breaking records. that s putin s fault. there s no baby formula, come on, man. he s not a mind reader. they botched afghanistan. we left hundreds behind enemy lines. marines died, billions of weapons left there. but no one in the administration was fired. blinken, austin, millie, they are all still there. jerome powell flooded our economy with funny money, missed inflation. did biden cut him loose? no. he rehired him as fed chair. the administration didn t see delta or omicron waves coming, was short on testing. fauci is still hanging around. is the doctor still in quarantine by the way? c
that s where we need him. entitled to a presumption of innocence and a full trial but i think he should resign. he is entitled to have his day in court, but he does not entitled to remain in the senate and he needs to go. for that reason probably be a good idea if he did resign. john: a live look at the courthouse in lower manhattan where robert menendez pled not guilty. uphill battle for his freedom and keep his seat on capitol hill. i m john roberts in washington. we climb the top of the hill in terms of the week, sandra. sandra: no kidding, more than halfway there, a busy two hours ahead. sandra smith in new york. america reports. long time democratic senator and his wife appearing before a judge after being formally arraigned on charges of taking bribes of cash, gold bars, and a mercedes benz in exchange for using his political influence to benefit the egyptian government and others. john: the calls for menendez to resign growing, more than two dozen of his
Due to what we are told where votes and previously scheduled travel. because she was not there, we are told there was about to oust her from the house freedom caucus. that she, of course, was not a part of. so that is how that happened in that meeting. but why did this all happen? there is a couple of reasons. sources told scott wang and olivia sonia. they told us that first of all it s because of the camera mccarthy vote. that was taken back in january. she was very supportive of the now speaker mccarthy during the 15 vote process. and also because of what you mentioned. a word i can t say on television, she called representative lauren boebert. but representative marjorie taylor greene said in a statement. in congress i serve northwest georgia first and no group in washington. my america first credentials guided by my christian faith are forged in steel, they will never change. she went on to say, in part, the gop has less than two short