unrest in kenosha last summer. in just a moment, you ll hear from wendy rittenhouse, kyle s mom, who spoke to nbc s gabe gutierrez just a short time ago, hours before closing arguments are set to begin in her son s murder trial. the end of this trial coming after the judge overseeing proceedings has repeatedly made headlines. first for banning prosecutors from using the word victim to describe the men rittenhouse is accused of killing, then he scolded the prosecution over lines of questioning. the judge even asked the jury to gave round of applause to a defense witness, honoring his status as a veteran. and then he made a joke about asian view that many view as racially charged. then there s the ahmaud arbery trial. arbery was shot and killed after a confrontation with a group of white men who claimed they thought that he might be behind recent break hunns in the neighborhood. a jury is made up of 11 white people and just one black juror in a county where the african-americ
biden s historic bipartisan infrastructure bill,e as president biden gets ready to sign that bill into law tomorrow. plus everyone s on edge what the results are either way. i m justs worried, either w, that people are going to be upset no matter what. reporter: kenosha, wisconsin, on edge as the trial of kyle rittenhouse nears its conclusion. authorities gear up for potential unrest with the national guard, hundreds of them now onal standby. and the judge in that trial stirring more controversy. new insight from an attorney who has tried a number of cases in front of him. as we do say good morning, everybody, it is sunday, november 14th. it s a busy day around here. i m lindsey reiser. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the very latest for you right now. but we are going to stay on top of that breaking news out of london. yet anotherut health scare for 95-year-old queen elizabeth. we learned of it just a few hours ago. she was pulled of a na
twice-impeached former president had to put out since he s not on twitter, he said he should go to the signing. in addition to the infrastructure bill signing, tomorrow is set to be a big day for the january 6th investigation. former trump aide and longtime loyalist steve bannon is expected to turn himself over to law enforcement officials and appear in court for defying the january 6th committee s subpoena. joining me now, julie swann and hayes brown is a writer the editor for msnbc daily. betsey, i want to start with you. the fact that steve bannon is turning himself in, yet he hasn t done his homework or gathered the documents that the committee has requested. what can we expect from him? is he going to be forthright or continue to try to stall the investigation? i see no indication whatsoever that bannon has had any kind of change at all. in fact, for legal purposes, bannon s crime has already been committed. this isn t like civil litigation where you can negotiate and
a good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. here s what s happening. well, to say that tomorrow will be a busy day in washington is something of an understatement. steve bannon is expected to surrender to authorities. president biden will sign that bipartisan infrastructure bill into law. both the house and senate are back in session. and the president meets virtually with chinese president xi jinping for the first time since taking office. it all comes as new polling shows the president s policies are more popular than the president himself. 63% of americans supporting the infrastructure bill, 58% supporting the build back better act. while president biden s approval rating hits a new low at just 41%, mostly driven by fears over inflation. director of the economic council addressing those concerns this morning. there s no doubt inflation is high right now. it s affecting americans pocketbooks and affe
so it s very positive. i view this as an early test whether the democracy was recovering. meanwhile trump loyalists in congress targtding colleagues for the sin of voting to actually do something, a situation that left a republican congressman that voted for an infrastructure bill searching for words after getting death threats like this one. voted for dumb ass biden. you re stupider than he is. [ bleep ]. piece of crash. i hope you [ bleep ] die. i hope your [ bleep ] family dies. i hope everybody in your [ bleep ] staff dies. it is so unsettling. you know? this is not what our democracy is about. these physical threats not only to ourselves but to the family members as well as to our staff. it is a sad day in america when this type of stuff i got a better four-letter word for it but i ll save you, when it happens. president biden is going to sign that infrastructure bill into law tomorrow and the administration out in force today to assure americans they have a pl