here from our nbc team, with the department of justice saying to republicans on the hill, hey, bring it on. the new letter to house oversight. and what it said about any possible cooperate on new congressional investigations. plus the white house going public against a private group who they are now labelling a transnational criminal organization, we ll talk about the sanctions imposed today. and i m hallie jackson and i want to bring in senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell joining us live from outside of the white house. i want to start with you here. and what we ve just heard now, from president biden, as he is casting his eye toward 2024, although with no formal announcement. at least toward the next two years of his presidency. while also having to manage the political footballs that he s got on his plate right now. to mix a metaphor and i m sorry about that. the white house has just released a clip of a conversation between the president and his vp. i want
keilar and those were the words from president biden, taking direct aim at what he calls maga extremism. biden says it is threatening the soul of the nation and fanning the flames of political violence. flanked by marines in the shadow of philadelphia s independence hall, the primetime speech was more than a warning, it was a call to action for voters to make their voices heard in the midterm elections. it may have sounded political, but the white house this morning insists it was, quote, entirely about democracy. here are some highlights. as i stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault. we do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. they promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. maga for
new report this morning that accuses the secret service of deleting text messages related to the attack on the capitol after they were requested by oversight officials. and new reporting that all but confirms that donald trump will run for president again. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 15th. we have the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. good to have you both on board this morning. joe, we re going to be looking at, obviously, what is going on abroad with president biden and his meeting with abbas, but let s begin with the secret service, accused of deleting text messages that could be critical to investigating the eve events of the insurrection. how could they be deleted? the dhs inspector general writes, after his office requested full electronic records for an evaluation of the capitol attack, the secret service deleted a significant number of text messages from january 5th
inflation as bizarre. this as the dow takes another plunge. we have fox team coverage. susan li in new york tells us what s going on with the markets. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, mike. in the president s first interview of any kind with a reporter since february and first print interview since may of last year, he says he thinks the reason that people are upset from this country right now is the pandemic and he says he does not believe a recession is inevitable. tackling inflation is my number one priority. also today he claimed that inflation isn t his part. the a.p. writes in an interview the president bristled at claims by republican lawmakers that last year s covid-19 plan was to blame for inflation reaching a 40 year high calling that argument bizarre. his treasury secretary it did contribute. that spending produced excellent rewards for americans at most it contributed modestly to inflati
everyone welcome to sunday morning futures. i m maria bartiromo. thanks so much for joining us this morning. today, walking on egg shells joe biden fresh off of his meeting with president meeting with xi jinping steering clear with confrontation with the chinese leader failing to mention the surveillance balloon and china support and propaganda for russia and iran coming up arkansas senator tom cotton on biden walk in the garden with china s dictator and other foreign policies putting america in danger. as chinese nationals flood into america, 7,000 chinese nationals apprehended at the border at america port of entry in account alone four star general jack keane an wars across the world plus a break down in standards and conduct as rumors fly of a near fistfight in the halls of congress. california congressman and former speaker of the house kevin mccarthy clears up the questions this morning. then, foreigners flooding into as wide open border deteriorating and alejandro ma