so let s go. a very good day to all of the digital age is waiting. you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with breaking news. the country s largest infant formula manufacturer is under investigation by the department of justice. nbc news has not confirmed the focus of the probe taking place at the laboratory. but a company spokesperson says, quote, doj has informed us of its investigation and we are cooperating fully. a voluntary shutdown of the michigan plant last year led to a nationwide formula shortage. we are going to have more on that in just a moment for you. meanwhile, as speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden both say look forward to meeting the white house is shutting down any hope republicans might have to negotiate the country s debt. the white house spokesperson reiterated the firm stance, no negotiations on the debt ceiling. and new action to the department of justice imposing republi
But i think there that was clearly the question that was asked and when they came back after the break he went in a completely different direction. I surmised thats what happened in the moment. Thats why you need pros in the courtroom watching these things for us to explain it to dopes like me. Barbara mcquade, former u. S. Attorney in meche mitch. Thank you so much, barb. I really appreciate it. Thanks for having me. I even got to ride in an elevator with brandon van grek. Did you really in the Counterespionage Prosecutor guy . I did. Did you say hi to him . I did. Its been great fun. I love your life. Thanks, barb. That does it for us tonight. We will see you again tomorrow. May we all someday have the opportunity to ride in an elevator with a veteran Counterespionage Prosecutor when were in a position to know who that is. Imagine the thrill. Now its time for The Last Word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And imagine the thrill for Rachel Maddow v
The reuters news agency has reported that ukraine s defence minister has held talks with his us counterpart over the events in russia and quoted the minister as saying that russian authorities a week and things are moving in the right direction. live now to konstantin eggert, former editor in chief of the bbc russian language service, who joins me from vilnius. what impact have the events had on president putin s power and authority across the country, do you think? ., ., ., , ., think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by his think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by his dithering, - think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by his dithering, by - think? notionally, none. in fact, he is weakened by his dithering, by a l is weakened by his dithering, by a very strange rambling speech. in the morning, he said, this is mutiny and everybody responsible for th
The oversight committees that are responsible, notionally, for trying to prevent something like this from ever happening again. i mean, take marjorie taylor greene for instance. i think this is the first time in american history that a sitting member of congress who tried to overturn an election is now on a key committee responsible for protecting u.s. elections. i think that s a really, really big concern and, you know, people like that, members of congress like that, are more of a danger that most people realize at this moment. one because of what the january 6th investigators have said, which is that some of them may have been even more involved than we realize. but to, in realtime, they now have access to very, very sensitive information and these are people who ve accused the intelligence community of being in enough areas deep state. so, if i was in the executive branch right now, i would have a lot of concerns about briefing these committees and giving them the crown jewels of a