the strategy is to blame people, his advisors called, the crazies, for what donald trump did. this, of course, is nonsense. president trump is a 76-year- old man. he is not an impressionable child. donald trump cannot escape responsibility by being willfully blind. nor can any argument of any kind excuse his behavior during the violent attack on january 6. that is the public narrative, but for the legal case, a congresswoman liz cheney dropped a bombshell. she said that trump tried to call an unnamed witness not yet seen in the hearings. whatever details the committee has on that, they have been turned over to the justice department. the question is, how might that, or any of the new revelations on tuesday, help the doj build a criminal case? among the stunning revelations, the unhinged white house meeting in mid december was screaming, insults, and nearly, apparently, a physical altercation. details on how the infamous tweet by the former president galvanize the right, a
and simon schuster, and nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is with me on set. talk to me where we are in this moment and why the speech could be critical. you ve been on the front lines for months. ukraine is trying to do everything it can to stay relevant, to keep the attention on ukraine. ukrainian money, and weapons and wants sanctions to be maintained on russia. i think many are watching. some nations seem to be wavering, maybe it s time to strike a deal. maybe it s time to bring putin back in the fold. perhaps ukraine should give away some of its provinces in exchange for peace. and ukrainian officials are trying to counter that narrative, saying we can t stop. putin is not going to stop even if we cut off part of our country and give it away to him. this leads to greater appetites of dictators. there s a tremendous desire from president zelenskyy personally to make sure the world continues to focus on ukraine and stay with ukraine. do you get a sense
survive in the way you ve known it if donald trump is gep chosen? it can t survive if he s our nominee. no. i think that he can t be the party nominee. i don t think the party would survive that. i believe in the party. and i believe in what the party can be and what the parry can stand for. and i m not ready to give that up. those of us who believe in republican principles and ideals have a responsibility to try to lead the party back to what it can be. powerful words from republican congresswoman liz cheney on the future of the gop. the january 6 hearings may be on hiatus but the committee is still making news. cheney said there is a chance that the committee to make multiple, multiple criminal referrals of donald trump to the justice department. we ve already learned the next hearing set for later this month will focus on the mob at the capitol including who organized it, and who financed it. good morning and welcome to msnbc live coverage on this monday, july 4th. i m
as well as a new video showing the police response to that massacre. a texas house committee investigating this may 24th shooting at robb elementary released a preliminary report on what it has learned so far. saying it found, quote, systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making. those systemic failures including three exterior doors that were unlocked, a classroom door with a faulty lock that nobody dealt with, wi-fi that was not working properly, and a force of nearly 400 law enforcement officers larger than the garrison that defended the alamo that did not have clear leadership, basic communication, significant urgency to take down this gunman. uvalde s mayor responding to the report by putting the city s acting police chief on administrative leave and releasing body cam footage showing the horror in the hallways and outside the school as well. i want to warn you, some of these images you re about to see, they are incredibly disturbing. [ gunshots ] am i green,
totally. have a good show. i ll see you soon. thank you. thanks to nicole, and thanks to you for joinings. this is the beat. i m ari melber. we re tracking several stories. the january 6th committee dropped new evidence today. you might be thinking, wait, why wouldn t they include it in the hearing? but they had so much stuff, like what you see on the screen, that didn t make the hearing. this is a draft of trump s speech the day after. because he was crossing out any reference to prosecuting those blatant lawbreakers. and then there s this new testimony. do you recognize what this is? it looks like a copy of a draft of the remarks for that day. do you recognize the handwriting? it looks like my father s handwriting. it looks like here he crossed out that he was directing the department of justice to ensure all law breaks are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, we must send a clear message, not with mercy, but with justice. legal consequences must be