classified documents. the special counsel found evidence that president biden, quote, willfully retaineds classified materials found no reason to press criminal charges. drew distinction between the criminal probe of handling of documents and his findings regarding president biden. the long standing justice department priniple that you cannot indict a sitting president does not apply and would not bring charges even if joe biden were no longer president. we ll have more on that later in the program. we begin with a hearing at the nation s highest court. an historic hearing for some very big questions about the constitution. the future of our democracy and at the heart of the case, a request from voters for some accountability for an unprecedented insurrection. first up, jonathan mitchell, the attorney for donald trump, argued among other things, that january 6th was not an insurrection. it was a riot. he also argued that the president is not technically an officer of the unit
of their own to see if biden took anything after he left the vice presidency in 2017. joining us is mike memoli. good to have you. a mix of good news and bad news for the president. yeah, katy, for those who remember what happened in 2016, involving former secretary of state hillary clinton, the democratic nominee at the time for president, of course we remember there were no charges but a pretty damming report from the attorney general at the time, james comey. the initial top lines were reading of this report find a similar situation. that there are no charges recommending here against the president, but some damming details, including statement that he willfully retained documents after leaving office. the point you highlighted about how the special counsel and his team found their interviews with the president in which he, as it was put, his memory was significantly limited, are certainly going to be weaponized by the president s opponents. we also see an interesting mo
public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming you to live from new york. today on the program. the united states versus iran. american soeldiers killed in jordan. u.s. ships attacked in the red sea. and missiles and drones launched at american bases and iran s proxies claim responsibility for it all. america has begun to respond. is it the right way? how can an all-out war be avoided? i ll ask an expert panel. then, american aid to ukraine and israel is being held up until the troubles at america s border with mexico are fixed. david frum will explain why he called this the gop s great betrayal. and also we ll tell you about the most interesting world leader to break on to the scene in quite a while. argentina s halfjavier milei. but first here is my take. it is fitting that the line that best describes u.s. foreign policy over the middle east in the last 15 years comes from the godfather. michael has been tr
this is gps global public square. i m fareed zacaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program, united states versus iron. american soldiers killed in jordan. u.s. ships attacking the red sea. missiles and drones launched at american bases. and iran s proxies claim responsibility for it all. america has begun to respond. how can an all-out war be avoided? i ll ask an expert panel. then, american aid to ukraine and israel the being held up until the troubles at america s border with mexico are fixed. david crumb will explain why he calls this the gop s great betrayal. and we ll tell you about the most interesting world leader to break on to the scene in quite a while. first, here s my take. it s perhaps fitting that the line that best describes the u.s. foreign policy of the middle east comes from the godfather. in the third movie, the aging michael corleone is trying to distance himself and a crisis flares up. just when i thought i was out, they pull me
live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. it s not something we say very often, but congress appears on the verge of actually accomplishing something. more than 350 house members, even speaker johnson himself have signed on to a multibillion dollar deal that could give a tax break to millions of families and businesses, but will senate republicans end up sinking it? for the first time in a long time, we heard from defense secretary lloyd austin pinning the blame directly on iran for the deadly attack on u.s. service members and insisting they ll pay the price. we ve not described what our response is going to be, but we look to hold the people that are responsible for this accountable. but the question is when and is the delay getting iranian backed militants time to get away. and the government is gearing up for a price war with big pharma, with billions of your dollars at stake. hhs secretary xavier becerra will join me later in the show to talk about how it coul