very close relationship with sean hannity. later, a start-up trying to guard against hope sietzs. they re here to share some news. they will join me for news about newsguard later this hour. first, the never-ending election. neverending elections are so bad for the united states. as president biden hits his one-year mark in office, donald trump hits a wall, repeating his usual lies at a rally in arizona overnight. the rallies themselves are barely news anymore. what s newsworthy, what s interesting, is the way these allies are covered or the way they re ignored. for example, here s what trump said at the very top of the rally saturday night, calling the media the big lie. last year we had a rigged election and the proof is all over the place. we have a lot of proof and they know it s proof. they always talk about the big lie. they re the big lie. but the fake news and the lame-stream media refuse and refuse, they refuse to talk about it. so he s actually right about t
leader not holding back. i thought the reference to my favorite punk sca-band, insane. what was it? malignant clown show. malignant clown show. a good one! best 1990s bunk sca-band out there. close cousin to the insane clown posse out of detroit. yeah, of course. fantastic. that a malignant clown show. this as top republican in the senate releases an fbi memo that fails to prove any, any, of the accusations against president joe biden and his son hunter. and the people said, oh, how nice. the republicans now have their own steele dossier. yeah. plus, kevin mccarthy made a secret promise to trump. and speaking of the form period we ll play his ominous comments that seem to be calls for a january 6 response to his legal issues. here s the problem. willie a lot of problems there! there are a lot of problems but he needs to read the room. this does not help him with jack smith. i don t know. maybe this helped him with a contract dispute in new jersey
florida governor ron desantis is ranged to fly 50 people from texas to martha s vineyard off the coast of massachusetts. this is all part of the campaign to protest the biden administration s immigration policies. but the white house says she s governors are using the migrants as political pawns. those taken to martha s vineyard are receiving shelter and help at a u.s. military base. miguel marquez has more on their journey. referee: after less than 48 unexpected hours in martha s vineyard, nearly 50 venezuelal migrants were given a warm sendoff, embracing each person as they boarded buses. then ferries and onto the next part of their long journey. their unannounced rival wednesday all part of a campaign by texas governor greg abbott and florida governor ron desantis to send them to sanctuary cities by surprise. free to the alien but certainly not mandatory. and that way they re able to go and these sanctuary jurisdiction cans put their money where their mouth is. r
greater likelihood the house flips than the senate. he blames candidate quality. but who s to blame for that? we re going to look at the key races where warning signs are flashing for the gop. plus, when americans think of the irs, accountants come to mind, but some republicans are now portraying the agency as an armed strike force. the potentially dangerous implications of the party s escalating rhetoric. we re going to start, though, with that affidavit and the doj s investigation. joining me right now, nbc news correspondent sam brock in west palm beach, florida. nbc s julia ainsley in washington. also with me is kyle cheney, senior legal affairs reporter for politico, and harry litman, former u.s. attorney and host of the talking feds podcast. thank you all for being with me. sam, first, we want to go to you. the government has until thursday to submit the redactions it wants to this affidavit. what will this process look like and what else did the judge say? re