after he became the first current or former president ever to be hit with a search warrant. and just hours after becoming the first ever to invoke his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination, which is a pillar of civil liberties, but which he used to say only mobsters do, until he took the fifth and saying what only mobsters say when ever they re searched, in this case suggesting without anything at all to back it up, that federal agents planted evidence when they searched mar-a-lago on monday, which then quickly became a republican talking point, or in the case of lindsey graham, senator graham, who sits on the judiciary committee and who clearly should know better, just another toxic idea to smile and not along with. we know they doctor evidence. we know they plant evidence. sure. we know they hide evidence. we know they lie. we know they leak. i mean this is not anything new. this has been this has been years they ve been doing this. we can t just say, oh,
with a search orange. just hours at the becoming the first to evoke is 5th amendment right against self incrimination, which is a. pillar of civil rudy, which she used to say only mobsters do, until he took the fifth, and saying we only mobster say, whenever they are searched. in this case, without anything the backup, that federal agents planted evidence when they searched more legault on monday, which quickly became a republican talking point. that s the case for lindsey graham, the senator, which is judiciary committee who coalition know better. he leota a toxic smile and not along with. we know they doctored evidence. we know they plant evidence. we know they hide evidence. we know they leak. this is not anything new. this has been years that they have been doing. this. we are waiting for the guy to come out and give a statement about what is predicated. what? these people are out of control, senator. this country is on the edge of a cliff, man. i am telling you, this c
session fears. this hour i ll be joined by dr. anthony fauci to discuss the biden administration s response to monkey pox. the public health emergency and the impact of the most recent covid variant spreading across the u.s. we begin with the new u.s./china tensions. joining us now are nbc chief white house correspondent peter alexander cohost of weekend today and the former nato supreme allied commander. peter, tensions you have been tracking so closely between two major powers, the two remaining super powers, clearly es-kating. i cannot recall any time between the u.s. and china where the military behavior by china has been at this fever pitch. i think you re right. the escalation has increased in recent days with these live fire missile tests in the taiwan strait in taiwan s territorial waters there. so much so that just yesterday nbc news has now confirmed with white house officials the white house summoned china s ambassador to the united states to the white house fo
was on the floor of the senate. and if you wear a mask for like, ten, 12 hours in a row, it becomes a bit of a drag. so, i want to go outside with a staffer and breathe some fresh air, get some sunshine. that was the whole purpose as to my being on the steps. well, as a shade dweller, i m glad you are sitting in the shade. because too much sun is not good. the midterm election is obviously 90 days. if the inflation reduction act is ultimately signed by president biden, will democrats and independents like who caucus with, them pricing, guns, semiconductor manufacturing and infrastructure, do you believe making progress on those issues will help democrats in the terms? midterms? i think it is a step forward, and i think we got to be honest with the american people. for example, in terms of the prescription drug provision, and the inflation reduction act,
that was the major thing. the second thing that i was thinking, you know, i wear a mask when i was on the floor of the senate. if you wear a mask for 10, 12 hours in a row, it becomes a bit of a drag. i wanted to go outside with a staffer and breathe some fresh air and get some sunshine. that was the whole purpose as to my being on the steps. as a shade dweller, i m glad you were sitting in the shade because too much sun is not good. the midterm elections obviously in 90 days. if the inflation reduction act is ultimately signed by president biden, democrats, independents like you who caucus with them, will have passed legislation on climate, drug pricing, guns, semiconductor, manufacturing, and infrastructure. do you believe making progress on those issues will help democrats in the midterms? i think it s a step forward, but i think we have got to be honest with the american people. for example, in terms of the prescription drug provision in the inflation reduction act, you