yes. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour in 1952, in the middle of the korean war, the united steel workers of america threatened to strike. but before they, could president truman shocked the nation with a televised address announcing he was seizing control of the steel plants so as not to interrupt the war effort. within half an hour of that address, lawyers for the steal companies had driven to a district court judges home in washington, d.c., and gotten the judge to set a hearing for the next morning. a hearing as to whether or not a could actually do that. now, the merits of that case a really interesting, but the reason the steele seizure case matters today is the speed at which was heard by the supreme court. the issue was so urgent for the steel workers, the unions, the steel companies, the u.s. military, it was so pressing that the case skipped the appeals process and the supreme court heard oral arguments just a little over a
in 1952, in the middle of the korean war, the united steel workers of america threatened to strike. but before they, could president truman shocked the nation with a televised address announcing he was seizing control of the steel plants so as not to interrupt the war effort. within half an hour of that address, lawyers for the steal companies had driven to a district court judges home in washington, d. c., and gotten the judge to set a hearing for the next morning. a hearing as to whether or not a could actually do that. now, the merits of that case a really interesting, but the reason the steele seizure case matters today is the speed at which was heard by the supreme court. the issue was so urgent for the steel workers, the unions, the steel companies, the u. s. military, it was so pressing that the case skipped the appeals process and the supreme court heard oral arguments just a little over a month after truman s announcement. they decided the case less than a month afte
hi, nicole, thanks a lot. special counsel jack smith is calling mike pence s bluff, in their view, and trying to force him under oath in a grand jury. more on that later. plus, the top investigator for the january 6th committee is speaking out on that big new york times story that was making waves. you might have seen it. he s here. he make his beat debut later in the hour. top story now is how republicans are using their power in the house. we saw kevin mccarthy clash with those hardliners, and during those clashes when he had to get all the votes on the house floor, he promised all kinds of concessions, including promoting what was then his most ardent foe to a committee to look into fbi investigations and attacking the fbi and doj. and that itself is a shift in washington s power dynamics. this is a story i m about to tell you. for decades, members in both parties lobbied to get on committees like appropriations, controlling money. some sought prestigious assignmen
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potential candidates to fill that special master role and outline their limitations. as for the investigation, a senior doj official tells nbc news this ruling does not halt the probe into the potential mishandling of classified documents. we ll dig into the legal implications of the judge s ruling in moments. also today, mixed emotions in uvalde, texas. students are back in school for the first time since the tragic may shooting at robb elementary. parents dropping off their kids, just trying to do the best they can. when i spoke to my kids the whole week, drilled them on, if anything happened again, try to make it out the window, run, don t scream. we re scared but we re here. we are on the ground in the community as they process the weight of this day. big news from across the pond where the new prime minister of the united kingdom, liz truss, is speaking this hour from downing street. we are monitoring that and we ll bring you the latest. we ll start with the