Good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. A circular firing squad. That s how one house democrat described a parting meeting today meant to hash out who wants the president to stay in the race and who wants him to go. Now as senate democrats meet behind closed doors, will they have better luck at reaching a consensus on whether to support the president s candidacy? all this as we wait for today s white house press briefing to get started any minute now. Will we see more of the fireworks like we saw on monday? plus, president biden hosting international leaders for the nato summit today where he s already the topic of conversation. Here s canada s prime minister who s meeting with senators before the summit gets under way. Mr. Prime minister, do you have any concerns about biden s age or mental acuiti? good to see everyone here this morning. Justin trudeau not willing to engage, but can other leaders help the president shift the focus off himself and onto
jumping and with common should raise the temperature even hire. suggesting a national ban on abortion is likely in the cards, this as senate majority leader chuck schumer prepares for a vote to protect abortion rights in this country. if we are unable to get republicans on this, we marched straight to the ballot box, and i tell people this that old slogan, don t get mad, vote, i said get mad and vote. at the end of the day there is no right to an abortion in the united states constitution that the issue with abortions it makes a very different is that there is a life. it s very important to get every senator on the record about where they re stand on this issue, you see republicans trying to dodge and not talk about this issue because they know how incredibly popular it is. all right, in a moment i ll talk to the nevada attorney general abram florida, the national bank could have in states like where abortion rights are in fact protected, and growing flair that aborti
ukrainian offensive through this area. where they don t. i think they needed them. donald trump, the campaign trail, amidst new reporting today on classified documents and potential pressure campaign involving the irs to let his freedom caucus fracture is, the latest on an inept effort to oust marjorie taylor greene from the gop organization. plus, you are following some extreme heat that continues to stifle parts of the country as well as a threat of severe storms and others. an alarming health development, cases of malaria, cropping up in the u.s. from the first time in decades. all of that and a troubling new trend in the wake of anti-trans legislation around the country. people forced to go to the black market to get medication they desperately need. that story is ahead this hour as well. you don t miss that conversation. we begin though with ukraine. now, 500 days into its fight for survival after the russian invasion. the president just signed off on what may be his
individual s names in this report. the bar associations across the country, local bar associations have to step up. local prosecutors have to step up the accountability piece is the piece here, and that is what folks will be looking for. we certainly will, symone thank you. if you are just joining us right now i m stephanie ruhle. it is midnight on the east coast and i am on the west coast, we are continuing our breaking news coverage of the release of the january 6th committee s final report on the siege of the capital and donald trump s effort to change the results of the 2020 election. it was made public just over an hour ago, it totals 845 pages. what is the first passage all about? the big lie. with that, let s get smarter with a lead off panel, former you new york prosecutor in civil rights attorney charles coleman. pulitzer prize-winning reporter for an joyce vance, who spent 25 years as a federal prosecutor and symone sanders-townsend still with us along with stua
that we have already seen to this. we cannot compare watergate, just this really was the beginning and the plot for what would ve been a civil war, a small version on january 6th. and that is laid out even in the first few pages of this document. from a legal standpoint, from a principled standpoint, it absolutely has to be taken seriously. it is not just an indictment on democracy, sorry an indictment on the republican party, it is as clear statement on how these people will go to any and many lengths to literally dismantle american democracy. and that is no laughing matter. katie, in 845-page report that is now sitting in the lap of the department of justice. jack smith, a report like this isn t like a pot potato that they now have to deal with or do they just get a winning lotto ticket? there are all sorts of details in this thing. i think based on in the summer over the election in the fall and now more recently the subpoena sent out to the fake electors plot i don