dangerously for american women post-roe and a hot off the presses economic stump speech that debuted yesterday in chicago. and all of that just since saturday. without further ado, the 46th president of the united states, joe biden. thank you for being here. thank you for having me. this is very exciting for us. exciting for me. you said today and i know that you have a lot of power but i can t imagine you manufactured the breaking news about the court. you say this court is not normal. what did you mean? what i meant by that is it s done more to unravel basic rights and basic decisions than any court in recent history. that s what i meant by not normal. it s gone out of its way i mean, for example, take a look at overruling roe v. wade, take a look at the decision today, take a look at how it s how it s ruled on a number of issues that are have been precedent for 50, 60 years sometimes, and that s what i meant by not normal. can i read you some of your ap
fights behind closed doors. you walk out and wow. willie what? you know. nancy pelosi would never allow this never. to happen. never. you just don t go out there and get humiliated three times in a row. what a contrast. nancy pelosi never went to the house floor. people saying, what it s going to happen? you went to the house floor, you knew if nancy put it on the floor it s going to pass. did all the work before. hear from a lot of people, willie, kevin pl m had a month to lock it up and didn t do it. he didn t flow how to closed deal so humiliated yesterday. i got to say, that marjorie taylor greene fed up saying she s had enough. you had kevin mccarthy attacking members of his own caucus yesterday. you have the wall street journal editorial page, gop chaos caucus. house republicans said they want to drain the swamp and save america, but they can t even get through day one without a display of dysfunction. it s just it s just chaos. new york post a
another witness announced for tomorrow s primetime hearing. and new reporting on how donald trump had the secret service scrambling on the day of the attack. plus, we ve got the top headlines from last night s midterm election primaries that may serve as a warning to democrats. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senators had hoped to reach a bipartisan deal on gun safety by the end of this week, but nbc news has learned that that timetable may slip. perhaps into next week. senators have hit a snag on how to expand background checks. two people close to the talks tell nbc news at issue is whether to add waiting periods for 18 to 21-year-olds and to enable the fbi to conduct background checks on their juvenile records. a spokesman for republican senator john cornyn of texas said he is not considering waiting periods but does support the provision on the juvenile records. democrats, howev
tomorrow s primetime hearing. and new reporting on how donald trump had the secret service scrambling on the day of the capitol attack. also this morning, the top headlines from last night s midterm election primaries that may serve as a warning to democrats. yeah. some democrats. willy, you know this better than anybody, when brilliant minds visit our show, who do they quote? churchill, lincoln, aristotle, jesus christ. okay. of course more dorchester the british governor of quebec if it s jon meacham. willie, that s another story for another day. today we want to open the vault of deep thoughts in service to our progressive friends on the occasion of yet another setback on the issue of permissive law law enforcement. the san francisco d.a. got recalled last night perhaps the most progressive city in america. as we said last year, you said it time and again, democrats one of the most liberal cities in the east coast, one of the most liberal cities in new york elected
the january 6th committee. that house committee is still at work. one of the washington post reporters behind the latest january 6th scoop will join us. plus, for the first time we re learning of the secret scramble on the day of the insurrection, prompted by something president trump said and something the house committee is now investigating. also, the race to lead the country s second biggest city going down to the wire, a billionaire businessman up against someone who at one point was reportedly on the short list for president biden s vp. we have a lot to get to. i want to bring in garrett haake, along with white house correspondent carol lee. i want to start with you, cara. at times briefings can be somewhat lighthearted. now this one. matthew mccoy hi had a very clear and emotional message not just to the audience in the briefing room, but presumably the audience watching live across the country. that s right, hallie, he made an impassioned plea to pass legislat