Marvel movie. We ll explain. Plus. No telling what i might do. Elon musk is about to take the stage at studio 8 h, the same week his company pulled off a big rocket launch. So what s the controversy about? the controversy at 30 rock. Ve we ll get into the backlash and funny people in their own right. Also the country is reopening but not everyone is ready for it. We ll ask the author of a new book o that details how democracies deal with doom. Andde will smith is not looking his best these days, but he he put that dad bod on instagram and i think that s a good thing. From nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. This civil war in the gop is reaching a turning point. House republicans are preparing to oust congresswoman liz cheney from her number 3 leadership position. It is a fight driven by former president donald trump. He seems in at the point on dividing the party in his favor. And much of his i focus has bee on punishing law you makers who
Crist joins us to respond and to tell us why he s running for governor again. Plus, it seems like the justice department under president trump secretly obtained reporters phone records. More on the washington post report coming up. From nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson welcome to the week. Well, the battle lines are getting sharper in the fight for the future of the republican party. Donald trump has been working behind the scenes to banish people that he deemed disloyal. Today, the washington post reported that congresswoman liz cheney, she s the chair of the house gop conference, has been working just as hard to keep the former president from being the face of the party. Publicly she voted to impeach president trump and said that he has no place in the party. She also quietly organized an oped last fall among ten former defense secretaries. They warned the military to avoid getting involved in donald trump s election protests. Now, the post also revealed t
Love for donald trump. And they re tried to requite as carefully as they can. A leadership shakeup expected this week. House republicans look to oust congresswoman liz cheney from her number three posts. What that will mean for the party and its ultimate surrender to donald trump. Good morning everybody. Happy mother s day. It is sunday, may 9th. I m lindsey reiser. And i m kendis gibson. Looks like we ve made. It looks anything hitting us is looks like we made. It looks like needed. And we have a team for us on this mother s day. From london to here in the united states. With the very latest on all of our top stories this morning. But we are going to begin with that breaking news. That uncontrolled chinese rocket reentering earth s atmosphere. Just hours ago. And after months of speculation about exactly where and when it was going to land. It looks like the u. S. Is in the clear. Chinese state media saying that the debris field here, fell right here. The rocket landed in the indian o
Meet with a group to look for common ground. Biden has held recent conversations with capito describing last week s meeting as warm and friendly. Capito saying afterwards that she was encouraged. There are signs as relates to another of biden s top priorities, police reform. The wall street journal reports there appears to be bipartisan agreement on several pieces of police reform legislation including limiting the transfer of some military equipment to departments, banning the use of chokeholds except in lifethreatening situations and some changes to noknock warrants. However, this is the major gop which remains engulfed over trumpism and fealty to the big election lie. Joining me now is eugene scott. Eugene, good morning to you. The biden administration is trying to negotiate with republicans on a couple of different fronts. We talked about policing, on this infrastructure bill but this is a party, a conservative party, that is trying to push a lifelong conservative out of leadership
Purging his party of anyone who dares challenge donald trump. Like liz cheney. Mccarthy has been learning to ingratiate himself to the 45th president ever since trump pet named him, and i quote, my kevin, on the eve of his inauguration. And since mccarthy figured out trump s favorite starburst flavors. You read that right. It s worked for him so far. Mccarthy did allow some daylight between himself and trump when the carefully quaffed californian spoke his conscience about the january 6th attack on the capitol. The president bears responsibility for wednesday s attack on congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. And that is true. But with his eyes firmly affixed on the speaker s gavel, mccarthy promptly gaslit his way back into trump s good graces. Do you believe that former president trump provoked i don t believe he provoked if you listen to what he said at the rally. Really? joining me now to discuss, michael steele, former