to the scene of the crisis. in mcallen, texas, the testimony from border chief as republicans search for answers and solutions. the white house accusing them of playing partisan games with the hearing. that is rich, considering democrats are playing their own. they were going. even spent our tax money on travel to get there and suddenly a political flip, they all cancelled on the border hearing. a republican spokesperson tells us the members booked travel and called a witness before backing out. here is what they missed. chief ortiz, does dhs have operational control of our entire border? no, sir. harris: what is it exactly the dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas has been saying? not that truth. here he is last year. will you testify underoath, do we have operational control, yes or no? yes, we do. we have operational control at the border? we do. harris: it was bad back then, it is historically raw and dangerous now, you know it is not under control. art delqua.
a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news smith is overseeing the dual probes involving pence s former boss regarding the classified documents trump took with him to mar-a-lago and the january 6th attack on the capitol. we do not know exactly why he has subpoenaed pence and if it is in reference to one or both of these probes but when a former vice president of the united states is subpoenaed, it is a big deal. according to abc news which was the first to report this news, it follows months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and pence s legal team. not surprising, but spokespeople for both the former vice president and the special counsel have declined to comment. joining me now is my colleague and anchor of the beat, ari melber. peter strzok, former fbi counterintelligence agent, and charles coleman, former prosecutor. ari, i m going to start with you. it is a big deal, but not a specifically big deal because we don t know exactly what these probes are abou
and detroit, where he s aiming to rally up support amongst black voters. that s a key demographic and recent polling shows him losing ground to former president trump. the big problem for him, trump expect today speak later on this afternoon at the n.r.a. convention happening in dallas. a very busy weekend it isment welcome to fox news live, i m aishah hasnie. good afternoon to you, griff. griff: and president biden will deliver the commencement address at morehouse college. and lucas tomlinson kicks it off at the white house on latest on the president s plans. hey, lucas. that s right, president biden just took off aboard air force one for georgia. a critical swing state in the 2024 elections, a state he lost in 2016, but won narrowly at 2020. and he took the motorcade over there and the president did speak yesterday at the african-american museum in washington. my predecessor and extreme maga friendsing going after diversity, equity and inclusion across america. they wa
we will hear argument this morning in case 23-939. trump versus the united states. reporter: tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker how is our girl. as his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the supreme court. this court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. a private attorney to spearhead his challenges to the election results. what was up with the pardon for president nixon? if everybody thought that presidents couldn t be prosecuted what was that about? if it fails completely it is because we have destroyed our democracy on our own, isn t it? tonight, rachel maddow, nicole wallace, joy reed, chris liz. lawrence o donnell, lisa ruben all here as msnbc s special coverage of trump on trial begins now. who has the time? who has the time? you are telling me that simultaneously, we have nearly three hour
stop the race to the bottom in the fast-food industry. and build a california for all of us. thank you governor and our california lawmakers for fighting for what matters. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. tonight, the trump jury, seven new yorkers have already been seated as the judge signals the trial could be ahead of schedule. plus trump has big plans for his media company. but is streaming really the thing that will reverse the stock slide? and republicans are close to firing their house speaker again because they don t have anything better to do as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we are now 203 days away from the election. donald trump s first criminal trial appears to now be moving at a lot faster pace than anyone expected. this was day two of jury selection. and by late this afternoon, seven new york jurors were sworn in. if this pay continues, we could see opening statements next