it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. right now, president biden fights back. how dare he raise that? it wasn t any of their damn business. the president forcefully responding to the accusations of memory loss in the special counsel report that found no criminal charges were warranted for his handling of classified documents. new reporting today on why the memory details were included in the report. at the supreme court, the justices gear up to potentially hear another case involving former president donald trump. on capitol hill tonight, the senate is due to consider the stripped down bill providing aid to israel and ukraine, but its future is still uncertain, even without the bipartisan border provisions. overseas, israel steps up its assault on the city of rafah in southern gaza. president biden says the response in gaza has been, quote, over the top. we begin this morning with president biden s response to a report on his handling of c
our border since just october 1. almost 8 million since president biden s inaugural. those are all record-breaking numbers. the records have been broken and broken again. so clearly there s a crisis. everyone acknowledges this. congress and the president are not acting to do anything to fix it or to reverse this situation at this point. the huge numbers that we talk about all the time, they are numbers. they re important. they impact american cities. they impact the national security of our country and the bottom line of all of that. no one knows any of this better than border patrol chief jason owens. and while this number may sound a lot smaller, it s one that he wants you to know something about. he says it s a huge concern. he just posted these photos. he says that since october 1 border patrol has caught more than 160 coming in with gang affiliations. ms-13. all of them involved likely with murder, extortion, narcotics, weapons, human trafficking. prostitution. so on all
thanks for watching. i ll see it back here tomorrow, for another live hour of politicsnation. tomorrow, my guests include united auto workers president shawn fain. who earlier this week endorsed president biden. that is tomorrow at five pm eastern, right here on msnbc. the saturday show with jonathan capehart starts right now. jonathan, after the hard news, you ll be interviewing understand oscar nominee my friend jeffrey right of american fiction. it sounds like a great show. take it away jonathan. all right brett, thank you very. much all right brett, thank y under . donald trump s iron grip on the gop, now extends from the campaign trail to capitol hill. republicans could tank a border bill just to help them politically. my all-star panel molly jong-fast, michael steele, and luke broadwater, they are here to discuss what is at stake. the magic number, a jury verdict orders donald trump to pay 83 point $3 million for defaming e. jean carroll after she accused him of sexua
donald trump s iron grip on the gop, now extends from the campaign trail to capitol hill. republicans could tank a border bill just to help them politically. my all-star panel molly jong-fast, michael steele, and luke broadwater, they are here to discuss what is at stake. the magic number, a jury verdict orders donald trump to pay 83 point $3 million for defaming e. jean carroll after she accused him of sexual assault. we ll take a closer look at when or if she will see the money, and what trump s courtroom theatrics could tell us about his upcoming criminal trials. and, mr. wright, first time oscar nominee jeffrey wright joins me to talk about his acclaimed movie, american fiction, how it reflects his life experience, and the role i hope he gets to play one day. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. donald trump and nikki haley are back on the campaign trail tonight, as we countdown to next month s 2024 presidential contest in nevada and south car
damage. there is no end in sight. we ll look at how russia views this grim year with the anchors of exiled russian broadcaster tv rain. then we ll examine the present and future on the bloody battle field. is the war in a stalemate now and how might it finally end? i ll ask the experts. also, while all eyes are cast upward looking for more chinese balloons which of beijing s other actions are we missing on the ground and in the cyber realm? we ll explore. in the 360 days since russia s invasion, ukraine has become the front line in the global battle for democracy. it is a fight that is being fought in the airwaves as well as on the battle field. putin s minions are working overtime to control the message overseas and at home. under a law passed last year journalists in russia can be jailed for up to 15 years for reporting what the kremlin considers fake news about what its military is doing. and calling the war in ukraine a war could land one in prison. because of the crack