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the plan was illegal, or said in in front and trump did not care it was illegal. >> i think that was one of the biggest take-aways that eastman himself knew it was illegal and put it in an email, i want you to do a minor constitutional violation. chuck, back to you, we will build our way back to donald trump if we, can and

specifically about his lawyer, that lawyer, john eastman, we even saw the email that he wrote to golden globe, saying, you know, having -- to rudy giuliani, saying you know, having thought about it, i think i do need a pardon here that understands his mind set and understanding he had done something criminal, why else would you need a pardon, what are the legal implications to face him? >> good questions, peter. first on the pardon, i'm not a poker player but i'm told people who play poker look for tells if they have a good land or a bad hand and a tell, consciousness of guilt, as you articulated would be asking for a pardon, would be asking for a pardon, i'm guessing that jonathan or garrett or you pete ver never asked for a parden in large part because you haven't committed a crime so that is absolute consciousness of guilt. is eastman on the hook for crimes? potentially absolutely. the hardest thing for us to prove as prosecutors is always intent. but here, we now know, eastman didn't believe in his own theory. he thought he would lose 9-0 in the supreme court. he said that al gore in 2000, or

kamala harris in 2024 couldn't simply reject electors or send these slates back to the states. he knew it was unfounded, and yet he pursued it in order to obstruct the congress and to hinder the counting of the electoral vote. so is he on the hook for a crime? well, you know, don't believe what i said, believe what he wrote, he wants a pardon. >> i can't speak on behalf of my reporting colleagues, i never asked for a pardon and i don't think the former president would have offered me one even had i. and it seems like the chances of criminal charges against the president may have gone up. as you heard to this point, acknowledging there are more hearings ahead and focus on the 187 minutes, between you know, the riots starting and the president finally speaking out to really try to quell the violence taking place there, where do you see the best case for prosecutors at this time? is it the incitement of violence? >> peter, i would say it this way. i think you're closer, right,

the more that you talk to people who are close to the president, the more you talk to people who told him something, or heard something for him, the closer you are to proving his intent. but there's a big difference between what he's told and what he knows. you could spend the next month telling me about quantum physics, and you could prove you told it to me that you couldn't prove that i understood it and you know, on one hand i would always talk about how ignorant president trump is, and on the other, do we really expect that he understood the contours of the 1887 electoral counteract, or the 12th amendment? so we're getting closer. and we need to hear from a lot more people who heard directly from president trump. by the way, we've only heard a small fraction of what the committee knows, and we've learned nothing about what the department of justice knows other than the cases that it has already brought in federal court. so closer, yes. but dispositive, no, not yet. >> and we've seen the contention

between the department of justice and the committee itself, and it would seem like the goals are in line. can you take us behind the scenes of what that situation is about in some way, obviously they want access to the full transcripts, we heard from the democratic chairman bennie thompson, we will give them to them eventually but we have more investigating to do. where does this stand? >> there are two reasons that the department of justice wants the transcripts and wants them now, number one they have an obligation in ongoing cases so if all of us were witnesses, as to somebody who has been charged and is going to be on trial soon, and we've made inconsistent statements to fbi, and to the 1/6 committee, then that's the type of thing that the department of justice prosecutors have to review and conceivably turn over to the defense. so there's an immediate obligation to, in ongoing cases, also, with respect to ongoing investigations, charges that may be subsequently brought. i was a federal prosecutor, i believe in the mantra that there is no such thing as too much

evidence, and you want to see what other people said, and when you question them yourself, you want to have those depositions and those transcripts in front of you. so there's an immediate need and there's an ongoing future need. and it really strikes me as odd that the committee would not provide this to the department of justice now. because now is when they need it. >> juck chosenberg, garrett haake, thanks for your reporting all week from the hill, i know you have a couple of busy weeks ahead. jonathan allen, you as well. we appreciate all of you. we will have special coverage of next january 6th hearing on tuesday at noon eastern. led by andrea mitchell, katie tur and halle jackson, right here on msnbc. president biden on the defensive, as americans face rising prices on just about everything. what he says about inflation and the challenges for the white house to communicate to families that are struggling. plus, another american community now in mourning, after another deadly shooting. what police say about that shooting at an alabama church

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i'm using every lever available to me to bring down prices for the american people. and our nations are working together to stabilize global energy markets, including coordinating the largest release from the global reserve, from global oil reserves in history. >> that was president biden earlier at the white house hosting a virtual meeting on energy and climate from leaders of some of the world's biggest economies, president biden reiterating his goal of lowering gas price, the national average at $5 a gallon, down one cent from yesterday.

gas prices are part of the economic crisis that the president is talking about, and had an interview with the associated press and he believe a recession in his words is not inevitable and also said quote, we're in a stronger position than any nation in the world to overcome this inflation. i want to get right to our guests, our panel today, nbc news white house correspondent mike, former white house press secretary, under the obama administration, robert gibbs, and business insider columnist lynette lopez. mike, right to you. the president heading to his delaware home for the weekend, spoke to reporters before boarding marine one, the takes, what did he say, did he address some of these crises that are on the minds of americans? >> peter, we should be getting some of that take shortly but the president answering a number of questions from reporters, first talking about those americans who may have been captured fighting in ukraine, the president saying that he has been briefed but once again encouraging americans not to be going over to ukraine. this is not something they should be doing.

he said he was asked about the high price of gas yet again, what steps the administration is considering, and the president, as we've seen, something of a shift in the white house lately, increasingly raising the temperature on oil companies specifically, the president making the point to reporters just now that the crude oil price is at a point at which gas prices the last time it was at the same level were actually far lower so he is making the argument here as we saw in a letter that he sent to oil companies as well, that they are essentially making a profit on the backs of struggling american consumers. he also talked about in his travel to saudi arabia that we know is coming up in just a few weeks, there has been some suggestion that that trip be about energy prices and the president trying to get the saudis to pump more oil. the president not addressing that today. but of course you remember just last week, he said this was not a trip about energy prices. he did discuss that controversial meeting that we expected him to have, with mohamed bin sal man and says that is not why he is going there, peter. >> no doubt he is scheduled to travel to israel, the west bank

and saudi arabia next month and i'll be on that trip, we will keep a close eye with what happens there and in an effort as they say to sort of recalibrate the relationship, to repair the relations there even after the death of khashoggi, we know the tape is in moments and in a couple of words, before we do, the message, you're a strategic communications guy, the white house message right now should be what? >> well, we're doing as you heard president biden say, we're doing everything we possibly can. the tension obviously in communicating this, there isn't a magic wand somewhere in that great desk of his. >> let me interrupt you brieflily and i want the rest of that thought and i think the president is speaking on the south lawn. here's the tape. >> i'm going to an international meeting. and this is going to be a part of it. just like there were people part of the discussion today. >> what about the three americans who were reportedly

missing in ukraine. have you been briefed? >> i have been briefed. we don't know where they are but we want to reiterate, americans should not be going to ukraine now. say it again. americans should not be going to ukraine now. [ inaudible question ] >> if you look at what a barrel of oil costs, with the profits, number one, i contacted them to ask what their machines are and to give any suggestions they have. and there are over 9,000 leases. 9,000. and they can drill, that won't happen but they're not doing it, number two.

number three, i think we're going to be in a position where we're going to -- >> how long will it be -- >> i've been to india twice. and i'll be back to india. >> mr. president -- >> the president getting a bit of a lifeline, the jill biden, pulling him out of the questions, the last question you could see was focusing on the president's pressure campaign, focused on the oil companies, the executives from some of the top old companies, in america right now, he wrote them a letter this week, a series of individual letters, calling on them to be in touch with the energy secretary, hoping to coordinate an emergency meeting to try to get their views on what they would be open to doing to help increase domestic production of oil right now, as we can see, the president then shaking hands with some of his

staff, some of the visitors before departing. robert, i want to bring you back in right now and i know the conversation we were having, the challenge for democrats right now, facing these head winds, as it relates to the economy, the president and his job really at the end of the day, as it relates to where we are going is to express optimism. he said that a recession was not inevitable, but beyond messaging, what is the white house, what is the president, what do democrats need to be doing in these critical month with the midterms this fall, before american opinions are calcified perhaps by the end of the summer? >> it is a great question, peter. i think what you see this white house doing, the president doing, in that interview with the associated press, and even there, enumerating the steps the president and the administration are taking, whether with oil companies, whether with congress with the prescription drug prices. i think the white house has clearly got the president out there talking about and expressing that confidence, and talking about the things that they're trying to do. as we said earlier, the tension is, it is just hard to move

these big issues, particularly the oil, oil prices are globally set. it's hard to move this stuff in the short term. and i think that's the tension here, is there is just very little that they can do immediately to change the outcome of what americans are feeling economically, and it's also very dangerous and i think they're smart in treading this line, they can't get americans to feel better than they are, and if you try to do that, then you'll look out of touch. they're walking quite a fine tight rope right now. >> as some officials described to me, the desire at some point is to demonstrate progress, that we're going in the right direction, and that can get americans a sort of optimism that we're sort of coming out of this. you just last month warned in your words that wall street is facing a summer of hell, that's not the kind of progress that the administration is looking for. let's take a look at the dow right now. you can see it is facing another rough day, fell below the key 30,000 level for the first time in more than a year.

a little better than when we started the broadcast. down only 60 points at this point. and nonetheless, bear market territory we've been witnessing in recent days. as you look ahead to the summer, and you see the real challenges, what is the summer looking like for a lot of americans? i think we have a pretty good sense. >> well, wall street is wall street, isn't necessarily the economy, so let's put those in two different buckets. wall street had an amazing last two to three years, and you know, during the pandemic, the government took care of people, so spending didn't really get decreased, it just dislocated, supply and demand, so stocks just ramped up, and stocks have been benefitting from zero interest rates for 10, 15 years almost, so we knew the day would come, that interest rates would go up, and a lot of the stock market, it would start to explode, and that's what you're witnessing now. what has to do with the economy is the stock market is concerned

that this inflation situation has spread to wages in the services sector, which is to say we're going to have wage inflation at restaurants, so the people who are working, that's stickier than the inflation that we have due to supply side and supply/demand dislocation coming out of the pandemic. and obviously, we have very little that we can do about the inflation that comes from the russian/ukraine conflict, which is in gas and food prices. and i think the argument the president is trying to make is that we have had an affordability crisis in this country when it comes to education, health care, et cetera, and he's saying that if we tackle some of those more long-term affordability crisis issues that we already have, or already have had, then perhaps it will ease the burden on americans when it comes to the

inflation we can't control. >> the administration hoping to put out some small wins on the board, the president signing into law what is called the ocean shipping reform act, just yesterday, that should help retailers and farmers on the margins as well. linette lopez, appreciate you guys beak with us right now. as we speak about this topic, gas prices keep rising, tourism industry, among those feeling the pain and now forced to make some serious changes. nbc's shaquille brewster in chicago with a look at the impact fuel prices are having on boat tourism. what are seeing as you see the beautiful river behind you? >> we're hearing many of the tour companies pass on those costs to consumers. i spoke to the owner of shoreline sightseeing, one of the river cruises that you have, in that beautiful river that you see behind me, they do some of the skyline cruises along the lake and they said just within a year, they saw a 54% increase in the cost of fuel, for fueling their fleet of vehicles. so what were they doing?

they have for the first time ever launched a fuel surcharge for the tickets, now it's a dollar on what is about a $45 ticket, but it is a sense of how these costs are getting passed down to consumers and when you talk to tourists, people coming in across the country to enjoy time in chicago, they're noticing, if they didn't cancel the trip all together, they're making modest adjustments to make the trips more possible and make them more affordable. listen to a few conversations that i've been having with folks. >> school just ended yesterday. we decided we were going to do something, and with the gas prices, with all this going on, we thought we would keep it to a stay-cation. >> a lot of it is cost of fuel. >> right. >> so go by train, from milwaukee to ann arbor. and not renting a car. i was here two years ago, and rented a car and drove from portland, and i wasn't going to do that this time around. >> look, there's an undering here, peter, that this is discretionary spending, this is

not the increasing in food or gas for people, where people have to pay that to live their life but when you look at inflation in the latest reports that we've seen, we saw airline fares up 38% year over year, hotels up 22% year over year. for those who are look together summer, they want to have a good time, they say they're still going to go ahead and do those trips, you're seeing them find ways to adjust, and that adjustment is having an impact on the industry, peter. >> among those, trying to make last-minute plans for family across the country, i have to tell you, it is not pretty as you prepare to bring a wife and two kids on a trek like that. a gorgeous day there for father's day, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. appreciate you being with us. this morning, another encouraging step for parents anxious to get their small children vaccinated, the fda just announced that it is authorizing use of both the pfizer and the moderna covid-19 vaccines for young children. according to the fda, the pfizer vaccine is safe, and effective

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walked out on talks yesterday. sources close to the matter tell nbc news that the senators remain at odds over what is called the boyfriend loophole. nbc's ali vitali has been following the story from capitol hill. i want you to help our audience understand better what the boyfriend loophole is here, and why it is such a sticking point for lawmakers, and really whether we think these talks are going to happen at this point. they go on recess at the end of next week. the window, at least the momentum could close if they don't do something quickly. >> yes, i mean peter, they've sustained the momentum over out of town periods in the past, that's actually when a lot of the framework was put together, was over zoom and through virtual meetings and then picked up again here in washington, d.c. after they came back from that recess, but of course july 4th is that day that they keep talking about where they like to have this vote done by before senators get out of town and the

framework and having pivotal senators sign on to the deal and crafting the bill would be difficult, and the frequent refrain of the devil being in the details and one of the key details is around this so-called boyfriend loophole. you said it is about taking firearms away from abusive domestic partners, those sort of nontraditional relationships, because we know so much gun violence happens at the hands of intimate partners. it is something that democrats would like crafted, in a very broad sense, it's something republicans would like crafted in a very narrow sense, and therein lies the rub, effectively, as they try to go forward crafting this kind of legislation. senator john cornyn, the leading republican on these negotiations, when he left town yesterday, he said that he was frustrated, it's also going to be interesting because he goes home this weekend, and he has a conservative gathering of republicans in his state. i imagine he is going to be hearing about this legislation that he's been working on. i already know that other senators who are not central to these negotiations are regularly hearing from their constituents.

so certainly, when cornyn comes back to town, it is going to be with whatever the next page of these negotiations are, as well as whatever he heard at home, and so of course, all of the senators that you see there on your screen still trying to craft this legislation on the clock, but at the end of the day, peter, if compromise means it will take a little longer, that's what they said all long. >> i think everyone is willing for a compromise for it to get done. and obviously the desire is to crack down on domestic abusers, among the questions is what that time horizon is, some republicans saying they don't want those to be penalized if it is a relationship way in the past, it is something they will continue debating. ali, thank you. and as lawmakers work on that gun violence prevention bill, we're also following another deadly shooting here in the u.s. just last hour, officials gave an update on the investigation into the shooting at a church in alabama that happened last night. two people were killed there, a third was injured after a gunman

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learned that three people were shot inside of a pot luck dinner at the church, and that the shooter was actually a 71-year-old man who according to police was an occasional attendee of church services. police here say that he pulled out a concealed handgun in the middle of the meeting and started firing, it was actually another parishioner or attendee there who subdued him, while police were able to arrive, not just vestavia hills but mutual aid from nearby police agencies as well and upon minutes upon arrival, they were able to get the subject under control. and apprehended. additionally another 84-year-old woman who is recovering right now, from injuries at the hospital. it is not clear what exactly her status is. we asked whether this is someone known to law enforcement. we asked if he obtained his firearm legally. they declined to answer those questions, before they walked out the door. the latest in vestavia hills,

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since last week, moments ago president biden reiterated his warning that americans quote should not be going to ukraine. nbc's ellison barber is in urpin ukraine, with the latest. what more do we know about these missing americans? >> reporter: peter, yes, so their names are alex drueke and andy hyuhn, and previously residing in alabama and their families say they have not heard from them since last week, molly hunter has spoken to both of their families and they are understandably terrified. the state department says they are aware that these two men are captured by russian forces but they say they are unconfirmed reports. the state department says they are in touch with ukrainian authorities, the international red cross as well as the men's families but they say they have not reached out or had any conversations with the russian federation, in part because they say they have not seen anything

from russian forces to indicate that they have these men in captivity. at the same time, the spokesperson for the state department has acknowledged that they are also aware of a third american citizen who reportedly came to ukraine to fight and has been missing in recent weeks. president biden was talking about the other two men that we know about, and we know their names, because their families have spoken to us, he said that united states does not know their whereabouts right now, it is something that we're obviously monitoring here, their families mack home are desperate for -- back home are desperate for answers and we know the president and the state department are aware of this situation. peter? >> we've heard some of they're emotional pleas from those family members. ellison, there was another development coming from ukraine. the european commission now recommending that ukraine be granted eu candidate status. explain what that means and why that is so significant. >> reporter: yes, so yesterday,

when president ma crone was among the leaders meeting with president zelenskyy here in kyiv, he talked about this being a step on a very long path forward for ukraine to join the eu but it is something that ukraine desperately wants and we heard from a number of different leaders yesterday, saying that they feel that even before the war, ukraine properly demonstrated that they want to uphold and now fight for european values, president volodymyr zelenskyy met with the french president yesterday, the italian prime minister, the german chancellor, and the president of romania, all four of them said that they support ukraine getting eu candidate status. now, in order for that to happen, all 27 members of the eu bloc have to agree to it, and expected to be discussed at the summit next week in brussels. the chancellor of austria has previously expressed some hesitation about ukraine getting that status, and he says there are other baltic states who have been waiting for it, for a very long time.

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a community that's thought of as one of the most trackive, affordable places for families in america. the conditions there are changing. the investment firms come in and buy up a growing portion of the housing supply. they are increasing competition in the cost of housing. they turn around and rent those same homes often to the same families that had competed against them and hoped to own them. we met with families with local leaders who say they are worried the american dream is getting farther out of reach. take a look. for years, john and angie saved. >> this is nice. >> reporter: eager to buy a fish home. attracted by the good schools and proximity to work. pursuing the american dream has proved daunting. >> sorry. outbid. >> reporter: one of the best places to live. it's part of a national trend. real estate investment groups buy up houses in cash and rent them out in some cases to the very families who dreamed of owning them. in january, 33% of all homes

purchased in the u.s. were bought by investors. often wall street backed companies with multi-billion dollar funds. they currently rent from one of the biggest house rental companies. their rent raised 8%. four times in recent weeks, they have been outbid by invests with all cash offers. >> it can be discouraging when you get overbid by companies. >> how do you save when you are spending $2,200 a month just to rent? >> reporter: these companies have you on both ends? >> yeah. it's definitely a conundrum. >> reporter: some some neighborhoods, inveflters own more than half of the homes. >> this is one of the neighborhoods that investors have really targeted. they are coming in, buying at cash and hold them at rentals. >> reporter: the mayor is frustrated by the surge of distant, faceless land lords. have you been able to talk to any company snz. >> it's very difficult.

take for instance if you have a high grass and weed issue, code enforcement, if they own 4,000 homes, who is the individual that you go talk to about a specific problem? >> reporter: in a statement, the national rental home council says memberships companies own a fraction of the homes and its five largest companies maintain an a plus rating. this builder argues rental companies aren't taking away possibilities from families, but in many cases creating them. >> there are a segment of people no longer able to buy a home because they can't afford that home. they don't want to be in an apartment. they look for those opportunities to rent in those communities. >> reporter: after getting outbid, they say they have given up on the area. is the american dream accessible? >> i think the american dream is changing. our society may be going in that direction where we are getting further away from ownership. i don't think it's the right direction. >> i love the porch. >> reporter: they put in a bid on a home farther out.

their dream modified, not broken. antonia hylton, nbc news, indiana. many of the families are strategizing about what to do. they are hosting community roundtables and meetings. there are people meeting with their housing associations to see if they can change rules and ordinances to limit the amount of property that investors can buy up in certain communities. as of now, this is all legal. every day that goes by, investors get more of the homes and they are trying to figure out how to protect the middle class and families' dreams for their futures. >> it's a frustrating challenge for so many of the families when you compete against these big companies that have all cash. you are watching prices rise and try to save up to have a shot. thanks for shining a light on the experiences. we hope that situation improves for that family. that's going to do it for me on this busy friday. we wish you a great father's day weekend, by the way. "andrea mitchell reports" starts right here next.

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