welcome back everybody. i'm lindsay in for fat's men. if you are just joining, us welcome. we begin with breaking news this hour. the right house confirming just a short time ago that president biden has tested positive, again, for covid. we are live at the white house was much more, in just a moment. also, this hour, texting on government phones. the story behind the secret service and trump officials communicating through the january 6th riots. it is only going deeper. new reporting is telling us about the process together that crucial information. and, yes >> we pursue justice without fear or favor. we intend to hold everyone, anyone, who was criminally responsible for the events surrounding january 6th. attorney general standing firm

on new reporting that shows its resources are at a breaking point. plus this. in point. plus this. she doesn't know that we don't have a home, because to her. i'm sorry. to her, wherever i am is her home. >> the reality of being kicked out of your home. why so many american families struggled to keep their homes during the pandemic, despite a federal ban on evictions. also, this hour. >> maybe we can find five more republicans who want to enable same-sex marriage to be supported. let us hope so. the world did not come to an end with the supreme court decided on roker felt which was the same sex marriage issue. and the world and come to an end -- . >> why senator hirono earlier on msnbc, how likely is congress to protect marriage equality, and what else is at stake.

i'm going to ask the lead plaintive, jim obergefell'd, who led the fight in that supreme court. case and, please hold for the president. what we know about a new phone call between joe biden and john. stuart plus, an extensive apology long overdue. the message will smith has four comedian chris rock. we have course want to begin with that breaking news from the white house that president biden has tested positive for covid again. a rebound case. nbc's maura barrett at the white house with more. mora. >> hi, lindsey. so we just got a letter within the last half hour from the president's physician, dr. kevin o'connor, detailing that the president has tested positive again on what would have been day ten after initially testing positive about a week and a half ago. the president was set to travel to wilmington for part of the weekend tomorrow, as well as an event in michigan on tuesday. both of those events have now been counseled as the president will now re-enter strict isolation here at the white house. this is something that doctors pointing out is a rebound case

of covid positivity. a small percentage of people who receive that paxlovid treatment, which we know the president took the paxlovid treatment for five days when he was experiencing symptoms. so, following his initial negative test and when he came and acknowledged, and exited his isolation on tuesday, the white house noted that he increased his texting testing cadence to protect people around him in dwayne surely detection of any returned viral replication's. and so we know that by that the president tested negative on tuesday evening, wednesday morning, thursday morning, and friday morning. but then he tested positive again late saturday morning by antigen testing. and so that is how they are determining this rebound positivity. like i mentioned, he will reengage strict isolation procedures. the doctor's letter also noting that the president has experienced no reemergence of symptoms. president biden tweeting as well, in the last few minutes,

acknowledging his positive testing. folks today a tested positive for covid again. this happens with a small minority of folks. i've got no symptoms, but i'm going to isolate for the safety of everyone around me. now, in addition to the trouble that we were anticipating in coming days, it is also important to note that in the last several days since the president came out of his initial isolation, he held several events. you can see here on camera him at an event where he is speaking unmasked to a room of people around him. some of the events we saw him at were socially distance, but still. you know within the sunday window of testing positive, he was appearing unmasked as well as an event in the rose garden where he talked about the fact that vaccinations, boosters, and treatments like parks loaded and monoclonal antibodies are available when it comes to treating covid these days. talking this up as a win and a learning opportunity. he was unmasked. until we are hoping to learn more from the white house in terms of any more potential close contacts. even though he has not been

symptomatic. the doctor's letter says. if that has any implications when it comes to close contact, how long that we can expect him to a self isolate here at the white house, and any health and status updates for the first lady, the vice president, as well as anybody that came into interaction with the president this week, lindsey. >> okay, more a bear, we know you'll stay on top of it if they january six investigation. the committee expanding their probe during a monthlong break from public hearings. this week, calling in former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney who told nbc news. he was asked about the inner workings of the white house and text messages he sent to rnc chair ronna mcdaniel two days after the election. this all coming in the wake of new comments from mayor hope on the doj's investigation. >> we will hold accountable anybody who was criminally responsible for attempting to interfere with the transfer of legitimate lawful transfer of

power from one administration to the. next >> let's bring in nbc's aly rafael, and paul butler. so ali, let's start with the committee and those news for mulvaney. what more can you tell us about these texts with mcdaniel? >> yeah, lindsey. while we know former white house chief of staff, nick mulvaney, met with the committee for more than two hours on thursday. and he says that one of the topics he was asked about where his communications with people before january 6th, during, and after that day. specifically a text that mulvaney says the committee didn't get from him. this is a tax that he says he sent to then rnc chairwoman, ronna mcdaniel's a few days after january six. mulvaney saying he asked her for more clarity on messaging, because he says he was going out publicly, and saying that the state of arizona was still up for grabs. that state had not been accurately called for president then candidate joe biden. and he says that he saw rnc officials really countering

that publicly, saying that the state of arizona had initially been cold. mulvaney saying that the committee asked him about the timeline of when he finally decided to accept the results of the 2020 election. listen to a little bit more about what he said the committee asked about. >> i sent some tweets and some text on january 6th. they want to talk about that. that's also fairly heavily involved in the trump campaign. they want to know about the discussions that i had leading up to the election day, and the discussions right after the election day. and then interestingly, there were some questions towards the end about general questions about how a white house might run. they wanted to know the process, for example, on how present visitors would come see the president. or how it any chief of staff typically try to include or exclude people for meetings with president. >> and we know the committee is also in talks with other former ministration officials for their testimony. then secretary of state mike pompeo saying on fox this week that he may be testifying

before the committee. former treasury secretary stephen mnuchin is also reportedly in talks to speak up with them. one topic that the committee is sure to ask these former administration officials about our conversations that we know we're being had among former administration officials about invoking the 25th amendment to strip former president trump of his presidential powers in the aftermath of january 6th, lindsey. >> ali, we also have a bombshell report from the washington post saying that homeland security's chief watchdog halted plans to recover secret service texts. what's our committee memb members have been very interested during this month long break in hearings, and getting more information from more about. and i see this washington post article saying that there are more missing text messages. this time between then top officials at the department of

homeland security, can cuccinelli, and chad wolf. the post saying that the dhs office of the inspector general, which by the way, is now launching a criminal probe into those missing secret service text messages, was aware of these missing text messages with officials at the dhs for more than a year before telling the generates ex committee. so, this is no doubt adding to the committee skepticism of any external investigations beyond their own. this is definitely something that we are sure they are speaking more about. they are trying to get more information about during this month long break in hearings before reconvening and september, lindsey. >> paul, we have been talking to people about these missing text. there's been a lot of wavering between nefarious and incompetence. and where are you in between those? >> i need more information. we need both congress on the department of justice to investigate. lindsey, inspector generals are supposed to be non political, and they serve across

democratic and republican administrations. but these are serious questions. why did the inspector general change his mind about trying to recover the lost text messages? why did he wait months to report the tax, and how is it secret service agents were allowed to delete anything related to january six with no backup? i do think that as the investigation develops, it is starting to look less like bureaucratic ineptitude, and more like a cover-up. like, agents designed, our agents were trying to either protect themselves or to protect donald trump. >> paul, with that bombshell also that the doj has a criminal investigation, our own donny solace has a piece for msnbc. we are going to pull it up here. he says, quote, apparently the justice department has obtained phone records of important trump officials and aides, including those of his former chief of staff mark meadows. that was back in april, three months ago. could this finally be the smoking gun that connects the dots that leads to the walls

closing in on trump? maybe? of course, all of those catchphrases in quotes. go ahead paul. >> lindsey, i don't think that there is going to be a smoking gun. i think that now we have large amounts of circumstances that implicate donald trump about the fake electors game and in the violence of january 6th. but, a smoking gun isn't required for criminal prosecution. that federal judge in california said that there is probable cause that donald trump committed crimes. and so it is really now in merrick garland's court, and let's hope he is not waiting for a smoking gun, because i don't think we're going to see. that >> and, paul, before we go i want to get your reaction to new mp msnbc reporting that the doj is just at a breaking point with the resources right now. i mean each case can just be a logistical nightmare with all the evidence that you need, you need to respect the right to a speedy trial. are you concerned here for the

people who are investigating and trying to hold those accountable, do they have the need? >> i think they do, lindsey. i was actually at the department of justice yesterday for a retirement party. and it sure looks like business as usual. of course, resources are straining when the department is in the middle of the biggest criminal investigation in its history, with more than 150 people arrested. but i think the attorney general at his word when he says, of course more money would be nice but he can get the job done with the resources the department has right now. >> all right, ali russia, and paul butler, thank you both. still ahead this hour, the senate pushes towards a vote to protect marriage quality. what is in the way? i will be joined by jim alberta felled, the lead plaintive in the supreme court case, that legalizing sex marriage in the u.s., coming up. plus the rivalry for the future of the gop heats up between former president trump and his vice president mike prints. but first, praying on the vulnerable. a yearlong house investigation alleges the corporate landlords engaged in thousands of

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faulty ones, falsely calling child protective services. it just a couple of the aggressive effective jim tactics used by poor corporate land lords. that's by according to a report on the coronavirus crisis. the yearlong investigation

alleges that the landlords, which on properties and 28 states, engaged in abusive and aggressive tactics. and a total of 15,000 evictions defying a temporary eviction moratorium the cdc ordered back in 2020. joining me now to discuss the structure of the new documentary, facing eviction, on pbs frontline. bonnie burton. bonnie, thanks for joining us. you know this topic, it is heartening to. what do you make of this latest report? >> well, i think that everyone sort of suspected that this might be one of the outcome falafel even in the pandemic. and in a report, basing of action, that rhetoric port produced for frontline. we wanted to capture the mom and pop landlords. which we were surprised to find comprised almost half of the affordable housing united states. and as you will see in the film, those landlords tend to be more one of the tenants. and tend to be a little bit more flexible and these corporate landlords to. so, i have to say i wasn't

especially surprised. we couldn't get a corporate landlord to participate in our foam, and i think a part of the reason why is that they felt that they have been vilified in the housing sector for a long time. and there are plenty of people, especially there's an organization in boston that is really responsible corporate landlord, but unfortunately, we see this too often that corporate landlords tend to not give tenants time to get the rent relief even if they filed for. it and they do some of those nefarious practices that really intimidate tenants. >> as a shining a light though on a broader issue here, that so many of these companies are scooping up these available properties and now there's a monopoly? >> yeah. i mean, we have an affordable housing crisis in this country. and for the first time in decades, because of the pandemic, people paid attention in a way that they really had a before. so, it was this convergence of public health crisis and an affordable housing crisis. it really shined a light on this problem that we have which is that so many people just

can't afford rent. and we're seeing it now with rent getting higher, and inflation coming, that this pressure is really intensifying. >> you spoke both with tenets and smaller landlords for your documentary. i want to play a clip. >> she knew something wasn't right. she was expecting something was going to happen, but one thing she knows it is mommy is always there. mommy still here, so must be okay. no? even though she knows her stuff is not at home, even though she knows we are not going back there, she doesn't know we don't have a home. >> what other stories are speaking to you, and you want to highlight that in your documentary? >> we knew that the policy

around housing was so important during the pandemic. it was one of the first things president trump did, as he basically said freeze, nobody can get evicted. but i think so often these policy discussions, we tend to forget with the lived experiences are like for people. so we first thought we want to define tenants who are vulnerable. and then, as we reported more, we realize that it is not just the tenants. the landlords are suffering, a lot of the constables and sheriffs, it is the most hated part of their jobs a lot of them told us. judges feel like they are caught in the middle. and, so it was all around sort of a lose lose situation. so the clip you just saw was alexis hatch, or who is an amazing single mom in dallas. and, in our reporting we also used some data from the effects and lab at a princeton that is just phenomenal. and the most likely people to get evicted are single mothers of color. and we were surprised to learn that, and it played out in our documentary as well, that you see other tenants besides alexis who are having the same kinds of struggle. so, we really hoped to put a human face on this problem.

and it was just remarkable that these courageous people let us into their homes during a time when, you know inviting and stranger into your house could be new would get covid. it was a really scary precarious time for people who so generously and gave us their time and allowed us to document this historic moment. >> i have to be quick with, you will have to leave it. they're bonnie bertram, thank you so much for shining such a light on this issue, and joining us. today >> thinks. >> thank you. and still to come, doing bipartisan efforts. ominous signals that the democrats deal on the roughly inflation reduction act could toward other priorities like, protecting same-sex marriage. jim oh voter filed from the supreme court joins me next. supreme court joins me next. hey, there tonight to be joined by john he can leave your foot of colorado who is being praised for his behind the scenes role in the democrats break through reconciliation deal. this that is tonight, 8 pm, eastern right here on msnbc. , 8 pm eastern right here on msnbc.

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as we've been reporting, and congressional democrats seem to revise part of their agenda with the potential announcement on a potential deal on the inflation reduction act. with that progress seems to be upsetting some republicans. susan collins telling posted that very deal to jeopardize negotiations to secure geo he'd support for the respect for marriage act, which would recognize seems like smeared on a federal level. senator tammy baldwin the selling reporters that will republican senators have privately told her they will support the bill, despite announcing that support publicly. let's bring in jim obergefell, do lead plaintive in the landmark supreme court case like legalizing same sex marriage who's not ready for the ohio state. house what is your reaction, here now a republican senator saying essentially that this funding package could jeopardize efforts to codify marriage equality? >> i find that just appalling that they would use something completely unrelated to harm,

potentially harm millions of marriages across the country. our marriages deserve to exist, into service specht just like any other marriage. and i think it is terrible that they would, harm us. potentially harm us, just because they did not get their way on something else. and especially when this it's a party that claims they are pro family. well, there are a few things that are as pro family as a voting to protect marriages and families. so, i think it is very sad that they would potentially do this and hold the vote on, or refused to vote on the respect for marriage act. >> and we've heard from republicans that this is unnecessary, because marriage equality is currently the law at the land. but, we saw what happened with roe, right? >> correct. the fact that it is the lava land today does not mean that it will be tomorrow, or next year. i mean, we have a supreme court. we have justices who have made it clear that they do not want

marriage equality. they do not believe marriage equality is the right thing. they don't believe that that decision was handed down correctly. so, when we know that, how on earth can anyone say marriage equality is safe? we have to do this, we have to protect the rights that we have a joint. that we deserve as americans and as human beings. so, while we might not use it tomorrow, we certainly could lose it in the future, and now is the time to actually take action to make sure our marriages are protected and respected nationwide. >> well, looking ahead to the next supreme court -- we will see a case of 303 created a low cbo lettuce that has brought by a call about a graphic designer who says creating a website celebrating a same-sex wedding violates the designers free speech rights. and a former federal prosecutor out that the road to stripping lgbtq people have their rights to marry maybe pave the smaller wedge with this case. what could a conservative court

likely do here? >> i am certainly concerned about what's just conservative, that's extreme right court will do. i could absolutely see them ruling in favor of that website designer and to say that our marriages somehow harm their religious beliefs. this road words religion, religious freedom being under attack. religious liberty being under attack. i mean justice alito made these comments and rome, as well. that religious liberty is under attack. well i'm not aware of anywhere in the united states where any person is prevented from practicing the religion of their choice. in their home, or at their house of worship. the government is not infringing on their right to practice their religion. but when their religion is used to harm others in the public sphere, that is not religious liberty. that is giving presents to one person's religion, or their interpretation of their religion, in the public sphere to harm other sources deny

things to others. and that is not religious liberty. that is wrong. >> he just mention those comments. let's go ahead and place about them. comments from supreme court justice alito on that roe decision. >> i had the honor, this term, of waiting i think the only supreme court decision in the history of that institution that has been lambasted by a whole string of foreign leaders. one of these was former prime minister boris johnson. but he paid the price. but really wounded me was when the duke of sussex addressed the united nations and seem to compare the decision, whose name may not be spoken, with the russian attack on ukraine. >> to these comments to underscore how much the court has shifted? >> without a doubt. this court has shifted so far to the right, it doesn't

represent the united states. it does not represent the people of this country. i mean, more than 71% of americans favor marriage equality. and they continue to go after marriage equality. a majority of americans favor abortion rights, and yet they took that right away. and i find it laughable that he is complaining about foreign leaders, people around the world, commenting on our supreme court taking away a right that court had previously affirmed. we are supposed to be the light of freedom in this nation, and to take rights away, well i'm sorry. that is not freedom, and we deserve i think, in some ways we just served for those other leaders to come comment on that step. and, so yes. i think this court certainly has gone much further to the right, and i think we should be concerned about many of the reds we have enjoyed and take for granted. especially much of the progress

we've made in civil rights. >> i want to ask you, before we, go your reaction to news. the representative glen calk thompson attended his sons same-sex wedding just days after voting against that bill to protect marriage equality on the federal level. so what does it say when we have some members of congress voting against, seemingly the interests of their own family members? >> i don't understand that in any way shape or form, yachtsman. why on earth would you vote against something that actually protects your son? three days before you go to your son's wedding. i don't know how his son handled that. i honestly don't know how i would've reacted to a family member voting against my, the existence of my marriage. i'm not sure how i would've reacted when they showed up at that wedding. so i give the son credit. but, i just find that, that's

unbelievable, hard to explain, and i think what a terrible thing to do to your son. you are supposed to love your children, and you are supposed to want them to be happy, and build a life where they are happy and loved. and yet here you are on one hand going to the wedding, but on the other hand, saying well, you know i don't think that marriage should exist in all 50 states because of ogre q felled and hodges as over churned, and respect for marriage act does not become law, that is exactly what he is telling his son. that he doesn't care if his son wedding exists in all 50 faiths. he wants his son's wedding to disappear, simply by crossing a border within our nation. and i really find that hard to understand. >> a lot of emotions here. all right jim obergefell, thanks so. much we want to update everybody now on the breaking news we brought out the top of the hour. president biden's new positive covid test that was just announced within the last hour. the white house says, he is not

experiencing every emergence of symptoms. this is being considered a rebound case. we know that after contracting the virus he did isolate for five days, and then he tested negative on tuesday. you have testing negative each day until this very morning. i want to bring in doctor to beat a patel to talk more about this diagnosis. so doctor, patel for those who are joining us since we last spoke, talk to us about what a rebound cases. >> yeah, so i rebound occurrence is basically recurrence of symptoms after you have had that recovery period, or a positive d test which is the presidents case. and it restarts the clock for isolation, in terms of how many days, a middle of a five days. and it also creates for that intervening period when they wear, we saw the present without a mask even though technically he was finishing his isolation. i'm sure he was hopefully wearing masks under close doors. but, in that intervening period, technically other people exposed could also be infected. >> what does it mean for this

rebound case? is it going to be just as bad as the first spot? >> so, rebound cases in general have been milder. doctor fauci, you will recall, also had a rebound. case his symptoms orbital worse. that's a bit more unusual. in general, the rebound sentence at the president get symptoms at all, rebound is generally milder. that it is a real infection and we do treated that way. i think the president's doctor is probably considering, just like dr. fauci had an extended treatment of paxlovid, would that be appropriate? if the president is asymptomatic, and it is when we do incoming the community is just watch patients and monitor them, good news is that even with rebound this is not going to put him at any higher risk of ending up in the hospital or, god forbid dying. so this is definitely, paxlovid working. it is just unfortunate that it is happened and it teaches us that it could happen to any of us if we take paxlovid. although, percentages are small and we are child a to one to 3%. in the real world, it might be

slightly higher. but the benefits outweigh the risk. >> talk to us about the advice for somebody like the president with the rebound cases in terms of isolation, testing, when one can get back to their normal routine? >> yeah, so mentally, you have to think about him just restarting the isolation clock. and he can, if you develop symptoms, you should be waiting for a set of jurors awfully. but he can start to test, and i'm sure he will again, after day five of isolation. which, like the first bout that he had, if he is negative and that can open him up to being able to interact with others, but he would still be recommended lindsay, to wear a mask. a well fitting mask, mind you, for ten days in fall. so i think it just reminds us that covid is very strong, it is very serious. ba.5 and critical are. we don't know, i must underscore something about rebound. we don't exactly know why it happens. it is hard to know if we just have more days of the drug, if we took the drugs you early, and of course if there's

illness or if there's just something about one of these variants that create this rebound effect. so, it is not. i wouldn't worry if somebody is listening and are worried about whether or not they should take paxlovid, discuss it with a, pharmacist with your doctor, health care professional. but again, the benefits are so overwhelmingly in favor to take it, rather than this risk of rebound which is much smaller. >> there is going to be a lot of noise on twitter about this, and a lot of people talking about what all of this means. what are your top lines of all people? >> tough lines for people, number, one it is something that can happen, and it does create unfortunately a reset of a clock. but in general, we have not had people who have had worse symptoms from their original case. and then, the top line, and i should've elevated that to point over one, we have not seen cases of hospitalizations and deaths in these rebound illnesses. so even people that are at high risk like the president, because of its age, and some dry conditions, do you very very well. >> all right, doctor patel, thanks so much for joining us

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movement is not about it. i don't know that the president and i differ on issues. but we made to her own focus. i truly doubly elections are about the future. and it is absolutely essential at a time when so many americans are hurting, so many families are struggling, that we don't give way to the temptation to look back. >> growing speculation over whether we can see a former vice president mike pence and trump run against each other in 2024. pence seems to be ramping up his public appearances recently, but still holding back from directly mentioning mentioning or attacking his former boss. politico is reporting, pence will head to iowa on august 19th for two day swing through the battleground state. but, if he does run in 2024, one recent war shows he will have an uphill battle.

49% say they choose trump, and only 6% would choose pence. rhonda santas and ted cruz come in second and third. >> joining me now is former president advisor homeland security buys or libya troy. it's so olivia, former campaign advisor retailers said that pence as the last chance of nudging republican voters away from trump. and that pence is being careful and savvy and balancing both the need to distance himself from trump's worst conduct, we'll pay respect to their achievements. but with just 6% of republican primary voters saying they want to mess their candidate, does he have a chance? >> well, you know, i think that the road ahead is bumpy and long. 2024 certainly on the republican side. i think he probably stands a chance in terms of evangelical christians. and more moderate truly conservative voters respected mike pence when u.s. vice president, he respected his track record, and congress.

so i don't know. i wouldn't say that the window is completely shut to him. does he have a long road ahead in terms of maga and the fact that most trump supporters consider him to be a traitor? i would argue against that and say, well you know, he upheld the constitution. so i'm grateful for that. but i think it is going to be a very challenging road ahead for him. >> we have these primaries coming up. in states like arizona. and it is going to be a real referendum on the future the party. because you've got these gop primary candidates, one backed by, trump won back by pence. you know, who is going to choose more moderate, more extreme. who do you think is going to win out? >> you know, i actually hope that mike pence winds out, and the candidates that he is supporting. because that is what is better for the country as a whole. he is supporting true conservatives. the republican side of the house, instead of supporting the election deniers and those that continue to tout that the election was stolen. that donald trump is supporting. i mean, just look at arizona. you've got carrie lake. and if you watch any of her

hits, she said some pretty insane extreme stuff. we've got the same problem going on across the country. in many of these races, he has some individuals that are frankly dangerous to have an elected office. so, i am grateful that there be like mike pence who are trying to push back on what is happening here, and i do think that when it comes to certain things, mike pence is the consummate conservative. and i am hopeful that voters will start to kind of pull away. republican voters especially obviously will start to pull away from what is happening here in terms of the extremism in the republican party. >> i want to talk to you about a new political party that was announced this week. dozens of republican and democratic officials running together. there's been kind of a lot of offshoots and they sort of all merge together this week. they wrote an op-ed about it, in the washington post, about why this is a better direction for the party. saying that the current two party system don't speak to enough americans. somebody at some point is going to feel disenfranchised. you've got names like andrew yang, david jolly, you've got

christine todd whitman, also seated with. this is this something, not only that can impact and send rubble waves through politics but something that you would support? >> well i certainly think that there is a lot of moderate voters out there who are trying to figure out where their home is politically. they're maybe not necessarily fitting into one of the two parties. i wouldn't say that i have to really see the actual policy platform for such a party. at a lot of respect for david jolly and tom whitman. but obviously, the one thing that i would won't do it support any effort that could possibly enable some far-right extremists like donald trump. or maybe some of these other candidates from getting into office. and if that means that this effort could distract from that, and possibly enable pap, then i would not be supportive of anything remotely in that realm. but, stay tuned. we will have to see. >> gotcha. even if they were to take votes away, for example, from a democratic candidate? >> exactly. and if it's a viable moderate democrat running for office,

that enables american ideals in a situation like that, i guess i would be concerned that scenario. because i think we are in a very important moment in our country, where i think we ought to work together come together to push back on what is happening here. >> all right, olivia troye, thanks so much for time. up next, we are getting into breaking news out of indiana were state senators just passed a near total ban on abortion. plus, comedian jon stewart and senator ted cruz, battle it out on twitter over that veterans burn pit pool that was blocked on the floor this week. thanks in part, to cruise. n part, to cruise. n part, to cruise. ♪ well the sun is shining and the grass is green ♪ ♪ i'm way ahead of schedule with my trusty team ♪ ♪ there's heather on the hedges ♪ ♪ and kenny on the koi ♪ ♪ and your truck's been demolished by the peterson boy ♪ ♪ yes -- ♪ wait, what was that? timber... [ sighs heavily ] when owning a small business gets real,

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abortion for either of those reasons would have to sign a notarized affidavit testing to the attack. with the passage of this measure during a rare saturday session, and now heads to the state house. a longtime fears advocate of 9/11 first responders, john stewart, has also made it very clear to this week, don't mess with veterans help clear. the white house confirming president biden called yesterday to think of hers advocacy. and now to show you why you probably don't take a month or deter either. after the committees blistering takedown of republicans, who suddenly voted through the p.a.c.t. act, tmz posted a video of senator ted cruz at the airport, the democrats pulled a quote, budgetary trick. stuart fired back, as only he can. >> now i am not a big city harvard educated lawyer, but i can read. it has always been mandatory spending, so that the government can't just cut off the funding at any point. no trick, no gimmick, been

there the whole time. >> the pact act is widely supported bipartisan measure, at least it would've been. it would've expanded medical coverage to the more than 3.5 million veterans who are exposed to toxic burn pits during the wars in iraq and afghanistan. in response, senator cruz posted his own video on twitter, saying the comedian got it wrong. >> if they want to cram 400 billion dollars in unrelated spending on to this bill, that has nothing to do with veterans, . >> stuart then responded to that with a threat of his own, and on it goes. meanwhile, majority leader chuck schumer will bring the bill back for another vote on monday. after the break, will smith gives his most extensive public comments yet, since his slapping of comedian chris rock at the oscars in march. we will be right back. l be right back.

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incident. and in emotional new video posted to his youtube channel. >> why didn't you apologize to chris in your acceptance speech? i was fogged out by that point. it is all fuzzy. i have reached out to chris in the message that came back is that he is not ready to talk, and when he is, he will reach out. so, i will say to you chris, i apologize to you. my behavior was unacceptable, and i am here whenever you are ready to talk. >> after the slap, the academy's board of directors bandwidth from attending the oscars or any other academy

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