the victim of a weaponize government. the new york times is out with a bombshell news story about how then president trump asked about using the irs to go after at least two of his perceived enemies. in a moment i will speak to the reporter who broke that story, michael schmidt. you might want to miss that conversation. also, continued questions and in demand for answers in the wake of cocaine found in the white house. we will have the latest response from the biden administration. it is known as the tulsa race massacre. so, how do oklahoma school superintendents teacher, given his edict to keep teachers from discussing racism? >> i would say, you be judgmental on the issue, of the action, of the content, and the character of the individual, absolutely. let's not tired to skin color.

and say that skin color determined. >> turn hard not to do that. the answer to that has official backtracking today. i will speak to the reverend, al sharpton, about the controversy coming up. we also continue to follow the dangerously putting millions risk this weekend across the country. a billion dollars up for grabs in the next few days as jackpots for the two biggest lottery is in the country reach stratospheric heights. more on the head, as well. more on that and the new york times we've been talking about back in 2018. former president trump inquiring about pursuing an irs investigation into two fbi officials, lisa stroke and page -- this is coming from a sworn statement from trump's former chief of staff, john kelly. joining me now the reporter that broke that story new york times washington correspondent and msnbc washington correspondent, michael schmidt. michael, always great to talk to you.

thank you for joining us on a saturday afternoon. give us a sense of more of what you have learned in the reporting here. basically, john kelly was asked as part of this ongoing litigation whether trump had talked about using the irs or other agencies to investigate lisa page and pete stroke. two fbi officials who were involved into the investigation into the trump campaign ties to russia based on contemporary's notes that he had kelly said that trump often brought this up with him. trump wanted to see them investigated. he wanted to harness the powers of the federal government to his political and kelly said that he never followed through on this. it is significant because we know that two of trump's biggest perceived enemies.

the former fbi director, james comey, and his deputy, andy mccabe, where the subject of highly unusual and invasive audits after they left government. after they have been pushed aside at the fbi. while there has never been any evidence to tie trump directly to that, this is yet another example of trump talking about trying to use law enforcement powers for his own needs. >> kind of weaponizing the iris. i'm curious though. two things, when was this testimony given by john kelly? was there any indication in this testimony, as you kind of connect the dots here in this reporting, mccabe and james comey and the extensive audit by the irs, that there was a possibility that the former president had launched lows? and, or, put pressure on the irs to put those investigations

into place on those two individuals? >> we do not know of trump doing anything, in private, that led directly to into an investigation or an audit. we know that he talked openly, often, about how he wanted the justice department to prosecute his enemies. that was something he tweeted about and he talked about. he did not hide from the. the issue here is if the irs were to have undertaken any action at the behest of trump it would be a violation of the law. trump can tell the justice department whatever he wants. there is no legal issue with that. there are a lot of legal experts who say there is a big issues with that. about the authority in confidence of the public having in government. but if trump was actually directly or indirectly influencing the irs to conduct investigations, that would be a violation of a law that was

created in the aftermath of the nixon administration. there were issues with the irs being used for political aaron's. >> any indication here that an investigation has been launched into the possibility of this behavior coming from the former president? maybe if the special counsel is looking into this, possibly interviewing authorities or former folks at the irs. michael? >> so, there is no public evidence that there is any sort of investigation into this. there was an inspector generals investigation that looked at how comey and mckay's taxes were picked for this audit. they found no wrongdoing. they said they had been randomly picked. democrats on capitol hill found that hard to believe. such small chances that these individuals had. unusual things to happen with numbers.

crazy things can happen. people do win the lottery. these two people could have been randomly picked. the ig found evidence that they have been randomly checked. but there is a body of other evidence. including now john kelly. in a sworn affidavit statement that shows that trump had discussed this. kellyanne november of last year told us that he, trump, had talked about trying to use the irs against mccabe comey, and others. >> really good stuff. michael schmidt as always. we are thankful for you. all right, they are banned in more than 120 countries. the united states is now sending cluster bombs to ukraine. ukraine first asked for them last year. an international treaty bans the transferring and stockpiling of cluster munitions. the president defended his decision in a cnn interview. watch this. >> it was not an easy decision.

we are not signatories to that agreement. it took me awhile to be convinced to do a. the main thing is that they have the russians they need to stop the russians. to keep them from stopping the ukrainian offensive through these areas or they don't. i do think that they needed them. >> cluster bombs carry a small bomb let that creates this widespread destruction. unexploded bomb lets. quote unquote duds as they are called can go off after the battle is long over. that is what can bring up a higher risk of killing innocent civilians after the battles over. i'm joined by -- white house senior director under, then, president obama. thank you so much for joining us on this. we appreciated. 500 days under the warm. the decision to provide these cluster munitions to ukraine

amidst their spring i should say, summer offensive. you cannot help but think about the timing of this after that rebellion by yevgeny prigozhin against russian president, vladimir putin. showing a bit of a weakness, domestically inside of moscow. all of that being said we have human rights activists against the giving of these munitions to ukraine. two dozen or so democrats not for, as well. do you think that the president is making the right decision here? >> he is making a very practical decision. here is what he had to consider. the fact that russia has been already using cluster munitions throughout ukraine. as you said, 500 days into this war, it is being fought on ukraine's territory, not in russia. the ukrainian people are not directly suffering from any of russia's aggression. meanwhile in ukraine entire cities have disappeared. in the battle for bakhmut technically they neither one nor lost but the city is in

ruins now. it is not a place where anyone can live. that is what zelenskyy have been considering all along. he is fighting for a homeland. his people, as ukrainians, to be able to have a legacy. to be able to have future generations. in his request, he is not worried about the one or 2% duds. where children may be in 50 years. he is worried about the fact that there are no places where his children can be safe today. >> it's interesting that you bring out this one or 2% right? jake sullivan national security adviser, saying the u.s. cluster munitions have a much lower, quote unquote, dud wray. then the ones that the russian army is using. is that be place of comfort for folks who are not in support of the president providing the conditions to ukraine? >> once the decision has been made they are going to look at any possible angle to say that this is not a challenge for

children and four families down the line. it is not a good weapon to use. we are in a situation where we are supporting a country that has been invaded. the choice itself did not start from a good place. frankly, vladimir putin can decide at any point to withdraw. you mentioned the wagner group and prigozhin. part of this is his mercenary group, which is responsible for some of the worst atrocities we have seen, for the actions that have been counted as genocide by the united states itself, that was prigozhin and his army leading that. there is a window of opportunity for the united states, other european allies to step in and provide the ukraine army four with what they have been asking for four months. >> the president will be endless waning for the nato summit. i know a group of bipartisan senators have signed on in a letter writing, in part, they want the president to change his mind in regard of

supporting ukraine joining nato. say they want ukraine to join nato. writing this, in part. it is only through nato membership that ukraine can experience true security in the face of repeated russian aggression. they have earned a secure and lasting peace within nato. have we reached a point where the president should in fact we consider this? >> the irony, of course, is senator lindsey graham has been one of the biggest critics of the biden administration support of ukraine and funding for that. this is an opportunity for republicans, in particular, to show daylight with the administration on ukrainian policy. jake sullivan, the national security adviser also said yesterday that there are many reforms that ukraine has to go through before it can join nato. that is not going to be something that happens at this next summit. the biggest surprise was the fact that zelenskyy went to turkey yesterday. turkey has taken russian arms. turkey has gone sanctioned by the united states because of its relationships and activity with russia. turkey came forward and said,

yeah. absolutely. ukraine should also be joining nato. that should be seen and has a very important development in the calculus of which countries land. where which countries align with the u.s. and democracy. and which countries, like saudi arabia and china, are still aligned with russia. turkey coming out for ukraine is going to have some long long, consequences. hopefully support for the people of ukraine. >> it seems like there is this renewed boldness happening when it comes to support for ukraine in the midst of the 24, 48-hour rebellion happening in moscow. showing some chunks in putin's offer. neera hawk, thank you so much. coming up in 60 seconds women's soccer icon megan rapinoe announcing retirement just a short time ago. the massive impact her career has made on soccer and women. that is coming up next. yo! uh! ha! ha!

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breaking news in the cycle. world iconic soccer player, megan rapinoe, said she will retire at the end of the season. the 38-year-old has not only been a major force in the u.s., the team's dominance i should say on the world stage, he has also been a key activist for social justice. ronnie now with more on this is msnbc's dana griffin. a real shock here, i guess. but more of a shocked because she will be sorely missed, right? i think a lot of people suspected this would happen obviously, eventually, considering she is 38 years old. really, the impact she has had -- not only on women's soccer but on women in general. right? pay equity. we can just keep going on. this really incredible. >> exactly. i mean, she was a part of the women that really helped to ensure that pay equity happen for women and men. she is that a huge impact. very shocking, as you added,

she was at this press conference. she thank her coach for allowing her the space and environment even make this announcement. she said it was with peace, gratitude, and excitement -- she also said that she's grateful that her body, at 38, was able to last this long. for a lot of people, especially going into their fourth world cup, it is about retirement age. here is what else she had to say at that press conference. >> i understand that it is incredibly rare for athletes of any stature to be able to go out in their own way, on their own terms. at the time that they warm, in a way that feels really peaceful and settled for them. i feel very grateful that i'm here. but i have the trust of this team. that my body has held up this long to be able to do this. i wanted to do it now. honestly, get it out of the way

before we go down to new zealand. try to focus on the task at hand. winning another world cup. >> part of the reason why she probably wanted to get that out of the way it's the world cup actually starts july 20th. team usa will actually face off with vietnam on the 21st. let me get this announcement out of the way, let me get my head in the game. the u.s. is favored to win this. it could be, her potential third woke up,, yasmin. very exciting for her. she put out a statement which i'll read to you. thank you to all my teammates and coaches, all the way back to my first days in redding, on to college at the university portland and, of course, thanks to u.s. soccer, the seattle rain, and especially sue bird for everything. i will forever cherish the friendships and support over the years in this game. i am beyond excited for one last ride with the national team and the reign. mike drop right there.

yasmin? >> we will be rooting for team usa that is for sure. quite a way to go out if they're able to take the world cup. dana griffin, thank. you i appreciate. it still ahead, everybody. everyone wants to know who brought the cocaine to the white house. the secret service is working to find out the answer. apparently that is not good enough for republicans who are now conducting their own investigation. the social media battle between twitter and meta's thread is heating up. why threads massive senate numbers could mean for elon musk's troubled platform. it is that time again to go out and grab a lottery ticket. tonight's powerball drawing could win you more than $600 million. but that is not the only jackpot that could leave you with more cash than you've ever seen. >> have you ever seen this much cash in their entire life! >> i just handed it to you.

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if you can believe it, the first republican presidential contests of 2024 is now set. the republican party of iowa voted to hold the iowa caucus on january 15th. just over six months from today. the announcement comes after democrats replaced iowa south carolina at the top of their primary calendar. the announcement responded saying they did not have any input on the day. they are quote committed to doing what is good for democrats. what is good for democracy. let's go to the mystery of the cote and found in the white house. the secret service saying its investigation into how you got there could be finished by monday. we will have some closure. there that may not be enough for republicans who want answers themselves. msnbc bit is back with us now in verhoeven beach delaware.

more information on this. still a mystery, ali surrounding who's cocaine this was. who left this bag of cocaine in this area of the white house. almost a week later. where do things stand right now? >> yasmin a week later, a lot of questions still unanswered. sources familiar with this investigation or warning that we may never get all of the answers, even after this is wrapped up,, as soon as monday. we know that investigators are going through any sort of dna or fingerprints on this dime -sized bag of cocaine. they are combing through visitor logs around where it was found. they are combing through surveillance footage of this area. you can see the map here of the area where this cocaine was found. this is an area of one floor below the main lobby of the west wing near the situation room. this is national security advisor, take sullivan, yesterday. yesterday in the press briefing the significance of that location.

take a listen to what he had to say. >> the situation room is not in use and has not been in use for months. it is currently under construction. we are using an alternate situation room in the eisenhower executive office building. the only people coming in and going out of the room in this period have been workers getting ready to go. >> yasmin, the pool of people with access to this area is still pretty wide. as you heard sullivan talking about, cleaning crews, maintenance crews. people who helped the white house actually run in addition to administration staffers, in addition to members of the public who are on private west wing tours led by administration staffers. we know that those tours what on throughout the weekend. including sunday when this baggy was found. now we see republicans on capitol hill trying to get answers. the republican chairman of the house oversight committee, james comer, sending a letter to the director of the secret service asking for a briefing

on this by next friday. to determine whether any changes need to be made to secret service security protocol. he said in this letter, quote, this alarming development requires the white house to determine legal practices and determine the evacuation of the building in finding a legal substance. the presence of illegal drugs in the white house is unacceptable in a shameful moment in the white house's history. still no response so far from the director of the secret service, yasmin. >> thank you, ali. we appreciate that update. coming up everybody. record setting heat threatening the entire globe right now. from land to rising water temperatures. a lab report where we can expect the worst of that this weekend. the tulsa race massacre, known as one of the worst incidents of racial violence in american history is now getting caught up in the republican push against critical race theory. oklahoma's anti woke superintendent of schools said about the races role in the

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welcome back. in oklahoma the man in charge of the states public schools now embroiled in controversy after his attempts to, apparently, reclassify one of the worst incidents of race based violence in u.s. history. ryan walters, the oklahoma state superintendent who has made a number of headlines over his overtly political self described anti-woke approach now backtracking of's over some

comments he made this week over the 1921 tulsa race massacre. after sparking some heavy backlash. listen to this. >> sometimes the tulsa race massacre not fall under-year definition -- ? >> i would never tell you that because of the color of your skin, or your gender, or anything like that, you are less of a person or are inherently racist. that doesn't mean that you don't judge the action of individuals. absolutely, historically, you should. this was right, this was wrong. they do this for this reason. to say that it was inherent, because of their skin, is where i say that is critical race theory -- >> all right. we want to bring in reverend al sharpton, founder in the national health action founder in -- coming up in just a couple of hours. reverend, good to talk to you my friend. >> good to talk to you. >> let's take a step back, i

think it is important to give some context to all of this. what i mean is, give us a brief history lesson if you will about the tulsa race massacre. what happened? why were people targeted? >> 1921 there was a young black man who was accused of offending a white woman in an elevator in a store in downtown tulsa. he was arrested, wrongly, i'm running through the headlines here. they were told in the black community, they had a community at that time called black wall street. it was dominated by black businesses, black owned homes, that they were going to lunch this young man. some of the black man in the neighborhood, the greenwood section, went down to defend the young man. they ended up with whites coming out by the thousands and beginning to summarily kill all

of the blacks. they burned down the whole greenwood community. they destroyed black wall street. the greenwood area, based on race. that is why it has been called, since 1921 the tulsa race massacre. three weeks ago mother fletcher, 109 years old from tulsa came to the national action network to tell the story. the horror that she saw. she is 109 years old! for this education had, the school had to say that race was not a factor there or not the inherent underground under reason for the massacre is not just denying race history, it is denying what happened. you cannot take race out of a race riot any race massacre

without distorting history. >> what i find so curious about this whole situation, gray, these people were targeted because of the color of their skin. because they were black americans. that is a fact. right? if you are so worried, as it seems this educator is, about people judging others because of the color of their skin, as he puts it, why wouldn't you want to teach history? to say, this is what happens when you do that. right? >> that is what does it make sense to me. >> obviously he agenda is to sanitize and, in many ways, and it what history has been in this country. rather than remove people beyond that, to heal them. he wants to try to omit the facts. i was talking earlier to someone who said, that's like

saying i'm gonna teach the holocaust. but you can't mention antisemitism. he can't mentioned killing jews. how do we ever get beyond bigotry if we take bigotry out of the discussion? >> reverend, what are you most worried about. you talk about this online. i just wonder, when you look at what is happening when you look at the individual that is happening across the country. the critical race theory. anti wokeism as governor ron santas put it in florida what are you most worried about trying to erase history especially when it comes to the persecution of black americans. slavery, massacres, and everything the black americans face in this country. >> when i'm worried about is two things. one, we will never be able to hear all the wounds of racism

without exposing. it and it's like having surgery without dealing with the illnesses. you cannot heal something that you do not diagnose. secondly, if you take ray cao and it is this school chief in tulsa. whether it is desantis taking race out or black history out in florida, you are left -- look at the data. blacks are 10% of why it's in terms of the wealth metrics. blacks have lower scores in certain areas of education. blacks have certain infirmities more than whites. without the racial history you can only conclude that there is something wrong with blacks. they are genetically inferior. once you have the history you understand the reason behind the main areas that we were prevented from keeping up. we were prevented from doing

certain things. our education was impacted because we couldn't go to certain schools until a generation ago. we couldn't make the same money. you are inherently teaching people that we are inferior. which is why we have a lower status economically. educationally, and others. we understand why the data is the way it is. we must overcome it because it makes up to what was done to us. what is even more frightening is things being targeted by the supreme court. limiting affirmative action a non. we are not even trying to make up the gap. we are trying to get like the gap inherently based on nature rather than based on laws in systems put in place. >> you said exactly what i was thinking. reverend al sharpton my friend, thank you for taking the time. i appreciate.

it did not miss the reverence politic nation every weekend five eastern right here on msnbc. coming up in just a little over an hour or so. right now millions of americans are under weather alerts for the extreme heat happening across several states. temperatures are well into the triple digits well into the south and the southwest and are expected to climb. we are also monitoring some potentially dangerous storms that could take shape in the great plains, as well. we want to bring back meteorologist michelle -- who has been following the weather for. us as we talked about i think a lot of folks are wondering is this going to? and we are only entering vigilant here. we have all of august ahead of us as well. we are reaching the historic heats. >> yes. and, we are going to see more. that the el niño year. it means more warm air is being added into the atmosphere. june is the hottest it is a. ribbon we are seeing records

broken. there that adds more merit the atmosphere as well. we will see these warm records tumbling. not just daytime high records of is also rainfall records. the warm air holds more water. we are seeing this deluge of water. we will see that over the next several days. in the northeast we could see some heavy rainfall sunday night into monday. let's talk about severe storm threat. we are looking at some pretty strong storms as we go throughout saturday. we are starting to see the storms pop from an hour. go the severe thunderstorm watch, that is the yellow box to the west in portions of the plains the, rockies. the thunderstorm warnings. that is where you see the little orange boxes. that means that severe weather is happening right. now we are looking for some really gusty winds. winds gusting up to 60 miles per. our that is going to bring down some trees, some powerlines. that's going to create some power outages and that is creating some really warm. spots we are looking at the heavy rainfall. where you see the brighter colors of reds oranges, and yellows. that is where we see the summer downpours. that could create some flash. putting that is a big risk as you are out and about the saturday. out in about -- a big area from denver colorado

oklahoma city little rock. just west of nashville we are seeing the chance of some strong storms including the threats are really gusty winds damaging ham. a couple tornadoes are possible, as well. we will watch that tonight. notice how that number just grows tomorrow. 33 million at risk. the same sort of scenario. really gusty winds, damaging winds. damaging hail. also the chance of an isolated shower or two. look at the philadelphia d.c. down to norfolk riley we are talking about the states report jackson we are looking at the chance of some really strong storms as we go throughout tomorrow. we will end it here because we are looking at some really heavy rainfall. we ellison oranges that is where we will see some heavy rainfall. that will be the parts of new england and also parts of the northeast. back to. you >> michelle grossman thank. you will be right back.

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but then they broke down after the fourth of july holiday. what happened here, what are the sticking points ahead of this august 4th deadline? >> what the teamsters and u.p.s. have said is the sticking point seems to be starting part-time pay, specifically. right now starting workers work about $16 an hour. teamsters investigate the union that the u.s. employees belong to or asking for starting pay of $25. which they say is a livable wage. that is the most specific detail we have got about what the holdup is in the negotiations. >> you actually talk to business owners and home goodsoil are saying that she uses the carrier for about 40% of her total shipments. here is what jacqueline wilson who owns flying diamond beef in

western nebraska, told you. in our case a prolonged strike would shut it down because we are not really able to use any other provider out here. we would only be able to do deliveries by person. we would not be able to ship until it gets figured out. she brings up a good point. if you are looking at half of your business being shipped via u.p.s. that is going to cause a lot of damage to an economy that is already, kind, of not necessarily in the best place in some parts. >> i think people talk about fedex other competitor u.p.s.. what are these business options? the truth is a lot of businesses do not have many other options. fedex in other options, such as the postal service for example just do not have the kind of logistics infrastructure that he's guest us. it is the largest carrier. it has been around for almost

100 years, i think. they have unmatched ability to get things from point a to point b. if you are a business, in a rural area for example, you have been using u.p.s. for years, there might not be a fedex that you can use. so you might have to cobble together different options to get your products to the consumers. on the other side, you know, if you are in consumer in a rural area, that means you might not be able to get meds or other important products that you get to u.p.s.. because of your remote location. >> there could be some major implications to all of this. j.j. mccorvey, thank you for all of that. let's talk twitter, threads as well, right. twitter's owner, elon musk, filled with dread over threats. twitter is now threatening legal action over marks artworks company, meta which owns threads. threads exploded on the phones

and tablets this weekend. zuckerberg boasted on friday by 70 million sign. up by one estimate it was the most downloaded amp in a decade on its loans day. twitter threatens that threads is a, quote unquote, copycat. saying that they hired former employee to make it happen. threats deny all of this. musk tweeted this. competition is fine cheating is. not -- covering social media and tech for fox. she joins me now. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. what we have seen, unsurprisingly, because of the starts and stops that musk has had since his take over twitter, a lot of other competitors popped up. france has really run away with it all. possibly the 70 million being touted as synapse on its first day out of the gate. why do you think it is blowing up so fast? >> i think the main reason is that threads is already built into your instagram friend network. when you launch threats you are not starting from scratch trying to make you connection.

you automatically see everyone you follow on instagram and can choose to fall them again on threads. >> one of the major advantages? you have musk and claiming you know, cheating. cheating. poignant threats. they are stealing from us. this is the same thing. what are the differences? >> look it is very similar to twitter. one of the big reasons people is flocking to twitter or because they are tired of it. a lot of folks disagree with the direction that elon musk has taken a platform. in more lax content moderation. there has been more outages. instagram didn't have to reinvent the wheel here with threads. they sort of did take the same features that and make a new app out of it. now, there is a lot of leeway for people borrowing ideas intact. it will be hard, i, think for twitter to prove it is not just the concept of a social media

app they are copying. it is actually some sort of proprietary trade secret about the algorithm. >> it's interesting, i have to say, is the timing of all of this. i think things really came to ahead with twitter with the russian invasion, with the rebellion i should say of the wagner mercenary group. yevgeny prigozhin. i think a lot of people were looking to twitter for news. because of how elon musk has changed the approval process and a check mark process, a lot of folks could not necessarily decipher what was real and what was fake news. is there anything to the timing of threads? the launch of threats? >> i think so. i think for a lot of folks it is harder for them, now, to decipher what is a trusted new source on twitter and what isn't. twitter did take away those blue check marks from news organizations reporters, unless they play for a twitter blue.

many news organizations chose not to do this. many reporters chose not to do this i should say, especially. in the breaking news moments it makes it hard to say, it is an actual, legitimate, photo of a war zone? or, is this someone taking? it is this information that may be slanted? >> shireen, the head of instagram says this, which owns threads, by the way. the goal is not to replace twitter. politics and our news will obviously end up on threats. they have on facebook as well to some extent. but we are not gonna do anything to encourage those particles. do you think that this can be a success? the way in which they want it? >> i think news is controversial. what meta is saying here is the juice isn't worth the squeeze for us to encourage our news and politics. one that comes with a lot of baggage. if you think about a company like meta, who owns facebook, they have gotten into a lot of trouble in the past or how they

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