there was a formal blocking of these initial documents by the biden white house, what is the thinkingehind this? nancy: we know they are thinking because the white house counsel said point-blank the president leaves that president trump tried to exert executive privilege here is not in the best interest of the united states. they called it unique and extraordinary circumstances. they say president trump does not have any basis to hide visitor logs, call logs from january 6. there are a lot of people in his orbit, republicans on capitol hill who do not want those cold logs to be made public at this is the biden white house doing what it has been signposted for weeks, saying we would love nothing more than for that information to get to the public because we think have -- but what happened generally six was terrible and needed to be prevented. yamiche: they have been saying it is a stain on american democracy. katie, the select committee threatened to criminally charge steve bannon, former president trump's chief strategist. he is not wanting to comply with a subpoena by the committee.

so the biden white house is going to pay criminals for committing crimes.is almost impossible to believe that is real. but it is real. according to the journal, the administration claims to "offer immigrant families that were separated during the trump administration around $450,000 a person in compensation. the u.s. department of justice, homeland security, health and human services, considering payments that could amount to close to $1 million per family. a million dollars per family for illegal aliens at exactly the moment that american families are becoming noticeably poorer by the day. you won't be surprised to learn according to the paper that nearly a thousand reparations claims have already been filed. why not? the total payout from this, more than a billion dollars. so how much is that exactly? let's see. if you are an american citizen who was killed in a war defending your country, our government promises to send your family a hundred thousand dollars. that is less than a quarter of what joe biden intends to give illegal aliens for the inconvenien

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the trump legal team is likely to challenge the biden white house's efforts to allow these documents to be released. so no documents have yet actually been turned over to the committee. the white house seems to be expecting that the trump team will seek to challenge that claim, that waiver of executive privilege. it's the beginning of what could be a long and protracted battle between the two administrations, as the national archive has only begun to produce the documents the committee has requested. >> can the former president trump and his aides claim scuff privilege, pete williams? >> sure, they can claim it, but the question is how valid is it. the courts have never definitively said what authority a former president has to assert executive privilege. they've never said he can't. they've suggested, though, that it's a limited ability. first of all, the supreme court said in a 1977 case in a lawsuit involving president nixon against the archives that the sitting president is in the best position to decide what's in the national interest, that the privilege belongs basically to the

in a letter to the national archives obtained by nbc news, white house counsel dana reamis writes, president bidensts of the u.s. white house press secretary jen psaki stressing that point in a press briefing just over an hour ago. >> it was in many respects a unique attack on the foundations of our democracy. the president is dedicating to ensuring something like that could never happen again, which is why the administration is cooperating with ongoing investigations, including the january 6th select committee to bring to light what happened. as a part this process the president has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not warranted for the first set of documents from the trump wh

>> it certainly is a big part of the approach from the biden white house. and we know how unusual this is. we have not had a potential rematch in presidential politics before. we've not had someone who has left the office conduct himself the way that donald trump has. and remained so much in the national political conversation. so in many ways, what brought president biden to this position in the white house was the unusual nature of trump and what he's got to do to stay there, and to fight for his own agenda. still has a lot to do with president trump, and the narrative that trump is able to build among not just republicans, but independent voters are important to the biden agenda. and certainly, republicans on capitol hill would be better off trying to take shots at what this current president has done or not done during his time in office going into 2022, compared to having to relitigate the trump era. that's not the hand that has been dealt to everyone involved here. and certainly the biden white house is concerned about the president's poll numbers com

the virginia governor, biden in the white house, you have a democratic state legislator the last few years, so there is a strong desire to check the party in power. you add on top of that the degree of support biden has in the state. he won well over 50% of the vote last year. his job approval in virginia is in the 40's, underwater. i assume the president will come in for terry mcauliffe.that usually happens in the closing days of a governors race, but i'm not sure if you will give terry mcauliffe that much help. terry mcauliffe himself said that biden may actually give him negative in the state. you need to get democratic votes to the polls. that is a warning sign. you're looking to get enthusiasm up at a time when in past elections that was not a challenge. democrats were flocking to the polls in virginia during the trump era. it is harder to have democrats showing up for terry mcauliffe in an off-year election. host: if you are to do that, it would be a busy time for him as congress continues to debate in the democratic party in particular continues to debate the build back better

answers, dave chapelle stands up to the mob while christopher columbus is getting canceled by the biden white house. joe piscopo is here with a special can't miss friday follies, but first, president biden's freefall. of this week revealed anything it is the catastrophic troubles the biden administration has caused for itself and the country. this iconic image could be a metaphor for his entire presidency. and executive stumbling and causing chaos with every step he takes and it is not just when he's climbing staircases so a chairlift couldn't hurt at this stage. biden policies no matter how well intended are leading to ruinous ends for the american people. 's vaccine mandates coupled with the bloated welfare state that he needs to grow even more are wiping out jobs. today everyone expected 500,000 new jobs for the month of september. >> 194. ic 194,000. that is real low. >> september coming in weaker than august. that is the big story here. >> president biden tried to spin the net -- the bad news this way. >> the monthly total has bounced around if you look at the trend, it is solid. when you take

i want to read a quote from the white house counsel. president biden's white house counsel.hy they're okay with doing this unprecedented move to hando over documents. the protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield from congress or the public information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the constitution itself. that, of course, is a reference to president trump's effort to undo the election and overturn the will of the people. the biden white house said if you are trying to subvert the constitution, you can't use the constitution to protect your records. guys. >> all right. marshall cohen, thank you. i appreciate it. >> joining us on this is ross garber. a professional at tulane law school. teaching something relevant to the conversation. nice to see you, ross. let's start with the bannon subpoena. he claims the president wants him to declare executive privilege. have you seen that before? wasn't in the executive branch? bannon was fired in 2017 and we're talking about events that happened in 2021. >> in addition to that, laura, this i

also worth noting that this decision applies to an initial set of documents submitted to the biden white house and former president trump's attorneys in early september. the white house has said they are reviewing other documents and that decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis, but this all sets up a possible legal fight between the biden white house and the former president. many legal experts argue that the decisions over executive privilege sit with the current president, not the former, but it's totally expected the former president will try to fight this. but bottom line with the biden white house, what they've tried to argue is that they want to provide as much information as possible to that house select committee as they're trying to get to the bottom of what transpired around the january 6th insurrection. >> arlitt saenz, thank you for that report. >>> cnn contributor john dean tells our pam brown why he believes the strategy won't work. >> first of all, we know executive privilege is a qualified privilege, whoever invokes it. it can be balanced against the person who wants to

has criminal investigations ongoing but nothing is going to happen and why all the bidens are in charge of the white house to a crashing end in 2024. >> jason: the issue with the gun, that is one but remember it was hunter biden and the white house that said they were going to make sure they were the open and transparent since the dinosaurs roamed the earth but they weren't going to get involved in hunter biden's art business, both so-called paintings hanging in the white house, for goodness sake. this is hardly what the bidens promised the american people and hunter biden was going to be oblivious to who he met with? but that they had an art show! >> of course they don't care. it's all lies, all a scam. joe biden sat there and lied to the american people. he flew his son on air force 2 to china, shook the hands of one of his business partners and that business license hunter biden had been trying to get for over a year was miraculously approved. that is what this family is about and we still don't know, has joe biden profited of all of this? joe biden is the big guy. he was supposed to get 10% of the dea

this is a statement from the current white house counsel in the biden white house. this says, quote, the constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield from congress or the public, that's us, information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the constitution itself. so in plain language what that means is that the biden white house is okay with handing over these sensitive documents so that the lawmakers and us in the public can figure out exactly what trump was doing that day. if he still wants to fight, he'll have to go to court. >> marshall cohen, thank you so much. >>> let's talk more about this. joining me right now to talk is a former federal prosecutor and a defense attorney. shan, so good to see you. >> good to see you, fred. >> trying this hard to shield documents and testimony simply screams guilt, or at least trying to hide something. >> it does, and unfortunately for the former president, executive privilege is not his to invoke anymore. privilege, as we all know, is something meant to protect confidentialit

>> reporter: the white house argues these are executive order circumstances and that president biden wants to ensure that the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection has all the documents and information it needs. so president biden decided not to assert executive privilege over those trump administration documents. that the former president, president trump, is trying to do. the white house council, dana' pus sent a letter to the national archives outlining the reasoning she wrote in part the constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield from congress or the public information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the constitution itself. a reference to efforts to overturn the election. and white house press secretary jen psaki echoed that sentiment as well. >> there are moments throughout history where presidents and white houses have asserted executive privilege we will continue to evaluate those on a case by case basis, but this committee is investigating a dark day in our democracy, an attempt to undermine

judging from your reporting and the mood of people you are talking to inside the biden white house, are there real hopes that any bill will be passed before joe biden leaves for europe? >> i think there are very hopeful, but as we've seen over and over and over again, they had the rug pulled out from underneath them by sinema and manchin, they are cautious optimistic. they are sure that they will get a framework on this reconciliation bill, and if they get that it's possible that progressives will go ahead and say we feel confident that we agree on this framework, we have the agreement of the moderate conservative democrats in the senate, we are willing to go ahead and vote on this infrastructure bill, this bipartisan infrastructure bill in the house and that's what folks wanted in president biden especially as he goes overseas as they start to have talks about climate change worldwide, he has to show that in this country we take justice seriously as he says, right? being able to say that we have a framework with however many billions of dollars finding in climate change in this reconci

kerry, the biden white house is refusing to assert executive privilege to protect the trump documents from not going to the january 6 commission committee. this isn't a blanket waiver, though. right? >> right, so what the biden white house is doing and what the president is doing is he's saying as to certain documents, they'll review sets of documents in case-by-case basis for documents whether or not the president want to exert executive privilege over there. so there are a set of documents and the president is saying i'm not exerting executive privilege because it is the current president's purview to assert. >> and when it comes to the committee, the select committee investigating january 6, issuing these subpoenaed to compel testimony and documents, sloppy steve bannon as president trump used to call him, steve bannon he will follow trump's lead. this is a new statement from the chairman of the committee, benny thomas and liz cheney. they write we will not allow any witness to defy a lawful subpoena or attempt to run out the clock and we will swiftly consider advancing a criminal

this is really a follow-up to the big development last week when we learned the biden white house was going to assert executive privilege over the documents related to the trump white house on january 6th. of course, those are documents that lawmakers are seeking as they're investigating what was happening inside the white house on january 6th. and the biden white house, we should note, has now formally rejected the request by the former president to shield some of those documents, of course, from getting -- from having access to those lawmakers who had been seeking to get access to those documents. this is a letter that was just made public on the white house's website. it was sent by the white house counsel to the national archives last week as a follow-up. once the former president had sent his letter saying there were about 40 to 50 documents he wanted to assert executive privilege over. in this letter, they're saying esy es, there is till the stance we had last week. we're making it official we're not going to exert executive privilege over these documents. we don't know what's i

he stands up to the mob well christopher columbus is getting canceled by the biden white house peer joe piscopo is here for a very special can't miss friday follies. biden's freefall, if this week revealed anything, it is the catastrophic troubles the biden administration has caused for itself and the country. this iconic image here could be a metaphor for the entire presidency. and executive stumbling and causing chaos with every step h takes great and it's not just when he's climbing staircases. though a chairlift couldn't hel at this stage. his policies no matter how well intended are leading to ruinous ends for the american people. his vaccine mandates coupled with the bloated welfare state that he means to grow even more our wiping out jobs pay today, everyone expected 500,000 new jobs for the month of september. whoops. >> 194. ic 194,000. that israel low-grade september now coming in weaker than augus which arise higher. i think that's a big story here. >> biden tried to spin the bad news this way. >> the monthly totals bounce around but if you take a look a the trend, it solid.

the white house counsel telling the national archives that president biden will not assert executive privilege over some records from the trump white house since it sheds light on the events in the white house on and about january 6 and bear on the need to understand the facts underlying the most serious attack on the operations of the federal government since the civil war. >> this is the first set of documents and will evaluate case by case basis but the president is clear that he believes it to be of the utmost importance to have an understanding of the events of that day. >> reporter: the committee made 12 pages of demands to the archives in august and while unclear which documents have been cleared by the biden white house to give the wide ranging request included call logs and schedules from trump's family members on january 6 including melania trump, three oldest children and son-in-law jared kushner and visitor logs from the white house on january 6 and even documents pertaining to the mental stability of the former president. trump sent a letter to the archives trying to exer

in a letter to the national archives obtained by nbc news, white house counsel dana reamis writes, president biden has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the u.s. white house press secretary jen psaki stressing that point in a press briefing just over an hour ago. >> it was in many respects a unique attack on the foundations of our democracy. the president is dedicating to ensuring something like that could never happen again, which is why the administration is cooperating with ongoing investigations, including the january 6th select committee to bring to light what happened. as a part this process the president has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not warranted for the first set of documents from the trump white house that have been provided to us by the national archives. as we've said previously, this will be an ongoing process, and this is just the first set of documents. and we will evaluate questions of privilege on a case-by-case basis, but the president also believes it is clear it is of utmost importance for the americ

they thought that was a particular weakness of the trump white house, something the biden white house has always tried to take a different approach to. so we've heard the white house emphasizing that those questions really should be left up to the justice department, the attorney general. but then yesterday when president biden was asked about this he seemed to change his tune. take a listen. >> what's your message to people who defy congressional subpoenas on the january 6th committee? >> i hope that the committee goes after them, and holds them accountable. >> should they be prosecuted by the justice department? >> i do, yes. >> that was the farthest that president biden has gone in addressing these questions about these prosecutorial decisions and, in fact, the white house later clarified he still believes it's up to the justice department to make its own independent law enforcement decisions but the other biden white house move that's really getting a lot of attention here is to not exert executive privilege over the sensitive documents about january 6th from officials sought by c

white houses use technology to be creative. i don't mind that. tell prompters were brand-new and people objected when reagan would use a teleprompter. the other issue here seems like the bideno they can hide the teleprompter so they can have the teleprompter on the lens of the camera he is looking into as opposed to letting photographs pick it up. that may have been the motivation for the white house creating that type of set. the white house can do that. i just think this one didn't work because of the tiny little desk. >> harris: why would you want to do that? when i've been on the road to iowa for town halls and do we want to try to hide certain -- people know that we are using a prompter part of the time and they know when we're not quite frankly. and i think it's cool for people to see exactly what's going on. why not show us that transparency? is it ugly or something that i don't know about? >> they aren't confident in joe biden anymore and hide the props. if a president is known for being fast on his feet, able. you hide them when the criticism. his staff is overzealous in protecting him which makes you wonder what aren't we seeing behind the scenes if they worry abo

they had given enough room, more room than we'd seen in years against the -- from the biden administration, the white housed the doj. and biden sometimes being biden, you ask questions. even if they told him not to answer it, he answers it. they walked that back. i think they want to continue trying to put up a wall between the doj and the white house, and that's what they are focusing in on now. let's be real. these are people who want to see this thing happen. folks are working the white house, they are hoping that the january 6th commission, first of all, finds out information, right. they are probing that investigation. they also want to see it move quickly. they want to see them assert their power against folks who say they don't want to come. that's kind of a no-brainer at this point, knowing those are the things they want to see done. whether or not they can say that, we have, obviously, seen them now go back to where they were, making sure they don't make comment on that. but this is about, for them, not just, you know, we were a part of this 2020 election, we were a part of, you know, being accuse

the documents could include activities within the white house itself like phone records as well as visitors logs. trump's legal team wants the bidentive privilege, but the white house says no way. for more on all of this and political analysis, i'm jormed right now by federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst cynthia cox. let me start with you. does this sig if i phi the end or just the beginning of the end? >> the beginning of the end. trump is hoping if he stalls long enough it will work for him. that's what's happening here. the committee is supposed to wrap up its report in the spring. if the democrats lose the house, much of this will no longer be a question and it will be moot and he'll have gotten away with it. that's my concern, he'll drag it out. let's be clear. he doesn't have executive privilege over this. what they're looking for is evidence of an attempt to overthrow the election, overturn the results of the election, and that's not within the scope and course of the president trump's proper duties, and it's misconduct. there is no executive prish ledge here, but the game is to stall. >> there seems to be success at

let me read this for from you the white house counsel of the biden white house.rotections of executive privilege should not be used to shield from congress or the public, information that reflect as clear and apparent effort to subvert the constitution itself. what is she talking? of course she's referring to president trump's unprecedent and disturbing effort to overturn the 2020 election. >> already. marshall cohen thank you so much for that. joining me now to talk about all this, a former federal prosecutor and host of the podcast "that said." michael so good to see you. so what do you make of donald trump's claim to executive privilege to protect against the release of documents or eyewitness accounts, even though he's no longer in office. >> so, the president, the former president has a right to his opinion. and if this goes to court, that opinion would be considered. but due deference is given to the current president. executive privilege concept is to protect the government from having to disclose secrets that it thinks are to be protected. the government

why should i have to adjust my god-given high expectations as an american because the biden white houseeplaced by american mediocrity and no one should accept that and this piece would have been published if the same crisis occurred under the previous administration under trump, your expectations are too high. we live in the greatest country on earth. i think that is a fair statement and no one should lower their expectations yet here you had jen psaki, not just about the op-ed but the biden white house to your point pushing the same point. she locked the supply-chain crisis, the tragedy of the treadmill that is delayed. this is about medical supplies, baby food, increased demand that impacts the poor and middle-class the most but like the chief of staff ron wayne talking about inflation is a rich person's robin, jen psaki makes this an issue for the rich and the white house keeps failing a message, they look elitist and out of touch. >>. buttigieg talked about the supply-chain issue spinning it into positive, that there is more demand and part of that is true but wouldn't it be better

that is not a claim that the biden white house accepts.e or they have threatened a criminal contempt citation. they would have to send it for a full vote. whether or not to seek jail time. we know that bannon is one of them. the committee said another individual has been engages. they said similar about mark meadows. there is no word on whether or not he is going to show up. he put out a statement last night lavishing praise. it seems like he would be unlikely to do that. >> there was a central role being played en though he left the white house quite a while ago. he was drumming up the so-called big lie. that is part of the book "i alone can fix it." . you have to call pence off of the f-ing ski slopes. this is a crisis. we're going to bury biden on january 6th. how does bannon say that executive privilege should cover him when he has been long out of the white house. >> that is a very important point. he was a ke key architect of th broader coups attempts. he can answer the academy's questions, about his specific roles with but he might

>> that happened as the new e-mail showed the biden white house was talking to the national school board association weeks before and asked the administration to investigate possible acts of domestic terrorism. days later, garland put out the memo to look into threats. jim jordan pressing the attorney general on where he got the data on the uptick of violence. >> your memo, the first sentence, you said in recent months, there's a disturbing spike in data and intimidation of violence. >> yes. >> when did you show the data showing the disturbing uptick. >> i read the letter and we have been seeing over time. >> whoa. i said -- so you read the letter. that's your source? >> greg, let's kick it off with you. have some thoughts? >> it's scary. this guy's the attorney general and he's less prepared than jessie watters. >> such a cheap shot. >> think about it. this guy is initiating an investigation on parents, not because he had statistics, actual specific cases, but because he got a letter. the letter is from an environmental group or blm, he wouldn't have proceeded like this. it's a politica

nobody seems to be at home in the biden white house. trump was the most accessible president in history. now biden won't even take a question. last time i saw you was on the south lawn of the white house at the republican convention. neither one of us ever dreamed that biden, if he got elected would do everythingle thing wrong. southern border, afghanistan, economy. you name it, he's not doing it right. >> sean: peter, look into your crystal ball. tell us what you see in the short term and long-term. >> in the short term, we're running towards a stagflation problem. it's essential, sean, that no more bills get passed on congress, not even a trillion more. that will be bad. what we need to do is do what president trump wanted to do. buy american, hire american, bring our production on shore. otherwise, we'll have shortages like we're seeing. this will get out of control. we need to look at the stag part of the problem. it's the hardest problem to solve. we went from 1970 to 1980. you remember, sean, the misery index of ronald reagan. it w

white house for us. and this is a very big deal for the white house. the biden white house to deny a former president trump's request for executive privilege. and frankly i have to say i'm surprised because biden is something in general of an institutionalist and knows that while this is not unprecedented, it was done during -- after the nixon years. it is still generally breaking with tradition. >> reporter: yeah, it is a massive move by the white house to say we're not going to step in the way and try to extend this executive privilege over these documents. this first tranche of documents, that is what the white house is saying. but they're justifying this by saying not only what evan just said that it is a unique set of circumstances but also saying they believe these documents that the committee is requesting is going to help get to the bottom of really what happened on january 6 here at the white house. which we know has been a big hole of information. we are our reporting on what the president was doing that day. but there are still lot of questions about

the white house says it has brokered an agreement to keep those ports open and unloading around the clock, seven days a week. and president biden this afternoon is holding a virtual roundtable at the white house, pushing walmart, fedex, ups, and others to help. we're awaiting the president to speak in about 20 minutes from now, where he's going to detail his plans to pick up the pace. in a moment i'll ask secretary of transportation pete buttigieg about those efforts and if they're enough. nbc's jake ward joins me from the port of oakland. what are you seeing, jake? >> reporter: what's extraordinary, geoff, is to be in a place that's felt the tidal wave and taken it on the top of its head. this place, port of oakland, is literally overwhelmed. it got to a point where it simply could not handle the crush and shippers began turning away. that meant that by august, revenue and shipping, incoming ships, were actually down from the year prior, which was extraordinary to see. that's why this port had to undertake extraordinary efforts, it had to put in the largest cranes in the world, it had to expand its capacity so it could cram 60

house. rising energy prices a liability for president biden. experts we got a new report commented political and media bias to a powerful new oral drug for merck also disappoint the white house is tracking 20000 migrants another report said 60000 but look at this the white house it is now said to be weakening a bush era national security tax with mexico. that was supposed to fight drug cartel. that's all about root causes. mexico once and for money. will more money catch drug lords? all of this is the drug cartel is ramping up at the border. >> ♪ ♪ we begin stocks and the downside is u.s. economy could less than half of the jobs have been expected in september. just wanted 90 versus half a million expected on wall street. this does not look at birds coming right when reports of poll numbers crashed below 40%. the danger zone of 38% have got a new study co-authored by former bank of england policy maker economy might be in recession. it's likely right terry mccall's was caught on a hot mike saying the president is on pop the bread that is the quote headwind with d.c. and his own race for governor of virginia. now edward lawrence has much more he is at the white house go

that's rough ground for the biden white house. >> bret: we'll put that up.for groceries and every day items. 83% to your point that feel it. that affects things. if you look at the condition of the economy in that poll, excellent or good, 26%. that's seeing a drop, only fair or poor, 73%. leslie, the messaging here at the ports of los angeles and long beach, that the supply chain problems are a good thing, that it means good things are happening. doesn't seem to be sticking for this administration. >> no, it doesn't. as a democrat, i don't like to see falling numbers but i don't believe polls. hello, hillary. can't forget that. the president didn't say he was going to do this in 1 year or 2. he has four years to do it. any president does in my administration, any party. let's look at the supply chain. the supply chain issues are global. they're not just here in the united states. we were buying more and more sitting home and buying differently, bret. we were clicking rather than going to stores. we're buying things we don't see on shelves. of course, as we s

white house documents. that decision is not up to trump. he is not president. it is up to the biden white house. i want to read a statement from the counsel explaining why they will go ahead and hand over the documents. the constitutional protections of executive privilege should not be used to shield from congress or the public information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the constitution itself. what does that mean? trump is trying to use executive privilege to argue these documents should stay secret. the biden white house said if you are trying to subvert the constitution and undo an election, you don't get to use the constitutional protections to shield the documents. you can't have it both ways. >> thank you, marshall cohen. i appreciate it. >>> the u.s. surgeon general says he feels cautiously optimistic about the state of the pandemic. the nation is now averaging fewer than 100,000 daily new infections for the first time in more than two months. the number of people hospitalized with covid has dropped significantly and deaths are beginning to decline as well. joining

but the white house, the biden white house, is not buying that argument. cnn has obtained a letter from the white house deputy counsel, and it states that the biden administration will not support any attempt by panbannon to ref cooperation. >> last night, donald trump did what he usually does when in a tight spot. he sued. he sued the january 6th committee and national archives in a bid to keep documents secret. the committee says trump is trying to stall. the white house is taking it one step further, accusing trump of abusing the office of the presidency and attempting to subvert a peaceful transfer of power. now, the national archives is scheduled to turn over documents early next month unless the courts intervene. i want to bring in cnn correspondent and "early start" anchor laura jarrett. laura, a big day. what can we expect? >> john, a big day indeed. later today, the january 6th committee will finally get to flex its muscle and send a message to witnesses who try to defy congressional subpoenas. lawmakers are tackling perhaps their easiest witness f

the biden white house mobilized the entire u.s.to get those people into your neighborhood. that was very important for them. but your household budget? how much money you have? whether you can take your kids out for dinner? who cares? deal with it, legacy american. you have no right to expect more. that is their position. so say goodbye to cheap gasoline, probably forever. that was the basis upon which our modern society was structured. that is why we have suburbs. by the way, demonstration hates but most people enjoy living there.at you can't live in suburbs with gasoline you can't avoid. and it is not just gasoline. heating oil, too. and jet fuel, natural gas, and all the other immoral hydrocarbons. cheap fuel is over in this country, and it is intentional. permanent shortagesco ahead. by the way, it is not just fuel. go ahead and try to build something right now, we dare you. the following construction materials have now been listed as "delayed," meaning they are tough to get. they include adhesives appliances, copper, drywall e

. >> the trump administration implemented it, the biden white house cancelled it and a court says thet. so reluctantly the biden administration says it will resume the controversial remain in mexico migration policy and will likely be prepared to do so by mid november. >> it is not in the best interest of individuals who are seeking humanitarian relief under united states law. >> remain in mexico, or its official name migrant protection protocols or mpp requires migrants claiming asylum in the united states to wait out their cases in camps in mexico instead of entering the us. the department of homeland security says us officials are negotiating with mexico to bring it back and, quote, we are working to do so despite our appeal of the court's order. dhs also will be issuing a memorandum terminating mpp. biden administration officials say they'll move to end remain in mexico in a way that satisfies the court. in the meantime, dhs says it will build temporary immigration courts to help process asylum claims. in texas, state troopers are stepping up their patrols. in this video shared ex

abc white house correspondent maryalice parks is at the white house for us with the story. good morning to you, maryalice. >> reporter: good morning, linsey. the biden white house holds the cards right now, and yesterday it said it fully supports the committee's work and thinks these documents from the last administration should be turned over because they can help the committee get to the bottom of what happened on january 6th. this morning, former president donald trump threatening a showdown in the courts. the biden administration green-lighting the release of some confidential documents from the trump white house saying they should be turned over to the house select committee investigating the attack on january 6th. the committee wanting to know what former president trump and his closest confidants were doing moment to moment that day. >> this committee is investigating a dark day in our rmer president. presidential records are preserved, biden's white house counsel said the documents could help the committee get to the bottom of the events that day and that any assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the united states.

you are ouz the white house tonight. what else is the biden administration telling you about their logic and why they have decided they will not defend the executive privilege of the former executive? >> well, erin, it's a bold move by this white house and it's something they say they have been discussing for the last month since they first got this request from the national archives. and this is a decision that was made by the white house counsel's office. the office of legal counsel. and the justice department into going into this request. and they say simply at the end of the day, that this is an extraordinary set of circumstances because, of course, executive privilege is something that is very sensitive to any white house and any president because whatever they do affects precedent going forward for other presidents that come after them. but they say that this -- blocking these documents as former-president trump wants this white house to do is not in the best interest of the united states. and they say it's -- they're not justified for a

>>eems to me from our birch, that the biden white house is the kind of methodically documents, when the former trump white house comes back and says oh no that's privileged. they are saying, what i think are two lawyers in the segment would agree with, and that is, that's not a thing absent national security grounds if that's if your former president. do you have the feeling that their goal is to get as much sunlight on what was taking place in the trump white house, one six before and after as possible? >> no, i think that's right. one thing that this white house is making very clear to donald trump and anyone who worked for donald trump, is that the privilege, executive privilege, doesn't continue with you when you walk out the door. it remains with the office, not with a human being. that's something that he's learning. and, jen psaki, the press secretary has said over and over to us, in the press room that they want to find out what happened on january 6th. not just because, they are the other campaign, that was a part of these election. but more importantly, because it's about the

privilege between president biden and former president trump who is fighting to withhold records from congress about the january 6th riot kelly o'donnell is at the white houseonight. kelly, what did the biden administration decide on this? >> reporter: lester, president biden denied a request from former president trump to protect the secrecy of a long list of trump records from that day, january 6th things like call logs and e-mails that are housed in the national archive the former president tried to assert executive privilege, but that power only belongs to the current president. the biden white house said that privilege should not be used to shield information that reflects a clear and apparent effort to subvert the constitution itself. former president trump responded accusing mr. biden and democrats of using congress to persecute their political opponents. lester >> all right, kelly. thank you. in just 60 seconds, a staggering number of laser strikes on airplanes. the new warning tonight from the faa. >> reporter: and the dire situation in haiti so many desperate to come here again, even if they have been sent back. we're on the ground. >>> we have ne

mostly the privilege lies with the existing sitting president, protects the institution and the biden white house -- the biden legal team saying they do not believe it's in the national interest to deny the committee these documents. you made an important point. this is looking back at last election and the aftermath of that election in a horrific violent day at the united states capitol to try to block the implementation of the last election but if you look forward. president biden also drawing a contrast to how the former president conducts himself in a new appointment. he's naming a member to the department homeland. kim wayman was a frequent guest on this program last year. one of the reasons biden likes her and one of the reasons trump won't is this. >> you're a reap karng the nation's top republican saying fraud, saying rigged, saying things that frankly are wrong, correct? >> that's correct, and every time president trump takes a swing at absentee ballot or vote by mail ballots it undermines voters' confidence so election officials have even more work to do. >> 14 or 15 states owe essentia

the biden white house formally blocked an absurd attempt by former president donald trump to withhold documents from congress, about the january 6th attack. congress could soon have access to a trove of documents from the national archives, related to the capital insurrection. and that's only because there's a democrat in the white house. you better believe donald trump would've block those documents if he was still the president. and it's only because democrats have the majority in the senate, that we learn new details about trump's relentless and shameless for crusade to belated justice department into helping him overturn the 2020 election results. and it's only because democrats have a majority in the house, that we just learned that trump lied to hide his corruption involving his co-tell in washington d.c.. today, the democrats on the house oversight committee uncovered that while trump was in office, his hotel received three point $7 million in payments from foreign governments. which means, donald trump possibly violated the law, and illegally profited off the presidency. in th

they will want to focus in on the economy, which is why this biden white house is working so hard to shore up the economy and make sure going into '22 and '24, the macro conditions support democrats. republicans get through the primary but lose like trump did. >> my sunday family, good to see you. thank you. >>> we are back at the top of the hour. good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york. developing for you, the treasury secretary is sounding the alarm on the debt ceiling and the ripple affect it could have. the house is gearing up for a vote this week on a short-term extension to raise the debt limit. there's uncertainty surrounding how lawmakers plan to reach a long-term solution before december. janet yellen told nbc news why it's imperative the u.s. raise its debt ceiling. >> there's an enormous amount at stake. a failure to raise the debt ceiling would probably cause a recession and could even result in a financial crisis that would be a catastrophe. >> okay. democrats in both parties of congress -- both chambers, rather, of congress, they are working on reaching an ag

the biden white house is a federal judge saying you got to reinstate trumps remain in mexico policy, now they say the timeline for this for resuming hinges on mexico's cooperation to accept the return of migrant to its country cap mexico may not help out there. there have been more than 1 million apprehensions at the border, 34th of these involve repeat offenders. that's 34% in prior years it was just 14% for repeat offenders. keep trying to come across some of what you say? >> i say remain in mexico policy fear ministration is not going to do it. anyone closely watching having to reinstate no space your ministration was always blame mexico mexico complying from at the biden a ministration brought because they don't want them to and mexicans don't have to do it either so they are going through the motions to make federal judge they have no serious plans or implications of this going back on the books. liz: the biden white house claims they inherited their problems from the trump administration the president is criticized for taking we can beach trip as a disaster on the southern bord

you're at biden white house but now at the trump white house. carb patel and steve bannon who had fallen out of favor with the former president but when people continue to say no, he recycles people and brings them back in. post-election, big lie, trying to find people to help him, they were part that have circle. >> and we know steve bannon while he had fallen out of favor with the president for some time, he had recently begun to speak with the president, the former president once again in the days and weeks leading up to january 6th, and in there's anything we know about steve ban no, he's always the guy that's going to encourage trump's worst instincts, trump's most norm-breaking counterinstitutional instincts that we have so we know he's obviously a crucial player. interesting as well, he would be an interesting first person to be, you know, for congress to refer these criminal contempt charges against because steve bannon is claiming that he can use executive privilege to not testify, to not share document, even though he wasn't even a whi

there is an absence of leadership in the white house and we are asking ourselves, who is really in charge in the white house? biden is not strong, he looks weak, too fearful. i don't see anything. >> sean: congratulations to the both of you. straight ahead, ready to reinstate the trump air out policy. we'll check in with the ag from arizona and all things border, it's a disaster that's getting worse every day. straight ahead. and there you have it- woah. wireless on the most reliable network nationwide. wow. -big deal! ...we get unlimited for just 30 bucks. sweet, i get that too and mine has 5g included. that's cool, but ours save us serious clam-aroonies. relax people, my wireless is crushing it. that's because you all have xfinity mobile with your internet. it's wireless so good, it keeps one upping itself. >> welcome to fox news live, i am jackie and bonnie is in new york. joe biden split with progressives with the $3.5 trillion bill back better package. revising a section that could affect climate change. such a move isn't sitting well with progressives. according to "the new york times," clean electricity pro