i take what you said about the congo line down to mar-a-lago. at least they own it, they're open and public about it. but is this a straight-up hit job by mccarthy? is he doing this to please donald trump in your view? >> well, he has to right now. i guess everything is about money, even in politics and when you look at the funding lines that the republicans are -- i would say depending on for 2022, it all leads to mar-a-lago. and i said that so many times. 2022 is to mar-a-lago especially with the gop and but they have to do to actually win that, they believe they have to do that base to get election integrity. stop the steal and some of the things they've been following which are obviously untrue. and you, know that's what's happening right now with liz. she is probably going to lose at least probably going to be in there like that who shows appropriate quality control. i want to say this, i think liz doesn't care as much as people think. i think she's just doing the right thing. i think she is a clear conscience. i think her give a damn is bu

especially when you see the pilgrimage town to mar-a-lago. i think right now liz did something that was crossing the political line. we can talk about polling, we can talk about fundraising, we can guess that the internal polling looks bad for liz or very good for stop the steal the election. what she did was she hit them right squarely in the self-preservation button. that was the issue when she opposed or she actually agreed there should be a january 6th commission and she opposed mccarthy only of i think that's where it got person. a i think mccarthy is trying, i think that's when it went sideways, when she went against kevin on the january 6th commission. >> yamiche, if you can take a baby step back and tell us how it is that things have reached the stage where a bedrock conservative, veteran member of congress from an incredible republican political pedigree is now the enemy in her party. >> well, taking that step back means really getting to the heart of this. which is that liz cheney's sin, the reason republicans are turning on her, sh

senator ted cruz is the latest trump loyalist to make his visit to mar-a-lago.ight alongside former president trump at dinner writing, quote. he is in great spirits and we talked about retaking the house and senate in 2022. cruz visit follows kevin mccarthy visiting trump just 22 days after the capitol riots. lindsey graham hosted a golf sweepstakes at mar-a-lago last week. >>> more than 52 companies and business leaders have signed an open letter opposing voting restrictions in texas. several companies signed on. the letter reads in part, quote. the legislation is being debated in austin this week with several other states in the midst of debates over voting laws, including georgia and florida. >>> joining me now, is boston globe columnist kimberly atkins and she is also an msnbc contributor. kimberly, thanks so much for being here this morning. this is a fascinating dynamic to me. i mean, we heard mitch mcconnell basically trying to tell ceos to stay out of politics. he then walked that back a little bit. but this is starting to pose a real problem for many of

then to see the progression of the trip to mar-a-lago. it's nuts, honestly. i do think january 6 ranks up there with september 11 in terms of the actual impact on democracy. i think there is no comparison to the violence over the summer, although i strongly condemned the violence over the summer, but it was not a direct threat. i think what has happened is it is much easier to find some technicality of the position you don't like. it's close to what rodney davis put out in the first place. maybe they will make some change in terms of staff appointments, but short of that i think it rings hollow. eugene: another question on the house in 2022. if republicans to take the house, do you think the party is going to take that as a sign that they have to continue the trump train and keep doing the same things they have been doing over the last few years? or do you think they will see it as the other things you talked about. it feels like it's a make or break time for the party for people like yourself. rep. kinzinger: i think it will depend on that guess on how much

apparently, living in an alternate reality down at mar-a-lago. >> the state senate of arizona just had a great ruling that the audit, forensic audit, can continue. and let's see what they find. i wouldn't be surprised if they found thousands and thousands and thousands of votes. so we are going to watch that very closely. and then, after that, you'll watch pennsylvania. and you'll watch georgia. then, watch michigan. and wisconsin. and you're watching new hampshire. they found a lot of votes up in new hampshire, just now. you saw that. because this was a rigged

i'm struck by the logistics of the setup at mar-a-lago.night for the president to wander out. there's a house band that is there every night. maybe two shows an evening, 5:00 and 9:00, sandwiched around dinner. >>> could ronald reagan win a primary in today's republican party. charlie sykes has thoughts on the current incarnation of the gop next on "morning joe." ornin" ♪ (ac/dc: back in black) ♪ ♪ ♪ the bowls are back. applebee's irresist-a-bowls all just $8.99. [♪♪] when you have diabetes, managing your blood sugar is crucial. try boost glucose control. the patented blend is clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels. boost glucose control products contain high quality protein and key nutrients to support immune health. try boost. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google, turn up the heat. ♪ ♪ ♪ did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ hey lily, i need a new wi

it's also about mar-a-lago, right?stituted and run at the moment, has become an autocratic vehicle for a single person. so the party of eisenhower, reagan, the bushes, the nixon who went to china, whatever you want to say about those folks, and there is a lot to say, they govern in coherent ways that would be recognizable to their democrat -- their democratic colleagues, upper case d, in realtime. this is not that. and i think that i understand that the democratic party broadly put i think is following the old napoleonic adage which is never get in the way of an enemy when they're busy destroying themselves. the problem there, which you put your finger on is they may destroy themselves, but they could also bring down the constitution. and by the way, five years ago, even three years ago, hell, maybe a year ago, i'm not sure i would have said that. but part of living in a democracy, part of using reason is having the ability to observe facts and shift your opinions if you think the facts support that. it's the entire pr

but it is a growing hub of political power within the republican party that is its headquarters mar-a lago the primary residence of donald trump he may not be president anymore but he is creating a fortress of money and influence to defend his legacy and possibly his future. palm beach is one of the wealthiest counties in the u.s. it has long been a center for conservatives and republican fundraising the money is still flowing but traditional party structures have been weakened and a broad group of people are being drawn in. melissa martz's an attorney and a republican running for congress she believes president trump is shaking up the establishment and making way for a grassroots movement to people like her i view president trump as a strong patriotic i see him as somebody who is sincerely fighting on behalf of the american people and be aligned with him. the very important for me and what i'm doing. martz is one of a growing number of republican candidates in lawmakers making the trip to the president's command center and looking for his support former white house press secretary sarah h

sadly, this is also an offering for mccarthy to gop conference in mar-a-lago. a lot has to do with the polling districts they think they can win and nothing with more integrity, it's clearly a political calculation and tomorrow is the offering to mar-a-lago and president trump that president trump needs to keep his position and move forward. >> what liz cheney is is consistent. i want to share what republican senator lindsey graham said last night because it is the opposite of consistent. >> the most popular republican in america is no lindsey graham, it's not liz cheney, it's donald trump. people on our side of the aisle believe that trump policies work. they're disappointed that he lost and to try to erase donald trump from the republican party is insane. the people who try to erase him are going to wind up getting erased. >> is he saying he learned that the hard way? this is immediately after the january 6th insurrection, lindsey graham said he had never been so humiliated and embarrassed for the country. very very clearly expressed frustration for however t

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cruz posted this picture on twitter showing him and the defeated former president having dinner at mar-a-lago. he wrote, he's in great spirits. which is weird because that's what you say about some convalescing. we spent the evening talking about working together to retake the house and senate in 2022. now ted cruz is a man who pretended to get very angry when donald trump insulted his wife, but since then has done nothing but bending knee and kiss the ring to complete his humiliation. in a way that is hard to watch. it is to human dignity what's the sound of nails on chalkboard or to our years. but ted cruz knows what he's doing, he's debasing himself because that is the price of entrance to the republican party and part of it. we are watching this play out on broader terms as the party moves towards potentially ousting liz cheney of wyoming, the third ranking republican in the house. all because she refuses to debase herself, she refuses to say two plus two equals five to carry on the big lie that donald trump won the election that he actually lost. in an opinion piece published in the wash

he wants to go back to mar-a-lago and support. that's what you wanted me to do. can we just call the thing when it is, right? he wants to be able to go back to mar-a-lago and say they lost, we got rid of her. remember what trump said the last time he went down that way, he raised the question, why she still in leadership? isn't it interesting that some 6 to 8 weeks later, here we are, and they are about to outside her. go ahead and do what you want to do, go ahead and kick her out. but no, this when you do, she becomes a galvanizing reminder to the rest of the country of what this party is. not with this becomes, but what it now is. >> yeah. >> that you have to carry with you in election after election. this is not just about donald trump and liz cheney. it is about how you treat a woman who speaks her mind. we heard the references that someone who was admitted to her saying she is that girlfriend that you have a problem with, right? all of that is now fodder for the upcoming cycle. and liz will be the tip of that spear. >> yeah. we are going to we're gonna see s

now all of a sudden he's making these pilgrimages to mar-a-lago and booting liz cheney from leadershipsuggests he's on team trump. leaders speak with one clear voice and act from principle. here is a man who has not demonstrating the characteristics that he needs to achieve his ambition of being speaker of the house. >> so last week a federal judge ordered the doj to make public a memo that then attorney general bill barr cited as the basis for his decision when it came to clearing trump of obstruction of justice charges. the judge accused barr in his justice department of misleading the court and the public. what should happen to the former attorney general? should he be charged? what do you think? >> shocker of shockers, right. it made me think of when he released that memo. he gets the mueller report from special counsel mueller. and he releases three or four days later a memo that is so misleading that bob mueller not known for going public with these sorts of things said you mischaracterized my investigation, my report. again, this is not a new story. attorney general barr -- and

apparently, living in an alternate reality down at mar-a-lago >> watch arizona some very interestingg in arizona, right? you know about that. we got some things rolling actually, the senate - the state senate of arizona. let's see what they find i wouldn't be surprised if they found thousands, and thousands and thousands of votes so, we're going to watch that pretty closely >> yeah. >> and after that, you'll watch pennsylvania [ cheers ] and you'll watch georgia and you're going to watch michigan and wisconsin we did get 75 million votes. nobody's ever gotten that. they said, get 66 million votes, sir. and the election's over. well, i got 75 million and they said, you know, you saw what happened 10:30 in the evening, all of a sudden they said, that's a strange thing. why are they closing up certain places a lot of things are happening right now. i just want to say, it's an honor to be here it's an honor to have you at mar-a-lago you are a great and beautiful couple >> seth: in fairness to trump, it's very hard to do standup comedy when you're opening for a band he's just going from r

anyway, the point is republicans have to keep making this dumb pilgrimage to mar-a-lago because they,re fully committed to what trump represents, his brand of corrupt authoritarianism racist culture war paranoia is still popular within the gop even if it's deeply unpopular with everyone else as evidenced by trump's terrible polling numbers and biden's high polling numbers. the gop is now so committed to the deranged lie that trump actually won the election that if you simply state the obvious, that he lost, that there was no widespread fraud, and that he tried to foment a violent insurrection on january 6th to retain his grip on power, the gop will punish you as utah senator mitt romney and wyoming congresswoman liz cheney have recently discovered. >> senator mitt romney booed by a fellow republicans at party convention on saturday in utah listen to this >> i don't have the fact that i wasn't fan of our last president's character issues i'm also no fan -- [ boos ] >> axios reporting house republicans moving closer to ousting wyoming congresswoman liz cheney from leadership and are alr

. >>> plus, as the mar-a-lago emcee gets his own blog, is facebook about to ban trump for life tomorrow? and should we be okay with that as the current president lays out a big vaccine rollout, author micah lewis. when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. the republican party appears to be preparing to undertake an ideological purge. they are signaling they want to essentially excommunicate from leadership their third-ranking member in the house and the only woman in congressional leadership, congresswoman liz cheney of wyoming. she is on the outs because she has failed to carry the party line on what is increasingly the most important issue inside that party and that movement, that donald trump actually won the 2020 presidential election. now, what makes this strange on a number of levels is that this is actually not an ideological question. it is a factual one. and the factual answer is, no, donald trump did not win the election. he lost the election. and so republicans are talking about punishing liz cheney for the equivalent of saying two plus

. >>> donald trump has charged the secret service more than $40,000 to use space at mar-a-lago.pts from the freedom of information request, and found taxpayers paid $400,000, and mar-a-lago, and david farenhall. >> thank you very much for being here. is the secret service a gift that will continue to keep on giving to trump properties? >> it looks like it, yes. he is going to get secret service protection for the rest of his life. it seems like he is planning to live inside his properties where he rents out rooms for the rest of his life. trump seems to be charging these folks indefinitely and it will be $400 a night for every night he'll be at mar-a-lago. rooms for protection for anybody else and his extended family, whether at mar-a-lago or elsewhere, he wouldn't be able to charge for that if it wasn't on his properties, the extent to which his family would also be getting secret service protection, would that go for the rest of his life, too. >> no, the rest of his family gets protection for six months and he expanded that, but just for six months. >> you've also been reporti

rally around him, or republicans do, let's look at where he is spending his time, at his resort, mar-a-lagoflorida -- in florida. he's post for engagement photos. he crashed a wedding that was happening there. he said he gave a speech where he railed against her vita before raising a toa to himself, then the happy couple. this next video is widely shared. we see donald trump standing on a patio at the resort, reeling once again -- railing once again about the election. >> i wouldn't be surprised if they found thousands and thousands and thousands of votes. we are going to watch that very closely. [cheering] we watch pennsylvania, georgia, michigan, wisconsin, you are watching new hampshire, they found a lot of boats up in new hampshire. [cheering] because this was a rigged election. everybody knows it. >> republicans have been goi to see him in mar-a-lago, let kevin mccarthy, who traveled to discuss the future of the republican party there with him. ken marjorie taylor greene visited, too. she openly supported the conspiracy theory q1 on -- qanon. this will sarah huckabee sanders, his forme

crashing parties at mar-a-lago u in fact, if they were smart, mar-a-lago would charge you extra to havetrump not appear at your wedding. ( bride ) "um, could we not have the president interrupt my father-daughter dance to rant about the stolen election?" ( guy ) "oooooh, you wanna spring fo the deluxe package. of course, darling." but i feel like we're discovering a new rule of physics here. if donald trump comes into contact with a microphone, he's going to ramble about how the election was rigged. doesn't even have to be a wedding. he'll take over anything, can even be a funeral. "and we just saw they found votes in pennsylvania. so unlike timothy here, we're very much alive, people, very much alive." but, look, the truth is, trump ranting about the stolen election to an audience that eats up every word is the republican party right now. and it looks more and more like that's not a party liz cheney can be a leader in. all right, when we come back, we will found out how the opencompanies killed thousands opencompanies killed thousands of people an ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ majestic mountains...

. >> two days after that, mccarthy went down to see trump at mar-a-lago to make sure he made up for his comments, in good graces with the king. here they are. he knows more about trump's mindset that day than anybody else. he was on the phone with trump. the former president was watching these images, images you are seeing now, trump is watching them and talking to mccarthy. congresswoman jamie herrera, a republican was told by mccarthy that mccarthy tried to get trump understand the severity of the situation, he pleaded with trump. mccarthy told her that trump actually claim to mccarthy that the people there were antifa and mccarthy responded to trump, no, they're your people. call them off. of course, trump refused. trump said, "well, kevin, these people are more supupset of the election than you are." mccarthy responds to trump, "he tells them, who the [ bleep ] do you think you are talking to." he does not want to tell the full truth today. >> would you agree to speak to the commission about your phone call with trump on the 6th, anything regarding the 6th? >> mccarthy did not answe

but it is a growing hub of political power within the republican party that is its headquarters mar-a lago the primary residence of donald trump he may not be president anymore but he is creating a fortress of money and influence to defend his legacy and possibly his future. palm beach is one of the wealthiest counties in the u.s. it has long been a center for conservatives and republican fundraising the money is still flowing but traditional party structures have been weakened and a broad group of people are being drawn in. melissa martz's an attorney and a republican running for congress she believes president trump is shaking up the establishment and making way for a grassroots movement to people like her i view president trump as a strong patriot i see him as somebody who is sincerely fighting on behalf of the american people and to be aligned with him would be very important for me in what i'm doing. marts is one of a growing number of republican candidates and lawmakers making the trip to the president's command center and looking for his support former white house press secretary sa

mccarthy isn't going against his boy in mar-a-lago. >> no way. >> he's not going to investigate. you know how their upset a muslim extremist does something extreme and they say call it terror now they don't want to investigate anything unless it's antifa. when have you seen anyone investigated as a coefficient of those related. >> listen, i don't have the whackos on my show or the conspiracy believers but when people say no way trump could have gotten to the capitol that's not true. >> why wouldn't someone believe that when the minority leader of the house of representatives is saying to them, if you don't look at these other ones. >> yeah. >> and they go on faux news and they're all talking about why pelosi won't investigate these other groups, why wouldn't they think that? >> yeah. or that someone's death could have been brought up from the stress of what happened to them at the capitol a day or so before. you think all of a sudden someone just had a stroke or died out of nowhere, a young, otherwise healthy person. >> it's everywhere. it's all a coefficient of paying fealty to

fledging florida blogger charged the secret service $40,000 for rooms used to guard him at his mar-a-lagost attempt that trump is charging rent to his own protectors. it's part of a pattern for the former grifter in chief. the secret service were pawns in a larger pattern in a pay off for trump. they were pawns in following the dear leader agenda. to protecting his coronavirus superspreader rallies. many agents were cheering for trump's re-election, and biden emerged the clear victors were promoting trump's debunked conspiracy theories. so serious was this concern about trump's hold on the secret service that biden transition advisers urged that agency swap out all members of the trump presidential detail before biden's team agreed to a compromise. they could bring back some of the senior agents whom biden new well from his vice presidential detail. joining me now, carl leonnig. i saw your interview with rachel maddow. i was stunned and afraid of your book but i'm glad you did write it. let's go back, the charging secret service agents to protect him. wtf? >> you know, it's funny because

the report stating a location in an area near mar-a-lago. the vast hotel in residence of former president trump kron 4 news has verified the victim is a former reality star we viewed videos posted on her instagram account showing her at a fundraiser held at mar-a-lago back in march. also showing president trump in attendance in a letter announcing his resignation for polling mentions. he was in florida in march attending a wind event. he further states. he is leaving his position as mayor claiming the alleged florida victim was trying to capitalize on recent negative publicity where others claim he sexually assaulted them yet the report shows the alleged florida victim made the report several days before the bombshell article revealing those accounts from several women, including this woman who held a protest in front of 4 vineyard in windsor back in april. 4 police brother has since stated his brother now removed as ceo windsor councilmember esther lemus who has allowed her name to be used in public says that she is a victim and accuses fop

. >>> since leaving office four months ago, former president donald trump has rarely left his mar-a-lagothe security associated with protecting the former president at the cushy digs is costing taxpayers. trump is spending his summer at bedminster. the "washington post" reports that trump has charged the secret service more than $400,000 for rent in space while he was at mar-a-lago. it's unclear if he's charging them the same for his new jersey golf property. joining us to discuss, fellow florida man, mark caputo, a senior political reporter for politico. always a pleasure to see you. we're glad you could join us this morning. you were not surprised by this report of donald trump charging the secret service $40,000 plus in rent. the former president has a history of charging the government for a multitude of expenses. we've heard from historians, experts on ethics, that this isn't normal, it doesn't really have a historical precedent at this expense. from your perspective, is this appropriate? >> let's not for me to say. but i think your historians are correct because there's nothing abo

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maybe talking on donald trump who is in exile in mar-a-lago. he didn't even have the guts or the decency to explain to the american people why he is not interested and them knowing what happened on january 6th. >> right. he, could you show me that letter again? so he's writing a letter to the speaker saying these are the things i want from the commission. the big thing about equal representation. >> equal subpoena power. we get that, too. so all the things in this letter, he got. >> what is your theory of the case here? that he was lying then and was just futzing around to kick the can in or he had a change of heart? or he got the phone call from the mar-a-lago prison phone saying no good. >> so i think he was hoping that democrats would negotiate in bad faithful he was wrong. chairman thompson deserves a lot of credit. >> he just thought it wouldn't happen. >> yeah. and then when it happen, he panicked. he got his orders from donald trump to kill it. again, you know, at a time when the american people really want their leaders of both parties

previously at mar-a-lago.ed up to bedminster, new jersey, they are surrounding him there. dan scavino to miller. names we recognize from the west wing during trump's presidency. they are still making, you know, anywhere from $150,000 annually to $172,000, which is the maximum cap that somebody can be making as a transition staffer for a post president. so there's quite a few aides who are surrounding him who are helping him with the statements he's putting out, helping him with his political strategy. what we know about the way trump is spending his money is unique in the sense that he's paying these high-priced aides to stick around him. he's not using expensive office space, which is something that former presidents have done. he's working out of mar-a-lago, out of bedminster, properties he owns so he's saving money in that instance but everything he's saving is going toward those six-figure salaries for his staff. >> is that what's atypical compared to his predecessors, not the office space and paying the s

which is funny to say, he's in mar-a-lago and not here in d.c. and of the 11 senators that visited the vote out of town, four of them voted to impeach donald trump. and convict him. and it is very curious to see where that consistency, where the backbone is and it is kind of curious if that extends further. you could talk one way and be very vocal about your willingness to stand up for democracy and look at how many people lauded mitch mcconnell on the floor when he gave that speech after the insurrection on january 6. but look at what is happening now. it is clear that someone has come in and had a very impactful essentially vice grip between now and then and the other person i could think of doing that is trump. >> and the irony is that this is a pelosi/schumer commission, which was not a pelosi/schumer commission, it was a bipartisan commission, it fails, and now the select committee in the house and there is some strategic brilliance, whether intended or not. >> two gop senators voted for the commission, susan collins of main and bill cassidy

he is back home at mar-a-lago and not the white house.tch mcconnell or someone like kevin mccarthy wants which is to have donald trump and use his support to win back the house. we know kevin mccarthy wants that. he flew down to mar-a-lago weeks after the riot to ask for trump's donor list when i told you refused to give to him and it is a power that is not over moderate republicans but he has the power to cause a republican to lose an election, be censured in their own state even though they've done things for that state for decades. people like mitt romney in utah, look at what happened with him just last week when he was booed on stage. and i think that is -- it is a negative reinforcement with trump. it is that he could make you lose an election and that is the fear that republicans -- >> and trumpism is sort of fed by this culture wars. the anti-wokeness arguments. is that the best platform for republicans going into the next election, 2022, 2024? >> they clearly believe that it is. and you have a lot of republicans trying to turn th

responsibility to quote i don't believe he provoked and a week after that comment mccarthy went to mar-a-lago to meet with the then former president and there is no mistaking the meaning of this photo. he is all but kissing the former president's reign and that's what this is about, loyalty and not policies, no, loyalty to one man and to show loyalty, means pretending all the lies he spouts are true. congresswoman cheney is one of the few republicans in congress not afraid of the former president or at least not afraid to speak out for the truth. senator mitt romney has also spoken out and like cheney voted for the former president's impeachment. here is how he was received this weekend at a republican conference. >> you know me as a person who says what he thinks and i don't hide the fact i wasn't a fan of our last president's character issues. and i'm also no fan -- >> boo! show some respect! >> the senator barely survived a sensor vote from that group not long after the booing stopped but congresswoman cheney might not be so lucky when it comes to her leadership position in the party. a la

as soon as he moved to mar-a-lago, the day he got to mar-a-lago, he charged the secret service every the right to use a room while they protected him. again, you charging the secret service to protect him, and it seems like this could go on indefinitely. he's moved to bedminster and we're trying to figure out if he's making the same charges there. >> i'm assuming that's not a friends and family rate? >> well, mar-a-lago is an expensive place. i don't really know what the rack rate is, but the federal government sets limits on how much federal employees can spend on hotel rooms. it's county by county, so it goes up in rich places. in palm beach county, it's $205. this is nearly doubling what the normal limit is, but he can get away with this because the secret service is allowed to pay whatever they need to, so he's exploiting that loophole. >> thank you so much for they could time with us. >>> republicans rejected the latest offer, so what is next for the biden infrastructure plan? >>> devaluing homes in black neighborhoods. if there was any doubt it's happening, one homeowner's stor

so that means that donald trump might be back at mar-a-lago with the protection of governor desantisl in his recess from mar-a-lago, and is in new jersey with the democratic governor. >> eugene, for those who are not following this as closely as you are, what did your reporting show you about how close vance really is to indicting trump? >> they're not letting us in on that. they're keeping that close to the vest in a way these investigations are, partly to make sure people can trust any kind of decision that he does make. he's retiring at the end of this year, he says, and so like it was just said, it seems like whatever decision comes, it will happen, and the fact of that, like i said, we're talking about this as, you know, it's hard to kind of wrap your brain around it. but the -- it's surrounding taxes, and surrounding all these other things, and it's going to intensify over and over since it started, so it seems like if there is something coming, it would come within months. >> all right. eugene and jill, thank you both. >>> next, the first pediatrician elected to congress share

when ted cruz flew down to mar-a-lago, did he meet with trump or the ghost of trump? time a con artist like trump promises to give you something for free, you should be skeptical i'm sure, at the end of that lunch, trump stuck cruz with the check. "$600? all i had was coffee, and he put his fingers in it twice. the point is, trump pretended he was a warrior against big pharma but of course, it was all a lie. meanwhile, yesterday, the biden administration actually did takt everyone, and will do immense good >> u.s trade representative katherine tai delivered life-saving news today when she announced the biden administration support for lifting intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines the waiver would allow developing countries to access the information to produce their own generic vaccines instead of waiting months or years for adequate supply from the pharmaceutical companies that developed the vaccines >> moderna stock is taking a hit. it's down 8% now, of course, it dropped yesterday on the news after the market closed. but this is really affecting

who is in exile in mar-a-lago. but he didn't even have the guts or the decency to explain to the american people why he's not interested in them knowing what actually happened on january six. >> right, so he issues -- could you show me that letter again. so he's writing a letter to the speaker saying these are the things that i want in the commission. right? >> yes. >> and that big thing about equal representation was big. >> equal subpoena power, he got that to. so all of the things in this letter, he got. >> was that, i don't get what is your theory of the case here? when he was lying then i was just flexing around to kick the can. or he had a change of heart? or he got a phone call from the mar-a-lago prison phone saying, no good? >> i think he was hoping the democrats would negotiate about in bad faith. he was wrong. chairman katko deserves a lot of credit. when it happened he panicked. he got his orders from donald trump to kill it. again, at a time when the american people really want their leaders and partie

it's clear if the midterms republicans are running straight to mar-a-lago. and likely the republican nomination for 2024 will have to go through mar-a-lago, as well. republicans see political currency, potential victory in it. i think it's a loss for the american people. >> so david, you have barbra comstack, former republican congresswoman of virginia, who lost her seat in 2018 in the midterms under trump. she told my colleague chris hayes about the former president. here's what she had to say -- >> he is weaker than people realize, and it is really tragic that after january 6th, as his power has really i think become less and less, people, the press and the party and trump himself, of course, keep talking about -- he's not the future. >> okay. she says that trump is not the future. but you have house minority leader kevin mccarthy set to boot cheney over trump. senator graham saying the republican party can't grow without trump. is the division within the party reflection of republican voters, and could that actually spell bad news in next year's midterms?

kevin mccarthy made the calculation that all roads to the majority in 2022 run through mar-a-lago.caveat hit is that some of trump's top advisers are telling him, if mccarthy and republicans take back the house in 2022, that donald trump should not support him for speaker, should withhold his support. should freeze that race. now, if they actually win, donald trump likes to back a winner, winning solves a lot of problems, it is hard to ma'am a scenario in which donald trump does not support kevin mccarthy for speaker. but you have someone like kevin mccarthy for which his own personal interests is running scared and is the everyday of donald trump weighing in with a critical statement on that fairly bare bones website that you referenced yarl. >> andion, katty kay, kevin mccarthy also has not been shig about telling people that work with him, that work around him, telling reporters, as well, off the record that he has no use for donald trump. he just understands that donald trump is his only ticket back to the speakership. washington is a really small town, and well, things get bac

. >> what did it mean after january 6 when he went down to mar-a-lago and visited president trump. >> it is really stunning. given what the former president did. he is not just the former president. he provoked an attack on the capitol and our democracy. i can't understand why you would want to rehabilitate him. >> what is the answer to that? what does she do from here. she says she is running again in wyoming. she says she is not worried about re-election. she does seem to have a long focus on 24. >> this seems to differentiate cheney from other anti-trump republicans over the last several year whether bob corker or a handful of others who would become republic with their disdain and then would announce their re-election. cheney's decision to stay and fight for her seat and party from within is the difference. whether she can make it through a republican prime in wyoming would show if those who are opposed to donald trump have left the party. it is an idea of whether the president needs to stay in the past of the party or be in the party at all. >> 2022 is the test case for this. as

but president trump did go to mar a lago days after january 6. let's listen to kevin mccarthy. he asked if he would be willing to testify about what he told the former president on january 6. >> you spent four months playing politics. on that time an officer got killed across from the capitol. she wanted the scope to do that as well. you have two committees in the senate already doing their investigation. i think in two weeks the report will be back although pelosi wasted this time. they are looking to give $10 million to protect the capitol. and they have arrested 445 people, probably another 100 coming. that's the type of work to be done. those who caused it should be held accountable. i think a pelosi commission is a lot of politics. >> the commission says it can look at any influencing factors. that would be an influencing factor. >> i have a differing opinion and legal counsel does, too. i sent speaker pelosi two letters and she never communicated. we looked at what happened on 9/11 and what the bill for that was and i think that would be important here as well. >> do you

because he basically made the decision when he went to mar-a-lago that he was not going to be the leader of the republican party. he had the opportunity after january 6. he handed those over to trump. i don't consider what he does -- yes, certainly far more impactful than what i do. i do not consider him speaking for the republican party anymore. he gave his proxy card to donald trump. do i think it can be saved? yes, but i think it will happen by me and my colleagues saying, from the grassroots, changing this. it is interesting because i actually thought the person that should have their leadership challenged was kevin mccarthy. after january 6. because that is why this all happened. the freedom club and some of those folks went on offense. it was probably a strategic play. to her credit and others, i was considering a vote of no confidence against kevin. our feeling was, let's move on. we will vote to impeach the president. we need to move on. and it was been -- ben that came after liz. emily: were they a number of your colleagues when you spoke about it? what was the response from you

former president, who with republican voters has kept him a kingmaker, even from self exile at his mar-a-lago resort. the issue came up yesterday as leader mccarthy met with reporters outside the u.s. capitol. here is that exchange. [video clip] >> would you be willing to testify about your conversation with donald trump on january 6? >> sure, next question. >> [inaudible] >> no, not at all. i thought it would probably be higher. this pelosi commission that we have tried to work on for a long time -- remember, she has spent four months playing politics with this. in that time period, an officer got killed on good friday just across from here. i just felt we're going to have four things happening right now. you have two committees in the senate already doing their investigation. i believe in two weeks, they will have the report back, even though pelosi wasted all this time. you have the architect of the capitol given $10 million to study what needs to be done here protected. then you have the justice department, which does a much better job than we could ever do, already arrested over 400 peop

. >> i want to put up this tweet from ted cruz who made a point of saying he went to mar-a-lago to have dinner with the former president. now, clearly it's become something of a pilgrimage where republican lawmakers go to mar-a-lago and feel like they have to get close to the former president, but he also added something that jumped out to you in particular. he said, he is in great spirits. so many republicans who visit with him say that. that's something you say for someone recovering, he's in great spirits. >> john, i would put it slightly differently. i think for four years there has been this great tenor, he's in a great mood, he's really happy, and there's always been a need for his viers or people close to him to go see him to talk about how he's feeling. sop of that is because he was frustrated by reportings that he was fuming or angry or acting in a way that sounded erratic. i don't think i've covered anybody where they would talk so much about what their mood was. yes, that jumped out at me in that tweet. >> certainly his emotional state has been so key to all of your reporting

at this point, it would be cheaper for the secret service to become members at mar-a-lago. not even a discount. no, full rate. he has to make a profit off it! and god forbid the secret service orders room service it could bankrupt the treasury! these poor secret service agents they spend years training to be part of an elite security task force they wind up on the golf course, watching jabba the putt gobble up loaded potato skins. although i guess it could be worse. today i googled "would trump have secret service protection in prison?"ould. it's never happened before. but if it did happen -- i wonder which lucky agents get that detail? from now on, you'll be protecting the former president from the crips. this is now day five of the cease-fire between israel and hamas. guillermo, have you been following the situation in the middle east? >> a little bit, but it's sashl. -- but it's terrible. >> jimmy: if you've been on social media this past week- or ever opened a newspaper during the past 35 years, you know the touchy subject and it's been made more touchy by social media.