robert hur was concerned that a jury would not be willing to convict . anyone who wants to see what mr. robert hur actually found and his explanation of what he did, you can go and you can watch the hearing before the judiciary committee. but one thing is very clear and i will go back to it again, the folks on the other side of the aisle keep wanting to save the transcript and the audio are identical, there is no reason why if you have the transcript you are entitled to the audio. as a nonpracticing attorney, they are not the same thing. the audio is the best evidence of what he said, how he said at the time it took for him to say it and in what ways they may have altered that transcript. the moment they release the transcript and said this is the interview, they waived their ability to claim any kind of a privilege and they don't have a legally valid privilege in addition to that. it is for that reason we believe that merrick garland needs to be held in contempt of congress. >> i firmly believe the american people are entitled to hear this and i am grat

this is robert hur.ry to call him a maga prosecutor, but he's robert hur. >> if you can charge and based on all those things, how the world is he running the country? i mean seriously. if you can't even adjudicate a case against them and based on classified documents that we know he took as a senator, because he's got a bad memory or, you know, what is it, a dislocation with the facts? whatever the situation is for him and his mental acuity in those moments, we needed to hear those types. whatever they've scrubbed out and even the reductions from the transcript tell us a lot. whatever they took out. we need to be able to hear how he processes in real time. i think it's fair to have some real questions now. just based on that. i said this earlier on "the focus." irrespective of these recent days, we arty have enough of this, in terms of unedited video. i know the white house has chosen to fight about these last few clips of him. while them, make it stop happening. the gibberish he spit out yesterday. make

that is not what robert hur found. he said to question the president's memory. >> let's not get it twisted. the report that we are considering today conveniently omits serious evidence that the standard for my friends on the other side of the aisle, donald trump is the only candidate that shows any evidence of competency. just this past weekend in wildwood, new jersey, mr. trump bizarrely grazed a fictional serial killer from silence of the man lambs. he is a wonderful man what the president said. congratulations. the great animal elector, we have great people here that are being released in our country. we do not want our country. we do not want in our country. here it for yourself. play the tape. >> silence of the lamb. has anyone ever seen the silence of the lamb? he is a wonderful man. president xi jinping of china. they chips circling but they were never doing anything. she broke up her phone, she. nobody even knows what it is all done by biden. >> jimmy connors is good. these are also. congratulations, the great

contempt of congress and referring him to criminal charges, for garland's refusal to turn over robert hur's interview with president biden, he said it would be difficult to convince a jury to convict the president with poor memory. democrats worry the gop will use the tapes for political war fare in an election year. in a statement garland writes this, it's deeply disappointing that the house of representatives turned a serious congressional authority into a partisan weapon, garland writes this, in a washington post op-ed, we don't investigate people because of their last name, political affiliation, size of bank account, where they come from or what they look like, we investigate and prosecute violations of federal law, nothing more, nothing less. the contempt of congress vote is largely symbolic as the doj would likely not go after its own boss, they noted in a memo that no u.s. attorney has ever pursued criminal contempt charges against an official who is asserting the president's claim of executive privilege. monica, we talked about this earlier. peter navarro is sitting in a prison rig

republicans want the audio recording of the president east interview with robert hur.t they got was changed and redacted reportedly to the point where really, is that the man that robert hur called, you know, a decent person who can't remember anything? i'm paraphrasing him there. well, we'll get to see if we get the tape. with a slim majority every vote counts. republicans in biden districts have signaled they'll play ball on this issue. plus a fresh explosion of anti-israel hate happening in this country. [chanting] >> intifada revolution. [shouting] >> harris: wow. one protestor even confronted president biden yesterday at husband gun violence speech and he is telling a really tough line politically as more voters on his side of the aisle say they are against him and his policies on israel. steve hilton in "focus" next. i'm admiral tom lynch chairman of newday usa. we hear from veterans all across the country. they worry a lot about being in debt and having the money they need for their families. big credit card balances can add up over time. and now just making the

this is about congress constitutional authority robert hur described biden as an elderly man with a poory started, that's according to the transcript and ended you don't know what it began and ended when joe biden passed away, ag garden testified and said he himself did not listen to the audiotape that is surprising, watch what happened today. >> attorney general, have you listen to the audio recording. >> i have not there is no reason to listen to it in order to make the determination that i had to make, we have the special counsel describe in detail his explanation or his determination. >> i don't understand how you can sit before the congressional committee and arbitrated what is indistinguishable from the transcripts if you're not sure what's on the tapes themselves. >> what you make of him i'm not listening to the audio, let me back up, the biden justice department issued a paper transcript a biden's interview reportedly taken out in removing his stuttering, the pauses and losing his train of thought and he didn't listen to the audio? >> i just reject the premise that he has the aut

came back and took a question el-sisi was president of mexico is it clear that robert hur was right? ur was right. i think a lot of people owe him an apology. what i will also tell you the chatter what i'm hearing in washington from democrats is they know there is a problem. there is also chatter about potentially gavin newsom actually pick up the -- are the democratic nomination. i also like the american people to know i'm publicly calling biden to release the tape. if you are so coherent, sir, you believe you are mentally fit, let congress hear the tapes. >> brian: i read the transcripts and he looks terrible in them. let alone how it reads and let alone what they might be hiding. thanks and have a nice weekend. >> what we saw tonight is the president making a very clear contrast with donald trump on all issues that matter to the american people. yes, it was a slow start but it was a strong finish. >> i will never turn my back on president biden. never turn my bake back on him. >> especially after tonight. we have his back. we 90-yard dash. double down on the next few months and win

it's the interview we're robert hur's described biden is seeming like a quote, well-meaning elderly man with a for memory do house republicans have a vote have the votes. also this hour, i hate crime task force launched to investigate this repeated acts of antisemitism and vandalism in new york city. see some of the acts under investigation and to somber moments today, marketing the ugly scars of gun violence in america, students who as first-graders survived the horrific sandy hook massacre those kids are graduating from high school today and this our a symbolic act to remember the 49 innocent victims of the orlando pulse nightclub shooting welcome to the lead. i'm jake tapper. we start today with breaking news. any minute we expect to see history fold on capitol hill as house republicans move to make america garland only the third us attorney general to be held in contempt of congress. all three quite tellingly happened within the last ten years. as our politics has gotten even more divided, house republican leaders say, this rare step is necessary because garland refuses to to turn o

case versus the president joe biden has been treated with his use been given a free pass by the robert hur about the statute of limitations elapse on the charges pending against hunter biden and they send calendula from the justice department to new york to pursue the local charges by alvin bragg against donald trump, and every case it is weaponize tickets republicans and protecting democrats. maria: this is going on for a lot of years you can go back to 2016 during the russian collusion made up story by hilary clinton and compare how trump was treated versus hilary clinton as well when talking about the servers she had. how are you going to change the sentiment or the behavior of this weaponization, what is it going to take? >> it's going to take a contempt vote and members on my side, just a few but when you only have a two seat majority it only takes a few to take it from the floor we need to have a boat even if it's going to be the role of the dice on those final few members we have to put into it and make that boat so we know that we can hold these administration officials accountable

will not be intimidated, as they demand tapes of president biden's interview with special counsel robert hur. our nbc news exclusive. >>> the new electric vehicles rolling off gm's assembly line. the ceo on why gm is still betting big on evs, despite a sales slowdown. >>> and after he stole the show from his congressman dad, the 6-year-old telling us about his viral moment of fame. >> reporter: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome. president biden tonight sidestepping congress and taking his own action to sharply tighten controls at the southern border. with his signature alone, the president using his executive authority to shut down asylum requests when the average daily number of illegal crossings between ports of entry exceeds 2500. tonight that average number tops 4,000, putting the new directive into immediate effect. the president looking to turn the tables on republicans on an issue that has left him politically vulnerable. in his remarks announcing the new order, president biden saying doing nothing is not an option, and that he would have preferr

kyle: will base it printed the basics was robert hur's decision is kyle's adjusted. >> blissful could's exact words, she was not going prosecute because mr. biden is clearly sympathetic warming elderly man the poor memory and who just happens to be the president of the united states it was a had agreed to release the transcript i don't think it really had reason to claim executive privilege and you cannot just have a little bit of executive privilege wednesday release the transcript the audio was game think of annette the monumental nature of robert hur's decision house in congress was entitled to hear it too much campus from the donald trips in terms trip to capitol hill and the senate some of the great critics and capitol hill shut up mitch mcconnell the minority leader and pretty much everybody who could be there was there. when is the message the trump was delivering with the tell you about the chances of unified republican party going into this election. kim: well i think that is the word paul, it is unity donald trump has been showing some signs that he understands that he needs

contempt of congress for refusing to release the audiotapes of president biden and special counsel robert hurnews is here with more. >> the contempt to vote was along party lines and with the house holding attorney general merrick garland in attempt of congress the referring the top d.o.j. official for criminal charges this stems from the refusal to turn over audio recordings robber whose recordings of president biden when he concluded no criminal charges were warranted in biden's handling of classified documents saying it would be difficult for a jury or to convince a jury that the 81-year-old has a poor memory. republican leadership argued they are able to hear for themselves, democrats read the gop will use the taste for political warfare in an election year, and a statement garland wrote this, is deeply disappointing that the house of representatives has turned a serious congressional authority into a partisan weapon, garland warns handing over the tapes would risk future witnesses from cooperating and politically since sensitive investigation and after seeing a rise in threats towards th

remember what robert hur said.. then on page 231 he told us why he did so. he says page 231, quote, joe biden had numerous reasons for ignoring classified procedures because had motivations for ignorings classified procedures because he was writing a book, a book for which he got paid $8 million. so we have motive. we have the elements of the crime. but he doesn't get charged because he's a forgetful old man. fine, that's what robert hur concluded. we have a duty to evaluate all the evidence and the best evidence is the audiotape. particularly when the justice department has said we are impartial. we are independent from the white house. but we need to evaluate that claim as well to make sure they're operating in the way they're supposed to for the american people. that's why we want the information. maria: one of your colleagues said the document, the actual print-out of the interview was doctored or edited. >> yeah. maria: but the doj. they took out ums and this and that and that's one of the reasons that you wan

speaker mike said republicans would file a lawsuit against attory garland over theerview robert hur dpresident biden. calling mr. biden feeble. this is about 15inutes. the speaker: good afternoon, this is a historic week in americand h the house. a lot going on. i would give you an update. everyone on capitol hill is talking about the debate are ant between the two candidates foret they have witnessed and not sure it was surprising to th bec wn seeing this a long time, only one man who is capable and qualified being president and his name ist biden showed what he■0 about. in even metricbviously did much better. he was right on thessues. showed the temperment and mental acute to do this important job at this important time american history. i want to correct one thing about the president biden showed last night that he was weak is feeble and he said a number of things untrue. one of the things that was the■6 he claimed on his watch we have american troops, the lives of american troops have been lost as long he has been president. that isd i wanted to read 13 nas that h■ forgotten alrea

sprohns s would file a lawsuit against attorney general merrick garland over the audio interview robert hur had with president biden.■'ó mbl this is about 15 this is about 15 minutes. minutes. the speaker: good afternoon, this is a historic week in am and history day in the house. a lot going on. the speaker: good afternoon, this is a historic week in america and history day in thou. a lot going on. i would give you an update. everyone on capitol hill is talking about the debate that yoanevund. stark display of big contrast between the two candidates for prest.n what they have witnessed and surprising fashion for some, i'm not sure it was surprising to them because we have been seeinn who is capable and qualified being president and his name is donald j. trump and president biden showed what he is really about. president trump obviously did much better. of performance president trump obviously did much better. he was right on thes. showed the temperment and mentao this important job at this important american history. president biden showed last night that he was weak sadly, he is feeble an

you're refusing to robert hur's interview with president joe biden. >> the transcripts have been released, but they say they want that joins me now to discuss matt it's not going down far enough. everybody knows that, but it the month before. and of course, from two years ago when this figure was above 9% to turn the clock back on those price hikes. but jim, this is a step in the right direction. i would argue a year since march of 2020, grocery prices up by 1% restaurant prices still going up there's milk prices were actually down and look at that. apple's worth 13% cheaper than year where they believe this will happen today. there are over 10,000 more than 10,000 votes cast. it will take some time to go through these votes. but like you said, as you look in right now, as someone's at the mic, there they last year voted already to sort of move away from having a female pastors. this is a part of their constitution in the course, you also brought the fact that a church in virginia kenya was already ousted yesterday when this convention for started. this is a virginia talks about that oust

recommending he invoke executive privilege on audio recordings of his interview with special counsel robert hur. you claim the process concern is the executive privilege protects materials related to an investigation or disclosure might hamper prosecutorial efforts in future cases. is that correct? in this letter you also wrote you are concerned about the prospect of committees for congress obtaining confidential records. for the purpose of addressing highly politicized issues in public committee hearings. is that correct as well? >> are you citing my letter? >> yeah. let me go back. united states versus mitchell the judge held that by releasing portions of a subpoena recording and transcript form for publication. the claim of confidentiality in their privilege associated with it was no longer valid since the conversations were no longer confidential. you produced a transcript of this committee and prior to producing the transcripts they were the to the press. based on mitchell, which is still good law, the recordings are in fact no longer confidential. >> i am sorry. that is not what mitchell

the writ t authenticated by robert hur or republican who was dominated by donald trump. that this written transfer -- transmit isf it? they said we won't know if biden says and, and, and. they want this transcript bideng e biden overcame stuttering as a child. he was bulliedg and he overcame that it became president of united states. itpublicans are seeking to compel this audio transcript which exactly the same transcript except for the studying theigo the american people. public and should be ashamed of themselves and i hopeou process. [inaudible] st is always differ tomy first the winds in member -- wayne -- ways & means member standing behind me. jo biden is for fairness and joe biden is fhtor corporations to pay their fair share and per individ m under $40,000 to get a leg up. administration and housech the democrats view house policy that will do two chair delbene. are no specificsike roposals from donald trump they are no specifics behind it and these also proposed tariffs that would be hugely regressive and raise costs for consumers all across the country. nextear

>> we want to see the demeanor of the president, that was rationale in robert hur not pursuing chargestorney general, did you all claim privilege when it came to the actual transcript and he said no, they didn't. he testified moments before the transcript is same as at audio. when demeanor of the president is at core of why the special counsel said i'm not going to pursue charges, it leaves you with only one ability to take something away from it, they are going after president trump saying he is mentally fit to stand trial and president biden is not mentally fit to stand trial. if we think the demeanor is what he said, fine fchl there is no issue, fine. it is impeachment inquiry, we have a write to see it as members of congress. >> garlands 62ed about coordination between doj and d.a. offices. watch this. >> will department of justice provide to committee all documents, all correspondence between the don't and fani willis and alvin bragg and leticia james office? >> the offices are independent offices of state. >> i get that. will you make -- >> you come in here and you lodge this att

the written transcript was authenticated by robert hur or republican who was dominated by donald trump.ingitten transfer -- is authentic. why they want the transcript of they said we won't know if biden says and, and, and. they want this transcript to highlight joe joe biden overcame stuttering as a child. he was bullied for stuttering and he overcame that it became tes. it is and shameful that nscrtlicans are seeking to which is exactly the same transcrixc studying the highlight these stuttering to the american people. a should be ashamed of themselves and i hope you're right about that in the process. [inaudible] in these circumstances my first instinct is to always differ to the winds in member -- wayne -- ways & means member standing be me. joe biden is for fairness and joe fighting for corporations to pay their fair share an per individuals making under $40,000 to get a leg up. that's the prism and whihe administration and house democrats view house policy that will do for two chair delbene. and there are no sfi like most proposals from donald trump they are no specifics behind it and

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t of people owed robert hur her an apology today. joining us now is florida congresswoman anna paulina tod luna. >> she's demanding merrick garland release the her tapes. congresswoman is it becoming clearer and clearer why they are blocking the release of the tapestaping.lear after ty released the transcripts. ca most certainly. in fact, i'd like the american people to know this incrediblyn important that the white house at the direction of joe biden isblocki apparently also m blocking those tapes. at least that's what garland is saying. the americs is what my message to the american people. weth right have two things very in this country right now. the first thing is, is that there seemutivs to be the execuu branch and also garland undermining our constitutiontion authorities and us being treated as equal branch of government. so that's the first thing. brnt. erthe thing is, is it's very likely that we have a constitutional crisiurs on hande that the commander in chief is not coherent and mentallyre sound. and as someone that is su

. >> attorney general garland handpicked special counsel robert hur and jack smith. hur concluded that although president biden quote willfully retained and disclosed classified materials as a private citizen, close quote, criminal charges were not warranted because biden is an quote elderly man with a poor memory. in stark contrast donald trump was hit with a 37-count indictment from special counsel smith. >> harris: leo terrell, break it down for me. there already exists one gag order in new york city and looking at the other one that the judge laid down for the temporary period of time in florida on the case there. but i would argue there is another gag order in place. it is the $50 million in ads that democrats are hoping to buy right now because if trump can't fight back, what happens? >> you are absolutely right. donald trump is fighting a two-front war, harris. he is fighting the democrats and joe biden and he is fighting the new york court system. there is that existing gag order on the 34 counts that is still in place and why? the case is over. donald trump

after he refused to hand over the audio recordings from biden's interview with special counsel robert hurcould get to see the tapes, see them and hear them we would see the president cognitive decline, therefore we will never see them. >> clearly that's why they do not want to release them. by the way the democrats own standards this is election interference there is no legitimate reason why garland should not hand over the states and all of his excuses fall way short one of the things that he argued is that lawmakers already have all the information that they need because they have the transcripts. if that is the case, what is the issue with handing over the tapes that should simply confirm what the transcript says, i did the transcripts have been tampered with in the justice department is trying to cover that up biden's answers are so disturbing and so revealing of his mental capacity at this point that they're trying to hide that from voters. stuart: let's get serious to think the president will ever step aside voluntarily. >> only thing that joe biden has ever wanted in his entire pol

hold him in contempt of congress for not handsing over the audio recording of special counsel robert hur'siew with joe biden. >> i will not be intimidated and the justice department will not be intimidated. we will continue to do our jobs free from political influence and we will not back down from defending democracy. >> joining us now, ali vitali from capitol hill, and you have been monitoring this all our, and a federal prosecutor and nbc news legal analyst also joining us. for those who are just joining us, what stands out to you so far from what has unfolded so far? >> think i the point we ended last hour making is the one we should take into the next part of the hearing. i expect the hearing to get back under way in the next few minutes, because jim jordan is a fast walker between here and the hearing floor, and so we will pick up at that point. the multiple players you are seeing at play and the questions the attorney general is fielding from both sides of the aisle, and it harkens back to what i saw yesterday when the former top doctor for the administration, dr. dr. anthony fauci

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to turn over audio recordings of president biden's now infamous interview with special counsel robert hurand faces a possible contempt of congress charge and was the focus of an intense hearing today up on capitol hill. that's where senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is tonight. >> attorney general merrick garland mum in the hallway. >> are you going to kind of punch back against what they're trying to do in contempt? but garland defiant in the hearing room. >> i will not be intimidated. >> chad: republicans contend garland weaponized the justice department against former president trump. >> many americans believe there is now a double standard in our justice system. they believe that because there is. >> chad: former president trump asserted garland authorize dollars the fbi to use deadly force during its raid on mar-a-lago. but garland dismisses that accusation. >> the document being discussed is our standard use of force protocol. and was part of the package for the search of president biden's home as well. >> chad: he described g.o.p. ache saling'ss of bias as a right win

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question it is important to see his cognitive state in the five hours of interview he sat with with robert hur but the attorney general merrick garland will not release the tapes, he flat out refuses to have anyone see them, the house has voted to hold carlin and we have the transcript and we need audio, why is merrick garland holding onto the tape, obviously because they would hurt the president politically, the last thing the biden campaign wants is confirmation that the president decline a long time ago, the president cognitive difficulties cannot be dismissed as politics can dismiss it like that, his decline is a national security issue propping up an alien president by covering up his problem is not the right cause of action for any attorney general, unfortunately nothing will come of garlands contempt citation other attorney general bill barr, eric holder have been cited and nothing happened. this cover-up adds to the growing belief that this president is not up to the job. frankly with two wars and innovation across the border, it is frightening. the second hour of "varney" just getting

because he doesn't do interviews, if he does very short, robert hur, within four ours and said the sameessment, he was older he was not entirely with him, we can all be the transcript but denying loyalty is just not the best strategy indicates. >> martha: were about a week away from the big debate on june 27th, the first presidential debate and here is a new add that the biden team has put out and i think we're going to hear quite a bit more from this. let's give everybody a taste of what campaign looks like. >> president joe biden: >> this collection is between a convicted criminal whose only out for himself and a president who is fighting for your family. >> martha: effective message for joe biden? >> i think for his campaign to do that, there is one thing. for it to be an ad, or leaning in to the only thing that they have. i think it would be folly for president biden himself to lean in to the convicted felon language on the debate stage. president trump will weaponize that immediately, he will come in and say, "see, i told you these were the biden trials." it would be a huge mistake

the fallout of this, so congress wants the audio where special counsel robert hur said he would not prosecute biden over mishandling u.s. secrets because he's, quote, an elderly man with a poor if memory and memory problems. but, john, are republicans say attorney general merrick garland will not -- is defying a subpoena to turn that over what's your reaction to this breaking news right now? he's in contempt of congress. >> first, i think if this ever got to the courts, they would agree with congress. and the reason why is this: when the courts take these executive privilege claims, they balance the interest of protecting confidential discussions with the president against the need for congress to conduct an investigation. now, the problem with the white house's argument is that they already gave the transcripts of the interviews to congress. so we can already see what people were saying to bind. we can already see what biden was saying to them. now, there's no more, i think, constitutional a interest in protecting the audio recordings when you've already handed other the substance of the con

saying in a letter that garland's refusal to hand over audio of president biden's interview with robert hur to gop lawmakers was not a crime. joining us now from capitol hill is correspondent julie tsirkin. so let's interpret what this all means. i guess the implication being this was a political maneuver by congress. >> reporter: first of all, alex, this was as expected. congress, even republicans here who pushed this contempt vote. remember that just happened a couple of days ago, they successfully voted on party lines pretty much, except for one republican, to hold merrick garland in contempt of congress because he did not turn over those tapes from biden's interview with special counsel hur, and the classified documents case, republicans expected the department of justice not to prosecute attorney general merrick garland, meaning this is case closed. i want to know that we reached out to speaker johnson's office to see if they have a response to this, nothing yet. it says, quote, consistent with the long standing position and uniform practice, the department of justice determined that t

in contempt for not turning bring over audio of president biden's interview with special counsel robert hur republicans say they want the audio to confirm the transcript of the interview and make sure it is accurate. >> this is not just republicans who need these recordings for their oversight duties media outlets, including the ap cbs, cnn, nbc, and the washington post, among others, have filed suit to get the same audio recordings as well. because the media luck everyone else knows there's no substitute for recording of an interview but the white house and democrats stay the house gop wanted to quote distort for political purposes the only thing that is not been reduced is the recording itself. >> something that in the wrong hands can be easily manipulated that is not in idle concern deep fakes and misleadingly edited videos and recordings have proliferated in recent years last year, a witness testifying in a closed-door deposition told us that she was a victim of a manipulated video made by a third party, but shared widely by republicans on the judiciary committee joining me now is democ

i also want to tell you that his decision, the decision of robert hur, the challenge the president wasfacing when it comes with memory and deme and i have to agree with the gentleman from north carolina, the audiotapes of the best evidence of exactly qualified he wasn't making the decision not to prosecute. my time is exhausted. yield back. >> gentlelady from pennsylvania recognize. chairman. hello, attorney general garland. i thank you for being here today. i think 115,000 members of the department of justice for faithful service. i am sorry for the conversations going on. i have served on this committee for the better part of six years.be on this committee when i ran. there was so much i wanted to ence, focusing on the opioid poisoning epidemic and so many other things having to do with the protection of civil rights and the rule of law. and yet, what we have observed this committee in hearing after hearing after hearing, sadly, is misinformation, disinformation, very pointedly with the purpose of tearing down america's faith in our stch hearing. there are members on this p÷ committe

and robert hur could have come out and said that there were issues with the transcript. he has isn't yet yeah. >> this just goes back to full transparency for the american people. >> i mean, you actually made the case in the comments there that president biden said he was missing characterized with this. you have this volleying going back and forth, whether it was accurate, prove the accuracy with the audio tapes and by the way, we just asked the bill called the fair act through the judiciary committee. and the last two months, which does that with the department of justice that requires audio recordings whenever witness says they are their testimony is taken by the department of justice. every democrat and judiciary voted for this. it is for the fair act. this is very similar. let's just it's provide full information to the american people congressman, what about the argument that turning over audio of the president's interview could discourage future witnesses this is something that merrick garland has put forward i think he's just obfuscating at that point and trying

house republicans want the audio tapes from the interview special counsel robert hur conducted with the president and hinted that president biden was not with it. >> is that augmented, that push after we saw the president's performance in the debate last night? >> everyone can see the objective fact that we have been discussing for a long, long time. that president biden is not up to the job. everyone sees that clearly. it is nothing we take pleasure in pointing out because it is so dangerous. >> democrats have until august 7th to replace mr. biden when a roll call of democratic delegates begins. they vote then to comply with the law in ohio. if the president steps aside before august 7th, delegates are no longer pledged to biden. anything after august 7th spells trouble. it is hard to replace the nominee unless there is death, resignation or disability. democrats wish the house was out of session today. that way they could duck questions about president biden and petrified about bleeding seats down ballot. >> bret: that's a big part of it. >> dana: kayleigh mcenany is here. one of the

house republicans want audio recordings of biden's interviews with the former special counsel, robert hur, about his handling of classified documents when he left the vice presidency. the white house released the transcript of those conversations, but biden's executive privilege to block house committees from obtaining the audio saying republicans only wanted the files for political purposes. the doj will decide whether to pursue a case. >>> in the meantime the federal reserve once again opting to leave interest rates unchanged. the decision comes as inflation continues to slow at least a little bit. overall inflation eased to 3.3% in may down from 3.4% in april. prices at the grocery store did not go down, however, but at least they remained steady from april to may. and in california, gas prices have dropped nearly 40 cents a gallon over the past month, but when it comes to interest rates, cuts, they want to make sure inflation stays in check. >>> until the fed is convinced that there is a long-term trend that is in place, i don't think they are going to be ready to cut rates any time s

defying a subpoena to turn over audio of president biden speaking with special with spe coucounsel robert hur. the white house invoked executive privilege over the audio, but the house was already given the transcript. >>> a developing story out of northern illinois this morning. three sheriff's deputies are recovering after a shootout with a suspect last night about a hundred miles west of chicago. officers were responding to a report that someone was threatening to harm themselves and others. >> the suspect was also injured. >>> this morning we're learning new details about that dramatic bus hijacking in atlanta tuesday. a local television station captured an interview with a suspect just hours before police say 39-year-old joseph grier shot a man with his own gun and then commandeered a city bus. here's priya sridhar. >> what is happening? >> reporter: a terrifying scene unfolding during rush hour in atlanta tuesday. >> shots fired. person shooting on the bus. >> reporter: as 39-year-old joseph grier hijacked a gwinnett county transit bus with 17 passengers on board. >> i think somebody's

7 garland, has turnedded over with the exception of the audiotape of of president biden done by robert hurr holdover trump special counsel. and that interview was done on october 7th, i believe it was, which was the same day of the attack on israel. the brutal and heartless and enhue humane -- inhumane attack on the citizens of israel by hamas. but the president being occupied with matters, with those matters , and so the republicans want to get access the audiotape. why? so thaty and dice and make it into something that can be used against biden and harris in the upcoming election. and, you know, that's why they want it. but the reason why the administration refuses to is bee a chilling effect in the white house who are asked to giveor statements at some point in the future. and so we don't want that to happen. that is a justified reason for not turning over thepe, and so republicans want to turn it into another conspiracy. so we're running down that rabbit hole. we'll go absolutely nowhere with this resolution of contempt for merrick garland. waste of time. like i say >> host: the house

contempt for defying a subpoena to turn over audio of president biden speaking with special counsel robert hur. the president was questioned about his handling of classified documents. the white house invoked executive privilege over the audio, but the lawmakers were already given the transcript. the doj is not expected to act on this referral from the house. >>> a devastating blow to the last living survivors of the 1921 tulsa race massacre. the oklahoma supreme court dismissed their lawsuit seeking reparations for the horrific attack, saying the suit didn't fall within the scope of the state's public nuisance statute . tulsa's "black wall street" was attacked by a mob in 1921. as many as 300 were killed in one of the worst attacks against black people in u.s. history. two filed suit in 2020 over lack of compensation for victims' losses. >>> johnson & johnson has reached a settlement with states over allegations the company misled customers over the dangers of its talc-based baby powder. kate snow has the story. >> reporter: the makers of that iconic white bottle. >> johnson's baby powder, a

congress has as the transcript of the robert hur interview and there's no place in the law that theynyone can point to that says that a transcript isn't sufficient for congress to do its job. and so the idea that somehow they need an audio recording of this thing that happened just isn't the case. it's never been something that congress has requested in law enforcement ought to fight this to the death because they should not. it gets in the way of law enforcement purposes to have every audio recording possibly turned over to congress. >> so jeff mason, let's dig into why it is that they might want the audio recording. i mean, if you read the her report basically, they seem to think, well, this is going to really make president biden look like an old man, which is one of their most let's potent arguments in the presidential election for sure. and it's the primary reason the white house doesn't want it out there, or the biden campaign for that matter. >> not that they have a voice in this, but the republican side has said that they want the audio recordings in order to compare them to

they actually want to pry the audio courteney as the presence, interview with special counsel robert hur out of the doj garland and doj though say but the transcripts, they are more than sufficient to meet your legislative purpose. >> but now the ground has refused and the house has found him in breach of a duly authorized subpoena some wanted to go to jail we just held him in contempt of congress as they're putting see bannon in prison. >> peter navarro is in prison. merrick garland evidently deserved you should go to prison are republicans consistent about what exactly should happen when congress hit send on his subpoena. >> the answer that was the truck was no. jump in the hot tub time machine with me for a second to back to 2022, not that long ago. that's when jim jordan decided the rules on congress what did exactly apply to him? that's waste had the attempt to compel his testimony was, quote, a dangerous escalation of political vendettas. but listen to jordan and his colleagues when the subject to the subpoena is merrick garland he is reviewing refusing to comply with a lawful subp

this audio tape of joe biden sitting down for this interview over two days with special counsel robert hur, about the classified documents he had in his possession ended up not being charged, but that's not where that fight is. on its own. it also exists in court. there are more than a dozen media organizations as well as to write leaning groups the heritage foundation and judicial watch, who are suing for that tape as well. and the justice department has had to explain in court, just like merrick garland was explaining today. hey there reasons for not wanting to hand over this tape. they say that there are privacy reasons. some of those things include that it's very stressful for someone to sit for an interview. and if they want white house officials to cooperate with them in the future for future, just farm and investigations they need to offer them some level of privacy protection. also, executive privilege, which merrick garland and the president apparently discussed. garland advised, yes, you could assert privilege and the president did over this tape. here's a little bit more about h