ron christie, alwa s the united states. ron christie, always good _ the united states.nited states. ron christie, i always good to get your thoughts. good to see you, christian. here in the uk, the public health experts are calling for the covid booster programme to be rolled out faster. the number of new daily cases is just short of 50,000 — that's the highest level since mid—july — and downing street admits winter is looking "challenging". take a look at this chart. you can see how the uk cases from june this year onwards have surged past france and italy. at the end of last week, france was reporting 4,500 cases a day, while in italy, thery were just under 2,500. maybe the uk is a victim of its own success. having raced to vaccine so many, so early, maybe the defence the vaccine offers is beginning to wane, which is why the booster for older people is much needed. and while deaths may still be comparatively low, there are new worries about the serious damage the virus could be doing to some people's health. we have all heard about long covid, but there is now concern

. >> for more we are joined by ron christie who met a new general powell while serving the white housespecial advisor to george w. bush. how are you remembering colin powell tonight? >> i am remembering him as a gentleman, a statesman, a warrior and a trailblazer. i look at my own professional career from being involved in republican politics and you have to recognize that this gentleman had been doing it decades before i had. he had a really difficult path to attain the success he had, but he made it easier for people who look like me, people of color, to truly achieve the american dream and i'm grateful to him and he will be sorely missed by so many millions around the world. >> was he the president that america never had in some ways? >> i think he was. one of the things that strikes me is that with him at an event in the early 2000 psi said general, why didn't you run in 1996? you could have won. you could have been the first black president. thout missing a beat, his wife said, america is not ready for a black president and someone would try to kill him. the general looked at me a

i'm joined now by former advisor to george w bush, ron christie. hi there. good to see you.serious? good evening to you. one thing i would say to viewers around the world. is this — the notion that steve bannon can invoke executive privilege is a false premise. executive privilege came from the united states versus nixon case in 1972 that says yes, the president can shield very sensitive conversations with those closest aides and advisers. at the advisers themselves cannot invoke privilege, it must be invoked by the president. and a former president of the us cannot exert this privilege. so for steve bannon to say he'll exert executive privilege for his communications to the donald trump isjust simply not communications to the donald trump is just simply not a strong legal ground for him to stand on. isjust simply not a strong legal ground for him to stand on. there is a tuote ground for him to stand on. there is a quote from _ ground for him to stand on. there is a quote from mister _ ground for him to stand on. there is a quote from mister bannon's - ground for him to stan

lots to get into, tonight with ron christie, former adviser to george w bush and amanda renteria, formera contempt of congress case. what about this time? good evenin: case. what about this time? good evening to — case. what about this time? good evening to you. — case. what about this time? good evening to you, christian - case. what about this time? (2222 evening to you, christian and amanda. i think this might be different. this is a situation where mr bannon has exerted a privilege he does not have. it is only held by the president of the united states. mr trump doesn't have it, mr bannon doesn't have it and it to try to evade question in up inquiry, put him in a situation where the general might sayjust this once, we might make a referral and prosecute. from steve bannon sitting at home, i might be worried that thejustice department might come with a full freight of the united statesjustice department behind them. and freight of the united states justice department behind them.- freight of the united states justice department behind them. and on top of that, the attorney _ departmen

the names that are coming up as possible running mates include florida governor ron desantis and south dakota governor christy noah. >> i want to bring in my panel, everybody, barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney in michigan and an msnbc legal analyst back with us. david jolly, former member of congress, national chair of the serve america movement and an msnbc political analyst. kyle, i want to start with you on this one. i want you to give us really an update as to what's been happening so far on the january 6th committee. where are we right now? >> we're now at a point where the committee has to show us how serious they are about getting the information that donald trump and his close associates don't want them to get. so, as you pointed out, you know, the president is trying to invoke executive privilege. he's trying to get his aides to do the same despite some dubious legality there and the committee has to decide, are we going to hold these people in criminal contempt where we may have the justice department help us out here and are we going to, you know, go to court to fight to prevent donald trump fr

i know that ron desantis is a very strong person that a lot of people are rallying behind silently. chris christieerest, nikki haley, a lot of candidates that people are thinking may end up being something, you know, that we want to take a look at. trump talking about 2024, whether or not he does it or not, kind of pulled back on a lot of candidates that want to come out. because right now you said earlier, shows the numbers that he pretty much trumped everybody that whould be considering a run right now. >> neil: we'll see. some might run whether he does or not. hard to say. thanks very much here. we told you about the inflationary threat. what if i told you the shelves are empty not because of simply chain problems but because people are stealing stuff? after this. what's the #1 retinol brand used most by dermatologists? it's neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair® smooths the look of fine lines in 1-week, deep wrinkles in 4. so you can kiss wrinkles goodbye! neutrogena® lowe's showrooms have a variety of stylish flooring you'll love for years to come. like pergo wetprotect. and stainmaster. exclusive

dagen: ron, texas border patrol agents stopped a human smuggling effort, arresting 24 illegal immigrants in a town near corpus christieeper into the state. this is just a microcosm of the bigger problem, right, ron? >> it is. when you have this chaos and all this volume at the border, the border patrol agents are distract ad doing care and comfort, overwhelmed with what we call the processing function. that allows smugglers to put people in these dangerous conditions and it's not just the risks that agents take, it's not just the crime and the chaos that occurs in border communities but the migrants themselves are at risk being locked in train cars, being locked in the back of tractor-trailers and so their lives are at risk each and every day. these smugglers have no regard for their lives and their safety in these transactions. dagen: and the biden administration has no regard for the children being put in harm's way. i saw a video of another child being dropped over a wall by human traffickers. no regard for the tens of thousands of americans who have died of drug overdoses, fentanyl poisoning, fentanyl that comes