joining me now is army veteran and senator from illinois, tammy duckworth. y, welcome back to "meet the press." >> great to be back. thanks for having me. >> let's start with the military promotions and what tuberville's been doing. you heard your colleague senator sullivan say, hey, look, it's a senator's prerogative. you've done it. a lot r people have been doing it, and if it's about pentagon policy versus when it's not, i think is certainly fair game here. so let me ask this, what are you willing to have a vote? tuberville wants a vote. are you willing to put a vote on this on the floor? is this the best way out of this? >> we've given him many options for a vote and he's turned them all down. joni ernst has a bill where senator tuberville is, and he declined that vote, and the republican leadership had offered him multiple off-ramps, and he's backed himself into a corner. what he's saying is would democrats have to pass a national codification of roe v. wade? we would love that, but obviously that's not going to happen any time soon with the senate split

i know my friend tammy duckworth is going to be on your show next, and look, she's a war hero. americans have sacrificed for their country like she has, but senator duckworth has had the exact same hold that tommy tuberville does. a couple of years ago on generals, here's the bottom line and i think you're getting at it and i think we're getting closer here. every single one of these kind of holds, 99% of them get resolved through compromise and what needs to happen, the secretary of defense, senator tuberville, chuck schumer need to sit down and have that. i encouraged this. you may have seen secretary austin reached out to senator tuberville, i appreciate that, and i think to your point there will be opportunities to get to that compromise like we have on all these holds that happen regularly in the senate. >> i do want to get back to the nato meeting. you were there. i want to talk about the number of meetings of china and the china. it went from one in madrid to over a dozen mentions here. look, is nato expansion into the asia arena inevitable over the next two decades? >>

the pentagon officials are not helping the lone senator from holding it up, and even senator tammy duckworth is speaking up about senator tuberville's moves. >>> what officials are saying about the nation's drug shortage. we are following major stories and more kcome into san antonio spurs. coming into cnn "news central." >> will the former president of the united states be the first to be criminally indicted for the third time. right now grand jury will be meeting in this washington, d.c. and they would be the ones to turn in a criminal indictment for his efforts to overturn the last election. and today is the last day for the former president to voluntarily testify before the grand jury and that is least likely to happen, but now he is expanding the criminal team and adding john lauro to the team, and this man, special assistant to donald trump will testify to the grand jury for the third time today. cnn katelyn polantz and paula reid are joining us. ka ka katelyn, you are outside of the courthouse, and grand jury proceedings are just getting under way, and what are you learning? >> we are

to all the members of congress, including benny thompson, senator tammy duckworth, represented dannyick durbin who wish a speedy recovery from covert. and who have long thought to honor the till family. it's not due to any of them to the till family, it's another to be with you again. you know, when i was preparing these remarks i quite frankly and my colleagues will understand this, i found myself trying to temper my anger as i was writing this. i'm not joking. i can't fathom, i can't fathom what it must've been like. it's hard to believe, i was 12 years old, and i just, i know no matter how much time has passed, how many birthdays, how many events, how many anniversaries, it's hard to relive this. brings it all back which we talked about wee talked about as if it happened yesterday for the images in your head, the things you remember. but it's inspiring to see how many of your family has continued as mothers courage to find the faith in pain, the purpose and pain. that's a remarkable thing, it seems to me. insisting on an open casket, if casket for her murdered, and i might add, ma

all the members of congress including a representative thompson, senator tammy duckworth, representativeator dick durbin who wish a speedy recovery from covid he's recovering from covid right now. who have long fought to honor the till family. it's not new to any of them. to the till family it's an honor to be with you again. what i was preparing these remarks i quite frankly and my colleagues will understand this, i found myself trying to temper my anger is i was writing it. i am not joking. i cannot fathom, i cannot fathom what it must have been like. it's hard to believe i was 12 years old. i know that no matter how much time has passed, how make birthdays, how many events, him a anniversaries it is hard to relive this. it brings it all back. but we were talking as if it happened yesterday the images in your head, the things you remember. but it is inspiring to see how many of your family have continues as a mother's have the courage to find faith and purpose in pain. that is a remarkable thing it seems to be. insisting on an open casket for her murdered and i might add a maimed and m

[applause] i like hang around heroines, like tammy duckworth, you are the best. my good friend dick durbin and he is a good friend. we worked together a long long time in the united states senate. is the single most effective senator at getting things done, that's not a joke he has made sure we have more judges appointed. we've appointed more african-american women to the federal bench in any -- every other president combined. [applause] he got the best and brightest, justice ketanji brown. i want a black woman on the court and he got her on the court for me. you really are the best. when i have questions about anything at all, i still call him in for his advice so they. . representative danny davis, you get a good friend for a long time. [applause] he's always there and to members of congress, thank you and well for me to chicago. the first part of the 20th century, the poet carl sandberg describes chicago as the city of big shoulders. he was describing the big shoulders of the working class american town who were building the city. at the same time, building th

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to members of congress, including representative benny thompson, tammy duckworth, representative danny and dick durbin who we wish speedy recovery from covid, he is recovering from covid right now and who long fought to honor the till family. it is not new to any of them. to the till family, it is honor to be with you again. you know, when i was preparing remarks, i quite frankly and my colleagues will understand this, i found myself trying to temper my anger as i was writing it. i'm not joking. i can't fathom. i can't fathom what it must have been like, it is hard to believe i was 12 years old. and i just know no matter how much time has passed, how many birthdays, how many anniversary, it is hard to relive this. brings it all back. as if it happened yesterday. the images in your head, things you remember as mothers courage find faith and pain and purpose and pain. that is a remarkable thing, it seems to me. insisting on an open casket for her murdered and i might add maimed and mutilated son. 14 years old. 14 years old. she said, let the people see what i've seen. let the people see

this evening, i talked about with senator tammy duckworth, a wounded combat veteran and democratic senator. >> senator duckworth, thanks for being with us. as a person of color, as a combat veteran, how do you feel when you heard senator tuberville make those comments about white nationalism in the military? >> well, i was incredulous, and i check to make sure that he actually said it. and i cannot believe that he would think that white nationalists were not racist. in fact, i think that it is an insult to our military men and women of all different backgrounds who wear the uniform of this great nation. and we should be focusing on supporting them, and not defending white nationalists, as he's doing. >> i mean, do you think he's truly ignorant of what white nationalism means, what it is, or is it some sort of, some sort of a game where just kind of a head nod to something? >> i can only take him at his word. and he said that, you know, he didn't think that white nationalists were racist. i mean, that's an actual dictionary definition. and frankly, that is a disservice to our men and women

interviews as mentioned with national security advisor jake sullivan and senators dan sullivan and tammy duckworth. stick with us for today in the bay. "meet the press" is on a at 8:00 a.m. right after the newscast. >>> and as every sunday coming up in about 30 minutes from now we will talk to nbc bay area political analyst for our weekly segment. we'll take a look at those current abortion policies as chuck and i referred to how congress is in a deadlock on policies after the supreme court gave states responsibility to make their own decisions. we'll have that coming up in about 30 minutes. >>> now to a missing peninsula woman kidnapped in mexico. she is miraculously back home safely in san mateo after a harrowing eight months in captivity. monica deleon barba was kidnapped last november while walking home from work with her dog and now she's back home with that dog in san mateo as you see there. her brother shared these photos of their happy reunion. the fbi says her captors released her friday night. this is surveillance video from when she was first taken eight months ago. the state department

we'll look for more this morning on "meet the press" when chuck is joined by democratic senator tammy duckworthllinois, national security adviser jake sullivan, and republican senator dan sullivan of alaska. >>> it was good news/bad news for those of you who bought a powerball ticket for saturday's drawing. first the bad, you didn't win. the good news, no one else did either. the jackpot is now up to $900 million. the third largest in powerball history. you have a chance at the next drawing tomorrow night. >>> the u.s. women's national soccer team begins its pursuit of a third consecutive world cup title on friday in new zealand against vietnam. as excitement builds for another championship run by that historic squad, american fans are buzzing this morning about the arrival today of an icon on the men's side. nbc's guad venegas has more from miami. >> reporter: it's a new era for american soccer. messi, soccer's g.o.a.t., dressed in miami pink, and set to play in the u.s. through 2025. the 36-year-old officially signing with inter miami on saturday. his arrival setting off the so-called messi e

amna: you got a different response from the likes of someone like senator tammy duckworth, for exampled? tom: senator duckworth, met with in her senate offices. she said, you know, look, i part of my part of my ancestry, this is from her father's side, which is from virginia, fought in the american revolution. and if i'm going to talk about that publicly, if i'm going to claim that part of my heritage and be proud of that heritage, then i also have to look squarely at the fact that some of my ancestors enslaved people. in her case, it was two separate ancestors, which she had not known before. amna: tom, you uncovered your own family history as part of your reporting and discovered that your ancestors had also enslaved black people. what was that like to make that discovery? tom: it started with a memory as a teenager, going walking across a farm my family used to own in forsyth county, georgia, and walking past a water well. and my grandfather just sort of gesturing at it in an offhand way and saying, the slaves built that. and i, sort of in a way that i think is typical for some whit

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable tammy duckworth, a senator from the state of illinois, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leaner time is reserved. -- the leadership time is reserved. relatively new outlook, what is it about? >> we are eight weeks in, we cover everything from politics to general news, sports entertainment. our mission is timely, accurate, objective news. you can find us on the messenger, original reporting, we have a great team and politics. >> can you describe how much time is left before the summer break is scheduled to happen? >> not much. we were coming against august, we got to get to the august recess and there's a lot to do in the next two or three weeks so we are up against a deadline, i think july 28. >> the key thing this week is spending bill. can you describe the process going on and what we should be watching for next. >> it's very interesting right now what's going on in where this is playing out, this wa

. >> tammy duckworth criticizing tommy tubervillle's blockade. elled grenade. >>> also on capitol hill, the republican-controlled house approved defense bill loaded with far right social issues that has almost no chance of passing the senate. we're going to take a look at the looming showdown over funding the military. >>> also ahead, we'll dig in this brand new reporting special counsel jack smith is now putting the pressure on a worker inside the trump organization who is connected to the classified documents investigation. >>> meanwhile, trump's top republican challenger in the 2024 race is already shaking up his presidential campaign staff. a move which governor ron desantis' team says is not related to his lagging poll numbers. >>> plus, a perception versus reality problem for president joe biden when it comes to the economy. we'll break down the polling that's not lining up with the latest economic data. >>> good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it's monday, july 17th, i'm jonathan lemire, back from europe. i'm in for joe, mika and will