that's why lindsey graham has been subpoenaed. his criminal defense lawyers issued a written statement today saying, in my conversations with fulton county investigators i have been informed that senator graham is no longer a subject or target of the investigation, simply a witness. this is all politics, fulton county is engaged in a fishing expedition and in concert with the january 6th investigation in washington. any interview would be immediately shared with the january 6th committee, as chairman of the judiciary committee was well within his rights. to discuss with state officials the processes and procedures around administering elections, shouldn't stand the issue today would erode the constitutional balance of power and the ability of a member of congress to do their job. senator graham plans to go to court, challenge the subpoena, and expects to prevail. that is every word, every single word that lindsey graham 's criminal defense lawyers had to say. and here is wet district attorney willis had to say today about that sta

lindsey graham has been entrusts -- silent. since fani willis served him with a a subpoena to testify in georgia. he is the only current member of the united states senate to have been subpoenaed to testify to a grand jury. pretty special distinction that he has there. and lindsey graham now has one of only five united states senators in the history of the senate who have been subpoenaed to testify to a grand jury. we have had 1994 united states senators. up until yesterday, only four of them had been subpoenaed to testify to a grand jury. now, lindsey graham joins that exclusive club subpoenaed to testify to a grand jury. when blaine alexander asked fani willis today, why lindsey graham? district attorney willis said this. >> i'm not going to get into the details of the investigation, but this is what i will tell you. election interference is a very important subject. we have been granted a special purpose grand jury by the judges here, i think it is an important investigation. what is important is that the grand jurors hear f

at lindsey graham. is making history. making history by getting a grand jury subpoena. >> no shock, no surprise. although this is going to get complicated. we got a lot of issues here as the former prosecutor was delineating. you got some privilege issues. you've got some work product issues. and the other thing to remember here is, lawrence, this is a special grand jury. this is not a regular grand jury this. is a special grand jury that can set a longer than a typical grand jury that just sits the term of a court. the special grand jury can subpoena witnesses, but interestingly enough, in georgia, it cannot indict. so the decisional indicting would have to lie with the prosecutor in this case, unless there was -- grand tory subsequent to this. i don't know, maybe andrew knows, whether they can grant and manatee. and that's the other issue here. people forget, eastman cannot take the fifth like he did in front of the special committee. if they give him immunity. there's a lot of lawyers here that i think will stand in li

mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham. he should be the first to condemn the epithets coming towards the prosecutor in fulton county but he's not. he's hiding from her. it's almost comical how perfectly lindsey graham this moment is, the guy that lights the fire wants to run from it. here is the other great irony in lindsey graham's behavior in this moment, and i would say go to mitch mcconnell and others which is this. you know what ultimately will lead to the subpoena of donald trump? lindsey graham's lack of cooperation. if he said there was a legitimate legislative purpose. i wasn't doing this on behalf of the president. if he wanted to go under oath and say that was the nature of my phone call, it gets very hard for the fulton county prosecutor to then subpoena donald trump. but it's very easy without lindsey graham for the fulton county prosecutor to say, you know what, judge, because of the lack of cooperation of lindsey graham, we have reason to believe that we need to bring under subpoena the former president of t

so what about senator lindsey graham? he was among seven trump allies subpoenaed yesterday by that same district attorney, fani willis. you might think that because senator graham's supposed interest in the election integrity, he would be very interested in cooperating with the district attorney willis's investigation. into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. but today, senator graham and his lawyer said that he will not comply. they he said that the expedition -- and then senator graham plans to go to court and challenge the subpoena. today, my colleague got an exclusive interview with the fulton county district attorney fani willis, and got her response to what she will do about witnesses who defy subpoenas, and specifically about senator lindsey graham. >> if you are met with resistance, how will you respond to that? if you're met with resistance to people who say they do not want to come testify? >> nobody wants to come to the prosecutors party, that's part of the work that we do. we will take it bef

so what about senator lindsey graham of south carolina? well, he was among seven trump allies subpoenaed yesterday by that same district attorney, you might think that because of senator graham's supposed interest in the election integrity, he would be very interested in cooperating with the district attorney willis' investigation in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia, but today, senator graham and his lawyer said he will not comply. they said the investigation is a quote fishing expedition and that senator graham plans to go to court and challenge the subpoena. today my colleague blayne alexander got an exclusive interview with the district attorney and got her response on what she will do with witnesses who defy subpoenas and specifically lindsey graham. >> if you are met with resistance, how would you respond to that, if you're met with resistance, people who say they don't want to come testify? >> nobody wants to come to the prosecutor's party. that's kind of part of the work that we do. we'll take it before the judge

willis responded to graham's charge. >> lindsey graham actually put out a statement just since we've been sitting here really, essentially saying that this is all politics. fulton county's engaged in a fishing expedition and working in concert with the january six committee in washington. do you want to respond to that, and calling it a fishing expedition saying it's nothing but politics? >> what do i have to gain by from these politics? inaccurate estimation. it's someone who doesn't understand the seriousness of what we are doing. i hope they don't come and testify truthfully before the grand jury. >> we talked to experts -- and what this investigation could mean for the january six committee and the doj ahead. mmittee and the doj ahead. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit coventrydirect.com to find i was i

senator lindsey graham. new info from the fulton county district attorney, about who is next. >> could be expecting possibly see additional subpoenas from the people in the former president trump's our inner circle? or trump associates? >> yes. >> might we see a former president subpoena? >> anything is possible. >> the latest on the investigation into trump's investigation -- in georgia, that's next. n -- in georgia, that's next. in georgia, that's next. a monster was attacking but the team remained calm. because with miro, they could problem solve together, and find the answer that was right under their nose. or... his nose. hi, i'm eileen. i live in vancouver, washington and i write mystery novels. dogs have been such an important part of my life. i have flinn and a new puppy. as i was writing, i found that i just wasn't as sharp and i new i needed to do something so i started taking prevagen. i realized that i was much more clear and i was remembering the details that i was supposed to. prevagen keeps my

lindsey graham, he subpoenaed. a likelihood that we are going to hear from him, he's already fighting it. what do you know about that today? >> i think what we are seeing down in georgia is an extremely aggressive investigation against president donald trump. alexa what we haven't seen before. we saw the mueller investigation was very aggressive looking at election interference. ultimately, robert mueller decided -- then we saw this investigation in new york. georgia is really fascinating. she should recognize the people did not think she was serious and be as aggressive as others had been in going after possible crimes related to the election. one of the things that you're seeing with the subpoenas that fani willis has already issued is that she is incredibly serious. she is laying the groundwork for any federal prosecutor to say, no one has to be off the table. we do not have to treat this with kid gloves simply because we're looking at people close to a former president. it is a somewhat controversial point of v

so i think this gets pretty serious. >> are you surprised to see senator lindsey graham on this list of new subpoenas in georgia? >> well, i guess i was. i mean, we remember senator lindsey graham sort of, you know, complete surrender to donald trump, talk about carrying water, so the informnotion that he might have been involved in conversations about how donald trump may have remained president is not beyond the realm of the possible. it's hard to know. subpoenas and grand juries and investigations happen behind closed doors and quietly for very good reasons. i should say, having said that it's plausible that maybe senator graham knew something. just because somebody is subpoena that does not mean any sort of guilty. the question is did lindsey graham know something that could important to the georgia investigators. >> republican congressman adam kinzinger just released a come compilation of threatening voice mails he got. listen to this. >> i hope you naturally die as quickly as [bleep] possible you [bleep]. >> you back stabbing [bleep] [bleep]. y'all know [bleep]. like a [bleep].

that's how lindsey graham comes in. according to raffensperger, the secretary of state himself a republican, he says that lindsey graham was trying to get him to throw out mail-in ballots selectively in certain counties. well, i don't see how a federal senator from south carolina calls a georgia secretary of state to throw out ballots? how can that be an official act? so i think, you know, we need to know more and the d.a.'s going after him. >> okay, ten seconds, dave. do you think that donald trump will be in trouble? >> he will be in trouble and cipollone could be a huge witness unlike everyone else. he can't call him the coffee boy. he was his former white house counsel. >> okay. amba ambassador eisen and dave, thank you both. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. >>> he had 60 rounds left. the lead starts right now. a confession from the alleged gunman in the highland park parade shooting. this as we learn he contemplated carrying out a second attack at another fourth of july celebration. a key interview grant

lindsey graham perhaps looks the worst. what did you learn in writing this book about what's happening right now? >> what surprised me about this is the sort of root of this book, donald trump was made possible by the leaders of the party who continued to let him get away with stuff. i mean, the fact that donald trump can still, like, kissed up to by so many republicans who knew better, mitch mcconnell, kevin mccarthy, lindsey graham. lindsey's over the top about it so maybe he got more attention. the fact that we're still talking about him as a viable candidate after january 6th, after losing badly and after his presidency is pretty remarkable. >> in reading this it makes you feel that there's almost nobody in washington -- the lawmakers that you describe at least are not there to do anything other than to be there, to be in power and everything they do is in service of getting re-elected. it's not in service of the people who elected them in the first place and the things that they might need. >> yeah. and this is an age

the attorney for lindsey graham is saying this is no problem. this is constitutionally protected activity because it's legislative activity and protected by the speech and depp bait clause. c can you explain if that's a good legal argument? when it comes from a sitting lawmaker. >> absolutely, poppy. it's not. short answer is it's not. the speech and debate clause is not going to help lindsey graham in his effort to quash the subpoena. i would note that the fulton county district attorney, i've always thought this is sort of the dark horse when it comes to potential criminal charges being lodged against the former president trump. doj hasn't really pulled through as it were or at least the reporting is unclear in terms of where they are moving forward with potential criminal charges. bonnie willis is not messing around. she's been very vocal, her head is to the ground, she has blinders on. lindsey graham may take time, however, he can't really argue it's legislative duties that he's doing. the information they are seeking is information pertaini

an atlanta area grand jury just subpoenaed his former attorney rudy giuliani and senator lindsey graham, among others. cnn's sara murray is here with us. sara, what have you learned? >>s in a new round of subpoenas coming for the atlanta area grand jury which is investigating whether donald trump on any of his allies committed crimes in their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. it's getting closer to trump's inner circle. like you said, these are subpoenas going out to former trump attorney rudy giuliani as well as south carolina senator lindsey graham. there are also a handful of former trump campaign attorneys who have been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury. those include john eastman, who we have heard about in the january 6th hearings. janu jana ellis, and on the call between trump and raffensperger, where donald trump pressed raffensperger pressed him to find the votes to win. and ken, who allegedly worked with the officials in georgia to put forward this slate of electors, so we've seen a lot of activity out of this grand jury. this is of course significant because it

so wil see what he does with lindsey graham. but this is a judge who is not giving blanket immunity or sort of a blanket excuse to lawmakers just because they are lawmakers. so we'll very to see what he does with lindsey graham. >> about traspatricia, murphy, much. >>> and police say that there could have been even more carnage at another july 4th event, officials say robert crimo who they say has admitted to being the shooter in chicago, seriously contemplated a second attack 150 miles away in madison, wisconsin. the shooter had this weapon in his vehicle when he drove mad business son along with about 60 rounds of ammunition. he used a different high powered ar-15-style rifle shooting from the rooftop that killed seven and wounded dozens of others and terrified hundreds of july 4th parade goers. more now from ed lavendera on the ground from highland park. >> reporter: authorities here in illinois say that the alleged shooter in the attack on the highland park foirt ofurth of j parade has confessed to opening fire on the parade

lindsey graham is like, i'm going to fight the subpoena. it's not his fight to ignore it but it is his right to fight it. remember, people wanted to give lindsey graham a chance to explain himself because he's wrapped up in this mess. was berger throughout some votes. lindsey graham can come in and explain himself. >> as per usual, the lewis black of politics. thank you so much for joining us on the beat tonight. >>> coming up in 60 seconds, the sister of jaelyn walker speaks out on the deadly police shooting that struck him with over 60 rounds. >>> but first, and attempt. we are back in just 60 seconds on "the beat." 0 seconds on "the beat." your shipping manager left to “find themself.” leaving you lost. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire >>> a year and a half after the capitol riot, the big lie that brought writers to the capitol is a dominating far right radio. this time it is focused on the midterm elections

lindsey graham has, why do this? >> well, lindsey graham needed to be reelected in 2020. and this is one of his colleagues said to me about lindsey graham, there was no one who needs the u.s. senate more than lindsey does. he doesn't have a family. he doesn't have much else in his life. and the guy just absolutely loves to be in washington. he has his big office, his big staff. and be relevant, be at the dice table, as he says, he gets a real kick out of this. and he needs it. even better than being in the senate senate, is being the presidents golfing buddy. i mean, he loves alpha dogs. john mccain was his alpha dog, for all these years, he was his happy sidekick, right? the guy who went along be the mascot and be in the room. >> but his sidekick who's willing to get kicked? talk to us -- i mean, you've covered politics in washington for years. have you ever seen this kind of unwavering loyalty, even after something like january 6th, right? was richard nixon surrounded by loyalists and homeboys after the fact? >> not after the fact. look, every part politician has loyali

politicians on hands snuggling with lindsey graham once again. o it's kind of weird that hed never seems worried about his own safety since this is a war zone. he's met with a ton of hollywood celebrities here. he's with benho stiller. hello. nice to hello on . greatt. we had we know who the you know ,it's a great honor for me and thanks to it's really wonderful. you're my hero. i know a lot as you quit a great acting career for this . not s so great. you know, pretty great. but what you've done in the way that you've aroundve the countrd for the world, it's really inspiring. yeah. really, you're a hero this week. herzelenskyy got the annie leibovitz treatment at vogue magazine. is the better work of ukraine. this is real video g uploaded by vogue on instagram. watch . oh, pretty insulting to the thousands of ukrainians who have died and to the u.s.nd taxpayer who's funding all of this. but ukraine has gotten away with it because with theed complicity of the american media, they have from dayom one waged a fierce information war. they lied aboutt

but again, even with lindsey graham, the subpoena revealed new information that lindsey graham called secretary of state brad raffensperger, not once but twice to urge him to toss out what he viewed as fraudulent ballots, which of course were not fraudulent whatsoever. and that conspiracy was debunked by state and federal election officials. >> glenn, you are the former federal prosecutor here. how much legal danger is senator lindsey graham in with this investigation? >> so there are two data points that i think are on either side of that question, jonathan. one, i believe fondly willis said look, we're not looking at lindsey graham as a subject or target of the investigation, just a witness. that's one side, it seems to suggest that she just wants information that he can provide about what georgia -- donald trump did. on the hand, brad raffensperger has gone on record as saying that these phone calls from lindsey graham seem to suggest that i would, i should try to toss out legally cast ballots, as a prosecutor, i hear that and i think, lindsay has a self incrimination right there,

greg, what is the feeling on the ground about lindsey graham trying to meddle in the effort on donald trump's part to overturn his defeat in the state? >> yeah, that news -- that little snippet came out a little later, after the infamous raffensperger call, that lindsey graham had also apparently pushed brad raffensperger to find illegal votes, to try to find a way for donald trump to win. so, we're not sure how extensive his efforts are. his campaign -- his office hasn't even confirmed that he has been subpoenaed quite yet, but certainly, it was looked at as more out-of-state meddling by not just democrats but also republicans were upset about the efforts to overturn georgia's election. >> and carol, i mean, this is what the subpoena says about lindsey graham, who is known to enjoy, you know, helping trump out on the golf course, but now, after the subpoena, is known to have helped him try to steal georgia. the court finds that the witness, lindsey graham, based on the substance and timing of the telephone call he personally made to georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger is a

it is clear, lindsey graham has done. what has shifted in your view for these men to suddenly say, forget we said all that, delete that tape, we love trump? >> i think everyone has their own reasons. i think lindsey graham got heckled on the way to the airport the next day, and seemed to freak him out a little bit. i got to talk to dozens, if not hundreds of people in the republican party for this book, it would is abusing to is someone who's been reporting on washington for sometime, there's never been a bigger gap between what people in the republican party say privately about donald trump. there is quite a bit of contempt. they don't have a lot of respect to him. to the public adulation, that has become the norm, and that the former president seems to insist on. it really is quite a gap. the dirty little secret is that everyone gets the joke, but they don't say it publicly. kevin mccarthy, mitch mcconnell, condemning the insurrection, before they fell into line. mccarthy went down to mar-a-lago, eight days after joe bi

things out. >> let's talk about the lindsey graham part of this. you have a sitting senator who has been subpoenaed in this case. i mean, how big of a deal is that? >> i think it's extraordinary. i mean, this is not usual case of course, but in this particular situation to subpoena somebody who is a sitting congress person, you know, it's significant and it shows how far reaching this investigation is at this point. >> does that speech and debate clause protect him? is that going to hold water? >> you know, i don't think so. i think it's certainly an issue that will get litigated but i think at this point this is a criminal grand jury that is looking for evidence and i don't think that will protect him from giving this particular testimony. >> it's going to be a professor's dream come true, the speech and debate clause essentially says a member of congress cannot be questioned in some other body meaning outside of congress but it has to relate to their legislative duties. lindsey graham is going to have to convince a court that his phone call to br

that was lindsey graham in may of last year. touting his love with donald trump but you know that has consequences. and the south carolina senator was just subpoenaed to testify in a criminal investigation in georgia. >> i mean, you can say that on tv, that's fine. you just can't call the secretary of state and suggest that you want him to throw out legally cast votes. still, senator, you cannot do that in america. we'll get the latest when "morning joe" returns. t the lat "morning joe" returns. we believe our military heroes deserve a company who will fight for them just as they do for us. from buying to refinancing, the loan professionals at newday usa have given enlisted veterans a different kind of financial experience. with more ways to help more veterans, no bank, no lender, no one knows veterans like newday usa. >>> 46 past the hour. a member of the committee investigating the january 6 attack on the capitol, the insurrection, republican congressman adam kinzinger has released an audio compilation of just an example of th

today subpoenas went out to rudy giuliani, john eastman, and senator lindsey graham, among others, as part of fulton county's investigation into the trump campaign's efforts after joe biden's legitimate election win. joining us now, former federal prosecutor, tali farhadian weinstein, an msnbc political contributor, matthew dowd. tali, how is this, what's happening in georgia, differ from what the january six committee is doing, and i have to ask, yes, on its surface, subpoenas to eastman, lindsey graham, rudy giuliani, sounds big. but any chance they are going to comply? >> yes, it doesn't just sound big, stephanie, it is big. we are at this point at least two years into watching and in some cases, speculating about whether donald trump is going to be held accountable. either in law, or in politics. and i've always thought that he's had the most exposure in fulton county, georgia, and i am more convinced of that today. because these subpoenas really are significant. and they are through the criminal process. that is very different from a political committee. not that january six comm

subpoenas went out to lindsey graham, rudy giuliani, john eastman and other lawyers, all of whom worked with trump as we contested the 2020 election results. fulton county district attorney says she's also investigating a november 2020 phone call lindsey graham made to the georgia secretary of state, brad raffensperger. raffensperger said graham pressed him about whether he had the power to reject certain absentee ballots, which raffensperger interpreted as a suggestion to toss out legally cast votes. graham has denied this allegation. >> it's going to be hard to tell what legally will be attached to this. obviously it's awfully suspicious that lindsey graham is a federally elected official from another state calling a state secretary of state about counting votes and asking him if their absentee ballots or mail-in ballots he can throw out at the same time donald trump is telling that same official to find enough votes to put him over the top. so we'll see if there are legal implications to that, but obviously doesn't take much of an imagination to see what lindsey graham and others wer

tonight, new subpoenas for senator lindsey graham, rudy giuliani and other trump world figures who were caught trying to overturn the georgia election. plus, what we know about the new hearing the january six committee just announced. and election lawyer marc elias updates us on the state to state against the slow motion coo. >> i would actually like to ask everyone on the stage if they would agree we had a corrupt, stolen election. raise your hand. when all in starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. tonight, the suspect in the highland park mass shooting, who remains in police custody has been charged. with seven counts of first degree murder. with dozens of additional charges expected in the coming days. according to police, he plotted for several weeks before opening fire the 4th of july parade. leaving seven people dead and nearly 40 more injured. police say the shooter used an ar-15 style rifle, which was legally purchased in the massacre. tonight, as i speak to you, vice president kamala harris is heading to highland park. accompanied by mayor

lindsey graham is a senator to be a senator. that's basically it. and he and mccarthy and others rationalize this by saying, well, you know, it lets me -- i still have a seat at the table. i'm still able to, you know, influence events and policies. but to what end? what do they believe in, if anything? do they actually still believe in american democracy, or is that also sort of an optional feature that you can decide not to include with your package? i mean, it is incredible. and what this dereliction of duty on the part of these elected republicans has done is it has also sort of allowed the republican base, because they won't level with the republican base, they won't tell the truth, it has allowed the republican base to also sort of go off the reservation. you have to entire party now from base to the top that is really out of control, yet still has a lot of power. it is astounding but horrible situation for our political system to be in. >> one of the things i've never understood about the republican party. i talked about our coup against newt

tonight, new subpoenas for senator lindsey graham,

there is no evidence and when you have senators lindsey graham and senator mike lee investigates. there was a scene where it's an extended scene where mike lee is sitting because he reads this memo from john eastman saying the alternative slates of electors in seven states and lee is going i haven't heard that, i haven't seenthat . that would be major news. at a senator can get anyone on the phone as we know and he sits there for a couple of days and calls all the heads of the legislatures in arizona, wisconsin, pennsylvania and georgia and says alternative electors, no . zero. there's nothing there. and he tries to tell trump personally this and convey that message as has lindsey graham, his supporters. it's kind of like the washington post, when we are working on a story and some editors says the story is there and the recorder from the field sometimes has to come in and say no, it's not there. and sometimes these ideas that editors and presidents have in their head, these things do not exist. and the existence of a stolen election is a total fantasy and you know, we scratched a

lindsey graham set i don't care. kevin mccarthy look like i had three heads when i ask if history would remember him as someone who lied for trump. about any ramification beyond the short-term, donald trump's blessing and getting to the next election. that does fall in contrast to people like liz cheney who talked all the time about the truth. to them there is a much bigger state at hand. there is just much more to consider when making these decisions. judy: did you get a sense of what it might take to get these particular republicans to change their minds? or is that just not even a consideration? mark: there have been so many times that we've all been through this, saying this time feels different. if you can persevere through and insurrection in second impeachment, and still a few weeks later we the front runner for 2024, it shows that you are pretty bulletproof within your party. he is the clear front runner and i don't see him going away anytime soon. maybe the next opportunity for a fever break is if republican

but the other side of, this response to lindsey graham, only read this to you and get your thoughts on it. this is from a motion by the fulton county da's office, about senator lindsey graham, where they wanted to dismiss his bid to subpoena. in this motion we fortunately around, as mr. graham, rather than senator graham, we don't intend to be in any way insulting. rather, we refer to him as mr. graham it to make clear that we do not agree with opposing counsel's assertion that mr. graham was operating in his official capacity when he called the georgia secretary of state related to the georgia vote count. there is a sort of fundamental issue here, the faulty fulton county da's office say these are the individuals who were subpoenaed like any other, they don't get any special claims? >>, yeah exactly. you know, the da is arguing, just because you're a member of congress, it doesn't mean you've got to do potentially illegal acts, for example, calling up the secretary of state of georgia, asking him if he has the power to toss legally cast absentee ballots. and then, there's the question

what about the inclusion of lindsey graham? >> it's interesting, when you look at the levels of kind of closest to former president donald trump, clearly senator graham has been a long-time ally of his. it was notable in that statement that his lawyers put out there that he really under lined the fact that he would be just a witness to this. he was not under scrutiny himself. and i think they will challenge it as much as possible. i would expect probably similar maneuvering by rudy giuliani. they want to make it as hard as possible and we will see if he prevails or not, but certainly another way where you are seeing and hearing that senator graham will get trump run for re-election in 2024. remains very, very close to the former president, and we can see what happens there. >> and what about the political impact that ripples through all of this? you know, you have the grand jury in georgia, georgia has been so critical in every aspect. the senate races, turning the senator majority, the president's loss in 2020, and the january

and he out and out says lindsey graham was trying to get me -- i have the impression lindsey graham was trying to get me to throw out legally cast votes. it's frick and frac. they stumbled into the wrong fascist conspiracy together. and they talked to the wrong guy because raffensperger has the receipts. >> first of all, joe, i have to say, i agree with mika, what else do you need than the president himself calling and saying can't you just, you know, finagle a few more votes for me? and then the lindsey graham element. and the smalltown mississippi girl thinks, wow, this is expensive to be donald trump's friend and plotting to dismantle a free and fair election at this stage with graham being called now into georgia. and he's going to have to, you know, go before the court and talk about what his role was. and you know, what is the point at the end of the day for these republicans who have just sullied themselves to help, you know, help donald trump -- trump's fantasy, his coup fantasy. and that's where we are. and luckily, georgia, they have prosecutors and the d.a. is taking this ser

kevin mccarty, senator lindsey graham. give us a sense of how they explain their ongoing support for this former president. >> it's an age-old washington story which is they've made it work for them. i mean, kevin mccarthy wants nothing more than to be speak over the house. and he knows the surest way of blowing that dream up is to get on the wrong side of donald trump. so he has to make it work for him with donald trump. lindsey graham desperately wanted to be reelected as a senator from south carolina in 2020. it's a very red state. he needed the blessing of donald trump. mitch mcconnell is different. they don't have any personal bond whatsoever. but mitch mcconnell knew that if he wanted to work with the republican president and get the judges that he wanted to get from the supreme court on down, he needed to work with the white house on this. look, politics is about deal making. but ultimate lirks this relationship has been very precarious, and they have turned the other way in -- in a lot of steps along the way to a p

. >>> and high profile trump al allies rudy giuliani and lindsey graham are slapped with subpoenas. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we're standing by for a possible announcement against the highland park mass shooting suspect. police indicated it could happen this hour as they reveal new information explosive information about the accused gunman. cnn's senior investigative correspondent, drew griffin, has details. >> the sheriff's office reveals two incident involving the suspect. the first in april of 2019. a suicide attempt handled by mental health professionals. >> the secondo cured in september of 2019. a family member reported he was going to kill efveryone and he had a collection of knives. the police responded to his residence. they removed 16 knives, a dagger and sword from his home. at that time, there was no probably cause to arrest. there were no complaints that were signed by any of the victims. >> police say the suspected shooter preplanned his attack and get away for severa

lindsey graham is a federal officer. or any big government power. from women's rights to the way they're interfering in elections, you just have basically all of that going up in smoke. take ron desantis down in florida. consolidating control of an elections police force which he says he will control in a new state office that will now go after voter fraud in ways that, at least critics and nonpartisan observers say, shows meddling in free and fair elections. all of this is not only concerning that it happens at all, but that it's happening in more brazen ways because they're admitting it in public. so, what do you do about it? and is it important to scrutinyize it? especially when you look at journalism working. as mentioned we have someone who's been at the forefront of dealing with abuse, including discrimination, maya wily when we're back in one minute. , maya that can scale across all your clouds... we got that right? yeah, we got that. it's easier to be an innovator. we're back in one minute nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard.

that boils down to the lindsey graham episode in georgia. why, lindsey graham, are you afraid to testify about what you know, unless what you know leads to some type of criminal concern for donald trump, maybe even yourself? people are looking at that and seeing this group of characters running around trying to avoid accountability, when what the january 6th committee has done is create an environment, if you will, in which the voters want that accountability. i think they've separated that from how they feel about the economy. >> we're not talking in generalities anymore, willie, in talking about these issues. americans have been hit in the face hard, day after day over the past several months, with horrible mass killings. then having republicans say, oh, you know, we're against universal background checks. 90% of americans support universal background checks. we're getting teenage girls who were raped being able to decide what to do with their lives, with their own bodies. we support forced pregnancies that is executed by the centralized s

about that same time, lindsey graham is calling. the secretary of state is saying this, not "the new york times" editorial page, not the "new yorker," not npr, but the republican secretary of state who voted for trump said, "yeah, he was calling me, pressuring me to throw out votes." so, i mean, walter, mara brings up a good point. up and down the line, people did a lot of things right here. i have to say, i'm always in the minority, i just am when it comes to public opinion, i guess. you know me. unfortunately, you have for a long time. but fourth of july, you look on twitter, and "i cannot celebrate fourth of july this year." i was just thinking of trumpers who are going before the january 6th committee. yeah, it took too long. i'll be the first to say that. it took too long. guess what? they got there. the january 6th commission, you have one trumper after another trumper after another trumper actually calling it out and making it possible for donald trump to be brought to justice. secretary of state of georgia. again, here's a g

a grand jury is issuing subpoenas to several, including senator lindsey graham. rudy giuliani and several others. attorneys responding saying, this is all politics. they are engaged in a fishing expedition, their words, and working with the january 6th committee in washington. continuing, though, another quote. senator graham plans to go to court, challenge the subpoena and expects to prevail. joining me is blaine alexander. also the deputy national editor for the washington attorney. tell us what the d.a. said. >> this was the first time that she has spoken publically since those subpoenas became public yesterday. one, she said that we can expect to see further subpoenas, more subpoenas of people who are trump associates, people in his inner circle in the coming weeks as this investigation continues. i asked her that specifically, and she told me, quote, anything is possible. here is a little bit of our interview. i want to get you to hear exactly what she said and the scope of this investigation that she's leading. take a look. >> could we expect to possibly se

graham and members of trump's legal team >>> brittney griner is on trial for drug charges in russia how the white house responded today. >>> the four vietnam veterans awarded the highest honor, the bravery that earned them the medal of honor >>> the news tonight of the last surviving member from the famous band of world war ii heroes. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt, recording from highland park, illinois >> reporter: good evening from the chicago suburbs, the latest site of the deadly mass shooting another community grieving of gun violence this time at a parade celebrating our nation's independence tonight we learned that a seventh person in highland park has now died from injuries sustained during the rampage in addition to nearly 40 others injured. a short time ago, police announcing the suspect has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. and there are disturbing new details about how he allegedly preplanned the attack for weeks. how he disguised himself as a woman to make his escape our former nbc news, kevin tibbles describes his hometo