you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, more on the breaking news just in the last hour, an unexpected move from special counsel jack smith. he wants the supreme court to immediately take up whether donald trump is immune from criminal prosecution. what it means for a criminal trial starting before the election. plus, israel s prime minister says it s the beginning of the end of hamas. the escalating push into southern gaza as aid groups warn of apocalyptic scenes on the ground. six killed, dozens injured as more scenes of destruction emerge. and alex jones, the conspiracy theorist who claimed sandy hook was a hoax and made money off of it returns to x and gets a warm welcome from elon musk. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that breaking news on that fascinating legal move by special counsel jack smith. msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin is with me. i know you ve had time now to start going through
to the hamas controlled ministry of health. we will hear tonight from the director general of the international committee of the red cross. israel says above ground it has cut off gaza city from the south. 0vernight it hit over a50 targets in one of the most intense bombardments so far. but what are they targeting? we will get an expert view on that tonight. and a year out from the 2024 us elections, why isjoe biden trailing donald trump in all the key battleground states? good evening. in nearly a month of fighting, over 1,400 israelis have been slaughtered and maybe 10,000 palestinians in gaza. the hamas run health ministry, which updated its figures today, said 4,000 of those were children. we can t independently vouch for those numbers, because we are not there, but the un said today that during hostilities in 2014, their verified figures were not entirely disimilar from those hamas had put out to the media. what we do know for certain, is that last night gaza sustained o
. a very good day to all of you, i m alex witt in for chris jansing. the supreme court strikes down a trump era ban on bump stock, the devices that allow rifles to fire faster, almost like a machine gun. the heated reaction coming into the decision. also breaking a major health update on the princess of wales, what we re now learning about her treatment and plans for a major public appearance tomorrow. plus, peace, according to vladimir putin. the russian president lays out his terms for a cease fire, more than two years into his gruesome war in a ukraine. what reception is that getting in kyiv. and did donald trump just empathize with joe biden? his surprising comments about being a father and having to deal with hunter biden s conviction. our nbc news reporters are following the latest developments for us. we re going to begin with nbc s julia ainsley who joins us from outside the supreme court. julia, welcome. so break down this major decision on the rapid fire gun a
Well ask the company whether this has anything to do with President Trumps America First approach. And. The girls not for turning why this statue of defiance is staying put on wall street. The scottish and uk governments look to be on a Collision Course tonight. Within the last couple of hours, the Scottish Parliament has backed the Scottish First ministers demands for a second Independence Referendum. The final decision to grant that vote still rests with the uk government In Westminster, and tonight they have refused to even enter into negotiations with the Scottish Government until the Brexit Process is complete. That could be years away, and well outside the timetable set out by edinburgh. Our Scotland Editor sarah smith reports on a looming confrontation between holyrood and westminster. Jubilant excitement as supporters heard the Scottish Parliament had just voted for a referendum. Tears of joy today, but disappointment will follow. They are shouting yes, the Prime Minister will
had made its own nuclear fuel rods domestically for the first time. it was loading these into what it said was a reactor for medical purposes, not for nuclear weapons. but this is going to be watched very closely here in washington and in israel, of course, because the question is whether this development, this announcement of them being able to make their own nuclear fuel rods is actually the real deal. can they do it? do these fuel rods work? how good is the quality? is this another step potentially on iran s road to potentially making nuclear weapons? that s the key question for intelligence agencies right now. what does this all mean? iran s had a lot of problems with its nuclear efforts. are they really successful at this? have they made the decision to go forward. c.i.a. director david petraeus says one of the things he s watching very carefully is whether they re going to make that move to go for highly enriched uranium. that would be a significant step on the road to