the terrifying shooting spree, but the gun violence this weekend was not limited to philadelphia. three people were killed in fort worth, texas, another lost their lives in shreveport, louisiana, and nine were injured in a drive-by shooting in our nation s capital. we re live from philadelphia. this country needs to re-examine its conscience and find out how to get guns out of dangerous peoples hands. also this hour, a scorching day for most of the country after the world marked the unofficial hottest day on record yesterday. and later, suspected cocaine in the white house, the new steps in the investigation on how exactly the illegal drug ended up inside the west wing. we re going to begin this morning with the devastating outbreak of gun violence and the frantic search for answers in multiple communities including philadelphia, where the suspected philadelphia mass shooter appeared in court for the first time since five people were gunned down. no cameras or phones wer
july champion of the world, joey chestnut! how is that for an introduction of the all-time greatest joey jaws chestnut getting it done again on coney island winning the nathan s hot dog eating contest by putting down, ready for this, 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes. he s gross and he s a champion, jonathan lemire. john, there was a rain delay yesterday. you always wonder how s the rain delay going to affect the pitcher. yep. how does the rain delay affect a team? boy, he seemed to ride it out. keep that game face on and just again achieve disgusting, disgusting heights again yesterday with 62 hot dogs in ten minutes. his 16th nathan s hot dog eating contest. he s the greatest. he s the goat. i refuse to watch the footage of joey chestnut eating these hot dog. my eyes are closed. that right there, that introduction, that joey chestnut just received, he would like the same introduction. that s mike barnicle. congrats to joey chestnut. my god, let s stop watching this now.
out front next, putin s nukes are on the move. as putin warns he can still destroy ukraine s capital. we are live in moscow, and along ukraine s front lines where the attacks are intensifying tonight. plus, the justice department tonight taking steps to prevent trump from releasing classified materials in the mar-a-lago case, as one of his now former lawyers reveals why he is no longer advising the former president. and after the spy balloon, and dangerous close calls. tech can u.s. prevent another dangerous incident with china? a critical meeting about to happen. let s go out front. good evening, i m brianna killer in for erin burnett. out front tonight, putin surrounding ukraine with nuclear weapons. the russian president declaring today he now has nukes on standby in belarus, which is where putin launched his invasion of ukraine from more than one year ago. the first nuclear warheads have been delivered to the territory of belarus, but just the first ones. this is the
maine secretary of state shannon bellows deciding to remove former president donald trump from the primary ballot there. bellows, addressing the decision last night on msnbc. i was duty bound to follow maine law, to ensure that candidates, all the candidates who appear on the primary ballot are qualified for the office they seek. but across the country, california secretary of state deciding to keep trump on the official ballot and in oregon, a decision in a similar case is expected soon as well. want to bring in nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly and former assistant d.a. catherine christian, also an msnbc legal analyst. ryan, start things off for us, if you will, we got colorado, michigan, potential oregon, heard from california, maine as well. parse through california along with maine, what broke overnight. yes, i think that with maine the main difference is between the colorado case, the colorado case is something that was decided by justices, right, by the supre