what happened that night? surreal scenes in florida, streets overtaken with water after 2 feet of rain fell in only six hours. the airport shut down. the desperate rescues from homes and cars. how nbc s investigation on migrants working illegally in slaughterhouses revealed a widespread stolen identity scheme the new government warning about a deadly baby sleeper recalled years ago but still turning up for sale online and the inspiring school where everyone learns a language of inclusion. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. the potentially damaging leak of american intelligence secrets relating to the war in ukraine has been traced to a low-ranking national guardsman in massachusetts. that s where an fbi tactical team took 21-year-old airman first class jack teixeira into custody this afternoon attorney general merrick garland announcing the arrest of teixeira in the investigation into the retention and transmission of
potential presidential campaign just ahead plus what we re learning about donald trump s deposition yesterday in new york after spending eight hours at the attorney general s office. and we ll have the latest on the arrest of the young air national guardsman suspected of leaking classified documents all right, good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, april 14th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire we begin in florida where ahead of a likely presidential run governor ron desantis signed a six-week abortion ban into law yesterday, a move that underscores just how controversial the move is. the typically boisterous desantis announced the decision with little fanfare last night, putting out this tweet just after 11:00, hours after the ban was approved by the gop controlled state legislature just two out of the 28 republicans in the florida senate voted against the bill, which makes exceptions for pregnancies involving rape or incest up until 15 weeks thosexes
today. see you back here monday, same time, same place, 10:00 a.m. eastern. until then, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now good morning it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific any minute now attorney general merrick garland is expected to make a major announcement about charges against dozens of mexican drug cartels leaders and members. also the suspect in the biggest leak of military intelligence in decades appeared in court last hour what we re learning about how the suspected leaker got access to the classified documents. and breaking just moments anegotiation the legal battle over the abortion pill headed to the supreme court. and we are live in south florida where officials are assessing millions of dollars in damage from massive flooding after historic 26-inch rainfall. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the department of justice. there you see the podium set up. two senior law enforcement
documents lead taken into custody after being under fbi surveillance. this is we re learning new details about who he was sharing those documents with online plus trump under oath. the former president just finishing nearly seven hours of questions in another high stakes case. so what happened? and caught on tape. new secret recordings from inside fox revealing what rudy giuliani really thought about dominion with the tapes and the attorney for the woman who made those recordings. it s my guess. let s go, outfront. good evening. i m erica hill in tonight for erin burnett. outfront tonight arrested the suspect in the massive leak of classified intelligence documents is now in custody. we have video for you see it right here. this is the 21 year old air national guardsman jack to share of being arrested at home in massachusetts. a massive show of force there ahead of what are expected to be very serious charges. today the justice department arrested jack douglas teixeira in con
revolutionary fashion designer has died. welcome to bbc news. president biden is finishes address to the parliament in ireland. parliament in ireland. is that political violence should never be allowed to take hold again. mr biden is on a tour of the republic of ireland haven t visited northern ireland on wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday peace agreement. mr biden entered the chamber, he was met with rapturous applause in open his speech by saying, when he is in ireland he feels he is at home. he said his country was shaped by ireland, highlighting the shared values between the two nations before praising ireland s role in internationalforeign before praising ireland s role in international foreign policy. president kennedy said 60 years ago and i quote, ireland pursues an end of pendant course in foreign policy but it is not neutral between liberty and tyranny and it never will be. thank you for that. the us president then will be. thank you for th