reelection again with a rally in philadelphia with union members. the president is seeing endorsements from some of the country s largest unions, a preview in just moments. also new today, more details on trump s indictment. the justice department filing for a protective order which if granted would prevent trump from sharing any classified material for people not involved in the case. new york times says that order says ongoing investigations could identify uncharged individuals. i ll be discussing the latest on the diamond later this hour with jasmine crockett. secretary of state anthony blinken traveled to china today on a high stakes mission to ease rising tensions. blinken is the highest level american official to visit beijing since president biden took office. earlier today, president discussing china, despite balloon incident that delayed blinken s initial trip scheduled in february. i think one of the things about that balloon, it was not that it got shut down but i
criminal trial and how much he has incriminated himself. now, we all know a lot s happened this week, but there continues to be new reporting and developments including trump s focus on the boxes. the new york times reports trump was attached to the boxes of documents even while he was in office. a white house official said trump would notice if somebody rifled through them or they weren t arranged in a particular way. that s how his, quote, mind worked. those boxes were found ultimately in the bathroom and other unsecure areas in mar-a-lago. so trump has continued to lash out, to publicly bemoan this process, also in a way to give prosecutors evidence. trump has written that he is, quote, totally exonerated. he s asked, when are they going to drop all charges against him, apologize, and return everything that was, quote, illegally taken. he is basically saying out of court what his lawyers have not been able to prove in court that somehow this was an illegal search or s
legal team is gathering the resources to properly define him against a federal indictment. we ll bring you the latest on trump s legal troubles in another hour of velshi begins right now. right now. good morning, it. good morning, i m ali velshi. the minneapolis police department for years engaged in, quote, excessive force, unlawful discrimination and violations of constitutional rights. those are the findings of a two-year federal investigation into the police department. triggered by the murder of george floyd. on may 25th, 2020, george floyd s three final words became a fixture in history as at the weight of the minneapolis police officer derek chauvin was actively cutting off his oxygen flow. those three words were i can t breathe. we now know that george floyd s choking death was not an isolated incident. the attorney general merrick garland announced on friday, quote, we found numerous incidents in which officers responded to a person s statement that they could no
experienced in the department of justice. they have investigated this case to the highest ethical standards and they will continue to do so as this case proceeds. the case jack smith is referring to could proceed in new jersey, according to legal experts, which could explain some of the things trump was not charged with in the indictment filed in the southern district of florida. also tonight, what to expect when president biden attends a major gun control summit tomorrow in connecticut. senator chris murphy joins me. plus, i have a big announcement about a blockbuster reidout special next week with a very special guest. they don t get much bigger. i will spill the beans a little later. but we begin tonight with the wild card in the mishandling of classified documents case against the twice impeached, twice indicted former president, donald trump. the wild card is the judge, who is set to oversee the case, u.s. district judge aileen cannon. you may remember her as the t
you are watching symone. president joe biden holding true to his words, the south declared union man spoke to labor groups and philadelphia today. for his first rally of the 2020 campaign is not on the campaign trail this weekend. but he still getting a lot of attention anyway, after being arraigned on a criminal indictments in a florida courtroom this week. some of the republicans vying for the nomination even saying they will pardon him if elected. what kind of strategy is that? plus, juneteenth, we are marking the third anniversary of the federal holiday with a special at the national museum of african american history and culture. i spoke to director kevin young, we unpacked the significant events, people, and places that led to june 19th, 1865 and what we now commemorate as a big federal holiday juneteenth. i m simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. another busy week to discuss. it started with the former president appearing in court for his second crimi