our new abc news poll show gas prices could be one of the most important issues in the midterm elections. what the biden administration says is behind the skyrocketing prices. tonight, bracing for severe storms in the plains with large hail and potentially damaging winds from oklahoma to nebraska. and the first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season. rob marciano standing by. vladimir putin threatens new targets in ukraine. the russian president s ominous warning to the west on what will happen if it keeps arming the ukrainians. russian rockets slamming kyiv. our team on the scene of the attack. a judge s murder and the man accused. what we ve just learned about their possible connection, and new reaction tonight from a politician on the suspect s hit list. a deadly attack on a catholic church in nigeria. more than 50 people feared dead after gunmen storm a church during mass. the queen s surprise appearance. thunderous applause as she greets the crowd from bu
Hands, and he said, guns all the kids were there. Today President Trump making it political, gaining new yorks democratic schumer. The contrast between president bushs actions after 9 11 and President Trumps actions this morning could not be approved. Mr. President , where is your defense . Good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington where, as i say, we expect to hear momentarily from President Trump already being criticized by both parties for slamming new york senator Chuck Schumer for a visa program he tried unsuccessfully to cancel after an immigration bill in 2013. This as the task force tried to get answers from 29yearold Sayfullo Saipov still being hospitalized for a stomach wound after being brought down by an nypd officer after a truck rampage in Lower Manhattan. The suspect is living in paterson, new jersey where police are also searching for answers by his wife. He left a note in his rental pickup truck that translates to read, isis lives forever, one day after isis posted a
What were people saying . There was just yelling. Just yelling. You know, they shot dr. King they shot dr. King somebody shot dr. King thats all you could hear. Good day. I am Andrea Mitchell in washington. The federal court has just handed down the first sentence in special counsel robert muell muellers russia investigation. 33yearold lawyer alex van der zwaan, a dutch citizen and the soninlaw of a russian oligarch, was sentenced to 30 days in prison and ordered to pay a 20,000 fine. He pleaded guilty in february to lying to federal agents about interactions that Trump Campaign deputy rick gates had had with someone believed to be a russian intelligence contact. Nbcs justice correspondent Pete Williams is at the courthouse. Nbcs Kristen Welker is at the white house. And matt miller, an nbc justice and security analyst is joining me here as well. Pete, first to you. Tell me about the van der zwaan the sentence and everything that went into this. Reporter well, this was a prosecution an
And walkout. Students in hundreds of schools across the nation continuing their call for tougher gun laws, commemorating the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre that changed an entire generation. Were making history. We are the future. But were also this present. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. With the fallout released by the Justice Department, after weeks of relentless pressure and under a threat of subpoena, also new today, breaking news in the Democratic National Committee Filing a lawsuit in federal court in manhattan against a list of defendants, including the russian government, the trump 2016 campaign and wikileaks. Joining me now, nbc White House Correspondent kristen welker, justice security analyst matt miller, and attorney general eric holder, and nbc justice correspondent pete williams, and harry litman, former Deputy Assistant attorney general during the clinton administration. Welcome, all. Our first pete and harry, lets talk abo
State and justice departments. Trying to get the administration to tell Vladimir Putin not to dare prosecute former officials on trumpedup criminal charges. If that happens, then we all have to worry about, when we travel abroad for a red notice to be put out by interpol asking for us to be arrested and sent to russia. And remote control. New reports President Trump keeps an iron fist on that tv remote aboard air force one. When he discovered the first lady was watching cnn instead of fox news. Dont believe the crap you see from these people. The fake news. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where President Trump is lashing out at Michael Cohen, his former lawyer, for secretly taping a conversation with mr. Trump just before election and releasing it now to cnn. It captures donald trump talking to his personal attorney about how they could buy the rights to kill a story from playboy model Karen Mcdougal after an alleged longrunning affair with mr. Trump. The discussio