Who investigated President Bidens mishandling of classified documents, a man named robert hur is grilled by House Members on the capitol. Concluding nothing President Biden did was worthy of prosecution, but that did not stop republicans in congress from making a fourhour circus out of mr. Hurs testimony today. Thats because todays hearing wasnt actually about matters of law. It was about scoring political points. The only reason Joe Biden Accidently taking classified documents with him when he left office, and the only reason that matters at all is because donald trump woefully, willfully, purposely took documents with him when he left office and then tried to obstruct justice to cover it o all up. These two cases are not the same, but just dont take my word for that. Here is Special Counsel hur reading from his own rt on the matter. Unlike the evidence involving mr. Biden, the allegations set forth in the indictment of mr. Trump if proven would present serious aligating facts. Keep g
around yevgeny prigozhin and his army of mercenaries who were until now believed to be exiled to belarus after the armed revolt in russia. keir simmons is in belarus. according to belarus s president, this is not the case after all. bring us up to speed here. reporter: well, that s right. there are two things happening right now. kind of twin track, if you like. one what we heard today. nbc news was one of the few international news organizations invited to the presidential palace in belarus. we have heard from the president of belarus. the other is those images that you showed of gold bars, stacks of dollars, of wigs, of fake passports, during a police raid on yevgeny prigozhin s home in st. petersburg. nbc news not able to verify those images, but they are all over russian media, suggesting an effort to discredit yevgeny prigozhin, just as here in belarus, as i mentioned, the president of belarus, aleksandr lukashenko asked about where he is, where this man, who he had do
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we are tracking several stories tonight, including another supreme court ethics scandal, tying gop appointee samuel alito to another billionaire on a fishing trip. we ll get into that later. it s a big story. but our news program begins tonight with not only the criminal trial of donald trump, now slated to begin on august 14th buck the broader ongoing threat of right wing individual lantyism and authoritarianism. tonight we begin with a special report on that very challenge, and trump s efforts to hijack the criminal justice system that now is trying to potentially hold him accountable. we re talking about a range of actions that has prompted already fear of violence over the violent rhetoric and whether that could turn to action. we re about one week out from the federal arraignment that trump did try to prevent. we remember he was forced to sit silently in that miami courtroom. outside cameras showed a very small crowd. the scene was
on them. the brigade had been operating in a high-intensify combat zone inside gaza on friday. the idf says the three hostages had either managed to escape or were abandoned by their hamas captors. meantime, another hostage has died while held captive by hamas, according to the israeli prime minister s office. her death means there are now 129 hostages who remain in gaza, 21 of whom have died. a source tells cnn that the head of israel s intelligence agency is expected to meet with qatar s prime minister to discuss getting hostages released. right now, families of the other hostages who remain in gaza are holding a rally in tel aviv. alex marquardt is there. how are people reacting to this accidental killing of three hostages? reporter: there s shock, sadness and so much anger. there s a lot of desire for the families and friends of the hostages for the government to are bring those hostages home as soon as possible. we just got the news of a 27-year-old who died in hamas c
minutes from taking the stage in new york where he ll try to leverage the power of his bully pulpit to shove republicans off the fence in the debt ceiling fight. will that help move friday s talks any closer to a deal? and the jaw dropping admission just a day before title 42 is set to expire. in the records of one dhs official, the system is breaking, and they haven t even hit the starting line yet as thousands of migrants cross the southern border, the white house is planning to let some of them in with no court date and no way to track them. so much going on today, but we start in long island, new york, where a freshman republican congressman george santos is expected to be arraigned in court on federal charges just four months into a congressional career that was built on lies about his background and wealth, and according to the government, krm criminal schemes. today the justice department hit him with 13 counts. among them charges of wire fraud, money laundering, t