hour of chris jansing reports. i m alex witt. ahead for us, kevin spacey on trial. the oscar award winning actor appears in court on multiple count of sexual assault. we re live in london. plus, a scathing report in the wake of jeffrey epstein s death. the d.a. blasts prisoner workers for multiple failures. a russian missile strike targets a crowded ukrainian restaurant right at dinner time. also, trump s growing legal woes, word that his former lawyer, rudy giuliani, met with the special counsel s office. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. we will begin with nbc s vaughn hillyard who s following the latest trump legal troubles. what can you tell us about rudy giuliani and the legal team. rudy giuliani is a lynch pin in so many of what is a large web around january 6th and the special counsel s investigation. at this point in time, we know that in fulton county in the district attorney s investigation there, he has already been togethe
or digging into the scathing report, the pattern-or-practice investigation launched after george floyd staff. we re talking to minnesota s attorney general keith ellison, about the serious systemic problems and how they plan to get a handle on. them and there s a lot to talk about about the republican presidential primary, the 2024 is also could be a crucial test for state races. specifically, gubernatorial races in states like north carolina. we re gonna dig into what s at stake at some governors have been critical to putting coming through republican state legislatures. class, more of our journey to juneteenth special. at the national we re gonna look at how black americans learned of their freedom way back when in 1865. leading to the holiday will all be celebrating tomorrow. i m symone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. it s no secret that systemic change in police in america is long overdue. the fight and police misconduct is now a centuries long st
n. chris jansing reports starts now. good day, guilty on all cobs, robert bowers convicted on all charges how the community that lost 11 members is reacting now. we ll have the very latest coming up. plus, as donald trump rails against the government for seizing his classified documents, we re learning more about what his staff calls a beautiful mind connection to those piles of boxes at mar-a-lago. and this is all that s left of perrytown, texas, much of that town wiped off the map by a tornado. right now, more than 50 million americans are at risk of severe weather from florida to west of denver. we ll have the details and the forecast coming up. but we start with breaking news out of pittsburgh, where a jury just took just five hours to convict robert bowers. 11 people were shot and killed resulting in 63 federal charges against bowers, including federal hate crimes. he was convicted on every single one. up next will be the sentencing phase which will include the
angeles and thousands of christians gathering to protest anticatholic drag nuns during pride night at dodger stadium. the event honoring sisters of perpetual indulgence with a community hero award. rachel: protesters saying they felt disappointed by the dodgers that chose to side with the drag group over the families. will: what s the payoff there? pete: that video happened an hour before the game and not many saw it except on social media where it went. here the public announcer, a dress announcer saying we re giving an award to sister dominia and sister junety. not a lot of unity coming out of this for anybody. will: ask what s the payoff for the dodgers? in the 6:00 hour, we talked about the fact that truthfully, as impactful as it is to boycott bud light or target, this type of attitude in corporate america is everywhere. it is in almost every fortune 500 corporations. the real question is why. if we can get to the why, then we can see the impact of a boycott maybe. to me
ukraine, and those of a russian spy base in cuba. mike gallagher of wisconsin joined me now, chairman of the house select committee on china. welcome, good to see you again. you wrote this week for my newspaper that the administration is pursuing zombie engagement. what do you mean? reporter: like a zombie in a horror movie, rising from the grave the biden administration is bringing back diplomatic and economic engagement from the dead. there are three risks to this approach, the first, even to get to the negotiating table the biden administration is slow rolling steps to defend ourselves from chinese coming is party aggression like ending expert licenses to while away, sanctioning officials engaged in genocide or transparency when it comes to the spy base in cuba. the second is because biden is afraid of provoking xi jinping and the relationship spiraling out of control, we incentivized the ccp to act, no matter what we do and the third and most basic concern is that it is