election interference, what he s saying and when he might go under oath. developing news overseas, putting europe on edge. international inspectors on their way to that nuclear power plant coming under fire in ukraine. the fears growing over a possible radiation disaster. our team there on the ground with a live report for you. meantime, good afternoon to all of you. i m alex witt, in for hallie jackson here in new york. i m joined by ken dilanian, as well as msnbc legal analyst kelly, you re with us, as well. ken, with the doj with at least some of those seized documents contained some attorney/client privileged material. how will that affect the investigation going forward? probably not at all, alex. it s pretty routine when the fbi searches somebody s office and they grab all their files, they may pick up stuff that s privileged. that s why they use what s known as a privilege or filter team, a group of independent prosecutors to go through the documents before they
and simon schuster, and nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is with me on set. talk to me where we are in this moment and why the speech could be critical. you ve been on the front lines for months. ukraine is trying to do everything it can to stay relevant, to keep the attention on ukraine. ukrainian money, and weapons and wants sanctions to be maintained on russia. i think many are watching. some nations seem to be wavering, maybe it s time to strike a deal. maybe it s time to bring putin back in the fold. perhaps ukraine should give away some of its provinces in exchange for peace. and ukrainian officials are trying to counter that narrative, saying we can t stop. putin is not going to stop even if we cut off part of our country and give it away to him. this leads to greater appetites of dictators. there s a tremendous desire from president zelenskyy personally to make sure the world continues to focus on ukraine and stay with ukraine. do you get a sense
to protect. and i well understood the potential political consequences of abiding by my duty. tonight harriet hageman has received the most votes in this primary. she won. i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over. but now the real work begins. [ cheers and applause ] on the other side the woman who beat her, harriet hageman, spoke in trumpian terms about what this win means for her state. wyoming has drawn a line in the sand that if we put you in power you will be accountable to us, you will answer to us and you will do what is in our best interests. and if you don t we will fire you. donald trump also took a victory lapp that he d been waiting to make for more than a year, claiming he helped send cheney to the, quote, depths of political oblivion. but did he? you have to consider that question in the context of what surely is a fateful moment for the former president. despite federal and state investigations seeming to close in on every side, he
high-profile affidavit concerning the search at mar-a-lago. this morning, more women will not have access to abortion as new strict abortion bans are now in effect in three different states, with one law making the professional a felony with life in prison. congresswoman jackie speier will join us with that. president biden announced his plan to help 43 million americans with their student loan debt. we ll take a close look at how this will impact students of color. later this hour, over two dozen people are dead after moscow unleashed new attacks on civilian infrastructure in ukraine. we ll bring you a live report from ukraine. we begin this hour in uvalde where the school board unanimously fired school police chief direct pete arredondo. it was a heat meeting that took place exactly three months after a gunman murdered 19 children and two teachers at robb elementary. for him to not be here and actually face the consequences to his actions, exactly. if it was one
telling our team and what the chair of the committee is saying about the timeline for cooperation. we are live on the hill with what investigators want to know from these lawmakers. and what happens if they don t comply? and also on the hill, the senate is trying to give final approval today on that massive aid package to ukraine. but appearing to get hung up at least for now. while overseas the war prompting a change to a global alliance. a new european nation announcing they re joining nato following russia s invasion. we re talking with a member of the armed services committee and a military veteran, congresswoman mikie sherrill is here live. and good afternoon. i m garrett haake in washington in for hallie jackson. i ve got the perfect team for our top story today. nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. jaime sherman is punchbowl news founder and msnbc political contributor. and we re joined by jackie alemane, a congressional investigations reporter for the wash