this unrest prosecutors say the policeman who shot the boy has been placed in formal investigation, suspected of murder. let s take a look at the scene in paris last night. writers clashed with police as cars were overturned and set alight. much unrest and many french cities. this is what prompted all the violence. this video captures the violence. this video captures the police officer pointing the gun at the driver before pulling trigger at the driver before pulling trigger at point lagrange was not he died shortly afterwards. the president convened a meeting with senior ministers, describing the violence as unjustifiable. translation: ., , ., translation: the last few hours have been marked translation: the last few hours have been marked by translation: the last few hours have been marked by scenes translation: the last few hours have been marked by scenes of translation: the last few hours have been marked by scenes of violence - been marked by scenes of violence
cha chas chastain. carley: i m carley shimkus. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for towdd piro towed. ron desantis gearing up to announce his plan after releasing fiery campaign ad. brooke singman has the latest. brooke: desantis is hosting a town hall this morning. desantis took a tour of the southern border and called out period biden in interview with bill melugin. listen to this. . what he s doing is unconstitutional, we sued him in florida on catch and release. we will deputize state and local officials to enforce immigration laws. brooke: desantis taking a boat and helicopter through eagle pass. just minutes into the journey, they were met by migrants. desantis made border security top priority in early weeks of hel his campaign. desantis signed legislation requiring companies with more than 25 employees to use e-verify to confirm new employees are not in the u.s. illegally. he is upon hadding the state manage a surge in ll legal migrants. desantis releasing
space center where an all-european mission to the international space station will be taking off later on this hour featuring an italian astronaut on board. a lot of you are saying you re only saying this because there s an italian astronaut on board. that italian co pilot would be the tenth italian in space. a lot of you have been saying, you re only saying that because he would be the tenth italian in space. you re actually correct. but it is a beautiful day for a space launch on this spacex mission, which would be the third commercial crew flight. there s a way that the italians look at this by talking about a beautiful day for a space launch. [speaking italian]. that means it s a beautiful day for a space launch. we ll take you there in 49 minutes when this gets going. meantime, another big story right now, and it is getting bigger by the second, the border and what to do about. is a deal close? some republicans say for any deal to happen, there better be big improvements
overthrow vladimir putin. and we re learning more about where yevgeny prigozhin might be at this hour. also ahead, ukraine tries to make the most of russia s crisis on the battlefield after a slow, bloody start to their counter offensive. plus, president biden s first public comments on everything that s unfolding in russia, and on capitol hill, lawmakers voicing their concerns but will that translate to more dollars and supplies for ukraine? our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we begin with nbc s matt bradley who has the latest on this challenge to putin s leadership. so matt, how significant is this new audio from prigozhin who has not been publicly seen since all of those people were coming around him in russia as he was getting ready to leave. well, it s pretty significant, chris, when you consider the fact that we haven t heard from this man in the past two days. it shed just a little bit more light on an episode that has really b
the white house between president biden and the top four congressional leaders as negotiators struggle to come to a deal on border policy and aid for ukraine. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis at the border now overwhelming first responders. we ll talk to the fire chief and eagle pass, texas, who says his rescuers are, quote, tired of seeing dead people. and we ll speak with former el paso congressman beto o rourke, who criticizes both sides for failing to act. and we begin this hour in a federal courtroom, right here in new york city, where former president donald trump is listening to writer e. jean carroll testify against him. this is happening in damages portion of the second defamation case she has brought against him. with us to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, manchester, new hampshire, nbc news rehema ellis, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor in new york, who is now a professor at cardoza law school. rehema, what is h