inspector general s investigation have even been released. and right now, arguments are set to begin in louisiana where the fate of a widely used abortion pill rests in the hands of three judges our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. yamiche alcindor is following the case in louisiana. yamiche, what can you tell us about what s happening today? starting just this hour, three conservative judges will be hearing oral arguments on whether mifepristone should remain available. each of these judges, we should put our names and faces up of people have a history of supporting restrictions on abortion, and each were nominated by republican presidents. as viewers may remember, a group of anti-abortion activists to get this pill off the market. they are arguing it is unsafe, and the fda should never have approved it when it did two decades ago. the justice department is arguing that taking the medication off the market would cause great harm to women and
to row strict gleech i don t think i have seen anything more disturbing in my career. red threat rising china vowing to fight back if taiwan s president meets with mccarthy. we are in a con flint and we to talk about it that way. trump s lead growing. economy results show 64% disprove of the economy. economy on the border and all kinds of things 7:01 here in new york and a fox news alert. starts this hour. multiple deaths are being reported after two u.s. army helicopters crashed in kentucky about 10:00 last night. the apparent collision between the blackhawks during a training mission northwest of fort campbell in trigg county, kentucky. emergency crews are there on the scene. black hawk helicopters crashing on the field. no houses or buildingies in that area they were not damaged. military helicopters used to transport soldiers to the battle field deploy medevacs and deployed for separations. we l with early reports of a helicopter crash and fatalities are exp
not a fishing expedition. it is up to them to be able to share with the american public that logic behind what they did, the fact that they had, what caused them. releasing the affidavit would be important. we also have new information on a personal message donald trump reportedly sent to merrick garland. back to the fbi top secret documents from his home. we re gonna talk about this in a moment with january six committees members. the this hour, the last stand for another january 6th committee member, liz, cheney facing a tuesday primary. it could spell the end of her time in congress for now. democrats celebrate the inflation reduction act. will it be enough to save them in the midterms? i m gonna talk to congresswoman, joaquin, castro about this ahead. we are first going to begin with the breaking news. the fbi and dhs issuing a bulletin describing a spike in threats to federal law enforcement in the wake of the mar-a-lago search. senior law enforcement officials tell nb
times over the years, and every time he joined us, he helped us achieve our main goal, to get better and smarter. that was easy for him. ben white was the very best. i will forever be grateful for the knowledge he shared with us, bought more than anything, for his friendship. this is a hard and competitive business and having a friend in this business like ben was a gift and i will treasure our friendship forever. our condolences go out to his entire family and all those who are grateful to know and love him. thank you, ben. i will miss you and on that note, i wish you all a very safe and good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks at nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. the republican party s presidential front runner was convicted by a jury of his peers on 34 felony counts. that is the reality. the republican party must now grapple with it. if they were into reality. so, that s an issue. what makes this all even more di
the republican party s front-runner was convicted by a jury of his peers on 3 that is4 the reality the republican party must now grapple with, if they were into reality. so that sre an issue. what makes this all even more difficult for the gop is that trump s conviction has precisely zero to do with president biden. trump was convicted by a case brought by a new york city prosecutor whoas does not repor to president biden. facing another ten criminal charges from another local prosecutor in georgia who does not report to president biden. even the two federal cases against trump was brought by an independent special counsel who neither takes orders from nor coordinates with president f bidench so donald trump has reacted in a way he traditionally does when reality does not fit with his preferred reality. he lies about it. he claims without evidence president biden is the one really pulling the strings. he these are all biden trials. they re all biden cases. these aren t cases