what happened in his meeting with president biden, and what sort of promises were made, and what sort of promises can be kept? the alliance is sticking together, and the money and weapons have been pouring in along with still firm sanctions on moscow. but, with a u.s. presidential election looming, what can ukraine count on long term, and what can nato expect? are there contingencies for a second donald trump administration if it comes to that, and what about at other variable? republican lawmakers on the hill, the party is publicly split on supporting ukraine. some even calling for the u.s. to pull funding immediately. so as the president heads to helsinki to celebrate finland s entry and sweden s ascension, let s discuss what s to come. nbc correspondent josh lederman, in kyiv, kelly cobiella, and with me, new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker. everybody, welcome. josh, let me start with you. walk us through the meeting with president zelenskyy and th
ready for membership in nato, the whole of nato together is really critical. i don t think there s unanimity in nato about whether or not to bring ukraine into the nato family now at this moment in the middle of a war. tim and the former president las vegas this weekend, making clear who leases s two biggest rivals in his quest to return to the white house. a live report on that in a couple of minutes. and expect fireworks on capitol hill as congress reconvenes tomorrow. expected, admits, i should say, marjorie taylor greene and the house freedom caucus. voted to kick her out. plus, i wanna speak to sara mcbride, hopes to become the very first transgender member of the u.s. congress. that is coming up. you do not want to miss an incredibly crucial conversation. and black friday in july. by retailers to get shoppers back into the stores. we re gonna tell you all about that coming up. we want to start that with the president. over the atlantic this hour with a very busy age
trump s right-hand man, walt nauta, enters a plea to charges he helped trump mishandle classified documents. in the aftermath of the supreme court affirmative action decision, a republican senator warns colleges against admitting too many blacks and latinos. we discuss. elon musk spent $44 billion to buy twitter. what s it worth now? after more than 30 million people have signed up for mark zuckerberg s rival app threads in less than 24 hours. we begin tonight with the third time being the charm for walt nauta, donald trump s co-defendant in the special counsel s classified documents case. he finally faced his arraignment after finding a florida-based criminal attorney. he said, yes, your honor, as he pleaded not guilty to the six charges laid out in last month s indictment, including conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding a document or record and making false statements. mind you, that was three more words than trump uttered during his arraignment last month. naut
palestinian refugee camp. matt bradley caught in the firefight last night. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we begin our second hour of andrea mitchell reports with the gun violence epidemic in our country. according to the gun violence archive, there were 17 mass shootings in 15 states over the long july 4th weekend. leaving 18 people dead and more than 100 others injured. it brings the annual tally to 351 this year on track to surpass previous records. right now in el paso, texas, sentencing is underway in one of the deadliest mass shootings in u.s. history, the 2019 walmart shooting, where the shooter pleaded guilty to federal murder and hate crime charges for targeting hispanic migrants. family members of his 23 victims are making impact statements in court later today. the gunman is likely to be sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences. in philadelphia, a 40-year-old man has been charged with five counts of murder after allegedly opening fire
Prompting new retaliation from u. S. Forces and new fears that the violence could spread. Lets bring in Aaron Gillcrist whos covering todays diplomatic meetings in washington at the white house and Nbcs Jay Gray whos in tel aviv. Jay, starting with you. What is the latest on the ground in israel and gaza as we talk about last hour the war Cabinet Meeting last night and what may have come from that. Day 81 of the war and as intense the u. N. Says it has been since the start and as deadly. They are saying the intensity of the battles on the ground as well as the air strikes has ramped up over the last 48 hours. We know that the attacks have been targeting from the air control and command centers according to the idf. They have been working also to identify and target some of the senior hamas leaders saying that one of their air strikes did kill a leader but not saying to this point who that may be. On the ground, they are continuing to try and expose and then eliminate the Tunnel Network