the u.s. coast. house republicans voting to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress, but will it go any further than that? and remembering the nba legend whose silhouette became the league s logo. lebron and jordan paying tribute tonight to the great jerry west. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. we are watching an extraordinary weather story unfold in south florida tonight. the rain just not stopping. for a second day, a slow-motion system triggering intense downpours and flash flooding. tonight, flash flood warnings and emergencies are posted into the evening. many streets are impassable. cars have been left stranded. adding insult to injury, the risk of lightning and severe wind gusts. rain totals in the last two days across southern florida exceeding a foot in some places with no relief expected before saturday. downpours just this afternoon falling at an estimated rate of four to six inches per
touching down, cutting off a community. we re in the storm zone. also tonight, the new twist in the deadly hijacking of a transit bus in atlanta. the suspect by chance speaking to tv cameras hours before the chaos. what he said about his struggles with mental health. the mass casualty incident in illinois. three sheriff s deputies shot as they entered a home with a barricade suspect. president biden in italy for the g7 summit. the new security agreement he s expected to sign with ukraine as russian warships reach cuban waters 90 miles off the u.s. coast. house republicans voting to hold attorney general merrick garland in contempt of congress, but will it go any further than that? and remembering the nba legend whose silhouette became the league s logo. lebron and jordan paying tribute tonight to the great jerry west. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. we are watching an extraordinary weather story unfold in south fl
ports. the final report will be sealed, but one thing probation folks ask convicts is about their employment. okay. okay, mr. trump. it says here you got fired from your last job for being terrible at it. and for [ applause ] is this correct here? and for trying to kill a mr. mike pence? oh, i see down here you are actually currently applying for a new job which is the same job. okay. have you thought about learning to code? good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, june 11th. good to have you all with us this morning. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. and sam stein will be joining us in just a moment. so we have a lot to talk about this morning. we thought we d take a stepback and take a look big picture, starting out with a column in the washington post by eugene robinson, which asks the question, is donald trump okay? gene focuses on what we heard from trump in hi
america to a state of, quote, godliness. the secret recordings that are creating fresh controversy for supreme court justice samuel alito. plus, a rare op-ed from attorney general merrick garland this morning, defending the doj as the house takes new steps towards holding him in contempt. and later, a primary day battle of wills, how donald trump s endorsement power is colliding with kevin mccarthy s revenge tour in south carolina. great to have you with us. thank you for being here. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with verdict watch in the federal gun case against hunter biden. the jury back to deliberations this morning after being handed the case yesterday afternoon, following closing arguments where the prosecution called the evidence overwhelming. and the defense argued the prosecution had not proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt. nbc s ken dilanian is outside that courthouse in wilmington. also with us, civil rights at
correspondent david spunt is in wilmington, delaware tonight awaiting a verdict. david, good evening. david: trace, good evening. jurors will be back tomorrow for day two of deliberations. they deliberated about an hour today before going home. over the past week we saw salacious text messages, pictures in the courtroom. even high profile people sitting in the audience. but, in the end, it s all about this one gun form, hunter biden filled out in october 2018. hunter biden s attorney abbe lowell offered no reason for his client deciding not to testify in his own defense .38 caliber revolver. such a move would have been strategically risky. opening the president s son to likely intense cross-examination. in closing arguments. prosecutor pointed to more than a dozen msnbc of the biden family in the audience saying they don t matter. only the evidence does. which he called, quote: ugly and overwhelming. another prosecutor added no one is above the law. including the presiden