the american say the attack happened at abase known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it is one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel had been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church this afternoon, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled competition between the united states and iran, but is a dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond more strongly than it has done to previous attacks. carefully cultivated over years, iran has a wide network of allies and proxies operating in countries across the middle east. they are all opposed to israel and the united states it s sometimes called the axis of resistance. there are pro iranian militias in lebanon, the palestinian territor
minister for a state visit. looking at pictures there now, india of course a critical ally to the united states at a time when relations with china are more strained. and then in the north atlantic ocean, a final push to findsubmersible, the big question this hour, have they run out of air. and we want to begin with that story, the critical deadline in the search for that submersible with five people on board that went missing on a voyage to the titanic. the u.s. coast guard estimates that oxygen may have run out as two new search vessels arrived this morning. we want to go right to tom costello. bring us up to date, where are we on search efforts this morning? reporter: absolutely. and from boston coast guard command center, here s the latest. we are now well past that 96-hour window when they thought air might start to just simply be gone, that it might be exhausted inside that sub. keep in mind, the sub went into the water sunday morning 8:00 a.m. or so, and so now we
is end. this morning in court filings, we learned the trump appointed attorney reached a plea agreement where he ll plead golt to two counts of failing to pay his taxes on time. he also faces a gun possession charge which is expected to be dismissed. his lawyer joins me for his first tv interview. this investigation was in the works for five years across two administrations. first brought by the doj under president trump in 2019 then continued with the same trump appointed prosecutor, david weiss, under president biden. according to reporting from nbc news, it was thorough across multiple federal agencies and field offices. it began broadly looking at money laundering and fair violations. neither of which were charged. the lengthy time period is part of what the gop is seizing on today. claiming the investigation was slow walked or compromised. and arguing this quote slap on to wrist as they call it shows that former president trump is being politically persecuted. you thin
now after hearing underwater noises they are redirecting their search zone, hoping they could close in on the vessel and find the five people on board still alive. for now, there are only theories about what could have gone wrong, did it get stuck under something or caught within something. was it within the titanic itself, and if so, when will rescuers, any sort of robotic ship or whatever, be able to get down there. time and oxygen are running out. but the u.s. coast guard insists that this is still a rescue mission. sometimes you re in a position where you have to make a tough decision. we re not there yet. joining us from newfoundland is ron allen and from boston, nbc news correspondent kristen dahlgren. ron, you just got done with a news conference up there with the people behind the vessel, the ship that the submersible launched from. what did we learn? reporter: yeah, a company called horizon maritime services, the polar prince. it s the first time we have heard
speaker told reporters that they re not close to a deal at this point. are you concerned about timing at this point in. look, i think everybody needs to relax. regardless of what may be said about the talks on a day-to-day basis, the president and the speaker will reach an agreement, it will be passed on a bipartisan vote in both the house and the gnat. live look at capitol hill, it s 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. and that was senate minority leader mitch mcconnell trying to calm fears about a u.s. default. we ll have the latest in the negotiations over the deceiling. plus, florida governor desantis chooses an unusual platform for launching his presidential campaign. we ll get into that, that has definitely never been done before and another southern state passes an extreme abortion bill despite bipartisan efforts to block it. we ll also have new reporting on the status of the mar-a-lago classified documents investigation, which some legal experts feel is the strongest leg