reporter: there s certainly more people out here today than we ve seen in days past, especially because today we know exactly what we will get decisions on because it s the last day. you mentioned those two big cases, of course at the end of pride month. that case that has to do with whether or not a web designer can refuse to design a wedding website for a gay couple. we could see some reaction to that. the biggest one we re watching for is on student loans, whether or not biden s student loan forgiveness program will stand. the biden administration was using a congressional act started after 9/11 in 2003. it was continued through the pandemic, even invoke bid betsy devoss under the trump administration. can student loans be forgiven in their entirety forever? this would affect about 43,000 people, sorry, we re starting to get some decisions just in now. so i m going to go listen for what those are, and i said 43,000, that s 43 million people, and i ll be back to you when
hey, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. i m in for nicole wallace. special counsel jack smith is a prosecutor that stays out of the spotlight. he prefers to speak through his fiings. that s why his laltest brief in the federal election case merits our attention. over the weekend, the justice department responded to trump s claims that he is immune from prosecution. what he did was within the scope of his duties as president of the united states. it s an argument that trump was taking to the courts in order to get the whole election case dismissed. the special counsel is speaking to the court. let s be honest. he s also speaking to any of us who care about the health of our democracy. prosecutors acknowledge the fact we re dealing with an unprecedented situation. for the first time in our nation s history, a grand jury charged a former president of committing crimes while in office to overturn an election he lost. in response the defendant claims to protect the institution of th
to get to it. you can tell me in the hall later. as mentioned tom hanks is our special guest tonight. the oscar winner who campaigned for biden and obama is here tonight. he has a new book. we re going to get into a lot more. that s tonight. we begin right now with this. you know the sound. new election votes in america. voters just went to the polls in four states and some results have some of the republicans shook again, and we all remember the fizzle of the 2022 midterms. now democrats won in several more key states, including ousting republican mayor in a conservative city in florida. last night florida democrats scored their biggest election victory in years. a stunner in jacksonville, florida, the most populous city. a democrat has flipped the mayor s office. this is really important a democrat won the mayoral seat in jacksonville, florida. it s all new. they re calling that republican loss there in the largest city in florida a stunner because the desant
at this point there are some victims but we do not know the extent of their injuries. this of course very upsetting news we are following closely unfolding here in texas this afternoon. this shooting reportedly happened at 3:30 p.m. and a summer outlet mall some 30 miles north of dallas. at this point you not know much more beyond his initial reports. working together more details. i can cite the mcallen police department intake to social media about two hours after the shooting reportedly first started. talk to social media around 5:30 p.m. to ask him to stay away from the area. images being captured appears to be armored swat vehicles. looks at their multiple agencies on scene this is standard protocol during active situations like this. we have seen officers moving about some with guns again active protocol. we have a situation like this unfolding. i ve been watching social media and i can tell you multiple people who were there who appeared to have made it out okay. they
nature, and animals. i promise you what you see on your screen will all make sense later tonight. i m going to ask you to go on a ride with me that might be even more far out than when we featured funk legend george clinton or talked ufos. that s later tonight. open mind. please stay with me for it. as you might be able to hear, i m pretty enthused about it. now, actual ufos are also back in the news. we didn t plan that. fighter jet operations by the u.s. shooting some down. we have that story tonight as well. but the pentagon facing pressure to provide even more information. and nobel prize-winning economist paul krugman also here tonight as well. so we really do have a lot cooking for you here to start the week. i hope you stay with us for the whole hour. we ve certainly planned a full hour for you. right now, the top story is the kind of news that would keep rocking any former president, especially one trying to mount a comeback campaign, even if i d be the first