let s take a look at the week s top stories. as you know, i can t talk about particulars of this or any other ongoing criminal manner. as i said when i appointed mr. smith i did so because it underscored the justice department s commitment to an oath independents and accountability. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. he has assembled a group i ve experienced and talented prosecutors. and agents, whose share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in the court. attorney general, merrick garland, with some breathe where it s for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment. is it just may or willie are we starting to see again. not a complete breaking of ice. but a more thawing of ice? this is horrible. it s bad, but i m gonna pardon him. day three, too early to talk about pardons. because you know the news came out. i m sure mike pence saw the new jersey nightmare. the p
hour. what an inspire story. sandra: i love a good story with a happy ending. this very special conversation coming up as the student athlete, the sixth grader and his mother, all join us live coming up. we ll start things off with this fox news alert. john: secretary of state antony blinken wrapping up his historic trip to beijing and attempt to clear the air between the world s top two superpowers. sandra: they say the conversations were constructive but admitting they failed to reach notable breakthroughs on taiwan, slamming the talks as fruitless. the risk here of this renewed engagement strategy is we will abandon important defensive actions to engage in a series of endless fruitless talks with the ccp. john: a bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling on president biden to take a page out of his predecessor s playbook. he want to expand israel s diplomatic ties with countries in africa to keep china from establishing a bigger footprint there. sandra: we will
juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans, and as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is that the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college administrations. does that mean that it achieved its purpose or that we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we will soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race conscious administrations will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor in the administrations calculus, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body for everybody s benefit. quotas on the other hand, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several major cases involving affirmative action over the years. and one of those cases was in 2003, it was grutter versus bollinger, involved the
of a major american city, as san francisco pays the price for its struggle over the city s identity. miguel almaguer, nbc news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, treacherous storms are raging across the south. heavy winds, hail and tornadoes knocking out power for tens of thousands of people as the state of alabama warns residents they could see severe weather through the weekend. new economic numbers, u.s. retail sales rising in may. a sign consumers are still fueling the country s economy despite pressures of inflation. new details on the cyber attack, what the u.s. government knows after several federal agencies were hit in the u.s. and the powerful message from ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in an exclusive interview with nbc news. his new details on the fierce counter offensive from his country s military, and the stakes for russia in the latest battle. our nbc news reporters are fo
have on humans. i will never be able to shake that desperate voice and cries for help out of my head. media reports on the surprise merger between the pga and the liv golf league. you want to have faith but a lot of people feel a bit of betrayal. scores! own the night, 2023. stanley cup champions. viva, las vegas champions, baby, number one. steve good morning, everybody. it s wednesday, june 14th, 2023. and we start today s telecast with a fox news alert. former president donald trump tearing into president joe biden and the doj just hours after entering a not guilty plea in federal court. ainsley: and the white house is staying mostly silent on the charges in the classified documents case. brian: yeah. they don t want to be a distraction. jonathan serrie outside the courthouse in miami with the latest. good morning. good morning, brian, ainsley and steve. after his day in court. former president trump struck a defiant tone, accusing the biden administrat