i m yasmin vossoughian in for another busy hour. this morning we re tracking major developments in each of the three yes three separate investigations related to the 2020 election and the big lie spread by the former president and his allies. first in the justice department investigation. a source telling nbc news mark short, former chief of staff to mike pence appeared before a federal grand jury on friday to discuss what? we ll get into that. second n the house january 6th committee investigation, the panel revealing in crucial deposition clips how the former president was reluctant to condemn the capitol rioters the day after the attack. third, the investigation in fulton county, georgia and the setback for the da probing the former president and his allies attempts to overturn the 2020 election. we want to bring in nbc knew capitol hill correspondent ali vitali is joining us, michael schmidt, msnbc contributor, and glenn kirschner, msnbc legal analyst. glenn, let me
appearing to show them punching and kneeling on a suspect in arkansas. what arkansas s governor is now saying tonight. the major turn in the search for that missing teenager in california. afterweeks, authorities tonight now confirming volunteers did find the car under water and human remains inside. tonight, what authorities are now saying about their own search teams who spent time at that lake. matt gutman reporting. breaking news as we come on tonight involving former president trump. he s now seeking the appointment of a special master to review materials seized by the justice department at mar-a-lago. so, what could this mean? and what is the likelihood of this? terry moran with late reporting. in russia, the question tonight, who killed the daughter of that well-known putin ally? the images on russian tv of the car in flames, the father, his hands on his head. tonight, russia pointing to ukraine. ukraine s new response tonight. and the u.s. state department now w
that was the scene in kansas after resounding victory for abortion rights at the polls. kansans voted overwhelmingly to protect the right to an abortion in the constitution. not only was the result surprising in a state s conservative as kansas but, the margin wasn t even close. kansas voters rejected the anti-abortion measure by nearly 20 points and what s remarkable about the outcome is that kansas republicans did everything they possibly could to stack the deck in their favor. for starters, they scheduled the vote during a typically low turnout august primary instead of during the general election in november, because yesterday s primary focused mostly republican candidates running against each other and would presumably attract mostly republican voters. they made the language of the ballot measures so dense and confusing that the normal person would be hard-pressed to decipher at first glance what s a yes or a no vote even meant. republican groups even blasted out a barra
investments. plus, the latest in presidential politics as donald trump all but confirms that he is going to run for president again. what he says about the timing of his official announcement. and the u.s. secret service accused of deleting messages related to the january 6th attack on the capitol. we ll have the agency s explanation. good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday, july 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being here. former president donald trump s bid for the white house gain seems all but certain. in an interview, in my own mind, i have already made that decision. he says the only thing left to decide is whether to announce before or after this november s midterms. trump told the magazine that a benefit to announcing before november would be to potentially clear the republican field, saying quote, i think a lot of people would not even run if i did, because if you look at the polls, they don t even register. that of course, is actually not
appearing to show them punching and kneeling on a suspect in arkansas. what arkansas s governor is now saying tonight. the major turn in the search for that missing teenager in california, after weeks, authorities tonight now confirming volunteers did find the car under water and human remains inside. tonight, what authorities are now saying about their own search teams who spent time at that lake. matt gutman reporting. breaking news as we come on tonight involving former president trump. he s now seeking the appointment of a special master to review materials seized by the justice department at mar-a-lago. so, what could this mean? and what is the likelihood of this? terry moran with late reporting. in russia, the question tonight, who killed the daughter of that well-known putin ally? the images on russian tv of the car in flames, the father, his hands on his head. tonight, russia pointing to ukraine. ukraine s new response tonight. and the u.s. state department now