prepare the world to fight future threats. we ve worked with countless talented and dedicated people. president biden released a statement saying in part, whether you ve met him personally or not, he has touched all americans lives with his work. i extend my deepest thanks for his public service. the united states is stronger and more resilient because of him. coming up, the daughter of an influential putin ally killed in a fiery attack russia is calling a contract killing. k ru calling a contract killing
conditions delta airlines already issuing travel waivers do you to the threat of severe weather. and raf joins me now. can we go back to that missing hiker? what more do we know about her? reporter: yeah, kate more than 20 people are currently searching for her according to the park service. friends told an nbc affiliate the grad student does not know how to swim. kate now overseas to russia, where investigators are piecing together clues after a car bomb exploded today, killing the daughter of one of vladamir putin s allies, a fierce defender on the war with ukraine josh letterman reports. reporter: tonight, investigators say the car bomb that killed the daughter of one of vladamir putin s allies may have been a contract killing eyewitness video showing what s believed to be the suv she was driving engulfed in flames her father, alexander dugan, appears to be on the scene, visibly
we ll dig deeper. in russia, the 29-year-old daughter of a putin ally whose father is known as putin s brain was killed in a fiery car explosion outside moscow with the kremlin accusing ukraine for being responsible for what russia is calling a contract killing. with ukraine celebrating its independence this weekend also marking six months since the russian invasion, i ll be talking to retired general david petraeus. and congress members jerry nadler and caroline maloney are locked in a bitter intraparty primary battle in new york city tomorrow thanks to redistricting. we ll discuss that race. and i ll take a look at the rise in anti-semitic groups across america after leafletting in a small new jersey town this
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but how do you and your loved ones fair here? how do you stay safe? and why do you need to take this seriously? well, the deputy coordinator for the white house monkeypox response, doctor dimitri daskalakis, will join me cancer those questions. first, my colleague, richard, louis is here with other top news stories. richard, when he got? we ll start with, this russia is saying it is investigating a possible contract killing of the daughter of an ally of vladimir putin. the car exploded saturday while she was driving. investigators say that an explosive disavow this was placed underneath the car. nbc news has not been able to verify that information. the ukrainian presidential advisor did say that ukraine had nothing to do with this incident. first lady, dr. jill biden, no longer in isolation after receiving two negative covid tests. her office says she will return to travel with president biden, who is in delaware today. the first lady was an isolation for five days after testing pos