reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, thousands taking to the streets in israel, blocking the country s main airport and make highways. prime minister netanyahu s latest attempt to curb judicial power just reignited massive protests. also, president zelenskyy arrives at the nato summit. he just addressed a crowd of thousands from an outdoor stage with many supporters in the crowd waving ukrainian flags. ahead, what to expect from his meeting tomorrow with president biden who says ukraine is not ready to join nato. and presidents of turkey just hours ago. his message of thanks now that turkey has lifted the last hurdle. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. we begin in lithuania with president biden and president erdogan. chris, just a couple of days ago, the u.s. was suggesting that sweden would join nato but we didn t know when. they were not thinking it was going to be possible during the course of this summit. we got that surprise
unredacted statements add fresh detail for the legitimate basis of the fbi s suspicions. this latest release fills in some of the remaining blanks, particularly having to do with a key video that is referred to in the indictment. the newly available information suggests that people at the justice department suspected something was very much up after watching surveillance footage of trump s former valet, witness number five, moving boxes in and out of a storage area at the time he was being interviewed by the fbi. here s how authorities knew they were being lied to. on may 24th the footage shows him leaving with what the affidavit describes at an anterroom leaving with three boxes. and four days after the interview, witness number five, quote, is observed exiting the anteroom doorway with approximately 50 bankers boxes. if it all strikes you as suspects, moving boxes, missing boxes, basic problems with the math of what goes in and what comes out, you and the department of just
donald trump defies legal advice one-on-one. the former president with a live speech. he also made a big admission about the classified document at the center of the classified indictment. plus, mike pence says he cannot defend trump s conduct while nickki haley is trying to get the answer just right. and dangles a potential pardon. and the house speaker breaks a floor freeze by hard-liners, establishment replicans will run out of what to give away. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, donald trump celebrates his 77th birthday at his golf club. look at the front pages of major papers, usa today, the wall street journal, the washington post, every head line flashes in big bold face type. the indictment is the political story of the moment. trump followed his federal court appearance with a defiant speech, to his team, the politics are clear and winning. but what is also clear, mr. trump is not helping his lawyers every time he
country s rejection of donald trump in the 2020 election and became a critical battleground in the campaign by trump and his allies to overturn his defeat. a letter today from fulton county d.a. connie willis to judges and her fellow county officials saying in essence, clear your calendars. the new york times reports this, the georgia prosecutor leading an investigation into the former president and his allies has taken the unusual step of announcing remote workdays for most of her staff during the first three weeks of august. asking judges in the downtown atlanta courthouse not to schedule trials for part of that time, as she prepares to bring charges in the inquiry. the move suggests that the fulton county d.a. is expecting a grand jury to unseal indictments during that time period. thanks to court filings and reporting, we know that willis has cast a very wide net, with everyone from state gop officials to the ex-president himself, under scrutiny right now. the new york
thank you fo her and robbie kaplan here together, i watching them come out of the courthouse every day during the trial, you d see them come out and they would wait for one another depending on which one would come out for, as they would hold hands and walk out together, holding each other like a united front. seeing them together, seeing them as an indivisible pair in this together in every possible way, really i felt like i understand more about how e. jean got through this. how they did it. it was eye-opening to me and i m glad that they re both over with it. they absolutely needed each other for this to happen. robbie kaplan needed that client, that client needed that lawyer. i ve seen that kind of lawyer find relationship and that kind of bond that happens in a crusade like this. it s very special. it is a closer, and ultimately better bond then a doctor who saved your life. because a crusade goes on longer, for years and years, and has ups and downs. and to see th