good day, and thank you for staying with us. i m jose diaz-balart this hour on msnbc, extreme weather and a new round of deadly storms tearing across the south leaving hundreds of thousands without power amid blistering heat. we ll have a live report from texas and your weather forecast as well. former president donald trump facing blistering new criticism from members of his own cabinet including his own defense secretary and former vice president mike pence questioning mr. trump s conservative credentials trying to stand now the a crowded 2024 field. on this juneteenth, msnbc s trymaine lee travels to galveston, texas, the birthplace of juneteenth to look at the ongoing struggle by black americans for freedom and equality we begin this hour with severe weather warnings across the country. 12 million americans across the south are at risk after 14 tornadoes touched down in nine states, killing at least six people and leaving thousands without power in record-high heat
on us, and we see their actions since last fall have really picked up. it s important we realize this is the greatest strategic threat we re going to face in this century, and we shouldn t be surprised by chinese actions. you know, and there was the spy balloon over the united states there s that listening poster. i don t know how we re going to describe it in cue ba there s a supply balloon that flew over latin america, colombia, spotted seeing that. what s the internal calculus among u.s. intelligence officials on this type of story, china s ever growing presence with spy balloons and listening posts in latin america i think they see it as part of china s expansion as a power, growth as a power, and as a military power, an economic power, and also with intelligence, you know, capabilities the one thing i would say is the balloon is probably not at the
near-total control. one of the last bastians. a ukrainian commander says hundreds of civilians still trapped inside the city are now as well with the last ukrainian fighters. the fierce fighting has been in the south and east. western cities are coming under attack as well. lviv, where i am right now, was hit by at least four different missile strikes monday morning as we were on air. video captured one missile streaking across the sky. ukrainian officials say at least seven killed, 11 injured in those missile strikes. president pooind expected to hold a call with allies, as well as efforts to hold russia accountable. it kmz as u.s. state department reportedly considering label russia a state sponsor of terrorism. that is according to a senior-administration official. it is a designation that, so far, has opinion reserved for north korea, iran, cue ba, and
in panama, a north korean ship at the center of what is playing out like an international spy novel and sports want to know what the united nations is going to do about the ship and its crew all because of what it was carrying. the boat was seized and headed from cue ba and north korea loaded with weapons found hidden under the bags of sugar. mae ley went along. twith each day, new alarming discoveries. inside the port of cologne heavily armed military troops stand guard acutely aware of the cargo on board the north korean vessel. they just opened up two containers removed from the ship today and you have to take a look at. this both containers are full of