was legally appointed as special counsel, you heard that right. trump s lawyers argued that the attorney general s ability to appoint smith was comparable to the power of a shadow government, she questioned whether that was a realistic assessment but as we came to expect, she also displayed distress of the prosecutors. also the new york times reports that federal judges in south florida advised cannon to not take this case when it was assigned to her last year. cannon of course, refused. and here we are, we have to former federal prosecutors here to break it all down. legal analyst kristi greenberg, she s a former deputy chief for the southern district of new york and senior writer for political magazine, ankush khardori, welcome back to both. kristi you described the meeting as a meeting that could ve been and email. have you ever been to a meeting and you re sitting there wondering why are we here. this could have easily been resolved with an order, the question is basi
good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we begin this very busy hour with breaking news from the supreme court. in a major 8-1 decision, the court upheld a statute that bars people subjected to domestic violence restraining orders from having guns. joining us now, nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor. good morning. break this down for us, if you would. reporter: this is a supreme court saying there are limits to the second amendment and in this case if you are somebody who is found in violation of domestic violence laws, and restraining order, you can temporarily have your firearms and access to firearms be taken away from you. i think it is interesting here because as you said, it is an 8-1 opinion. we talk about the supreme court being a 6-3 conservative majority. here in this case, you had liberals and conservatives on the same side, with chief justice john roberts writing the majority opinion here. the one dissenter is ju
to back starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. cases on abortion and free speech are still undecided and then there is the biggest case of all on whether former president donald trump is immune from criminal prosecution. we could get one or all of those in our second hour. we will bring you that live as soon as we begin. but first this. dana: the deadly consequences of an unchecked border, a 12-year-old girl found strangled to death in houston, two illegal immigrants now in custody. good morning everyone, i m sandra smith and a big welcome to you, bill and dana are off. jackie, great. always a pleasure, this is america s newsroom. the suspects illegally immigrated from venezuela, the first in march, the second in may, both caught by border patrol and released in to the u.s. jocelyn nungaray on monday she was found strangled to death in a creek. it is just the latest, in a string of violent crimes linked to illegal immigrants, police say they are overwhelm
it s good to be with you. i m katy tur in for chris jansing. the head of boeing is about to testify on capitol hill facing intense questioning about whether the jetmaker is safe. including brand-new safety allegations from yet another whistleblower just this morning. we ll go into the hearing when it starts. plus, donald trump heads to wisconsin after calling milwaukee a quote, horrible city. what do people in the crucial swing state think of those comments? and what happened when russian president putin went to north korea to meet with kim jong-un? and what promises were made between the two authoritarian leaders. let us begin in washington with boeing. the jetmaker is facing a quote, moment of reckoning, as its outgoing ceo will have to answer to lawmakers in a senate with the subcommittee on investigations. ceo david calhoun is expected to start with an apology and an admission of mistakes made. but will that be enough? especially as another whistleblower contends boei
currency. that was last year. this year in january, trump also said that he was going to be against a central bank of digital currency. those are just some examples of where the trump campaign has maybe taken a page or two out of the desantis florida playbook. sophia chi, always interesting. thank you. cormac in moments, capitol hill reaction to a new notion about some black voters and whether they are really swinging towards donald trump. good day to all of you from ms nbc world headquarters in new york. dq welcome to alex wood reports. we begin with decision 2024. 11 days before the president debate. president biden is starting to be prepped this week. he is leading california tonight with a record-breaking $30 million in campaign cash after weighing in on donald al trump s consistent threats of retribution, telling supporters, quote, this is the united states of america, did you ever think you d ever, ever, ever hear anything like ev this? meanwhile, steve bannon is pr