threat as they perceived it as such. their actions are legally justified. meantime, more protests are expected tonight, but perhaps we will not see a repeat of what we saw twice already at the sacramento kings arena, we saw protesters block the entrances to the arena. that s because the sacramento kings have actually partnered with black lives matter, where they actually said they re going to try to create opportunities for black youth in sacramento, partnership between the kings and black lives matter. they also said that they re going to establish an education fund for stephon clark s children. john? dan simon for us in sacramento again. that funeral starts in a few hours. thanks so much, dan. happening now, more testimony in the justice department lawsuit to block at&t s purchase of time warner. the judge warned attorneys on both sides to speed things up. jessica schneider outside the courthouse. jessica? reporter: you said it, the judge in this case issued a stern warning bef
courthouse, thank you very much. happening now in florida, the orlando nightclub shooter s wife waiting to hear her fate. jurors are deliberating again today, whether she provided material support to her husband and whether she obstructed justice by misleading law enforcement. jury already submitted a question to the judge asking about clarification on aiding and abetting, if convicted, she could face life in prison, 49 people were killed, 58 more injured in the pulse nightclub massacre. president trump could address the media as he departs from the white house next hour. will he talk stormy daniels? wouldn t bet on it. but will the questions be shouted? stick around for that. morning on the beach was so peaceful. until. it. wasn t.
exist. right. nobody s arguing with the premise that fraud should be stopped, right? we don t want people voting who shouldn t have a right to vote. but the justice department lawsuit is based on two pretty important things. one, you cross-check things against a good data base. in this case, using driver licenses. secondly, that you don t do it within 90 days of an election. he says it s not partisan but if you re within 90 days of an election, i m afraid you re being partisan. whether or not that s your intention or that s just the appearance, you don t mess around with elections like this. if you really think it s a serious problem, do it well before an election, in a serious way. maybe set up an independent panel to do it, get a good data base. he s gone about it all the wrong way, even if you thought the problem exists and as the data point out, it s really a very small problem if it s there at all. it doesn t matter the size of the problem. this is a very legitimate thing to b
and, megyn, these criminal charges could carry up to five years in prison each. we did reach out to bp. bp is declining comment. separate from this, bp fill faces a justice department lawsuit that s going to trial in february of 2012 to, basically, determine who is liable for what happened at the macondo well. and, you know, bp is saying in its regulatory filings that other companies are possibly responsible for what happened with the macondo well exploding and collapsing. basically, transocean, halliburton which was responsible for cementing the well, those are the companies that bp is saying should share the blame in the collapse of that macondo well in april of 2010. back to you, megyn. megyn: lizzie mac, thank you, lady. reporter: sure, delighted. megyn: we ll show you why a group of top economists are barely giving the president a passing grade. and some classic cars rolled out for kim jung-il s funeral.
response from the governor of south carolina. her spokesperson issued this response, in response to the justice department lawsuit. if the feds were doing their job, we wouldn t have had to address illegal immigration reform at a state level, but until they do, we re going to keep fighting in south carolina to be able to enforce our laws. pete, at this point, it looks like this is probably ultimately going to end up at the high court, right? well, you know, potentially. okay. we ll see if they take the arizona law. if not, then it s going to be a while before we ll see whether they ll take one of these other laws. pete williams in d.c. for us this afternoon. pete, thanks. you bet. the super committee to cut the federal deficit is holding an important public hearing today. it s going to hear from lawmakers who say that it s time to stop treating social security and taxes like sacred cows. i m joined by nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly o donnell. kelly what can we