share information about ongoing investigations. including donald trump s mishandling of classified documents. what that means for the gop s efforts to probe the agency. plus, donald trump dropped the lawsuit against new york tierney general letitia james a day after he and his lawyers or saw plus 1 million dollar fine for another, quote, frivolous case brought against hillary clinton. could we see trump upending even more lawsuits? and, congressman george santos long list of lies and controversies just keep piling up. a small newspaper exposed much of his inconsistencies weeks before the election. but, no one paid attention, why? i ll put that question to the papers publisher straight ahead. we have a team of reporters from capitol hill to the white house and ukraine following the latest for you this morning. and a good morning to you, thank you for waking up with us. thanks for starting your saturday here on msnbc. house republicans have made it clear that they plan to use t
i m lindsay. i am in for yasmin. breaking news, nbc news confirms that the doj is now investigating the laboratories. that is the company at the center of the national baby formula shortage. meanwhile, merrick garland sends a clear message to jim jordan and other house republicans. hands off of the investigations. he promised to meet with kevin mccarthy. this is an invitation with a warning. no negotiations on the debt ceiling. a florida judge ordered donald trump to pay for one lawsuit that never should ve been filed. a former president withdraws another against the attorney general. ron desantis takes aim at an african american studies class. critics argue that he is taking his anti woke strategy too far. plus, alec baldwin in the charges against him in the rust set shooting. and this. drop it, drop it. a terrifying scene at an indiana walmart caught on body cam footage. we have that for you coming up. we re gonna start with that breaking news. the doj is investigating
already here in europe, they are very widely used by nato allies, all across the alliance. and crucially lindsey, the spare parts for the leopard to are here in europe so the tanks themselves could be sent to ukraine quickly. they can also be maintained here on the european continent. as we spoke about that big summit at ramstein airbase in germany yesterday, dozens of defense ministers gathering and then deadlock. there is no agreement right now about who is going to send the tanks. i will tell, you a group of eastern european foreign ministers today, allowing their frustration with germany to spill into the open saying publicly that germany is not doing enough. we also heard from a senior advisory to president zelenskyy today saying every delay is costing ukrainian lives. lindsey? raf, we are also hearing about a navy seal in deserter status who was killed in ukraine. what can you tell us?
nichols family attorney says they have scheduled to view that body cam footage for the first time on monday. we will continue to follow that story. i m going to go now to overseas, navy officials have confirmed that a former u.s. navy seal has been killed in ukraine, daniel smith had been an active deserter status is march 2019. officials now say they do not know why he was in ukraine, this comes as germany is trying to put pressure on the u.s. to send battle tanks to ukraine. nbc news correspondent raf sanchez has the latest for us. a lot of questions surrounding the death of this former u.s. navy seal, here s what we know. danielle smith was a decorated special forces operator, he served all around the world, but the u.s. navy says he deserted three years ago. they do not know the exact circumstances but it does appear that they like a number
today as lawmakers demand more answers surrounding bowe bergdahl s release. our next guest will attend that and has questions. joining us is adam kinsinger. welcome back. thank you. let s tap into your knowledge as a law maker and military guy. what questions do you have? i ve got a lot of questions. first, i spent all week listening to the administration say we re a country that never leaves their people behind. we ll never leave you behind. that s all well and good, except when i went through survival training, we talked about the issue of being left behind. it was pretty much an understanding that as long as you don t leave your country hyped, your country will never leave you behind. so that said, we all know the questions around bowe bergdahl and the deserter status. why was it important to release five of the highest ranking opposition and taliban in order to get his release? what were you trying to accomplish? why did all of the intel community basically say no and why wer