The white house. General election coverage gets underway today. Im Andrea Mitchell reporting from washington along with my colleagues. Donald trump is the Presumptive Republican nominee at nikki haley suspended her campaign this morning without endorsing trump. I said i wanted americans to have their voices heard. I have done that. I have no regrets. It is now up to donald trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him. We will look to exit polling to see where the haley voters are going. Donald trump is calling for the Republican Party to unite behind him before he is officially declared theexpected. He picked up an endorsement from Mitch Mcconnell in a major sign the party will coalesce behind trump after last nights results and todays announcement from haley. Trump insisting they call it Super Tuesday for a reason when he spoke last night. Theres never been one like this. Theres never been anything so conclusive. This was an amazing night. Its be
lithuania. president biden has already sat down with the leader of the host country and has plans for two high profile meetings on the side lines there. it and the nato secretary-general already calling this summit a historic meeting following a diplomatic break through. we ll explain that in just a moment. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, july 11th. i m ali vitally in washington, and jonathan lemire, again, beating me with the backdrop this time in lithuania where he s covering the nato trip overseas. set the scene for us. reporter: yeah, ali, good to see you. nato summit just under way. as a few minutes ago the president has arrived at the summit site after earlier in the day paying a visit to the two leaders of the host country here, lithuania. lithuania very much in the shadow of the war. belarus just a few miles from here, from the border. also just a couple miles from russia itself. we should note the ukrainian flags outnumber the lithuan
with compelling video showing russian fighter jet maneuvers harassing u.s. drones in syria. that interrupted a mission against isis targets. pentagon officials are calling it reckless and unprofessional. another example of russian aggression against the u.s. and international skies. jennifer is live with the la latest. all day we have been following an incident in which three russian planes harassed three american drones over syria. we have learned of a second incident involving a russian warplane and u.s. drone. details are coming in. central command released this video of a second incident of a russian war play harassing a reaper drone over syria. clearly meant to harass. we called on them to cease this reckless behavior. three russian military planes began harassing three jones targeting isis in syria. central command released of this video of the incident. the jets dropped multiple flares in front of the drones, first thing forcing the drone pilots to perform evas
indictment, attorney general merrick garland is voicing support for special counsel jack smith. we ll show you his new remarks. plus new polling shows that trump s support among republicans is standing strong despite his mounting legal troubles. we ll break down those new numbers. and the judge handling trump s classified documents case, aileen canon, is coming under new scrutiny for having very little trial experience. that new reporting and so much more is straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment, we re now hearing from attorney general merrick garland. speaking to reporters yesterday, garland declined to answer questions about the case, but he defended special counsel jack smith, the man that he appointed to lead the investigation into the former president. so as you know i can t talk about particulars o