strikes down alabama s congressional map, ruling in favor of black voters who challenged it. we ll break down what it means and what comes next. major developments in the investigation into former president trump s handling of classified documents. nbc news learned trump has been told he is a target in the probe. an apocalyptic-like haze from canada s wildfires blanketing more than 15 states with hazardous air, affecting more than 120 million people, causing ground stops at airports and closing schools. and presidential hopeful mike pence comes out swinging against his former boss. but he refused to slam trump on one issue. indicting a former president of the united states sends a terrible message to the world. i hope the doj thinks better of it. we begin with breaking news from the u.s. supreme court. the high court just issued a major decision in a very closely watched case centering around alabama s congressional district map. in a surprise decision, the court ru
this is no typical case. according to district judge beryl howell, she says giuliani is likely to hide his assets from the plaintiffs, ruby freeman and shaye moss, adding, quote, giuliani has never denied that he has taken steps to hide his assets from judgment creditors and has offered no affirmative pledge that he will take no steps to do so. joining us right now, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, and former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst, joyce vance. welcome to you both. ken, starting with you here. realistically, what does this mean, both the order and giuliani s filing for bankruptcy. what happens first? well, alex, the bankruptcy puts the judgment on pause, while a bankruptcy judge decides how to parcel out what s left of mr. giuliani s money. he s listing between $1,000,010,000,000 in assets and at least $152 million in liabilities, maybe more. bankruptcy won t save him from the $148 million debt. some debt can be wiped away, but
chris jansing picks up our coverage right now. good day, i m chris jansing in new york city. happy memorial day. and welcome to a special edition of chris jansing reports. the agreement on the debt limit is not done but is done but the fight s not finished. the white house and the speaker s office now in an 11th hour push to pick up every last vote in congress, trying to make sure their big deal doesn t go bust, but today is also about putting politics aside and honoring the men and women who have fought and died for this country. you might have seen the sombering images out of arlington national cemetery where the president laid the wreath and delivered that memorial day address. also this hour, a second memorial day address. one you ll only see here on msnbc. this one from president zelenskyy. as he salutes the americans and ukrainians still fighting for freedom. that is just a few minutes away. but we begin with the intense pressure of step two of the debt ceiling deal
drones houthi launched from yemen this morning, this comes as the international shipping industry is on high alerts for attacks in the region. i m griff jenkins. aishah: hi, i m aishah hasnie. that makes the houthi drones shot down 37. military officials reporting these are only defensive measures. lucas tomlinson is live from the white house on these attacks. if they want to disrupt international shipping it appears they are succeeding, a number of shipping companies told them to go dead in the water or get to a safe port. hard to do in yemen. the national security advisor is holding iran responsible for these attacks. while the houthis are pulling the trigger, so to speak, they re handed the gun by iran and iran has a responsibility to take steps themselves to cease these attacks. there have been over 20 drone and missile attacks against international shipping in recent weeks. to date, there has been no response. shot down a $32 million reaper drone off the coast of y
force wrap . as cnn first reported, george santos is now facing federal criminal charges and could appear in court as soon as today. the charges remain under seal. they are in the east district of new york. the justice department has reportedly been looking into whether he broke campaign finance laws. santos has been resisting calls from democrats and some new york republicans to resign ever since reports revealed he lied about much of his personal history and work experience. when do we expect them to be unsealed and what reporting do you have on what they are likely tied to? reporter: yeah, poppy, much of the reporting coming from our colleague mark morales and evan president zelenskyy. george santos could appear as early as today. if he comes forth, he would have to be, like any other citizen, walk up the long stairway to the door. of course, he is not necessarily like every other citizen. he will probably be swarmed by press if, when he shows up today. the indictm