Breaking developments and joins us with the latest. Good morning. Jose good morning. Police and fire rushed to the scene. This was just after midnight in berkeley, california. Of course in northern california. They found a balcony that had collapsed from the fourth floor of a luxury apartment complex just a block away from the university of california berkeley. The government of ireland has now confirmed that those that were killed the five were in fact young irish citizens they say. Theyre also unconfirmed reports this was a Birthday Party celebration going on at the luxury apartment complex. Now, we know from police that they are investigating with building inspectors to find out what happened, what caused that balcony to collapse but they say they do know that threne people were on it when it fell. Four people were killed instantly. One other died at the hospital and eight others were injured, and many of those have lifethreatening injuries. As we said close to the campus but we don
Attorney about the latest leads in the investigation. Also in national the white woman who led an naacp chapter and who claimed to be black now has Something Else to worry about. Minutes around the mayor charged her with ethics violations. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. The politics lead. It is 94 degrees right now in North Charleston South Carolina where democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton just wrapped up her latest campaign event, but as the summer heat spikes Clintons Campaign could already by wilting under the glaring spotlight. A spate of new polls show a majority of swing state voters in florida, in ohio and in pennsylvania three mustwin battleground states in the general election well they do not trust clinton. While polls are not necessarily prolog it is early, these numbers do show there is potentially a very big problem for the Clinton Campaign. Our Political Team is live all over the map literally. Lets start with brianna keilar. Shes with the
Official outed as white by her parents, says theres no Scientific Evidence that they are really her parents. Donald trump on the trail. The tycoon turned president ial candidate makes his First Campaign stop in new hampshire. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. A new warning of isisinspired attacks leading up to the fourth of july. Mike mccall says to expect in his words, a lot more smallscale attacks. That comes as an fbi agent is attacked during the search of a new york home tied to an eye says investigation. Officials say the suspect is a jihadist who is arrested after pulling a knife. The search stemmed from the recent arrest from a student charged with plotting to set off a bomb in the new york area. Also breaking now local militia forces say they have taken a and cut a very important the pentagon is still planning for the worst there, and in iraq when the onslaught continues. Ill talk to senator Lindsey Graham. Hes standing by live and our cor
Helped break out of prison. Plus, was this trio plotting to murder mitchells current husband . And the donald ups the ante. The people thousands, for president of the United States and we are going to make our country great again. Does the entrance of the 9 billion man officially make the 2016 president ial race a circus. Welcome to msnbc live. Great to have you with me. Im Thomas Roberts reporting today from washington. We start with Rachel Dolezal breaking her silence for the First Time Since the scandal surfaced surrounding her claims that she is black. The interview coming less than 24 hours after spokanes con controversycon tro verse shul naacp leader resigned her post. Dolezal has been under fire since her estranged parents said she is white by birth. Just hours ago the 37yearold sat down with msnbcs Melissa Harrisperry. Ive heard a lot of people ask you the question are you africanamerican or caucasian. Im not going to ask it that way. All right. Are you black . Yes. What do you
The life of Dolezal, who now goes by Nkechi Diallo, has taken many unexpected twists and turns since she first came to national media attention in 2015 as a prominent academic