tonight, starting this ice, a trump victory and michigan. i demand for recusal in maine, and a looming appeal and colorado. the fight to keep or kick the former president off the ballot across the country. plus, 19 days out from the first votes of 2024, new ads and new strategies from trump s republican rivals. the question is, will it make a difference? also, a new frontier of one of america s biggest media companies now going to battle with artificial intelligence and what it means. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. tonight, two state supreme courts with two very different outcomes over whether or not donald trump is disqualified from seeking the presidency for a third time under the 14th amendment s insurrectionist ban. and michigan, justice is rejecting an effort to boot trump from the primary ballot on procedural grounds. though appearing to leave the door open for renewing these efforts playing out in many states in the general election. meanwhile, the republ
clear that donald j. trump is a target of the investigation. we ll have legal analysis what that means for a possible indictment in just a moment. meanwhile trump s former running mate is now his newest challenger in the 2024 presidential race. we ll have more from mike pence s campaign launch. plus that hazardous haze that s been covering the northeast is expected to kick back up today. we ll get the latest time line for when the wildfire smoke from canada could finally clear out. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. nbc news has learned that former president donald trump s attorneys have been told that trump is a target of the justice department s investigation into the former president s handling of classified documents after he left the white house. prosecutors told trump s attorneys about their client being a target in that probe during their meeting monday at the doj headqu
square. they ll help us ring in 2024. 2023 was a year like no other in big news, politics, movies, music, culture, science, sports and more. everyone seemed to be going all in, all the time. and now it s time to take a look at the whole crazy year william our guests laura coats, john berman, charlotte wilder, coy wire and max foster. we re playing for keeps. it s all the best, all the worst, 2023. welcome. it s worth asking, how did we get through the past 12 months? many of us hoped it would be easier than recent years and there were moments of accomplishment, community and joy. but we were also challenged, divided over issues and often unable to agree even on what we want, and it was wildly apparent where we begin with the biggest news stories of the year. we are the union. the worst big news for many americans started in their pocketbooks. the economy this year was an absolute emotional roller coaster. unemployment was down, earnings were up, at any moment, a l
in kharkiv. they are blaming each other for serious deconstruction. what do we know about what happened and what is being done i guess to save lives and property here? reporter: the exact cause of a substantial explosion that destroyed this hydroelectric power dam that holds up the dnipro river remains under investigation. of course ukrainians say russian pre-mined it, in other words set explosives on that dam. and that the ukrainian side of the dam had been regularly subjected to shelling. rather the ukrainian bank. so that had been under russian control. but nonetheless 80 settlements the government here saying are being affected as this vast amount of water is unleashed. huge amount of the water of course that has been built up over the winter months, melt water building up the size of the dnipro river now being unleashed downstream, likely to affect kherson or parts, districts of the city recappturd by ukraine last year. but most of the flooding is likely to be to the e
other in big news, politics, music, culture, science, sports, and more. everyone seemed to be going all in all the time, and now it is time to that take a look at the crazy year with our guest. we are playing for keeps. all of the best and all of the worst 2023. welcome. it is worth asking how we got through the past 12 months. many of us hoped it would be easier than recent tumultuous years and there were moments of accomplishment and community and joy, but we were also challenged. divide over issues and often unable to agree even on what we want and it was wildly apparent where we begin with the biggest news stories of the year. the worst big news for many americans started in their pocketbooks. the economy this year was an absolute emotional roller coaster. unemployment was down and earnings were up at any moment a lot was going well. for a lot of people it did not feel quite right. flying high in april and shot down in may. worries about inflation, bank failu