it was finally hereconnected yesterday. here is sam kiley. he has the latest. this is very troubling news, sam. reporter: pam, the international community remain extremely concerned about the future of the nuclear power station with increased allegations again of shelling both from the ukrainians and the russians both accusing each other of threatening that nuclear power plant by shelling in the environment. so just about 20 minutes drive from here on the ukrainian government side, casualties, civilian casualties but that has been used and is being used as a fire base. a lot of pressure to try to let international observers into that power station. that is where on this very extended front line fighting continues with confirmation a third american has been killed fighting on the ukrainian side with russian backed rebels on the east offered to hand over his body, his remains, we don t know when or if that would be followed through on. this in a weird way is an almost step fo
control of congress. then, playing with fire. the democrats potentially risky strategy of boosting trump-backed extremist in the primaries. could it blow up in their faces come november? later, we all remember the midterms shellacking the democrats stuck in 2021. can the party defy history this time around? all of that and more is coming up. good morning and a happy sunday to you, i am katie fang. with just weeks to, go every issue could be the one that tips the midterms in one party s favor. inflation is a dominating the conversation right now, as well as they won six hearings. we start our special coverage with msnbc correspondent allie raffa, live in washington, d.c., with a look at the big picture in some key primary races happening on tuesday. good morning, katie. things are really heating. of this 100-day stretch before the november midterm elections. on tuesday you have five states holding primaries. arizona, washington, kansas missouri and with michigan can. kelly i
and both investigations have expanded to former members of the trump administration. former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and ex treasury secretary steve mnuchin both testified before the january six committee this week. any day now, the committee could hear from former secretary of state mike pompeo. meanwhile, mike pence s former top aides, marc short and greg jacobs, testified before the federal grand jury convened by attorney general merrick garland, making them some of the highest profile witnesses to testify. they are questioning at those proceedings contributed to the news first reported by the washington post, that the doj is formally investigating trump s actions leading up to january 6th. possibly a step closer to a criminal probe of trump himself. more and more former trump officials have come forward since the january six committee s public hearings started last month, and congressman jamie raskin, who is a lead manager and trump s second impeachment trial
former vice president mike pence is fueling speculation that he could run for president in 2024 with his stop here today and new hampshire earlier in the week. but he told me in an exclusive interview he is only focused on the midterms. i asked if he agrees with the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell s sentiment that it could be difficult to win back the senate because of the quality of republican candidates. the american people long for a return to the policies that they saw the trump pence administration advance for a stronger and securer america. i believe that red wave is coming and i believe it s going to come at our candidates every level across the country. i will take all the time i have in the next 81 days to support the team. i also pressed pence about a statement from former president trump s legal team in response to the raid at mar-a-lago. the legal team said there was a standing order to declassify documents that trump took out of the oval office. whil
clandestine human sources potentially compromised. breaking news from the director of national intelligence sets to gordon iced documents from mar-a-lago, documents that could pose a potential risk to national security. plus, as new details surfaced, republicans suddenly mia on the investigation into the former president. too busy to out do each other from voting rights to abortion. also tonight, gen z gets in the game. i will talk about it tonight with a floridian who might become america s youngest congressman. and later, keeping up the fight, 50 years after martin luther king iii s iconic i have a dream speech. where we go next with his son martin luther king the third. this is american voices. we begin this hour with the stark difference between donald trump s words and his actions. we are in the 2016 trump, in trump proclaiming that he knew the importance of handling classified information. however, after his presidency, trump stubbornly held on to government secrets, po