this after the u.s. justice department informed the former president he s a target, a target of the probe. also tonight, washington, d.c. monuments are shrouded in haze as wildfire smoke from canada drifts to the nation s capital. we re tracking this air quality emergency as it moves into the mid atlantic and threatens the health of tens of millions of americans. and the flood disaster in ukraine grows even more dangerous as the region is rocked by shelling and the kyiv government accuses russia of shooting at rescue workers. i ll acquit white house official john kirby about that devastating dam collapse and the broader state of the war right now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with donald trump apparently in imminent legal peril. once again, the u.s. justice department moving toward a final decision on indicting trump in the classified documents probe after alerting the for
america s newsroom. the charges stem from the mishandling of confidential documents. bill: there are at least seven counts. among them obstruction and conspiracy. sandra: he is ordered to appear in federal court tuesday in miami. meanwhile trump s allies and attorneys are blasting these charges as politically motivated. i will say if the president in power can just jail his political opponents, which is what joe biden is trying to do tonight. we don t have a republic anymore. i can also say that there is a two tier system of justice we re seeing right now. when your name is donald trump and leading in the polls you will get hit hard and indicted until you can t take it anymore. this is a pattern of the f.b.i. not investigating anything with respect to biden. bill: on that last point, all of this unfolding as bribery allegations grow louder against the sitting president. the f.b.i. finally allowing members of congress to view a document at the center of what s
is for the first time in the history of the country, a former president a facing federal charges. it is friday, june 9, here are the latest developments. a grand jury in florida has indicted trump on seven counts related to the mishandling of classified documents. his lawyer says he is facing a charge under the espionage act. and also charges of obstruction of justice, false statements and conspiracy. the former president released a video railing against the indictment calling it a hoax and election interference. he says he is an innocent man. in a post trump said he has been summoned to appear in federal court in miami 3:00 p.m. tuesday. they did not give any advanced warning of the indictment. secret service will be coming up with a plan for the court appearance. and congressional allies quick to rally to his defense as some of his campaign rivals attacked the legal system but avoided direct support notably of the former president. so far the biden white house has not c
canadian wildfires. meteorologists expect the effects to linger for at least another day and possibly into the weekend. millions of people are affected. doctors in some places are advising people to limit their time outdoors. many schools, cities and sports organizations have postponed or canceled events because of the air quality. new york city is clearing up a bit, but the smoke is kind of drifting elsewhere. correspondent nate foy is in jersey city, new jersey tonight. nate, good evening. trace, good evening to you. what a difference 24 hours can make. we can actually see the sky tonight in new york city which was not the case yesterday. but other parts of the country remain heavily impacted as the smoke continue informs drift. one day after the worst air quality ever recorded in new york city today cities like philadelphia and washington, d.c. are covered in dense smoke as residents breathe air defined as very unhealthy by the e.p.a. the smoke obliterated the island y
i will be a thriving and i want to make sure that i passed on to anyone and everybody i can t going along this journey. not just surviving, but thriving. a healthy lima hendricks takes us off the air tonight. and on that, no i wish you a very good and very healthy night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow thanks for joining us this evening. for the past several months we ve watched the far white wing of the american party hold congress hostage. meaning major concessions from the biden white house or else they will blow up the fragile u.s. economy. they would tank the stop market and push hundreds of thousands of people onto the unemployment line. so, a potential catastrophe of their own making. now there is a deal on the table to stop the catastrophe from coming to pass. over the weekend president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy hammered out an agreement to raise