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
of asian men is jailed for eight and a half years. china and russia have denounced a defence pact, agreed by the us, uk and australia, that will provide australia with nuclear powered attack submarines. russia said the pact would bring years of confrontation to asia. the chinese foreign ministry said the three countries were on a path of error and danger, calling the deal a violation of the aims of the international non proliferation treaty. here s the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson wang wenbin speaking at the daily press briefing. translation: china has repeatedly stressed that the aukus pact - and the three countries efforts to advance cooperation on nuclear submarines and other cutting edge military technology is typical cold war mentality. it will only spur an arms race and undermine the international nonproliferation regime and harm regional peace and stability. peace loving countries have expressed their serious concern and opposition. the three countries lates
breath as video of a violent beating is about to go public. the victim s family appealing for calm. sandra: we are learning more from the just released bodycam video of the attack at paul and nancy pelosi s home. another nonstop hour of news begins now. begin with the city on edge bracing for whatever reaction may come when video of a deadly police beating goes public today. hours from now, they will release the bodycam footage of 29-year-old tyre nichols, they say acts that defy humanity, steve is live in downtown memphis. steve, what are you seeing on the ground there so far today? sandra, right now a very visible police presence. we have seen police on horses in unmarked cars, marked cars as well. as far as protests or demonstrations, not a sign of anything yet. streets are quiet, life going on here as normal. as you mentioned, that tape expected to come out on the internet on the youtube channel five hours from now, the tape is expected to be one hour long, supposed t