good to see you i m yasmin vossoughian. we are following news on several fronts today. he was on a mission to kill. he was out hunting. a mission to kill, a suspected serial killer caught in california after a reign of terror as he was out hunting for his next victim. we are going to have a live report on that coming up, we are also covering politics everybody. just 23 days until the midterm elections. that will decide who controls congress. we will take you live to georgia, where everybody is watching for the latest in the senate race there. a day look before early voting begins. also, caught on camera. a republican elections official taped stealing democratic signs. we are going to look at what else republicans are doing leading up to a whole bunch, today. will he actually do it? speculation today that the former president may actually say yes to testifying before the january 6th committee. we will have that to you, live as well. shocking showing california. stopped in
arrived. prince charles and prince william second to line to the throne, brother harry and wife meghan in europe now heading to scotland as well. buckingham palace confirming to nbc news just yesterday that the queen had to pull out of a virtual event to rest. tuesday she met with the new prime minister liz truss. first time in her 70-year reign she did not perform the ceremonial duty as is custom. the last public engagement in june opening a new hospital alongside princess anne and also we know princess anne has been staying alongside the queen at balmoral as well. we have an expert team of folks following this breaking news for us and bringing us anything new that happens. nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmons with us from london. katty kay and msnbc contributor. daisy mcandrew, nbc news royal commentator as well. welcome, guys, as we follow this breaking news out of the uk i want to go around the horn if i can, keir and start with you. as to your thought
details that the committee is aware f. i m also going to get reaction from congressman on that, plus my conversation with him about the chances we get the electoral reform act become a reality. also, we are going to talk midterms, everybody. there s lots of money. lots of ideas. but could elevating extreme candidates from supporting the former president drive a wedge between democrats and joe biden. that conversation coming up. we are also watching an election happening in one place you might not expect, italy. right now, billions are deciding whether to cast their vote for a candidate who could become the first woman to lead that country but is also leading a far-right nationalist movement. we ve also seen elsewhere we live in the ground he believes that russian president is not bluffing when it comes to nuclear threats. we have a former u.s. general standing by to give us his thoughts on this terrifying tactic. we want to start, though, with new reaction this mornin
tupelo mississippi where the sheriff s office says a man is in custody after spinning a twin turbo propeller airplane and threatening to crash it into a local walmart, triggering an evacuation. nbc s covering the story. bring us up to date as to what we know so far, and how it is this guy managed to meant steal the plane in the first place. you know, as, minimal start with the most important thing. incredibly, there were no injuries at the end of this. which is really unbelievable when you consider the fact that for the better part of five hours he had an airplane that was circling parts of tupelo and beyond and threatening to injure people on the ground. amazingly, nobody was hurt. at the end of the five hours or so, he eventually landed in a field. he wasn t injured himself, and he was taken into custody. we ll start with the incredible way that he was able to get access to the plane. we learned during a news congress that happened 30 minutes ago, that this was an employe
overturning roe v. wade. many have already watched trigger bans on abortion take effect in their states. while conservative lawmakers have a cartoonish message to keep women from fleeing to blue states where abortion is still legal. and president biden must not only preside over this chaos, but use it to drive voters to the polls leading up to crucial midterm elections in november. across the national abortion fight, it is far from his only domestic challenge. as this july 4th weekend has been curtailed by the same record inflation, rising gasoline prices, that have hampered democrats agenda and dented the president s approval numbers for months now. i would be lying if i said our democracy was not in peril this independence day. and i won t patronize you with the easy prescription of vote harder, because marginalized communities will tell you, it s not that simple. so as we mark the nation s 246th birthday, what does fighting back look like? and do democrats have enough tim