Good morning and welcome to sunday today on this june 4th. Im willie geist. Tensions are heightened this morning between the United States and china after two close calls with chinas military in just the last few days. Yesterday a chinese warship cut in front of a u. S. Destroyer coming within 150 yards of it in an aggressive maneuver. That near collision coming just days after a chinese fighter jet flew in front of a u. S. Air force plane. Well tell you how the white house is responding this morning in a live report just ahead. Plus, on this first weekend of pride month our sunday focus on some of americas Favorite Brands like bud light and target under fire from a small but vocal group of protesters because of the companys outreach to the Lgbtq Community. The boycott having an impact. Then we will turn to our sunday spotlight on the extraordinary violins of hope. String instruments saved from victims and survivors of the holocaust and making beautiful music once again. And later, a n
seen nearly a week ago and remembering a two-time member of the rock n roll hall of fame, the legendary david crosby announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening the world of movie making illusion became horribly real 15 months ago when mother and cinematographer halyna hutchins was shot to death by a prop gun on the set of the western themed movie rust in new mexico tonight the man who held the gun actor/producer alec baldwin stands accused of involuntary manslaughter the santa fe county da office announcing the office will file criminal charges against both baldwin and the film s weapons handler hannah gutierrez-reed. the d.a. declaring no one is above the law, rejecting baldwin s public claim that he did not pull the trigger baldwin s attorney calling the decision a terrible miscarriage of justice gutierrez-reed s attorney also denying the charges. miguel almaguer is in new mexico now with late details. reporter: with prosecutors calling
Power now. The winds are extremely high. And water is rising. Just clinging to i dont know what that is. Theyre flying around the streets. A cinder block wall that was the entire width of this area came down. Theyre coming through. We had some of the strongest winds here so far. Good to be with you this morning. Im francis rivera. And im philip mena. It is 4 30 in the east. Thank you for joining us for this Special Edition of early today. The strong winds of ian already impacting Daytona Beach along the western coast as it slowly moves towards orlando. The storm has been downgraded to a category one. It is still packing a powerful punch. There are nearly 2 1 2 million power outage as cross the state. Ian made land fall in Southwest Florida in the ft. Myers area where the storm surge submerged buildings. It could take days or weeks to know the full impact. The County Manager tells nbc news overnight they are getting a sense that the community has been decimated. And in port charlotte, n
power now. the winds are extremely high. and water is rising. just clinging to i don t know what that is. they re flying around the streets. a cinder block wall that was the entire width of this area came down. they re coming through. we had some of the strongest winds here so far. good to be with you this morning. i m francis rivera. and i m philip mena. it is 4:30 in the east. thank you for joining us for this special edition of early today. the strong winds of ian already impacting daytona beach along the western coast as it slowly moves towards orlando. the storm has been downgraded to a category one. it is still packing a powerful punch. there are nearly 2 1/2 million power outage as cross the state. ian made land fall in southwest florida in the ft. myers area where the storm surge submerged buildings. it could take days or weeks to know the full impact. the county manager tells nbc news overnight they are getting a sense that the community has been decima
morning joe starts now. historic winter storm in western new york statement storm system is blamed for dozens of deaths across the country. it made holiday travel almost impossible on the roads or through the skies with thousands of passengers stuck at airports searching for new flights. meanwhile, the republican governor uses the christmas holiday to play hole papolitics migrants with no warning for groups. and we will take a look at the latest testimony released by the january 6 committee. including a conversation the former president had with one of his closest advisers in the days after the attack on the capitol. also ahead, we dig into the latest action by the democratic controlled house and how the white house is preparing for a divided congress good morning welcome to morning joe. it s monday, december 26th i m jonathan lemire. also with us at the table is affairs analyst and executive editor of recount and host of the podcast. like gene wilder in blazing