Good afternoon, everyone. If i could have your attention. I know youre all enjoyingour lunch. How is everyone doing . Good . Good. Really, really great day so far and a great morning. A lot of great speakers and we are so, soape and its been prey much a a filled room all day. We are very grateful. My name is lindsay, im an attorney and policy manager here at incompas. Im here to introduce the next panel. So our next panel will be reforming the universal service fund, which is everyones favorite topic. So its entitled reform of the universal service fund, how tied stable fund. So i would first like to introduce economist who is a principal at the bridal group who will explore a recent study on the best step for to stabilize the usf. And then followi presentation we are thrilled to have john hendel out politico here will moderate a discussion as as incoming president angie to further discuss with four. With that i will give the stage to you. ■j hello . Everyone. I know how will feel to
mar-a-lago. the government now warning of increased violence against federal agents because of the rhetoric of donald trump and his allies following the search at mar-a-lago. also, this sunday, the money trail. the former president fled v 400 times when sitting down with the new york ag s office. this hour, perspective from journalist, david who has won awards for his reporting on trump s finances. plus, democrats have another big win to run on with the passage of the inflation reduction act. but will it the infrastructure bill, and the supreme court s reversal of roby enough to help them expand control come november? we begin this hour with heated rhetoric of donald trump and his allies and how these verbal attacks on the fbi are putting real lives in danger. the fbi and the department of homeland security no warning threats to federal law enforcement have spiked since the search of mar-a-lago. in a joint intelligence bulletin, agencies say the threats are coming from on l
and on that note, i wish you a very good and safe night. good to be back with you. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. today, in new york, don trump s eldest son, don jr., took the stand in a civil fraud case against the former president and his family and his business. down in d. c., and in florida, judges issuing orders in both of special counsel jack smith s criminal cases against donald trump, the d. c. case involving trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and the florida case centered only former presidents unlawful retention of classified documents. so a flurry of legal action today from mr. trump. and i m gonna get some expert legal help breaking down all of that just a second. but perhaps the biggest legal news of today was this. the federal judge in charge of the mar-a-lago classified documents case, judge aileen cannon, who was of course appointed by presi
it is the top of the hour. i m boris sanchez along side jessica dean in washington, d.c. tracking an israelied a vance inside gaza right now and the rush to get thousands of civilians out of gaza through egypt while another high-stakes visit to israel conducted by u.s. secretary of state antony blinken. weighing all factors trying to avert a wider war in the region. the secretary of state departed last hour. before leaving he reiterated israel s right to defend itself and addressed the immense civilian suffering unleashed inside gaza. listen. we will be talking about concrete steps that can and should be taken to minimize harm to men, women and children in gaza, and this is something that the united states is committed to. i m not getting into the details here but it s very much on the agenda. when i see a palestinian child, a boy, a girl, pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building, that hits me in the gut as much as seeing a child in israel or anywhere else. notably,
that coalition ironically includes the new york city mayor eric adams and the chicago mayor brandon johnson, both mayors of sanctuary cities. they re asking for $5 billion in federal funding to house thousands of asylum seekers. we ex pect to hear from the mayors making the rounds in washington. more as it happens. first this. that was the scene recently on the fight to flee gaza. egypt allowing the first evacuees through the rafah border crossing. at least five americans among them. sources telling fox news 400 americans have been cleared to follow suit. whether that happens today or not is something we await. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. team is back together. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. it is astounding the mayors have to come begging the white house for help on a problem the white house is refusing to solve. we ll cover that but also get you to this. the increased fighting in gaza is putting pressure on the white house to get the am