happened the justice department and the fbi failed to follow the law. the establishment beloved miller report was on honest investigation but a partisan cover-up. we now know hillary clinton herself cooked up the entire phony russia collision narrati narrative. july 2016 she approved it as a distraction from her own rotten scandals for special counsel during referring to her scheme as the clinton plan. russian intelligence believing the clinton plan name to type truck to putin and the russian hack of the dmc. we also now know msnbc brazenly dishonest and insufferably pompous appointment then cia director brendan brief to present obama and vice president biden along with an attorney lynch and other officials about the clinton campaign s antidemocratic plot. not one of them said or did the slightest thing about it. allow it this massive scandal to unfold because it suited their partisan interests. yet, the exact people drowned on endlessly with their lectures about protecting o
i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with new intensity in the 2024 race. florida s governor starting to peel off the gloves against donald trump. this weekend was supposed to feature a split screen battle in iowa with both men set to hold dueling events. only one, the one not officially in the race ended up appearing. we must reject the culture of losing that has affected our party in reason years. the time for excuses is over. the gop contenders battle it out. we have the current president set to meet tomorrow with congressional leaders at the white house with the president preparing to travel overseas this week, is there enough time to avoid a catastrophic default. later, extreme weather, massive destruction across the midwest after tornadoes touched down. at least one person is dead in texas amid widespread devastation. we re live on the ground as the community works to pick up the pieces. first, the 2024 race and the rivalry between trump and desantis
because of what immigration experts call a perfect storm of catastrophes, the pandemic, the ensuing recession, and the war in ukraine, which choked off grain exports, in other words, food. almost nowhere has been hit harder than latin america, pushing millions to flee in search of not just a better life, but life period. couple that with what smugglers are doing to take advantage, and a fire hose of misinformation on social media, telling people that now is the time to come. and you get what we are seeing right now, a crisis at the border, but not just the border in cities like el paso, interior cities, including new york, say they are at capacity. what exactly does that mean? what exactly is being done, and what exactly is being blocked by lawmakers who arguably benefit from using immigration as a campaign talking point? joining me now is nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley who s in el paso, texas, for us. so julia, you know this story, this subject in and
at this hour, major moves. ukraine s military says it has forced russian troops to retreat more than a mile in one of their bloodiest battles since the start of the war. we ve got a live report from kyiv. and outside ukraine, president zelenskyy on the move. securing critical commitments from western allies across europe. inside his surprise meeting with the british prime minister and the promise of hundreds of new weapons for the front lines. plus, benched, the memphis grizzlies just suspended their all star guard john mo rant for the second time in three months after he once again appeared to be holding a gun in a video on instagram. the message in this penalty on and off the court. also, the deadly tornado that ripped through south texas near the gulf coast and has left dozens of homes damaged, at least one person dead. our nbc news reporters are covering all of the latest developments. nbc s catie beck is where those devastating storms hit on the gulf coast. where a