campaigning, elections set to show much of a grip donald trump still has on the gop. our correspondents are standing by live later on in the show. i m hallie jackson with you on this monday afternoon in washington. so let s get right to ken delainian and danny. ken, we haven t heard from guy during the trial. he didn t testify on his own behalf. he wasn t expected to make a statement today, but that has changed and he s now going to speak, we understand. reporter: yeah, the latest twist in a day that s been full of them here, hallie. earlier, guy reffett was trying at the defense table as his daughter was testifying in his defense and talking about his mental health issues and trying to blame what happened on donald trump. and after that, the justice department suffered a major setback when the judge ruled against imposing a so-called domestic terrorism enhancement on the sentence, which is the first time the doj tried to do that, saying that this conduct was domestic terro
president as well. but that s a good i don t know if you have anything more on the first lady, but obviously i think she will continue stay away from the president as well. smart decision, but we don t try to tell the first lady what to do. i feel some trepidation talking about what the first lady so, first of all, the first lady spoke to this directly. she s feeling fine. just want to make sure that s clear. she s going to continue to follow the cdc guidance and she s going to continue to wear a mask, and so that s what she is going to that s what she s going to do moving forward. go ahead. dr. jha, you said you talked about the test he had, what is the testing cadence going to be, will he be tested daily, and will it be rapid tests or pcr tests? so i don t know that there is much value of a pcr test at this point. it will be positive for a while, right. so i don t actually know what his testing cadence is going to be. cdc does not recommend any testing for f
thomas webster perhaps going behind bars for any other january 6th defendant. nbc news confirming a court appearance for pat cipollone and pat philbin set to go in front of the grand jury in washington. the mississippi water crisis bad to worse, telling people to shower with their mouths closed. businesses still closed. students still learning remotely. the fema administrator will join us live later in the show about what is being done on the federal level to fix it. i m hallie jackson in washington. with me nbc news correspondent vaughn hill lard in west palm beach, ken dilanian, washington correspondent for the new york times and msnbc contributor charlie savage and former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquade is joining us too. vaughn, start with you on the ground there outside the building where all the action is going down. bring us up to speed on what we need to know and what happens next? hallie, i was talking with our colleagues maria and mar
plus, from dribbling to diplomat? our nbc news reporting on the basketball power house now getting involved in brittney griner s case. and why one white house official is telling us he s more likely to hurt than help. i m hallie jackson in washington. we ll start this hour with those new developments out of arkansas. just in the last few minutes, you watched it untold live here. a video appeared to show three offers making an arrest, violently. the video, we re about to show, is disturbing. you can see the officers basically pummeling the suspect s face and body, smashing his head while he s being restrained. it s not clear what happened before this recording. officials said the man was being arrested on trespassing and other crimes. the three officers have been suspended while this is being investigated. that s the only time we will show you the video. let s bring in priscilla thompson in arkansas, and charles coleman, civil rights attorney and msnbc legal analyst. we just h
Temperatures expected to be in the 90s. And they could stay there for days. The cleanup from that crushing storm that downed trees and destroyed homes and businesses is just getting started. We are going to have to talk about this disaster in weeks, not days. And theyre not alone. Millions in the southeast now facing the possibility of Severe Weather today, angie is tracking it all. Brutal assault, newly released Surveillance Video shows what appears to be Sean Diddy Combs attacking his then girlfriend at a California Hotel in 2016, where the investigation into combs could go from here, orange to green Scottie Scheffler, the worlds number one golfer, is arrested and thrown in jail just before the second round of the pga championship. I did spend some time stretching in a jail cell. That was a first for me. Despite it all, scheffler shined on the greens near the top of the leaderboard this morning, remembering Dabney Coleman, the beloved actor who starred in classic movies like 9 to 5 a