good morning, everybody, it is 11:00 a.m. in the east. 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m yasmin vossoughian. it s good to see you. in just a couple of minutes, the president is set to deliver remarks on this memorial day at arlington national cemetery. we re going to bring you that live, and you re seeing live pictures there. but first a major breakthrough on the bipartisan effort to raise the debt ceiling and save the economy from what would be a historic debt default. and now the race is on to get enough support from congress. we re going to talk to congresswoman jan schakowsky about that and much more. in south carolina a state judge has pressed pause on the state s restrictive new abortion ban. we re going to break down what s next in the battle over abortion rights, and then in turkey, president erdogan has won an unprecedented third term in a hotly contested election. we ll take you live to ankara. we re keeping a close eye on arlington national cemetery where president biden is
hey, everybody, good to be with you. i m yasmin vossoughian in for katy tur. there are at least four open criminal investigations into former president donald trump. now 2024 candidate, and now we have new signs that it might be the stormy daniels hush money case that is putting him in the most immediate legal jeopardy. not election interference in fulton county georgia or the january 6th insurrection or the classified documents but the hush money payments to a porn star. nbc news reporting that trump has been told he can testify before a new york city grand jury as part of the manhattan d.a. s investigation into the alleged hush money scheme according to two of his attorneys. the new york times is citing multiple sources who say the d.a. s office has also signalled to trump s lawyers that he could face criminal charges. trump s attorneys told nbc news they were not told charges would be forthcoming. in a statement trump said he did nothing wrong and the d.a. s office decli
congresswoman ilhan omar about that as well as how she became target for house republicans and kevin mccarthy we are also keeping an eye o the breaking news in californi where there is major floodin in a weekend of extrem weather. new travel warnings from mexic after the disappearance of three women. plus this. drag queens are the marines of the queer movement. don t get it twisted and don t be distracted. register to vote so we can get these stunned queens out o office and put some smar people with real solutions int government rupaul ready for battle t fight back against the war o drag shows and trans americans across the country i will speak to former recal drag show contestant peppermin about all of that later on thi hour we start though with forme vice president mike pence. finally coming out of his shel a bit. and taking on the president he once served over january 6th which is something other potential gop rivals have ye done thus far. want to get right to nbc s ju
to south africa. and britain s prime minister orders an investigation into how the chairman of the governing conservative party settled a multi million dollar tax dispute. let s start with the war in ukraine. eu foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels amid an ongoing row about whether to send tanks. member countries are putting pressure on germany to provide some of its leopard two tanks, to help fight off russia s invasion. estonia s foreign minister has been at those talks in brussels he s been speaking to the bbc. decisions need to be implemented and the decisions need to be done and there is a moment of leadership which needs to be created. and my strong message is indeed, to all countries, who have weapons and stockpiles to give them immediately without any political caveats or any further considerations or hesitance of the russian s reaction. so let s take a closer look at germany s role in all this. the leopard 2 is operated by about 20 countries worldwide
ahead for all of us. plus, after months of crying out for accountability, the police chief who led that botched response to a school shooting in uvalde, texas is fired. hear directly from parents naming other officials they want removed. if you check into a hotel knowing that a chance toof your neighbor to the left and right is a homeless person. that plan to house homes people and the sfeers debate surrounding it. it is saturday, august 27th. we re so grateful that you re starting your weekend with us. good morning, amara. good morning. up first, the new details in the documents. we are learning more information from the affidavit authorizing the search of former president trump s mar-a-lago residence. the heavily redacted affidavit revealing that classified documents found at the residence includes some of the country s most sensitive secrets. according to the filing, authorities had probable cause to believe that classified national security materials were im