statement on ukraine saying it would invite the country to join once certain conditions are met. the statement is drawing a furious response from zelensky calling it unprecedented and absurd. bill: you have the u.s. and other countries hesitating to admit ukraine while at war with russia. president biden argues it will trigger article five that would plunge the entire alliance into war with moscow. dana: nato s response plays into russia s hands according to zelensky giving russia more reason to extend its bloody invasion. general jack keane is standing by but first let s go to mark meredith at the white house. the white house says today president biden and his fellow g7 leaders make it clear they stand with ukraine providing more military assistance in the weeks and months to come. still for ukraine s president it may not be enough to satisfy his immediate request for immediate nato membership. u.s. and allies say they re ready to commit the resources to insure his mil
he s still making a bad bet that the conviction and the unity among the united states and our allies is partners will break down. he still doesn t understand that our commitment, our values, our freedom is something he could never, never, ever, ever walk away from. it s who we are. [ cheers and applause ] i mean it. it s who we are. it s who we are. throughout this horrific war, the people of lithuania, together with our baltic brethren have been among the most fierce champions of ukraine s right to a future of its own choosing, one that is free because you live so long with freedom denied, many of you who are older know better than anyone who precious the right to determine your own future is, precious to people everywhere, not just in ukraine, belarus, moldova georgia and all the places around the world where people continue to fight to make their voices heard. so my message, my message to all of you tonight is keep it up. keep it going. keep reminding the world of hope, th
reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, thousands taking to the streets in israel, blocking the country s main airport and make highways. prime minister netanyahu s latest attempt to curb judicial power just reignited massive protests. also, president zelenskyy arrives at the nato summit. he just addressed a crowd of thousands from an outdoor stage with many supporters in the crowd waving ukrainian flags. ahead, what to expect from his meeting tomorrow with president biden who says ukraine is not ready to join nato. and presidents of turkey just hours ago. his message of thanks now that turkey has lifted the last hurdle. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. we begin in lithuania with president biden and president erdogan. chris, just a couple of days ago, the u.s. was suggesting that sweden would join nato but we didn t know when. they were not thinking it was going to be possible during the course of this summit. we got that surprise
team. the four times indicted former president is in the middle of a very complicated legal situation as he faces 91 criminal charges related to his conduct before, during, and after his presidency. a civil fraud trial in new york for threatens the future of his real estate empire while a different civil it hold him liable of sexually abusing the writer and columnist, e. jean carroll. carol is also suing trump in a second defamation trial over commentshahe made on cnn in may about her. late last night, donald trump filed a brief to the d.c. court of appeals, continuing to assert that he s immune from prosecution for actually committed while president, specifically for his role in questioning the results of the 2020 election. of course, the allegation is not that a question the results of the 2020 election, anyone is entitled to do that, it s that he did something to try and overcome those results. the immunity argument is the argument he s making in the hopes of getting jack
another scary moment in the air. it is monday, we re glad you re with us. good morning, everyone. we begin with what you just saw, a southwest flight taking a terrifying turn. the cabin filling with smoke. we ll tell what you forced that plane to make an emergency landing. also new, a violent group of protesters stormed the construction site of a proposed meese and firefighter training senter in atlanta. what s behind the demonstrations. plus watch what you say. words hurt. you know, anybody that says words hurt has never been punched in the face. perhaps the vevent of the weekend, chris rock finally addressing what happened with him and will smith on that oscar stage. he comes out swinging. we ll get to that in a moment. we begin with protesters attacking the future site of a training facility that happened in atlanta last night. this is video capturing the moments that hundreds of protest ez swarmed the construction site wearing camouflage and masks. they threw