kill paul pelosi. the lies being spread by elon musk, donald trump junior, even some republican-elected officials about that attack. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. as the biggest names in american politics hit the battleground states, right now president biden is on his way to florida to help charlie crist in his battle against ron desantis. in georgia, mike pence and governor kemp, two republicans, who have angered former president trump, at their peril for not backing his lie, are working together to help re-elect kemp against a challenge from stacey abrams. former president obama continuing his campaign tour of battleground states. today in nevada where he will be trying to help the endangered democratic senator and governor, both tight races there. our reporters are in place ahead of the big campaign events. joining us now, nbc s ali vitali in miami gardens, nbc s guad have a nation as. ali, the president is facing criticism for his campaign a
passed an historic bill to ban assault weapons. we will get reaction from oversight committee chairman carolyn maloney. and then the end of roe v. wade can overwhelm those struggling foster care system in america. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. the january six committee might be on a hearing hiatus, but the justice department investigation into the attack on the capital appears to be finally kicking into overdrive. this week, reporting from the washington post later confirmed by nbc news, signaled a new focus in the department of justice criminal probe. donald trump, himself. prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings that trump held in the run up to january six. in recent days, two former top aides to mike pence, his chief of staff mark short and lawyer greg jacob, have been called before a federal grand jury. witnesses have reportedly been asked about conversations with trump, his lawyers and other members of his inner circle. they post al
might be on a hearing hiatus, but the justice department investigation into the attack on the capital appears to be finally kicking into overdrive. this week, reporting from the washington post later confirmed by nbc news, signaled a new focus in the department of justice criminal probe. donald trump, himself. prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings that trump held in the run up to january six. in recent days, two former top aides to mike pence, his chief of staff mark short and lawyer greg jacob, have been called before a federal grand jury. witnesses have reportedly been asked about conversations with trump, his lawyers and other members of his inner circle. they post also reports that back in april, the justice department got their hands on phone records from key officials and aides in the trump administration, including former chief of staff, mark meadows. as the saying goes, when it rains, it pours, because the new york times is reporting that f
and in pakistan, a political crisis deepens as former prime minister imran khan is charged with terrorism offences, accused of making threats against state officials. russia has accused ukraine of organising the assassination of the daughter of one of vladimir putin s top supporters. darya dugina was killed on saturday when a car she was driving exploded near moscow. this is a statement from the fsb, russia s internal security service, which says the assassination was carried out by ukraine s special services. they ve also released footage of the woman, a ukrainian citizen, who they say was responsible. ukraine has denied any involvement. here s an adviser to president zelensky saying russian propaganda lives in a fictional world . he appears to blame what he calls vipers in the russian special services. darya dugina was a political commentator and vocal supporter of russia s invasion of ukraine, who was sanctioned by the us and uk. she was reportedly supposed to be trav
everyone who consumes its content and also interacts with it as an institution. let s understand first about more about what ofcom wants. let s hear from about more about what ofcom wants. let s hearfrom kevin bakhurst, group director of contact content and media policy. you sounded underwhelmed as to how the bbc explains itself, tell us why. i think we feel the bbc should absolutely strive all the time to explain itself to audiences and viewers and also to be transparent to the audiences who pay their licence fee, and also to the rest of the creative industries around the uk about what it his planning and how it is approaching programming, how it is approaching programming, how it is delivering its mission, ofcom s role is to make sure the bbc delivers what parliament has hit out, which is its public purposes, delivering accurate impartial news, learning content that is creative and distinctive, secondly we have a role which is probably better known, security content stan