plus, from total celebration to complete chaos, two people were shot, a police officer hit by a fire truck during a victory parade for nba champion denver nuggets. and the department of justice tees off an investigation, looking into that mega merger between the pga tour and saudi funded liv golf. our reporters are fouling all of the latest developments. we start, though, with the breaking news out of pittsburgh where nbc s george solis is covering the guilty verdict in the trial of the gunman who killed 11 people at that synagogue in 2018. george, i know it s been a few hours since the verdict. what are we hearing from the community? reporter: yeah, chris, some members of the congregation weighing in, saying they expected this guilty verdict. for them, this is some semblance of justice. in my conversation with them over the last several days, many of them say they will never be able to look at the accused shooter robert bowers directly in the eye. it was hard for them to
let s get started. mission, the middle east. secretaries of state, antony blinken, and the middle east with the hopes of stopping a full blown war between israel and has allowed before begins. where those tense talks stand now, and what we know but secretary of defense, lloyd austin, s undisclosed state and the intensive care unit in the white house. plus, off the rails. the twice impeached, quadruple indicted, disgraced, one term ex president on the campaign trail in iowa. talking about how he would ve ended the civil war. while taking a discussed a jab at a u.s. senator, mccain. the countdown to the iowa caucus, and donald trump s packed courtroom calendar that could determine the future of his criminal trials. later, keeping the faith. my special commentary on hold on to hope during another tumultuous presidential election year. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you. all i m katie phang. secretary of state, antony blinken, is in jordan as part of
two months after announcing his campaign bid. he will have a rally tomorrow in philadelphia. he could potentially lose the first two primaries if iowa and new hampshire hold contests first. as they ve done in the past. this time biden s team won south carolina which he won in the primary to be the first state to primary. i wonder why. they indicted the president, they indicated the president won t be on the ballot in new hampshire before the palmetto state and that could hand a victory to rival robert f. kennedy, jr. or another long shot democrat. florida governor ron desantis is calling on california governor gavin newsom to step up to the plate and run against biden. you know what, stop pus footing around. are you going to get in and do it or sit on the sidelines and chirp. throw your hat in the ring and then we ll talk about what s happening. i want to go back. no one wants to lose the first two states. this is a sign of biden s unfettered weakness within the party. i
republicans, who are demanding attorney general merrick garland appoint special counsel to investigate the biden family s foreign business dealings. allegations of joe biden taking vibes during his time as vice president is at the center. chuck grassley claims a burisma executive paid biden and his son 5 million each, not directly, remember that nebulous web of entities at the center of this. the executive has voicemails to prove it. the foreign national who allegedly bribed joe and hunter allegedly has audio recordings of conservations with them. 17 such recordings. the recordings were kept as sort of insurance policy for the foreign national in case he got in a tight spot. kayleigh: the white house dismissing the allegations. karine jean-pierre was quick to deflect pressing questions at yesterday s briefing. is the white house aware of recordings of the president speaking to burisma. the president spoke about this at thursday press conference and i will quote him sa
and withholding and concealing records. later today, trump will campaign in georgia and north carolina, where voters will hear from him for the first time since the indictment was unsealed. on tuesday, he s expected to be arraigned on those federal charges in miami. nbc news justice joins me now. can, i appreciate you joining us once again to get our 8:00 hour kicks off. tell us what we can expect to see from donald trump s arraignment on tuesday, a lot of us, and all of us, saw his arraignment when he was arraigned in the manhattan d.a. s office for those hush money payments that remains to stormy daniels. is there going to be a different process this time? slightly different, and many ways the same, katie. as you know, the federal system is a bit different from a state court in new york. i just think, as a matter of history and moments, it s a much bigger deal, in part because this is the federal government that donald trump used to run. he presided over. these people