mar-a-lago. former president trump now hinting at fourth amendment violations will also threatening to release surveillance video of the search, which would have a white ranging impact. the life reporting, in just a moment. and does trump s argument hold any water legally? we are going to ask a former federal prosecutor about that and much more. plus, the balance of power in the senate. could democrats be poised to maintain control, or even gain seats, holding off the gop? search minority leader mitch mcconnell race a few eyebrows with his comments this week about candidate quality. we ll dive into a new report that has the senate as a toss-up. 80 days from election day. we are also keeping a close eye on the georgia election and investigation of rudy giuliani, and what we ve learned from his testimony this week, and where the probe goes from here. he is now considered a target of the investigation. and the next hour, we will dive deeper into right wing extremism and the thre
european powerhouse is revealing she has taken a drug test, giving in to calls from fellow lawmakers after online videos showed her partying. i m joe fryer in for hallie jackson. with me this hour is nbc news correspondent josh lederman in dnipro, ukraine, and a member of the council on foreign relations, former state department adviser and author of nuclear nightmares. josh, let s talk about this aid and what s happening in ukraine, what can you tell us about this latest round of funding as tensions skyrocket around that nuclear plant? this latest batch of funding, joe, will be a little under 800,000, including a thousand javelin antitank missiles as well as more ammunition as well as additional howitzers for the ukrainians to use. perhaps the object that get the most attention is more than a done eagle drones, the first time the united states has provided those spy drones to the ukrainians. they re made by boeing and can fly at low altitude to avoid detection by russian
playing out before our eyes taking us to another scary place over the past fort night. a criminal investigation into donald trump s handling of classified information looming over the country and both major political parties with an even more significant specter casting a long, shadow in sharp relief. the very real possibility that a former president of the united states could soon be indicted for violating the espionage act or other federal statutes. it is extremely volatile and if donald trump is indeed indicted although that remains a big if, for the moment and we ll move beyond volatility and into more territory that s explosive into where there is a dramatic increase into more political violence than we ve seen already in our republic. in just the last two weeks we ve seen threats against the fbi and law enforcement surging. a pennsylvania man was arrested last week for threatening to kill agents of the federal bureau of investigation and a man armed with a semiautomat
country. i believe in the very soul of this nation, and most of all, i believe in you, the american people. i believe in my core there isn t a single thing this country cannot do when we put our mind to it. we have to remember who we are. we are the united states of america. there s nothing beyond our capacity. that s why so many foreign companies decide to invest their make chips in america, billions of dollars. we re the best. we have to believe in ourselves again, and now i m going to take action that i ve been looking forward to doing for 18 months. [ applause ] i m going to sign the inflation reduction act. [ applause ] hey, everyone, it s john heilemann here, i forgot to say aloha, namaste, and gutentag. i m here for nicolle wallace yet again, and we are here interrupting our regularly scheduled programming which you re all too familiar with, to bring you a special bulletin regarding what president joe biden would in an earlier incarnation surely have referred to as
former american president. it s hard to overstate how not normal this is or how not normal it used to be before donald trump. since the search of mar-a-lago, there has been a spike in threats toward law enforcement. the bulletin was an internal warning for authorities to watch out, that their own personal safety might be at risk, quote, the fbi and dhs have observed an increase in threats to federal law enforcement and to a lesser extent other law enforcement and government officials following the fbi s recent execution of a search warrant in palm beach florida. three officials tell nbc news the fbi also warned that it has seen personal identifying information of possible targets of violence, such as home addresses, as well identification of family members as additional targets. these warnings can t just be dismissed as idle talk. on thursday a pro-trump veteran was killed in a standoff with law enforcement after local police say he attempted to break through the bullet-proof