this. but this week we saw one of history s great split screen moments. on tuesday, at the exact same time that former president trump was being arraigned in florida not only were fake electors from trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election, not only were those fake electors testifying before special counsel jack smith s january six grand jury, but at the same moment congressional republicans were holding their own bizarro hearing about january 6th. at the exact same time a former president was arraigned on federal criminal charges related to unlawfully hoarding documents, witnesses were testifying in jack smith s other sprawling federal investigation into that same former president all the while that former president s congressional defenders were hard at work whitewashing the january 6th insurrection. all at the same time. that sort of wild convergence belongs in the history books. and while the arraignment and investigation of a former president is clearly of utmost impor
trump was being arraigned in florida not only were fake electors from trump s plot to overturn the 2020 election, not only were those fake electors testifying before special counsel jack smith sent january six grand jury, but at the same moment congressional republicans were holding their own bizarro hearing about january 6th. at the exact same time of former president was arraigned on federal criminal charges related to unlawfully hoarding documents. witnesses were testifying in jack smith s other sprawling federal investigation into that same former president all the while that former presidents congressional defenders were hard at work whitewashing the january 6th insurrection. all the same time. that sort of wild convergence belongs in the history books. and while the arraignment and investigation of a former president is clearly of utmost importance here i think it is worth paying attention to the fake story from tuesday as well. the thing that was happening in congress.
legal team is gathering the resources to properly define him against a federal indictment. we ll bring you the latest on trump s legal troubles in another hour of velshi begins right now. right now. good morning, it. good morning, i m ali velshi. the minneapolis police department for years engaged in, quote, excessive force, unlawful discrimination and violations of constitutional rights. those are the findings of a two-year federal investigation into the police department. triggered by the murder of george floyd. on may 25th, 2020, george floyd s three final words became a fixture in history as at the weight of the minneapolis police officer derek chauvin was actively cutting off his oxygen flow. those three words were i can t breathe. we now know that george floyd s choking death was not an isolated incident. the attorney general merrick garland announced on friday, quote, we found numerous incidents in which officers responded to a person s statement that they could no
good morning, everyone. welcome to c cnn this morning. i m amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. president biden ordering the military to shoot down an unidentified object off the coast of alaska. what pentagon officials are saying about it and the key differences between this object and that chinese balloon that was shot down last week. and also a moment of hope amid the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria, more than 24,000 people killed, but amid the loss after days trapped under the rubble, a teenager found alive. we ll have the incredible story along with the footage. and plus governor desantis is getting new power over one of the state s most iconic theme park systems. the potential impacts of the latest twist in his feud with disney. and the situation is terrible, i can barely breathe. but you re still staying. i don t have a choice. plus months after hurricane ian slammed into the state, some in the storm s path are still living in tents. their sto
steps to annex parts of the country. the former president of ukraine about this latest news. and cancelled, chronic delays, scores of lost luggage. can this summer s travel woes get any worst? one small airplane has a possible solution to all of this. we start with the growing controversy over the secret service text messages and the january 6th attack on the capitol. a source tells nbc news the secret service has no new text messages related to the january 6th insurrection to hand over to the house select committee investigating the attack. that revelation comes after an inspector general informed the committee the secret service had deleted text messages from january 5th and 6th, 2021. the committee issued a subpoena for those records last week. the source tells nbc news that the secret service plans to do a, quote, forensic examination of agents phones identified in the inspector general s report, but added the agency does not expect it will yield any relevant e-mails