States and one u. S. Territory casting their votes today to determine their partys nominee. It is shaping up to be a big night for donald trump already every raisce so far has gone for him over nikki haley the president winning 11 states, taking minnesota and texas included he now has more than 600 delegates, which puts him more than halfway to the 1215 needed to nominate, savannah. All right, lester, thanks we have correspondents fanned out across the country, getting the pulse of the voters, and the issues that will decide the president ial election this fall. Of course the candidates weal w will will be watching closely. Garrett, what is the mood there . Reporter savannah, theres a ton of energy in this room as folks here are ready to celebrate what they hope will be the start of a general Election Campaign in the last few minutes, theyve really started sealing off this room, preparing for the former president. His Adult Children are here. Some of his top supporters both financially
Here. Gillian it is a total joy. Take a look at this the closeddoor interview with lawmakers. Which was released on the same date that form a President Trump face to state indictment, at that time enough putting creams of double standards into pretty stark relief. Case in point, the former Police Commissioner to commit a crime similar to hunter biden, but rather than a plea deal, ended up getting sentence and surveying ten months and praise and listen. I went through that some of my life, and this is the way the criminal Justice System the serfs to be and i wanted to take accountability for what i did. This is the where the Justice System this must be designed. And it should be everyone should be held accountable across the board, im sure that millions and millions of americans across the world they want fairness in the Justice System. Lucas jones is from capitol hill with more details. Hello lucas. It is not just a gentleman involved in that case, but the amount of money involved in t
now, we do have new reporting on where yevgeny prigozhin was shortly after. the story keeps getting weirder. the only sort of bright spot for vladimir putin is ukraine s counter offensive has been slow. will cluster munitions change that, and how much blow back will president biden get for that. one nation against it is the uk, we have the latest on the president s stop in london this morning. there s a lot to get to. let us start with the reporting. joining me now, nbc news correspondent ali arouzi, and from kyiv, nbc news foreign correspondent kelly cobiella. let s get to lithuania, the president has just gotten there. what s the agenda for tomorrow? what s on the table? reporter: well, the summit really kicks off in earnest tomorrow, and president biden will be meeting other leaders of nato countries. he ll be very various bilaterals. there will be a nato family photo, and then a dinner at the presidential palace, where they will be able to discuss various issues that th
ukrainian offensive through this area. where they don t. i think they needed them. donald trump, the campaign trail, amidst new reporting today on classified documents and potential pressure campaign involving the irs to let his freedom caucus fracture is, the latest on an inept effort to oust marjorie taylor greene from the gop organization. plus, you are following some extreme heat that continues to stifle parts of the country as well as a threat of severe storms and others. an alarming health development, cases of malaria, cropping up in the u.s. from the first time in decades. all of that and a troubling new trend in the wake of anti-trans legislation around the country. people forced to go to the black market to get medication they desperately need. that story is ahead this hour as well. you don t miss that conversation. we begin though with ukraine. now, 500 days into its fight for survival after the russian invasion. the president just signed off on what may be his
stamp. in terms of ending the war, nbc news is reporting on secret talks between former u.s. officials and prominent russians to lay the groundwork for potential negotiations. while the post reports ukrainian officials say they are confident in their aim to retake substantial territory by the fall, and forced russia to negotiate. meanwhile, the white house the uk is a signatory to a convention, which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and discourages their use. we will continue to do our part to support ukraine. all right, there was rishi sunak there, the prime minister of great britain, jumping into the conversation. but to that point, while the white house is defending us and then cluster shells to ukraine, with president biden saying ukrainian forces are running out of ammunition. it is still turning out to be an unpopular decision at home and abroad, as biden plans to travel to europe to tomorrow, and millions of americans remain under potentially