will they be indifferent about authorities seeking to recover classified materials? that s today s poll question, which i ll share in a moment. it may depend upon responses by trump s gop opponents. most weren t quick to weigh in before the indictment was unsealed. ron desantis tweeted, the weaponization of federal law enforcement represents a threat to a free society. mike pence used the same word while calling for the unsealing of the indictment. the american people should be able to judge for themselves whether this is just the latest incident of weaponization and politicization at the justice department, or if it s something different, he said. ditto for tim scott on the weaponization charge. the committing to pardon trump immediately upon his own swearing in. chris christie kept his powder dry initially saying we don t get our news from truth social, trump s account. let s see what the facts are when an indictment is released. asa hutchinson called for trump to withdraw
have to save tonight s last thing. for tomorrow and it is worth the wait. because it is fantastic. and on that note, i wish you all a very good, and very safe. and very healthy night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news. thank you for staying up late with me. i will see you at the end of tomorrow! tomorrow tonight, we have no reporting, which confirms something that up to this point we had only suspected. former president, donald trump, is officially a target of the criminal investigation into the alleged mishandling of classified documents at mar-a-lago. that news was first reported today by the guardian, citing two people who were briefed on the matter. multiple outlets are now reporting that federal prosecutors notified trump in the letter that he is the target. nbc news has not independently verified those reports. donald trump is the person who allegedly took those classified documents from the white house, and then refused to comply with a justi
this all sounds, i know for people watching other parts of the country might be a little like, you guys are really obsessed with this. fair, but it really feels bad out there today. it also gives some context what california and the pacific northwest of a living through. so, at least they have, like, i don t know, it s nicer there generally? maybe once the smoke clears anyway. what a day. thank you, my friend. thanks to at-home for joining us this evening. tonight, we have new reporting which confirms something that, up to this point, we had only suspected. former president, donald trump, is officially a target of the criminal investigation into the alleged mishandling of classified documents at mar-a-lago. that news was first reported today by the guardian, citing two people who were briefed on the matter. multiple outlets are now reporting that federal prosecutors notified trump in the letter that he is the target. nbc news has not independently verified those reports
clear that donald j. trump is a target of the investigation. we ll have legal analysis what that means for a possible indictment in just a moment. meanwhile trump s former running mate is now his newest challenger in the 2024 presidential race. we ll have more from mike pence s campaign launch. plus that hazardous haze that s been covering the northeast is expected to kick back up today. we ll get the latest time line for when the wildfire smoke from canada could finally clear out. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. nbc news has learned that former president donald trump s attorneys have been told that trump is a target of the justice department s investigation into the former president s handling of classified documents after he left the white house. prosecutors told trump s attorneys about their client being a target in that probe during their meeting monday at the doj headqu
yes. thank you, my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour in 1952, in the middle of the korean war, the united steel workers of america threatened to strike. but before they, could president truman shocked the nation with a televised address announcing he was seizing control of the steel plants so as not to interrupt the war effort. within half an hour of that address, lawyers for the steal companies had driven to a district court judges home in washington, d.c., and gotten the judge to set a hearing for the next morning. a hearing as to whether or not a could actually do that. now, the merits of that case a really interesting, but the reason the steele seizure case matters today is the speed at which was heard by the supreme court. the issue was so urgent for the steel workers, the unions, the steel companies, the u.s. military, it was so pressing that the case skipped the appeals process and the supreme court heard oral arguments just a little over a