evangelicals could be key to winning that all important state, but could it alienate republican voters down the line. let s start with a much needed string of successes this week for president joe biden, domestically, internationally, politically, punctuated by today s big number, $72 million raised in the second quarter of 2023. compare that to the republican side, 35 million reported by former president donald trump s campaign, 20 million for governor ron desantis. and then there is that hugely consequential week on the world stage, biden facing multiple global challenges at the nato summit that threaten to erupt into division, but walked away with unity. and he gave his personal guarantee that the u.s. will stay committed to the alliance despite what he called extreme elements at home that threatened to pull back. the president was going by two strongest economic reports, inflation at its lowest level in two years, in what he says is bidenomics in action. could this kick
hello, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. i want to get right to the breaking news we re following this morning. donald trump arriving just moments ago at a manhattan courthouse for the closing arguments in his multimillion dollar civil fraud trial, and he spoke just before going into the courtroom. there is high tension this morning because trump has suggested he could challenge the judge who has barred him from speaking during closing arguments. another big development, a threat we re following, law enforcement responding to a reported bomb threat at the judge s house this morning. a source with direct knowledge tells nbc news. i want to get right to our yasmin vossoughian joining us from outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. and also with us, former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade and criminal defense attorney danny cevallos. we just saw trump speaking before heading into the courtroom saying, you know, it s not fair that the judge won t let him speak at closing a
prosecutors are warning that if jack teixeira is set free he could keep spilling national secrets all over the internet. now it s up to a judge to decide whether to keep the 21-year-old behind bars. but we begin here in new york city where earlier today a funeral was held for jordan neely who died after a fellow new yorker placed him in a chokehold on a local subway. neely s death fueling familiar, albeit passionate debates, over several of the country s intractable channels, mental illness, homelessness, and vigilante justice. and today even as family and friends grieved a devastating personal loss, those loved ones were also mourning a young man just 30 years old who had looked for help but never got exactly what he needed. reverend al sharpton delivering the eulogy today said that has to change. we keep criminalizing people with mental illness. people keep criminalizing people that need help. they don t need abuse. they need help. jordan i didn t know your jordan. i
re-election campaign that could launch as soon as tomorrow our very own steve kornacki is here to break down what voters think about a potential biden/trump rematch in 2024. right now more than 15,000 americans are still trapped in sudan after evacuations this weekend and as violence rages in the streets. new details this morning about what s being done to get them out. the supreme court keeps the abortion pill available for now. what s next in the legal battle? and kevin mccarthy faces his first big test as speaker with a battle over raising the debt ceiling heating up we begin this hour with breaking news about a shake-up at the white house president biden announced a short time ago that his top domestic policy adviser, susan rice is stepping down from her post nbc news has learned her last day on the job will be may 26th. her departure comes as the president prepares to officially announce that he intends to seek a second term in the white house. with us now to tal
in his hush money cover-up pays to terminate the gag order against the former president now that the trial is over, cnn s kara scannell joins us live care. what arguments are trump s attorneys making to the judge? so trump s lawyers have said that since this gag order was put in place just before the trial started, and it was put in place to protect the integrity of the proceedings because trump was prohibited from making any comments on court staff af on the prosecutors, on any witnesses, and on the jury, they re saying that now that the trial is over, the judge should lift this gag order because that was the reason for it to be in place is no longer happening. and what they wrote in the letter as now that the trial is concluded, the concerns articulated by the government and the court do not justify continued restrictions on first amendment rights of president trump, who remains the leading candidate in the 2024 presidential election. and the american people, they re sayi