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
people limiting outside activity especially for anyone with underlying medical conditions who might have trouble breathing. video from the space station 240 miles up showing the extent of the smoke from wildfires billowing in the atmosphere. the mostly cloudy smoke is expected to stick around and the possible danger for many. listen. the levels that people if they were to be outside especially if they are exercising breathing faster, they are going to be inhaling particulates at concentrations the normal smokers would inhale. dana: dr. saphier joining us in a moment with more on the hazards to your health and what you need to know. our meteorologist is reporting from new york city time square. good morning. over 9 million acres on fire in canada. many of those fires uncontrolled right now. it has really prompted a lot of the smoke to continue to billow over the border. a blocked weather pattern in place across the country right now. big ridge of high pressure out to t
that is what we are hearing from the white house about debt ceiling negotiations at this hour. house speaker kevin mccarthy sounding more confident now that a deal can and will be reached before the new june 5th deadly. chair of the congressional black caucus, congressman steven horsford is with us to discuss what is at stake. and let s talk about governor ron desantis roll out on twitter, y all. the florida republican officially announced he s running for president. but there was no crowd, no introduction of the candidate. i mean, it s almost the exact opposite of what you want to do to launch a presidential campaign. plus, three years ago, since george floyd was killed by police, police brutality is still a deadly reality in america today. we are talking to activist tamika mallory about confronting this ongoing crisis. i am symone sanders townsend. and i have something to say. a breakthrough or a breakdown? that is what is at stake in the next nine days. that ceilin
news. one of the things i m hearing here in munich is real concern about the surveillance balloon program. plus, safety fears. fema arrives in east palestine, ohio more than two weeks after the toxic derailment. in turkey survival against the odds. more than 12 days after the earthquake a family is pulled from the rubble. returning to the depths. the titanic as never seen before. it was pretty haunting. and finally, rush hour rescue in los angeles. how this dog captivated a city and prompted these drivers to act. she goes, i rescued a dog on the freeway. i go no way, he i just watched somebody rescue a dog on the freeway. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news, from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. there is breaking news tonight. former president jimmy carter has decided against any further medical treatment and entered home hospice care. mr. carter is 98 years old. his decision follows a series of short hospital stays. this weekend several family
hello, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. president biden is taking his state of the union pitch on the road. right now he s speaking in the battleground state of wisconsin focusing on his administration s effort to boost manufacturing in america. this is part of a two-day swing. biden is also going to tampa, florida, to reinforce last night s message which is seen as a preview of his expected 2024 re-election campaign. cnn s phil mattingly joins us now. so what more do we expect to hear from the president today? i know he s feeling good from that speech last night. i don t think white house officials could be happier in the wake of the speech last night, not because they feel like they delivered on the extensive remarks they spent months probing and in the off-the-cuff moments he had with republicans back and forth where they felt the president demonstrated a level of vigor they wanted him to show but als