and now a lot more people can. so let s go. the digital age is waiting. new reporting as we come on the wear from washington, a key court appearance, a new white house statement, and more questions for the administration. let s start with what is happening right now this hour. the new mexico suspect solomon pena getting ready to go before a judge, just about 30 minutes from now. arrested on conspiracy charges. among others. for the shooting attacks, the ring leader, police say allegedly targeting democratic officials, in albuquerque. our team is live on the ground with new reporting and what to expect. also this hour, president biden s first reaction to the deadly helicopter crash in ukraine. the interior minister and more than a dozen others killed. we have a live report from kyiv and the pentagon with more on just what happened. plus, any minute, the white house getting ready for you name it, inevitably nor questions on how president biden handled classified documents,
and now a lot more people can. so let s go. the digital age is waiting. new reporting as we come on the wear from washington, a key court appearance, a new white house statement, and more questions for the administration. let s start with what is happening right now this hour. the new mexico suspect solomon pena getting ready to go before a judge, just about 30 minutes from now. arrested on conspiracy charges. among others. for the shooting attacks, the ring leader, police say allegedly targeting democratic officials, in albuquerque. our team is live on the ground with new reporting and what to expect. also this hour, president biden s first reaction to the deadly helicopter crash in ukraine. the interior minister and more than a dozen others killed. we have a live report from kyiv and the pentagon with more on just what happened.
at this time. we should have a better understanding whether he intends to plead guilty, not guilty, whether bail will be set, one of our colleagues on our digital nbc news.com team spoke with some neighbors who are hoping that bail is not provided here, as an opportunity, saying is dangerous. and when you look at the 15 counts that prosecuted laid out and filed against solomon pena, it is understandable. looking at counts including felony, in possession of a firearm, shooting at an occupied dwelling, shooting from a motor vehicle. attempted aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, conspiracy, criminal solicitation. this is already a convicted felon who previously served seven years in jail. and now, when you go and listen to the lawmakers and several of whom you have talked to as well, i just got back from being down the road at debbie o malley, who is one of the county commissioners, who was visited at her driveway, by solomon pena in the days after his election defeat in november, i
conversation with danny in a second, some of the evidence, because the police gathered a good pit of it based on the arrest documents that have come out over the last 24 hours and spoken with the individuals i have spoken with, you have spoken with, walk us through that. i mean it is hard not to call this a ragtag team of conspirators here. there was a search warrant that was executed of the phones of one of the individuals that was allegedly hired for cash by solomon pena. and on that phone were text message exchanges between not only him and solomon pena but another one of the individuals who is a part of the scheme in which they exchanged the specific addresses of these lawmakers. there were also photographic images of solomon pena with this particular individual as well as this individual holding up multiple firearms. there were shell casings that were inside of a car that was registered to solomon pena. those shell casings matched the
plus, any minute, the white house getting ready for you name it, inevitably nor questions on how president biden handled classified documents, as we learn more about which republicans on congress will be on the front line of the house investigations. i m hallie jackson in washington. good to be with you this afternoon. i want to welcome vaughn hillyard posted up in new mexico for us and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. so vaughn, in 30 minutes, we expect to see solomon men pena, this losing gop candidate who police say is the master behind of the plot 20 go after the democratic officials, in court your for the first time. walk us through what you expect and i know you have been able to speak with one of the fishes targeted. the hearing is about to begin 30 minutes from now in albuquerque and this to note this is a virtual hearing between the courthouse and the jail about 20 miles where we re standing right now, where solomon pena is being held here