Known, these to always say to me, i made you. So we have cities each other about that. Like one, day im going to be teasing fabulous son. I came behind, you girl. I came behind you. He paved the way, rev. Thank, you ill be watching, take it away. Good evening and welcome to politicsnation. Tonights lead, grand juries and grand strategies. In the Trump Classified document case, they will meet this week. The procommittee took a firstever federal indictment of a former president. One who happens to be seeking to return to that office in 2024. Trump was one of the few republican president ial hopefuls not to appear at a Motorcycle Themed Campaign Event in iowa this weekend. He will be jumping into the race officially this week, along with former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie. The number of republicans running continues to grow, even as the rnc adopts rules aimed at narrowing access to the primary debate stage. Meantime on the democratic side, President Biden this weekend is signing a
of extreme weather, heat alerts are stretching from california to texas and parts of south florida as well. while in the northeast, a state of emergency. in vermont, the capitol city devastated by flooding there with some people still stranded in their homes. and then new this morning, what we know about the fourth migrant child to die while in u.s. custody. we begin this hour, though, with a war in ukraine taking center stage at the nato summit in lithuania. later today, the president will give a major speech on the u.s. support of ukraine and the actions that world leaders are taking to address global challenges. just last hour, the president sat down with ukraine s president zelenskyy for their third face to face meeting this year. while ukraine will not become a nato member right now, ukrainian leader is coming away with a series of security guarantees announced by nato and g-7 leaders and this assurance from the u.s. president. we re going to make sure you get what y
meteorologist on why it feels, quite literally and figuratively like a turning point on climate change. this is american voices. as the battle for control of congress heats up ahead of the 2024 election, republicans are showing up how they plan to govern if they win. case in point, they are attacking civil rights under the guise of military readiness. on thursday, the house passed a new defense spending bill, going after anything they deem as quote, woke. republican amendments to the bill include ending diversity training, limiting health care for trans service members, that bill would also rollback a pentagon service policy covering travel expenses for military members. who must now travel out of state for abortion access, following the overturn of roe v. wade. this legislation made possible by a far-right faction of the house that demanded these controversial amendments to negotiations with house speaker kevin mccarthy. and this week could be a preview of the battle over
president was in helsinki standing side by side with vladimir putin defending the russian leader. we ll take you there live. also, right now, wild weather coast to coast from tornados in chicago to flooding in the northeast, and more than 100 million americans under the thumb of a historic heat wave. we have your forecast. plus, setting the stage for another hollywood strike, first writers, now actors, what it could mean for all your entertainment. good morning, it s 10:00 eastern. thanks for being here. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin in helsinki where we are just minutes away from a joint press conference with president biden and the president of finland, nato s newest member. let s go there now with nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba. walk us through the presidents day there in finland so far. reporter: well, ana, this is really a historic cap to a week of critical meetings for president biden overseas, and he s here in finland m
it is sunday, july 9th. i am ali velshi. the field of republican presidential candidates is growing. a date has when lockdown for the first republican primaries and caucuses. yesterday, the republican party of iowa announced that it will hold its first in the nation caucus on january 15th of 2024. momentum will pick up next month when the party holds its first primary debate in milwaukee, august 23rd. there is going to be a problem for the country to receive most or some of the candidates together. at least one dozen republicans should be competing in 2024 but only five of them declared candidates have met the requirements to qualify for the first debate. ron desantis, nikki haley, revak wamah swami, tim scott, and donald trump, the undisputed front runner in the race right now. it s difficult to overstate how unusual this race is turning out to be. the republican party has been impeached twice already. he s running for that position again. he is leading the pack. he has been