as where the republican contenders are campaigning today. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, july 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we re learning new details this morning about the search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago golf club carried out by federal agents last year after a less redacted version of the search warrant affidavit was made public late yesterday. the newly public portions of of the document reveal that the federal agents investigating trump s connection to classified materials told the judge who signed the search warrant that they were concerned the location of some of the documents were unknown. the affidavit indicates that justice department officials became concerned after viewing security camera video from mar-a-lago that they had obtained from trump s company. the affidavit reveals the video showed a trump employee since identified as aide and former white house valet walt nauta moving
good night and i am symone sanders townsend in for stephanie ruhle. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. the capital of the great state of mississippi is of course jackson. the airport in jackson, mississippi is called jackson medgar widely evers international airport. that airport in jackson is named after medgar evers, the civil rights leader. he was a decorated u.s. army veteran in world war ii. after he came home from the war, after the united states supreme court ruled on brown versus the board of education. in may 1954, segregation, racial segregation was of course supposed to end in american public schools. as you know, it did not. six months after brown v. board, the naacp named medgar evers its first ever field secretary in the state of mississippi. they named him field secretary in mississippi so he could lead their efforts in that state to organize against segregation, to organize for civil rights. and in 1
and she is furious right now because that i m on camera, but my mother was amongst a group of black student protesters fighting for equality in the 60s at delta state university. and that was a dangerous time. but those types of incidents that were covered by local reporters and some of the shame that came from the national embarrassment of treating people inhumanely this part of the pressure that helped to create that type of change. but what would become of my mother knows that they weren t telling their story. [applause] and now, it s no different. but thankfully, my mother story was told. she got it completed degree of delta state, continued on the florida, and then got another degree. and then for the last 45 years, has worked at an historically black college as an educator and administrator. [applause] and those are many black colleges, you ve got a you wanted a black college. to my mom, i say thank you for everything you ve done for me. and for everything, the countl
right now, i m in washington d.c., about to attend the annual white house correspondents dinner. tonight, much of washington will come together. but an epic political battle lies ahead. president joe biden officially launched his reelection campaign this week. asking americans for more time to finish the job he was elected to do in 2020. black voters were pivotal in sending biden to the white house. tonight, i ll ask georgia congresswoman, nikema williams, whether enthusiasm for the biden harris ticket remains high. in the meantime, donald trump is building his case to be the republican nominee, again. the former president is racking up endorsements, as his poll numbers rise. that s despite the escalating state, federal and local investigations into trump s conduct before and in the white house. his former vice president, mike pence, testified before federal grand jury, two days ago. about trump s conduct leading up to january 6th. also tonight, celebrating harry belafonte. t
nearly a mile wide and stayed on the ground for more than an hour. leaving nothing but destruction in its wake. bill: it touched down near rolling fork, mississippi. a town of 2,000 people. that community is wiped off the map. sandra: houses reduced to rubble. some ripped off their foundations. the storm had winds reaching 170 miles-per-hour. that s strong enough to send cars and power lines flying through the air. bill: satellite images. on the left a picture of rolling before the storm hit. on the right is what happened after ward. an elementary school, trees, homes, cars, all of them are now gone. sandra: leveled. a church left unrecognizable with the steeple blown off. the scope of destruction is hard to fathom even for those who lived through it. it was dark. call for help. it was quiet. to hear those little kids hollering help. it s devastating. i look around town and i m saying i know we can rebuild, but what do you do with the devastation? what do you do w