soon. plus, all eyes on florida where a grand jury in the trump classified documents case heard from another witness today. the washington post reporting that if trump is indicted, a majority of the charges will be brought in florida. so what does that mean? and ukraine gaining background around bakhmut around the chief of russia s private army admits there will be major russian losses in ukraine. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the hazardous air now choking more than 75 million americans. it s an unbelievable situation. these are live pictures of new york. thick smoke from wildfires burning hundreds and hundreds of miles away is now smothering the city. you got more than 8 million people affected just there. and it is way bigger than new york, philadelphia, pittsburgh, syracuse, all of them, the images you see there, 75 million americans are suffering from the hazardous haze. it is so bad particularly in new york city that the air quality index th
hello, everyone. as we begin next hour, the next gop contest, it is taking shape. new and familiar republican faces jump into the 2020 war contest, selling themselves as the next and best alternative to donald trump. speaking of, incriminating evidence as we get in the classified documents case, and that is just one of trump s legal headaches. also tonight, legislating in action, president biden racks up another big win in washington post by delivering on a key campaign promise. it is pride month, the love story that triggered a movement for equality in chicago and beyond. this is american voices. we begin this hour in iowa, a crucial stop for gop presidential candidates as they work to find footing in a to be defined by trumpism. this afternoon, a republican 2024 hopefuls go to them one at a fund-raiser hopes to by iowa senator, joni irks, noticeably absent, front-runner, donald trump. the chief rival, at least for now, met florida rhonda scent is what he was there. desa
new activity in the florida grand jury. there are no multiple witnesses expected to be heard by this grand jury. amid reports that the former president was told he is a target of the investigation. there s just more and more signs that the case is coming to fruition. then, first christy, now pence. well attacking the front runner have ever any effect on a republican electorate? anyone who asks someone else to put them over the constitution should never be president of the united states again. plus, new evidence of the ongoing threat to democracy from an old trump world figure. all we have to do, claudia, is find 11,000 plus votes. and halted flights, cancel the games, and tens of millions breathing toxic air. david wallace wells on the unmistakable consequences of not doing enough to combat man made climate change. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we have had an absolute whirlwind of new developments today in the federa
ceiling bill. the vote was 63 to 36. it comes some 24 hours after the house passed the same bill. it raises the nation s debt limit while also imposing new caps on spending. and now goes to the presidents desk for his signature, with four days to go before the monday default deadline. let s get straight to nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitale, who has been standing by for hours and hours. all, right ali vitale. it happened. how did this whole thing go down tonight? yeah, it was less with a bang and more with a whimper, stephanie ruhle. weeks and weeks of high stakes negotiations here in washington covering each and every turn of them, as speaker mccarthy and his top allies huddled with top white house officials over the course of several weeks to hammer out this deal. and now the senate finishing it up in the dead of night, sending it now to the presidents desk, and avoiding default, with the days to go until that ex date deadline on monday. that s good news. an
an exclusive interview with president biden s national security adviser jake sullivan. we talk about russia s war in ukraine. threats from china, and america s role in a new world. and it is gps s birthday. this year we mark 15 years of the global public square. it is astonishing how much has happened in a decade and a half. and we will bring you the highlights. but first, here is my take. as i was following turkey s recent general election, i was stunned to hear one of the country s top officials then interior minister speaking to a crowd from a balcony jubilant, he promised that erdogan would wipe away whoever caused truoube for turkey and that includes the american military. and he declared that those who pursue a proamerican approach will be considered traitors. keep in mind turkey has been a member of nato with american military bases in the country for about 70 years. turkish president erdoganoch used anti-western rhetoric himself before the elections first roun