good day from msnbc worl headquarters in new york welcome to alex witt reports i m lindsey reiser developing this hour, a ne poll suggest that donald trump s indictment may b causing political damage a majority poll think th former president intentionally acted illegally. 20% believe he did nothing wrong. now just 25% of will be 61%, unfavourably. earlier today, trump s lawye in another probe said th former presidents legal team will likely fight to dismiss the manhattan da s case. we ve been through this if there s an actual legal basis for disqualification they will pursue it. i think there will be some ver well placed motions to dismiss based on the legal frailties o this kind of mental gymnastics indictment that allen is tryin to piece together. new today, to tennessee state democrats could be on path to reinstatement this wee after being ousted b republicans. it comes as followed grows ove their obstacle shun, and despairing of their whit colleague for protesting g
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the last hour, the pentagon has confirmed that they are seeing reports of a balloon transiting over latin america. brigadier general patrick ryder says that the us department of defense now assesses that it is another chinese surveillance balloon. this comes after washington accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a first such balloon was detected over the united states. secretary of state antony blinken postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says that balloon was a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. in a moment, i ll get the latest from our correspondent on the second balloon sighting. first, this report from gordon correra. i.have no idea what this thing is. a strange object in the sky, filmed by a member of the public in rural montana. and for those of you who think this mightjust be the moon, it is not the moon, the moon is off to my right
health and safety after that fiery train derailment triggered a major chemical spill. officials now telling some people there not to drink the water. we begin this hour with the latest on the deadly shooting at michigan state university. we re learning new details about the three students murdered in this tragedy. three bright futures cut short. arielle anderson was a sophomore at msu, her family described her to local media as kind hearted, driven, straight-a student. they say she was always helpful to others and aspired to become a pediatrician. alexandria verner was a junior at msu. her hometown superintendent says she was a tremendous leader and athlete and that if you knew her, you loved her. alexandria s father described her as a beautiful soul. brian fraser was an msu sophomore, his family described him as a good kid, loved by everyone. he served as his fraternity s president, which called him a great friend. his high school swim team said brian had an infectious smi
. good to be with you, i m katy tur, former vice president mike pence is putting up a fight. a moment ago in minnesota, he told reporters he is pushing back on special counsel jack smith s subpoena requiring him to testify about january 6th. pence is citing the speech and debate clause, something normally reserved for sitting lawmakers. my fight is on the separation of powers. my fight against the doj s subpoenas very simply is on defending the prerogatives that i had as president of the senate to preside over the joint session of congress on january 6th. for me, this is a moment where you have to decide where you stand and i stand on the constitution of the united states. yesterday if you were with us, you would have heard former federal prosecutor paul butler tell us that argument, that speech and debate clause would be a good academic paper for a law student but not as good of an argument in court. after all, pence was not a legislator, technically. he was vice presi
for humanitarian aid groups. and who is george santos? we ll tell you about the ambitious us politician who seemingly lied his way into congress. we start this hour with a special report from ukraine from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where today the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places being shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea, and because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month in a significant gain for ukrainian troops, but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. our correspondent yogita limaye has spent the last four days in kherson with colleagues imogen anderson, sanjay ganguly and mariana matveichuk, and they sent this special report. i should warn you it contains some distressing images. kherson is being pounded. this is where one of more than a0 m