propaganda. russia points to the united states and says washington is somehow behind that brazen drone attack on the kremlin. the white house calls this claim bs. a there s a word that comes to mind. i would tell you he s lying. it s a ludicrous claim. the united states had nothing to do with this. and the special counsel puts the trump organization in his sights. sources telling cnn jack smith s prosecutors are zeroing in on how long time president trump employees handled the evidence. up first for us, major breaking news right here in washington, d.c. a major victory for the justice department after prosecutoring leaders of the i object sur recollection. five members were convicted for various felony charges a short time ago. four of them, including the leader, was convicted of the most serious charge. that charge being seditious conspiracy. trial testimony detailed how the proud boys organized after trump s call for supporters to flood washington on the day the elect
tomorrow, king charles iii and queen camilla will lead the palace into the abbey and make history of their own. a moment last seen here before most londoners were even born 70 years ago. as for king charles it was a busy day. he spent some of it greeting people outside the palace along with prince william and princess kate. the king, william, kate, accompanied by the king s cyst earthquake, princess anne had lunch with the prime minster and other visiting dignitaries. coaches pulling the royal coach tomorrow got a workout today accompanied by footmen through hyde park. and hampshire southwest of the city, members of the household division rehearsed for their role. like the royals, this is a family business. some of the soldiers following in the footsteps of parents and grandparent who is marched for queen elizabeth and king george vi. a look at a coronation chair. he ll be anointed by the archbishop of canterbury. you ve heard the phrase, the crown jewels. here they are. and
this one is asked to appear in trump s defense as the grand jury makes a decision on whether to hand up an indictment. trump set off shockwaves by posting a prediction he would be indicted tomorrow and calling for protests against the new york d.a., law enforcement officials meeting today to prepare, just in case. also ahead, china s president arriving in moscow for his first visit since russia invaded ukraine, a three-day visit where vladimir putin hopes to strengthen ties and hopefully obtain aid for his failing ukraine invasion. we ll talk to ukraine s ambassador to the u.s. and nbc news s richard engel will join us live from baghdad with a view of how the country has changed on the 20th anniversary of the u.s. war in iraq. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. thanks for being with us. at the center of this investigation, alleged false filings about rush money payments by former trump legal adviser, michael cohen, to former adult film star stormy daniels
personnel from the u.s. embass evacuated overnight from sudan s capital city o khartoum a former army general is gonna join me and what it took to ge embassy officials out what the future holds for the war tor african nation plus, new nbc news polling wit a fresh look at the upcoming presidential election, and wha they re saying about president biden just days away fro announcing his reelection bid. and why governor ron desantis hopes of being a presidentia contender may have already failed we ll take a look at all o those numbers, plus, could w see donald trump take th witness stand this week? a hint, the answer has nothing to do with elections coming up in the next, our special guest, senator alex, right here in california joining as well. you don t wanna miss tha conversation, we re gonna ge his thoughts on what he like t ask the chief justice of the u.s. about ethics concerns a the highest levels of th supreme court. we begin with that breakin news, overnight, out of sud
to give you some idea what change looks like on an issue that some fear is impervious to it. take a look at the front page of today s nashville, tennessee and lee. it reads that republican governor bill lee wants gun law action and beneath it, jones, meaning democratic state representative justin jones expelled after gun violence. protests on the statehouse floor reclaims his seat in the legislature. two major bipartisan developments in the wake of last month school shooting in nashville happening with remarkable speed, creating a front page that might have seemed inconceivable just a few days ago, and that was before local officials voted today to reinstate the second expelled state representative justin j. pearson of memphis last night on this program, representative jones said he saw a change of heart in governor lee and then perhaps another sign of that both his reinstatement and representative pearsons today were unanimous. representative pearson joins us now, representa