Documents case against donald trump. It comes as the former president is being condemned for praising a dictator. Well dig in to both of those stories. And a look at the republican hopefuls campaigning in iowa, as two more names are likely to join the field this week. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, june 5th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us. And well begin this morning with a deadly plane crash near the nations capitol. Yesterday afternoon the military scrambled two f16 fighter jets to respond to a private business jet that was flying over restricted airspace in dc. The response caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the region around unsettled many of the residents there. Heres some of the sound Surveillance Cameras captured. The sound was heard across many miles. The cessna was not responding to radio transmissions. It then crashed in the Shenandoah Wall i have in virginia. Officials say there were no survivors. According to the faa t plane took off from tennessee and was headed to long island when it suddenly turned around and flew back toward washington. Its not clear why the pilot was not responding or how the plane crashed. The New York Times reports the plane was owned by On Core Motors in melbourne, florida, the man who owned it, john rumpel says they were returning to east hampton, new york, after a fourday visit to north carolina. Well bring you more on this story as we learn it. Were also discovering new details about the Justice Departments investigation into former president Donald Trumps handling of classified documents after he left the white house. Nbc new has learned exclusively that the federal grand jury Hearing Evidence in the case is expected to meet again this week in washington. Thats according to multiple people familiar with the investigation. They say activity for the grand jury appeared to have slowed in recent weeks. Prosecutors working for special counsel jack smith have been presented the grand jury with evidence and witness testimony for several months, but its not clear if prosecutors are prepared to seek an indictment at this point. Prosecutors reportedly face two essential legal questions. First, did trump wrongly retain classified documents after he left the white house, and, second, did he later obstruct the governments efforts to retrieve them . The Justice Department would not comment on the status of the investigation. Former President Trump maintains he has broken no laws and has dismissed the investigation as a politically motivated smear campaign. On Meet The Press yesterday, former trump lawyer timothy said he would not be. This is a case where you have to evaluate every case based on what are the facts in the law and is this something provable and then Everything Else in the atmosphere, from a discretion point of view, is this something where it makes sense . He stepped down. Many expect trump to be charged in the months ahead. Trump is also facing criticism this Monday Morning for his 2024 opponents because he congrat late north korea leader kim junk un. He posted praise on his social media website. Its worth noting frequently boasting about their special friendship and love letters skpairchled while he was president s day, trump spelled kims name wrong in the post. Nevertheless, his opponents criticized him over the weekend. With the exception of asa hutchinson, they did so without naming trump directly. What do you make of donald trump congratulating kim . Lets not forget kim john unis a thug. Theres nothing to congratulate him about. I was surprised to see that. One, i think kim jongun is a murderous dictator. Joining that, we need to be getting out of that and rejecting the w. H. O. Lockout treaty. Whether its my former president or someone else, nobody should be praising the dictator in north korea or praising the leader of russia. Under no circumstances do you have to hand it to kim jongun. Speaking of 2024, the Republican National committee is requiring president ial candidates to pledge their support for whomever becomes the nominee in order to take part in the partys first primary debate. The move comes as many have voiced their concerns about supporting opponents in the future. Donald trump said back in march, quote, there are probably people that i wouldnt be very happy about endorsing who are running. The former president has yet to say whether hell sign the pledge, but theres a report hes considering skipping the first republican debate. Former governor Chris Christie whos set to enter the race tomorrow told axios earlier this year he could never support trump again. And potential candidate New Hampshire governor chris sununu said he could support the president ial nominee but hedged it by saying hes confident it wont be donald trump. In order to qualify for the debate, candidates must sign the pledge and meet a series of polling and fundraising. Now, the gop hopefuls, many of them, were in a over the weekend for an annual Roasting Ride hosted by senator joni ernst. Everyone except donald trump attended the event, delivering shortened version at the iowa state fair grounds. Joining us now hannah knowles. Great to see you. Lets talk about some of the candidates out on the trail. Florida Governor Ron Desantis is reaching across the states how have voters reacted to this opponent . I think he got a really good reception when he was on the trail last week. I talked to so many voters who not only did they say they like his policies and his message, but he really came across to them as this young family man, and thats absolutely the image his campaign was trying to put out there. They would bring up his wife Casey Desantis at eer stop and she would kind of give her own mini speech. In that respect, he did it well. His retail poll sick ticks has been closely scrutinized. I picked up and other reporters picked up signs hes still working on that and there were signs that there were awkward moments, but there are good moments as well. His allies are waiting to see if hell get a polling bump now that hes officially a candidate and that trump would drop below 50ch, but we havent seen that yet. Campaign data suggests desantis did well at fundraising, but it was from big donors rather than small donors. Lets talk about the rnc and the pledge that for every candidate who supports the nominee, trump, he sure seems skeptical about doing that. I think theres real concern in the party that if he were to not be the nominee, he would instead of supporting the winning candidate, hed try to tear the whole thing down. When you talk to republican nominees out there talk about the various campaigns, what do they say . Absolutely. Thats why all these candidates are in a bind, too, because they want to be able to bring all of trumps ardent supporters with him if they do win. He has to be careful about not offending those people. Desantis did come out swinging at trump. I think more than some people expect and he attacked him on not just policy but character saying his name calling is petty and his behavior for years is part of the reason hes not in the white house anymore. So really getting pretty explicit. He does that with reporters, not in his Stump Speeches as he sticks with these more unveiled jabs of how i would have gotten rid of fauci and things like that. Its going to be interesting to watch how many of them directly take on trump. We really appreciate you joining us this morning. Well talk to you again soon. Still ahead on way too early, moscow claims to have thwarted a largescale attack by ukraine. Well have that reporting and what ukrainian president zelenskyy is saying about his countrys much anticipated counteroffensive. Plus, another Military Provocation by beijing. What were learning about a near collision between a chinese warship and a u. S. Navy ship. Those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. When we come right back vo with verizon, you can now get a private 5g network. So you can do more than connect your business, you can make it even smarter. Now ports can know where every piece of cargo is. And where its going. dock worker right on time. vo robots can predict breakdowns and order their own replacement parts. foreman nice work. vo and retailers can get ahead of the Fashion Trend of the day with a new line tomorrow. With a verizon private 5g network, you can get more agility and security. Giving you more control of your business. We call this enterprise intelligence. From the Network America relies on. 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Were going to to turn to some overseas headlines now. Russia says it repelled a largescale ukrainian offensive in the eastern prove engs of donetsk. They rereese leased a video claiming over 200 soldiers were killed in the battle. Now, ukraine has yet to respond to any of russias claims. The kremlin also recently claimed that one of its top military commanders was at a fort post near the front lines while the ap reports this may be an effort for moscow to criticize russia that the top Mull Tear Leaders have not been visible at the front. Ukrainian president zelenskyy tells the Wall Street Journal its ready to laurench a counteroffensive. Its unclear whether the situation in donetsk is part of that effort. Elsewhere theres been a second provocation by chinas military in a span of a week. This time a nearmiss collision between china and the u. S. In the strait. Reporter china defending its latest Act Of A Gregs at sea after one ofs warships nearly collided with the u. S. In the sea. The Chinese Defense minister argued that recent joint u. S. And canadian patrols in the region served as a provocation and warned that a fierce competition between u. S. And china would lead to unbearable pain in the whole world. In this video, the chinese ship can be seen on the left speeding up, coming within 450 feet of the Uss Chung Hewn forcing it to come to a slowdown to avoid collision. I call on the leadership to really do the right things to reign in that kind of conduct because i think accidents can happen that could cause things to spiral out of control. Reporter this latest incident comes days after a chinese fighter jet flew directly in front of the nose of a u. S. Reconnaissance plane over the china sea. Tensions rising as the white house seeks to reestablish diplomatic channels after communications broke down over the chinese spy balloon in february. Theres a lot of risk of miscalculation. 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On the womens side, Second Seated Player Won A Hard Fought Match Against AmericanSloane Stephens to advance to her first rolandgarros semifinal. Sloane stooevs came back before sabalenka came back. Sabalenka has 32 win this year. Meanwhile a womens doubles team was disqualified from the tournament yesterday after an errant hit struck a ball girl during the match. The team was leading in the second set before one of the players sent the ball to the opposite end of the court between points. It accidentally hit the ball girl in the net, injured her and she left in tears. The umpire gave a warning before a disqualification, sending that team home. The next golfer arrived. Rose zhang living up to the hype. She had a par on the second playoff hole. Zhang is the first player in 72 years to win on the l pga tour in her pro debut. Congrats to her. Time for baseball. An ally and embarrassing sixth inning moment for the red sox up in boston. To marek up for the lack of velocity. 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