questions. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. let s start with the extreme heat and severe weather happening all around the country. marissa parra is in south florida, tracking tornadoes, floods, triple digit temperatures. it s hot where you are. what s the latest? reporter: you know when you have the hot weather, the severe weather kicks in. in north carolina, the ef 3 tornado snapped power line, ruined homes. there were over a dozen hurt, and the pfizer plant took significant damage. and over in kentucky, that flash flooding, we know the governor of kentucky just tweeted out not long ago that there were several people who had to be rescued from the flash flooding, but so far, no one missing, no fatalities reported. the thing to remember here is the most deadly form of severe weather is actually extreme heat, and that is something we have seen from coast to coast across the country, particularly we re not just talking about here in miami w
there s such an awareness, not only from the usa but everybody involved in the world cup. this is the biggest ever women s sporting event on the planet. they want to put on a show and the best way to do that is to let their feet do the talking. can t wait to watch, amanda davis, thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. russia terrorizing the southern ukrainian city of o odesa. arguably the most intense yet in terms of the weaponry that we saw on display. what appeared to be interception rockets flying every which way, which did appear to take out a missile. what evidence does jack smith have? what witnesses has he spoken to that trump and his team are unaware of? what criminal activity did he do? he told people to be peaceful. our system is not perfect and it is damn near perfect and the best in the world. the single most important question is whether any of these cases actually get to trial before the 2024 election. in rocky mount, north carolin
the rich. a new lawsuit takes a page from the supreme court s latest really to push on this is american voices. we begin with the world closing in even tighter around n donald trump on a host of different legal fronts. er trump s alleged coke. in the jackson documents case has pleaded not guilty for his part in the handling of our country secrets. according to the former u.s. attorney, the deal is evidence so overwhelming that he is due to present for years if he doesn t flip the former president. next is a matter for the generous! investigation. pressure pouring in indicates that has brought dozens of witnesses and the focus of the selector scheme which trump andt his allies stopped to collect electors from states he lost in the 2020 election. these developments, along with another indictment in new york and an ongoing criminal investigation in georgia to ask why can t the gop quit trump? we ponder about exact question n in the dispatch trump may be guilty of a few of the
evening. now it s time to last word with jonathan kaye pot in for lawrence. good evening, jonathan. good evening, alex. quite the day we ve had today. i know you re gonna have a great show analyzing what went. down yes, we will. alex, thank you very much. have a great show. this is not a normal court. that was what president biden said after the radical conservatives on the supreme court, for the second time in two years, reversed nearly 50 years of precedent on an issue that has significantly helped improve the lives of americans. last year it was undoing protections for women to make decisions about their own reproductive health. today it s undoing the consideration of race in college admissions, which has let helped level educational opportunities for minority students, like me. 30 years or so ago. it is a court that is looking to move the country backwards. as president biden told msnbc s nicole wallace earlier today. it s done more to unravel basic rights and
people as the central players shush, don t tell them. well, cats out of the bag. it s happening. i think it happened today. thank you for the book plug, as well. thank you my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. the year was 1990. republican incumbent north carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election. so helms cold in the political consultants, who helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back. and this is what they came up with. this ad. you needed that job. you are the best qualified. but they had to give it to a minority tick is of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says he supports ted kennedy s racial quota law but makes the color of your skin more important than your qualifications. you ll vote on this issue next tuesday. for racial quotas, i began. it against racial quotas, jesse helms. that added, with