covering up biden s health issues. the subpoenas they ve now issued. jury deliberations are expected to begin today in the high-profile trial of senator bob menendez after his defense team argued that the corruption allegations against him are, quote, rotten to the core. and the surprisingly good new numbers for the battle against inflation. will it put pressure on the fed to finally cut interest rates? our nbc news reportes are following all of the latest developments and we start with the latest from capitol hill and the critical meeting between senate democrats and biden advisers that wrapped up moments ago. nbc s ali vitale is with us and what do we know about that meeting? anything yet? we are seeing the trickle of senators leave that meeting with the trio of top biden campaign aides sent to capitol hill to talk with senators and assuage their concerns effectively lay out a game plan and show hard data that could possibly get senators back onboard. there s been skitt
america to the rescue there in texas? reporter: you know what they say, money talks. that type of action can have a big difference in legislation. now, this issue is somewhat controversial, somewhat emotional, and companies seem a little more hesitant to talk about this than, say, black lives matter even, or voting rights. but we have heard some companies speak out, yelp, for instance, match and bumble, those dating companies. both texas-based and women led. they have spoken out against this. uber and lyft, those ride sharing apps, american airlines, silicon laboratories, we re hearing a lot from celebrities as far as social sway. pink, reese witherspoon, cindy lopper even. hollywood isn t going to have the same impact in georgia when disney and netflix threatened to pull out. the tv industry puts millions of dollars in that economy. not so in texas. companies we haven t heard from, biggest employers, at&t, oracle, dell has a big presence here. those companies were quick to
but the taliban is warning the u.s. will face consequences if troops stick around past the 31st deadline, calling it a red line. and later this hour, the president will join an emergency meeting with world leaders to talk about all this. they re expected to put pressure on the president to extend with their own citizens as well as tens of thousands of americans and our afghan allies still scrambling to get out. and growing fears of more violence around the airport. 20 were killed in the past week. the u.s. evacuated 63,000 in july. geoff bennett is at the white house, courtney kube at the pentagon, we start with ken delanian. what do we know about the cia meeting? sources tell me that the cia director welcome burns met face to face with the taliban de facto leader in what amounts to the highest level contact between the biden administration and the taliban. the irony is that he is a man the cia helped to capture and jail in 2010, he was kept in pakistan eight years. during
brian kemp during a speech. and a disturbing slap in the face is how governor newsom describes the lifting of a 30-year ban on assault rifles there. and new jets will get you to europe in just about three europe and one major airline already has 15 of them on order. we re going to dig into the future of air travel a little bit later on this hour. it is sunday, june 6th, i m kendis gibson. and i m lindsey reiser. any time i see that i m like, cool, how much is that? this is going to be one for the record books, all across the northeast and parts of the central u.s., d.c. expected to go near record temperatures today in the lower 90s, new york 92, boston 94 degrees today. it is quite a bit different than it was just about a week ago. it s going to be a scorcher out there. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest for you right now. we re going to begin in north carolina where former president donald trump has thrust himself back into the spotligh
just for the record. i love jason, i know he s your nemesis, but that said i love having him, but you are irreplaceable, my friend. you go enjoy. we ll have a date two weeks from today. safe travels. thank you so much, my friend. and a very good day to all of you from right here at msnbc world headquarters in new york and it s just after noon in the east and 9:00 a.m. in the west. infrastructure week is starting to feel more like groundhog day. negotiations between the white house and republicans have hit yet another roadblock. president biden rejecting the latest counter proposal from gop senator shelly moore capito dragging talks into next week, but the clock is ticking. some democrats are warning they might have to go it alone if an agreement is not reached soon. one key democrat says a partisan bill is not an option. meantime donald trump is making a return to the political scene. in fact, in just a few hours the former president will be speaking at the north caroli