The author joins me live. Welcome to the lead. I m jake tapper, and we start with tragic and common breaking news in our national lead. Right now there are multiple active scenes after a mass shooting in san jose, california. We expect to get an update from police and local leaders in just minutes. Here is what we know so far. The sheriff s department there says that eight people were killed and several others injured at the vta or the valley transportation authority light rail yard, that s a hub that stores trains and is also used for maintenance of those trains. Sources have identified the shooter as sam kass did i. Sam kass did i was a vta employee. Deputies say he s dead, but they are not sure if he took his own life or if he was killed by law enforcement. The bomb squad is on scene right now and searching the vta facility after police received reports that explosive devices may have been or may be located inside. San jose mayor sam liccardo confirms that there was also a fire at t
Daily. I m chuck todd. We begin with breaking news in indianapolis, another mass shooting. It happened at a fedex facility late last night. Eight people were killed, five injured. The gunman took his own life before officers arrived. They are working to identify the gunman. The fbi is assisting local officials in that part of the investigation. President biden is having to order flags to be flown as half staff. I believe the fifth time in eight weeks he has had to do this. He addressed the shooting a short time ago. Yes, there is a wash, rinse, repeat to this. Will anything be done? the indianapolis mayor became the latest mayor, of course, that has been forced to confront a mass shooting in their own city. Although we will learn more about this case in the coming days and in the coming weeks, no piece of information will restore the lives that were taken. Or the peace that was shattered. Nothing we learn can heal the wounds of those who escaped with their lives but who will now bear t
new video showing the desperate race to escape bullets in pittsburgh. dead li gunfire erupting at an airbnb there. two teenagers killed. just hours earlier, another mass shooting. nine people shot at a mall in columbia, south carolina. tonight, what we re learning about those investigations. the holiday travel crush is on. millions expected to fly or drive home over the next 24 hours. what to expect before you take off. new storm threats targeting millions this holiday weekend. the south bracing for severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. and we re tracking a coastal storm as well. we ll time it all out. the possible cancer cluster rocking a new jersey school. how environmentalists are investigating the possible link. and tonight, pope francis blunt message, urging peace in ukraine. calling it an easter of war. and america strong tonight. the boston marathon returns. back on schedule for the first time since the start of the pandemic. good evening, everyon
taylor budovich served in all incompassing role, how, he s ahead of the trump-aligned super pac maga inc. so what did jack smith s team want from him? he testified for about an hour, a source familiar told nbc news that among the questions he was asked was one about a past public statement on behalf of donald trump. that the former president did not retain classified documents, the source tells us jack smith s team wanted to know how he knew that. in other words, did someone tell him that, misleading him. and if so, who was that, or was he guessing. for his part, budowich tried to frame the questions react tifl publicly right after he appeared privately. we ll tell you what he said in a moment. the question we have now is that it? budowich with that decision. and hurt from mark. meadows and testimony from 24 secret service agents. joining me nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian and in florida, nbc legal analyst lisa aruba. lisa, let s start in florida.
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