district attorney ssers were justified in that shooting. plus, a major split in the gop over whether to back a bipartisan agreement to form a commission to investigate the january 6th siege at the capitol. the house s top republic now opposing the deal. will the party try to quash the commission all together? and a new train of attack in israel and gaza, hours after president biden said he supports a cease-fire. the violence suggests there s no end in sight from this conflict. good tuesday afternoon. it is meet the press daily. i m andrea mitchell in for chuck todd. kasie hunt will be with us in a moment. but we start this hour with breaking news, a court ruled deputy courts were justified in the deadly shooting of andrew brown jr. last month. they were serving an award warrant on felony drug charges. in a press conference that ended about an hour ago, district attorney andrew womble said none of the others involved would be criminally charged and their actions were
hours, british travellers try desperately to get back to the uk. documents released at the high court suggest there was a controversial a formal government apology after failing to commemorate properly more than 100,000 black and asian people who died fighting for the british empire during the first world war. nasa s perseverance rover makes breathable oxygen on the surface of mars. # bye bye, baby, baby, goodbye.# and the lead singer of the bay city rollers, les mckeown, has died at the age of 65. president biden has opened a major global climate summit with a call to other world leaders to step up to the challenge. joe biden pledged to cut us emissions by at least half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade, but he warned his country couldn t take action alone. he told world leaders that scientists were calling this the decisive decade for tackling climate change and action was needed now. this graph shows how global carbon emissions have risen over the years. they we
at any moment president biden will hold a joint press conference with the uk prime minister sunak from the white house. you re looking at live pictures now from two podiums where we are anticipating the two leaders. this follows first meeting in the oval office between the two since sunak took office amid a bit of political turmoil in the uk. we will of course bring you this news conference live as it happens. first, right now donald trump and a small group of aides are gathering at his club in bedminster, new jersey. it comes as sources tell us the justice department has officially informed the former president that he is a target in the classified documents probe. this the strongest signal yet that he could soon be indicted. we re told that his team is bracing for the possibility that he could be indicted on multiple fronts, and that trump himself now expects to be indicted. his team is reaching out to key allies on capitol hill. they re circulating talking points, as wel
a number of hot button issues, including developing a warmer relationship between the two of them. we will bring you that as soon as it starts. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour, i m john roberts in washington. good friday eve as we like to call it. aishah: almost there. i m aishah hasnie in for sandra smith, as we wait for the bilateral press conference to start, breaking news out of the middle east. john: one of america s top enemies has added a new weapon to its arsenal. iranian officials showcasing what they claim to be their first hypersonic ballistic missile. aishah: get this, officials say it can travel 15 times the speed of sound and has a range of 870 miles, roughly the driving distance between new york and savanah, georgia. john: made possible by none other than china, after they helped obtain the technology for the missile group. aishah: says the chinese communist party has a clear agenda and lies on displacing u.s. orders. they
of classified documents after he exited the white house. plus, the latest from outside the federal courthouse in miami where that second grand jury is a key part of this investigation. and tens of millions of americans are still under air quality alerts as officials urge people to put on their masks because wildfire smoke from canada is continuing to blanket this country. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to begin right here on the roof of 30 rock with msnbc host lindsey reiser covering the smoke-filled skies. you have the same mask on i had on walking to work this morning. i think the governor of new york is making a whole lot of those available. tell us the latest. reporter: and, chris, i m sure you felt it too, itchy eyes, scratchy throat, my nose has been stuffy the past 24 hours. things are better in the new york city area. normally the air quality index should be around 50. yesterday, chris, in the peak of the orange haze