closing in, exclusive nbc news reporting reveals the finish line might be right around the bend for the federal grand jury looking into the twice impeached one term ex president s handling of classified documents. when could we possibly see federal charges brought against donald trump? plus, pride and prejudice. republicans sure are running out of things to boycott during pride month. target, nascar, even the national weather service is in the crosshairs of hate. how these boycotts could actually backfire. and later, tis the season, we re just a few days into the atlantic hurricane season, we have already seen one named storm. what we can expect this year and the climate change connection, all of this and more is coming up. and the good sunday morning to you all, i m katie phang, we start this hour with a look ahead at the 2024 presidential primary. republican candidates are descending on the battleground state of iowa to kick off their campaigns for the oval office. tonight,
it is sunday, june 4th. i m rahel solomon in for amara walker. i m victor blackwell. it is good of you to be with us. thank you for spending just another hour with us here this morning. and thank you for coming down to atlanta. i didn t know if that was going to come my way. thank you for coming! here s what we re watching for you this morning. of course, the focus for republican presidential hopefuls on iowa. their message that these candidates and soon-to-be candidates are given to voters as they try to set themselves apart in a growing field. and there are new details on that train crash in india that killed nearly 300 people. our team is at the crash site with more on what we are learning about the cause of the crash, and also the recovery efforts. a federal judge in tennessee says stthat the state s law limiting public drag shows sun constitutional. his reason for striking down the law and what happens next. and a school bus bursts into flames in milwaukee. c
dollars. they were spending money like they were drunken sailors. now lyle and erik menendez face the death penalty, first-degree murder. greedy rich kids kill ozzie and harriet on a sunday night in beverly hills, and there s much more to the story than that. the courtroom at the l.a. superior courthouse in van nuys was actually a very tiny courtroom, and so there were a dozen media people that got to see the trial in the courtroom every day. writer dominic dunn appeared to hear opening statements. i m just a writer here covering this. i had just gotten out of school and started as a cub reporter at this legal newspaper. i got one of the seats in the courtroom. there were the lawyers and the brothers. my editors and i knew from the get-go that it was going to be captivating as [bleep]. okay, now opening statements by the prosecution. thank you, your honor, and good morning. the only time i ve ever thrown up during a trial was right before opening statement
decision could be coming soon, that s prompting a warning to prosecutors from former fbi director, jim comey, on why with jen psaki today. trump comes for the rule of law, the system of justice, and the agencies with a flame thrower. he will come and try to criticize and attack your family, your witnesses, there are no limits to what he will try to do to obstruct an effort to hold him accountable. no limits. also, a scary scene at sea, a chinese warship coming with 150 yards of an american destroyer. a provocative action that is the white house reacting. back slaps and finger-pointing, the followed on capitol hill from the debt relief bill playing out on the sunday show. we just stopped them from hiring any irs agents and we also took another 20 billion, going into the future. both sides to come together, i give kevin, mccarthy, and his team doing credit for doing what he what he does and can do best, it s bringing people together. i m in the group that thinks thi
possible accountability for donald trump. nbc has exclusively learned the grand jury examining trump s handling of classified documents will reconvene this week. nbc writes the jury will be concerned considering, quote, to central legal questions. one, did trump wrongfully retain classified documents after he left the white house? and two, did he lay her obstruct the governments efforts to retrieve them? prosecutors have already played a tape of trump discussing highly sensitive military intelligence he took from office and it is not the only recording. the new york times reports the jury will also hear a voice memo from trump s lawyer, evan corcoran, describes trump s conversations about the mar-a-lago case in great detail. on the corner, timing matters. this off this hour, msnbc legal analyst, lisa reuben. lisa, we ve had some false alarms about the grand jury in previous reporting, predicting an indictment right after memorial day. how significant is it that they are rec