more now from new york with samira hussain. in these latest charges, the sec said coinbase acted as a broker, exchange and clearing agency for investments that are subject to sec rules but they did so without properly registering, and that, the regulator said, allowed the firm to escape oversight, including guards against conflicts of interest. the charges against coinbase were not a surprise. as a publicly traded companyit disclosed in march of this year that the sec had notified it that these charges may be coming. in response, coinbase said the rules were not clear. testifying on capitol hill tuesday the chief legal officer for coinbase said it try to get new rules in place for crypto platforms like theirs, but got no response from the sec. since that time, we have had over 30 engagements with the sec to try to work towards a sensible framework for regulation that would allow, for example, the registration of platforms as either broker dealers or atss, or a national securi
what caused the sonic boom that rattled residents across two states and the nation s capital. the grand jury investigating the trump classified documents case is starting today. new video this morning as a chinese warship comes close to a u.s. destroyer in the taiwan strait over the weekend. the new warnings from both sides. and back at home, it s a big week for the republican race for the white house with at least three new candidates expected to make announcements. we begin this hour with federal investigators now on the site of a small plane crash, a private plane crash, that went off course and flew near the nation s capital on sunday. the plane took off from tennessee heading to long island, new york, but did an unexpected 180 heading south toward washington and crashed. four people were on board. no survivors have been found. fighter jets from d.c., the national guard there were scrambled to intercept the plane traveling at supersonic seems which caused the s
president. and if i had to bet, i would bet it s near. do you believe there s enough evidence? well, they would indict if there s not evidence, but from what i ve seen there s substantial evidence there. that s former attorney general bill barr with a bleak prediction for his former boss. it comes as there are major developments connected to donald trump s handling of classified materials. we ll bring you the very latest. also ahead a key witness in multiple investigations into the former president finally gives testimony to a grand jury. plus chris christie makes it official. we ll show you his pitch for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 7th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we re learning more revealing new details this morning about two separate grand juries looking into former president donald trump s handling of classified documents after he left the white ho
in kharkiv. they are blaming each other for serious deconstruction. what do we know about what happened and what is being done i guess to save lives and property here? reporter: the exact cause of a substantial explosion that destroyed this hydroelectric power dam that holds up the dnipro river remains under investigation. of course ukrainians say russian pre-mined it, in other words set explosives on that dam. and that the ukrainian side of the dam had been regularly subjected to shelling. rather the ukrainian bank. so that had been under russian control. but nonetheless 80 settlements the government here saying are being affected as this vast amount of water is unleashed. huge amount of the water of course that has been built up over the winter months, melt water building up the size of the dnipro river now being unleashed downstream, likely to affect kherson or parts, districts of the city recappturd by ukraine last year. but most of the flooding is likely to be to the e
asset trading platform in the united states coinbase. this comes after they announced they would be suing they announced they would be suing the largest crypto exchange biance, accusing it of engaging in a web of deception by operating an illegal digital asset exchange and sending billions of dollars of customer deposits to a separate trading firm owned by its chief executive. biance said the accusations were misguided and they would defend themselves vigorously. we can speak to our reporter in new york. it feels like you said this, we did this, and they will defend themselves, but it shows how difficult it is to regulate something when technology is moving at such a pace. it is something when technology is moving at such a pace- at such a pace. it is important to take a step at such a pace. it is important to take a step back at such a pace. it is important to take a step back and at such a pace. it is important to take a step back and to - at such a pace. it is imp