Political drama has taken a dark turn amid dozens of Bomb Threats. So why wont the former president and his allies stop pushing the lies that started it all . Plus, the stunning charges against one of the most famous men in hiphop, superstar sean diddy combs accused today of everything from Sex Trafficking to arson, bribery, to kidnapping. How the indictment says he abused and manipulated women to gratify himself and to protect his reputation. And an extraordinary incident in lebanon, where hundreds of handheld pagers exploded all at once, killing eight people, injuring more than 2,000. Was it part of a coordinated attack . So much to get to today, but we begin in ohio, where life has been completely up ended by a baseless claim. Here is the Scene Today at Snow Hill elementary in springfield, State Highway troopers patrolling outside and inside. You see one of them here, little Kids Head to school, and then two of them, two of the 36 that are across the Springfield District after the g
Rhetoric despite the realworld consequences, bomb threat to school vacua, the real threat is what s happening. Now. And defense the far right conspiracy theorist inside his entourage, we have very spirited people plus trump harris, and the holy roast. The pope criticizing both candidates. And advises americans on the quote lesser of two evils also, public confidence is all we have. My revealing interview with the newest supreme court justice what ketanji brown jackson says about the election. The court s credibility crisis, and why she almost gave up her entire career live at the table coleman hughes natasha alford, trisha mcloughlin, jay michaelson and joining the conversation, the cast of the new cnn original series, have i got news for you? welcome to a special edition of newsnight state of the race happy friday. I m abby phillip in new york. Let s get right to what america is talking about. Pet peeves and politics. Donald trump tripling down on the rants, the tangents and the consp
region and drag the united states even deeper. the issue is what to do now that three american soldiers are dead. the president says he holds iran responsible and has made a decision on how to respond. is it the right decision? what can he do to balance risk? secretary of state blinken says no one wants escalation. is that true of iran whose leaders call for death to america? in the atlantic, american policy toward iran has failed because it has always taken a segmented approach to the iran problem, defining it as a hostage problem or freedom of the seas problem or a nuclear problem or an iraq problem. but rarely as what it is. an islamic republic of iran problem. joining us now, nbc news pentagon correspondent and traveling with the president in miami is mike memoli. all right, so courtney, the president says he s made a decision. what do we know about what the pentagon proposed for him? we know that it was a wide range of options here. there have been several times in the
i m alicia menendez with simone standers townsend and michael steele. here are some of the stories we are following today. donald trump delivering a new calling for, quote, compute complete immunity for presidents. plus, the house speaker cold water on congresswoman the net paragon will tell us where things stand. we will also hear from hhs secretary javier after record breaking care for the affordable care act. grab your coffee, settle, in to the weekend. we begin with donald trump ramping up his calls for presidential immunity. the former president posting late last night that, quote, without complete immunity, a president united states would not be able to properly function. this comes as trump gears up for a busy few weeks on legal and political fronts. appeals could go at either moment on those immunity claims. just days from now, the supreme court will hear oral arguments over whether the state of colorado can a boot trump from the presidential ballot. those cases
at this hour, you might remember this image of the man behind me, kicking his feet up on then house speaker nancy pelosi s desk during the capitol riots so how many years will he be spending behind bars for his actions on january 6th. that s next. and the horrific words the suspect said at the scene after deliberately crashing into the white house barrier monday night allegedly telling authorities he admired nazis and wanted to quote kill the president. plus, speed bump, with just eight days left before a potential default, one official tells nbc news that house speaker kevin mccarthy and his team refuse to negotiate with the white house, and then another meeting gets scheduled there. so where do things stand right now? we ve got a live report. also, the potential real world fallout if a deal is not reached by june 1st. what one veteran s group says is their primary concern. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to begin right the