of extreme weather, heat alerts are stretching from california to texas and parts of south florida as well. while in the northeast, a state of emergency. in vermont, the capitol city devastated by flooding there with some people still stranded in their homes. and then new this morning, what we know about the fourth migrant child to die while in u.s. custody. we begin this hour, though, with a war in ukraine taking center stage at the nato summit in lithuania. later today, the president will give a major speech on the u.s. support of ukraine and the actions that world leaders are taking to address global challenges. just last hour, the president sat down with ukraine s president zelenskyy for their third face to face meeting this year. while ukraine will not become a nato member right now, ukrainian leader is coming away with a series of security guarantees announced by nato and g-7 leaders and this assurance from the u.s. president. we re going to make sure you get what y
wish all of you have a good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. of tomorrow. good evening chris, thank you my friend much appreciated. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. really happy to have you here. the basic plot is, that even though he s a good guy, even though he is our hero, he has to steal the declaration of independence. he has to break into the national archives and steal it, but it s for a good reason. it s because he has followed the string of ancient, creepy totally non plausible clues, and those clues have revealed to him a big secret. the big secret is that there is a big treasure and to find a big treasure, you have to follow the treasure map and the treasure map inconveniently is printed in invisible ink on the backside of the declaration of independence. and so he has to steal the declaration of independence. not just because he wants the tre
drjenny harries the deputy chief medical officerfor england. the prime minister is likely to be asked about today s other main news as the duchess of sussex tells american tv that her treatment by the royal family led her to contemplate suicide. she tells oprah winfrey that one unnamed family member raised questions about the skin colour of her son archie. so, we have in tandem the conversation of, he won t be given security, he s not going to be given a title. and also, concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he s born. oprah winfrey has since said harry wanted to clarify that it was not the queen or prince philip who made the comments about archie s skin. she also addressed the couple s desire for privacy. hello. welcome to this bbc news special in the next few minutes the prime minister will be leading a coronavirus news briefing at downing street. today marks the first stage of the borisjohnson s road map out of lockdown for england. all s
The Trump Administration, the stock markets in turmoil, the generals are out, the government is about to shut down and be in a bit of a crisis mode. This is a presidency in crisis right now. Were going to stay on top of all of the Breaking News. Thanks so much for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront starts erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, the Breaking News, Defense Secretary jim mattis quits. In a stunning letter to the president of the United States, the four Star General Calling Out President Trump for not backing American Allies, for supporting authoritarian regimes. I want to read the entire letter, because this is a Turning Point for this administration, for President Trump, and for this country. Here is the letter from Defense Secretary mattis to the president of the United States, which he handed him today, in which he quit. Dear mr. President , i have been privileged to serve as our
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very important commitment and secondly, just announced as you mentioned, this major, major commitment by all the major powers including japan. let s just underscore that, japan, to provide the kind of equipment, ammunition, training and intelligence not just today, not just for this war, but in order for ukraine to be able, even after the war, not only to defend and hopefully to deter a resumption of fighting. that is the kind of commitment that a bunch of words and the communique don t do justice to. and i think he s now looking back and saying, listen, i m coming back here, much closer to nato membership and with an incredible degree of support, not just from the united states, but from so many other countries and that is what ultimately this is all about. it sends a signal to putin he miscalculated, colossally, and as a result nato is stronger, ukraine is stronger.