smoke because of canadian wildfires. 75 million americans under air quality alert. when will the smoke clear? plus amanda gorman has her book pulled from a miami area grade school because one parent complained. turns out the parent never actually read the book. we begin with the growing legal jeopardy that former president trump faces in the federal documents investigation. a letter from the justice department to the former president s attorneys saying he is a target in a federal investigation. it s often but not always a strong sign that the person in question will be indicted. it is hard to overstate the unprecedented nature of this latest development. kaitlan collins joins us now with what we know. what is the latest on this letter and what is the trump team reaction? we haven t gotten a formal reaction from the trump legal team so far. we do know that justice department prosecutors did inform the former president s legal team that he is a target in that federal inve
hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. things are getting intense for the ex-president. those viewers of this program know very well about the drip, drip, drip of new clues trump could soon be facing multiple criminal indictments from special counsel jack smith. today is no exception to the pattern of drips. in miami, one of jack smith s most senior prosecutors was back at a federal courthouse where a grand jury is meeting in the classified documents case. we should note that the washington, d.c. federal grand jury that jack smith has been working with in the january 6th investigation is also in session today. new york times reports that the special counsel s office has put trump s legal team on notice that the expresident is a target of the investigation into his handling of classified documents. quote, the notification to trump s team by prosecutors from the office of the special counsel jack smith was the clearest signal yet that the former president is likely to face char
chris christie on stage. somehow by hook or by crook. thanks, chris. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we start tonight with significant breaking news. the new york times is confirming that mark meadows, donald trump s former chief of staff, has testified to a federal grand jury as part of special counsel jack smith s ongoing investigations into trump s mishanding of classified information and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is a major development, and we are going to talk about it in just a minute with representative jamie raskin who served on the january 6th committee, but we start with mar-a-lago. at this point you have probably seen a picture of trump s florida resort. now, mar-a-lago is massive. it sits on about 20 acres of land. it has more than 50 bedrooms, and has all the hallmarks of luxury, all the fancy stuff, italian stone and spanish tile, and lots of marble and gold plated fixtures and expense was rugs and also has a golf cour
investigating, 1000 witnesses, nine televised blockbuster hearings, the january 6th investigation sums up its case, and finishes with one last surprise. resolution one resolves. chairman be, is hereby directed to subpoena donald j trump. tonight, the unexpected, historic decision, to try to compel testimony from a former president. i want people to know, this is embarrassing, figure it out, we need to figure out, i don t want people to know we lost. new information about the advanced planning of the violence that day. in fact, that the white house knew it. a source went on to say, their plan is to literally kill people. please, please, take this tip seriously, and investigate further. we re coming in if you don t bring her out! thus, never before seen footage as congressional leaders fought to regain control. this is just horrendous, and all at the word of the president of the united states. what may be the final hearing of the january 6th investigation, it
and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us, see you at the end of tomorrow. o tomorrow after more than a year investigating, 1000 witnesses, nine televised blockbuster hearings, the january 6th investigation sums up its case, and finishes with one last surprise. resolution one resolves. chairman be, is hereby directed to subpoena donald j trump. tonight, the unexpected, historic decision, to try to compel testimony from a former president. i don t want people to know, this is embarrassing, figure it out, we need to figure out, i don t want people to know we lost. new information about the advanced planning of the violence that day. in fact, that the white house knew it. a source went on to say, their plan is to literally kill people. please, please, take this tip seriously, and investigate further. we re coming in if you don t bring her out! thus, never before