federal gun charges. and in just an hour, the judge has already ruled on four motions. our crew at the courthouse will tell us about the ground rules he s laying for this trial. plus, donald trump trying to win over black and hispanic voters as he rallies in the deep blue south bronx. his many controversial messages and the response from one of the most diverse crowds at any of his rallies. and take a look at this, a massive tornado caught on camera carving a path of destruction through parts of oklahoma. this terrifying scene just one of hundreds that have already touched down this year, and now even more danger could be on the horizon. what s causing tornados to be more threatening and what can be done about it. lots to get to on this holiday weekend, but we begin with the next big courtroom legal drama that s hanging over the 2024 election. this time with hunter biden at its center. right now the president s son is in court for a pretrial hearing on felony gun charges. t
this concludes the press conference. thanks, everybody. they re doing a photo op, but not answering any additional questions being shouted by the press. that was president biden and the president of kenya. he is the first african leader to be given an official state visit since 2008, three days of it. david ignatius, foreign columnist and associate editor of the washington post and an msnbc contributor has been watching along with us. look, obviously very heavily focused on foreign affairs. the $300 million the united states is going to give to fight gangs in haiti, although we re going to see kenyan troops there, no american troops. he reiterated again talking about the growing debt, the problems, the crushing debt really for developing nations like kenya. a lot of that money owed to china. i thought the toughest question maybe, david, for president biden was about the icc warrant on benjamin netanyahu, the international criminal court charging as the reporter said isr
formally recognized a palestinian state. deadline: white house starts right now. hi there, everyone. 22 witnesses, 21 days of court, 80 hours of witness testimony later, the first-ever criminal trail of an ex-president is coming to a close. the prosecution has one last chance to hammer home its case in close answer on tuesday, given that the defense put up just two witnesses, lasting four times longer than their entire presentation, only the manhattan d.a. is wrestling with the about the testimony bombshell after bombshell over four weeks. jurors listens intendly, as they testified about the confidential arrangement made with trump in 2015. hope hick telling the about the infame owls access hollywood tape. jurors also saw the handwritten notes that worked out the monthly reimbursements. stormy daniels was questioned in detail about an rattled sexual encounter? michael cohen it was, mr. trump s former fixer turned foe michael cohen taken the stand. so, all
donald trump s classified documents case, the first since the judge put the trial on hold indefinitely. we are live out of florida where the trial hurtles toward a dramatic conclusion. deadly tornadoes rip through iowa, a single town bearing the brunt of this devastation. where the threat remains today. also ahead, louisiana is the new front line in the fight over abortion rights. details of the bill just passed by the state s house, making abortion pills a controlled substance. and later, one dead, dozens injured after severe turbulence on a singapore airlines flight. what we are hearing now from the airline s ceo. hello, it is 10:00 eastern. thanks for being here, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news. the first hearing in donald trump s classified documents case, since the judge postponed this trial indefinitely, and today the court in florida is hearing two different bids to dismiss this case, one right now from trump valley, walt naut
cite as the other crime trump allegedly intended to commit or conceal? and second and perhaps most important, will the jury be allowed to consider misdemeanors as well? i want to bring in nbc s vaughn hillyard live outside the courthouse. chuck rosenberg and catherine christian are both with us here in the studio. so chuck, explain how this decision may go and how the judge may frame the instructions, which could be really determinative as to whether a jury that might be confused or conflicted might be looking for an exit strategy other than a guilty verdict. so some context might be helpful. the jury has heard all the facts. the judge will now instruct the jury on the law. it ll be their map to apply the facts that they heard to the law as they are instructed. the way the two sides, the prosecutors and the defense sort of fight it out, andrea, to get their preferred jury instructions read to the jury. this all takes place at the thing that s about to start, a charging co