we are. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage now. on this wednesday, thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera. we have breaking news. in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump, just moments ago, nbc news cameras caught a top aid to trump awe arriving at the federal courthouse in miami. the same courthouse where we learned a grand jury will had hear testimony this week. the guy in the tie has been the right-hand man to trump in his post presidency. he runs a superpack and that sighting just after the bomb shell report from the new york times about testimony from former chief of staff mark meadows. we re live in miami and d.c. on what all of this could mean. and breaking news out of the vatican this morning. pope francis is expected to undergo surgery and remain hospitalized for several days. smoke from wildfires lead ing to had hazardous conditions across much of the country. dr. gupta is going
the explosion destroying the dam on the southern front line, flooding villages in kherson already ravaged by this war. two u.s. officials and one western official telling nbc news the u.s. has intelligence that is leaning toward russia being the perpetrator of yesterday s attack, but no final conclusion. this morning, rescuers working to evacuate ukrainian civilians in the kherson region, more than 1500 people have been taken to safety. getting out any way they can, amid continued rush shelling. i was hoping i could stay here, svetlana says, but then the water began to run with such force. tens of thousands in some 80 villages are affected, seen in new satellite photos, the devastation area is growing. nearly 2,000 buildings have been flooded on the west bank of the river, a roof of a house seen floating by. just 100 miles upriver from the dam, the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the nuclear energy chief telling nbc news that for
devastation area have found comfort and faith in each other. they worship together every sunday at franklin new baptist church in houston. franklin avenue in houston is the sister church to the original one in new orleans where many of these families shared their lives together before the hurricane. dr. shannon brett is the pastor of franklin avenue baptist church in houston and he joins us now. dr. brett, thank you so much for joining us. we re very grateful. thank you for inviting me. now, tell knee about how members of your congregation are observing this very emotional weekend. we are actually in a time of reflection, blessings and celebration. we are spending our time together just reflecting collectively as a church body and a group of individuals coming from new orleans just reflecting on what god has brought us through over these past ten years. we are actually go ahead. we re actually celebrating the ten years in terms of our lives being rebuilt and being renewed s
thought the devastation could have been incredible, yet you were able to get everyone out alive. yeah, it was a tremendous amount of devastation in that area. i know you re there with salsa, who is looking so calm and in control as dogs can make everyone feel so wonderful. you ve been working, though, canine teams on the ground, 12-hour shifts, just completely exhausting for human or dog. how were you able to find people? how does salsa work? salsa is a live-find dog. she goes by scenting, not like a tracking dog. i send her on a search and she gets in there and does everything on her own. the handler s main responsibility is to make sure they cover the devastation area thoroughly. we ll send them back into areas we don t think they covered completely. how does she know when she finds someone?
killing families in afghanistan is refusing to talk. voting also under way in the deep south as mitt romney hopes to seal the deal. it s time to play reporter roulette. more fallout from the massacre in afghanistan. chris? reporter: this was no mere apology. this was the strongest words yet we ve heard from an american president in describing what happened during that shooting in afghanistan. the united states takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered. we re heartbroken over the loss of innocent life. reporter: the thing is murder has a very specific legal connotation, and this suspect has yet to even be charged with a specific crime. defense secretary leon panetta also said that capital punishment is a possibility in this case. a lethal injection is the method by which service members would be put to death. but ashleigh, that hasn t happened since 1961. the last time that a president even authorized the killing of