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mentioned, wourking around the clock putting their own lives at risk hoping there are lives to save beneath the rubble. here in surf side hope is the only thing a lot of people have right now. 159 people still unaccounted for. at least four people are dead and being here on the scene you realize not just the scope of the collapse but also the factors that are going to complicate a rescue. the smoke that s still in the air from nearly incessant fires underneath this field of debris. of course, the scale of the challenge that is facing these emergency teams. right now they re racing against the clock and yet having to move in a painstakingly slow fashion to sift through debris as, again, those frequent fires, bad weather, and smokey conditions complicate their work. we re all essentially stuck waiting for news, any sign that would keep hope alive and as we speak, there are teams standing by waiting to treat anyone that they may find on site. as we hope for answers, ther ....
stephanie ruhle. that does it for us this morning, as alex says. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage now. sorry, stephanie. hi, there, i m stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. it is thursday, may 20th and there s a lot going on this morning. today hopes for a bipartisan commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection appear to be fading, despite some surprising support in the house from republicans. mitch mcconnell now telling republicans in the senate to vote it down when it gets to them next week. in israel, prime minister benjamin netanyahu shrugging of president biden s calls to dial back his military operation in gaza and ignoring international calls for a cease-fire. remember, we thought it might end today. and we ve got breaking news on former president trump. a day after we learned the trump organization is now the subject of a criminal investigation in new york, the new york times reporting that trump s longtime cfo alan ....
the white house and cyber security experts warning of a growing threat of cyber attacks. certainly this is a priority to him. nearly five months after a mob stormed the u.s. capitol there are new developments in the case against at least one of the rioters. and a big change coming to the nfl as the league announces it will end the controversial practice of race norming. it does not belong in this particular practice. black and white brains aren t any different. what sparked the change and what it means going forward. newsroom starts right now. good morning. we re so glad to have you with us this saturday, june 5th. i m boris sanchez. good morning, everyone. i m amara walker. you re in the cnn newsroom. webegin this hour with what the governor of california is calling a disgusting slap in the face to those who have lost loved ones to gun violence. a federal judge in san diego lyin likening an ar-15 rifle to a swiss army knife. now california and gun ....
with the meeting with vladimir putin. arlette saenz is joining us. what do we expect? president biden made clear that an overarching message during this trip to europe will be ensuring that the u.s. is shoring up its relations with allies while also putting adversaries like china and russia on notice. you ll see that take place with that high-stakes meeting one week from today when the president sits down with russian president vladimir putin. just a few hours ago before the president left washington, d.c., he told reporters what his goals for the trip are. take a listen. strengthening the alliance. making it clear to putin and china that europe and the united states are tight and the g7 is going to move. reporter: this is a carefully choreographed trip. at the start, the president will be focusing on those alliances. he will be traveling here to the cornwall area for the meeting with british prime minister boris johnson, as well as the g7 summit over the course o ....
at this hour, shocking revelations about how the doj weaponized its power under donald trump. targeting democratic lawmakers, their staff, even their family members. it is the latest example of the very real threat facing our democracy. the trump justice department subpoenaed apple from data from 100 counts as part of a leak investigation. fl among the targets, house intel chair adam schiff and eric swalwell. the doj is looking for the source of news stories which revealed connections between trump associates and russia. that data did not tie the committee to the leaks. chairman schiff called the revelations a terrible abuse of power. he is set to brief house democrats on the trump doj subpoenas in the next hour. cnn s whitney wild joining us now with the very latest on this major story. so whitney, right now what do we know? this is a whirlwind 15 hours. zb absolutely. there was a gag order that expanded for years. three times doj renewed that gag order to keep thi ....