tax-related conduct. nbc news reported that the manhattan district attorney was probing schemes where trump organization employees were allegedly able to avoid paying taxes in exchange for benefits such as apartments. and forgive the pun, but this headline was just too good. the tentacles of the investigation now reach trump s former body guard who, believe it or not, is the company s chief operating officer over whether he received tax free benefits. as for the former president, he was in wellington, ohio, last night for what was a score settling endorsement rally for republican congressman anthony gonzalez who voted to impeach trump for the january 6th insurrection. trump s rambling remarks were littered with fear mongrg but comes as the oath keepers has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to the january 6th attack on the cappal to. one other member of the extremist group pleaded guilty to lesser charges and so far 16 members of the oath keepers have been charged.
with making change? also, the debate over kink at pride. some say these events need to be more family-friendly, others say pride has to welcome absolutely everyone. the chairman of san francisco s leathermen s discussion group joins us live. and lgbtq history goes back a lot further than you might think. our producer brings us the latest research on people like alexander the great and william shakespeare. from nbc news in washington, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. . this week brought some big developments in the fight over voting rights. yesterday, the doj announced that it is suing the state of georgia over restrictive new voting laws passed there. this as the biden administration s first major move against numerous republican-supported laws. critics say they re designed to make it harder to vote. the lawsuit comes just days after democrats in congress failed to advance the for the people act. attorney general merrick garland called on congress to do more.
called what happened here a, quote, third world phenomenon. and my colleague, cnn s wolf blitzer, is on this heartbreaking scene for us. wolf, what are you seeing on your end? reporter: it is heartbreaking indeed, jim. we have learned just a little while ago that family members, family members of the victims were actually bused into a site for a private visit, many of them still servarching for answers, not knowing if their loved ones are among those lost in the rubble. they re praying and hoping. florida s governor now says pieces of debris are being taken to a nearby warehouse so they can be forensically analyzed. cnn s brian todd and cnn s randi kaye join us. brian, i know the search and rescue process is very tedious and methodical. help us better appreciate how they re trying to locate survivors. reporter: wolf, tedious and methodical describe it, dangerous also describes it, exhausting also describes the process. we ve been getting information throughout the day how
join, but it doesn t mean that the president should be limited by republicans and we have the white house. plus the trump organization facing charges, the washington post david faronhold will join us to break it down. i do want to start in florida alternate this hour. we do have answers for some of the missing people. searchers now working around the clock. they found five more bodies and human remains. we re also finding out more from the engineering firm hired to assess the building back in 2018. they have released a statement that says, in part, our report detailed significant cracks and breaks in the concrete which required repairing to ensure the saved much the residents and the public. the report did not say the structure was at risk of collapse, but noted that repairs were needed to maintain the structural integrity of these, and also failure to replace the waterproofing in the near future will cause the extents of the concrete deterioration to expand exponenti
including our special guest tonight 94-year-old opal lee, the grandmother of juneteenth. she ll be first to tell you it was a lot of people not just me. but, boy oh, boy what a journey of pain and purpose she has had to very much help this country get to today. so today when it was signed, standing ovations. hugs from the president. all kinds of shout outs at the white house. prepare yourself to be inspired. a rare opportunity to be with a civil rights icon in the midst of their work. people are now getting their arms around what juneteenth means. what it will mean for them when it comes on the 19th and to be honest we re not all on the same page about tomorrow or where we need to be as a country. now, a little bit of faqs. juneteenth short for june 19th, 1865. why then? that is when lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. no. it was 1863. this was more than two years later. why? slaves were kept in servitude. that is what the civil war was about. they rejected it even