well, we made it to friday thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york they got him, helicopters, armed federal agents all swarming the house of the alleged leaker of classified materials that sent the pentagon into damage control mode cameras capturing the 21-year-old air national guardsman being walked from that home neighbors shocked at his arrest. i saw the name jack teixeira, i was like i know that kid that sounds wicked familiar. good kid, had a good head on his shoulderin his shouldhoulders, wanted to jn the military. just moments ago, we learned the suspect jack teixeira is expected to appear any minute in federal court in boston. attorney general merrick garland signaling he could be charged under the espionage act, the glu details we re learning about the alleged leaker in just moments. in the dark of night in the sunshine state, florida governor ron desantis signed a six-week abortion bill into law, how this could imp
our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, the new information we learned from the first court appearance of the suspected leaker of a trove of classified documents, and the reaction from capitol hill former president trump trying once again to get courts to block key testimony from his vice president, mike pence what that means for the federal january 6th probe. a downpour of historic proportions, south florida flooded after being slammed with a crippling amount of rain we ll take you to fort lauderdale where the community is bracing, if you can believe it, for yet another downpour, and cracking down, the justice department taking aim at drug cartels for the flood of deadly fentanyl across the border the stunning acts of accused violence involving tigers, the country halfway around the world named in the investigation our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments today we heard the words probably we never thought
And im your host, bill kurtis. This is through the decades. These days, president ial conventions are generally a demonstration of political pageantry. Several days for each party to showcase their best to the nation, to dress up in niceties, to firmly dispense with whatever the primary campaigns have wrought and focus on the election at hand. But, the Political Convention has not always played such a congenial role in president ial politics. Over the next hour, well remember some of the most influential conventions to shape modern politics. Well recall the raucous behavior that infiltrated chicago in 1912. The 1964 convention that had republicans questioning the direction of their party. Well also recall those moments that became the retrospective sign posts for a nation in the midst of change. But we begin with, the convention that fell during the most tumultuous year. The convention that devolved into violence both inside and out. The convention that left the Democratic Party mortal
And now we know the suspect filed from a gunshot wound to the back. The family filed a federal lawsuit, and three officers are on leave while the investigation continues. And starting monday many counties will offer free zika testing for pregnant women. The question is, will there be enough to go around in we learned the department of health has been scrambling to get enough resources ready in time. Thgo and Pinellas County, theyll be ready to test on monday. The staff at Busch Gardens is seeing an out pouring of support after the death of a flamingo by a park guest. Today the park released a video of the cards and gifts left berries toronto fcs in hem visitors in the memory of the evaluating safety rules. And in a move to unify the republican party, Donald Trump Endorsed speaker of the house paul ryan after four days of putting it off. Speaker ryan is speaking re election in his home state of wisconsin, and thats where trump held the rally friday. But trump also endorsed New Hampshire
Weve confirmed the president was furious that the security czar told lawmakers that russians had exhibited a preference for donald trump and was trying to help him in 2020. But one current official tell us that peerson overstated the intelligence and when pressed by bipartisan lawmakers to show the evidence, she could not. Regardless, the result was that the president got so angry he fired his acting dni and replaced him with a loyalist, somebody who intelligence officials worry will not be a good faith interpreter or messenger of the intelligence the American Government gathers. Joining me now to break down this big story, nbc news intelligence and National Security correspondent ken dilanian, and ned price. Ken, first to you. The underlying or the bottom line here is two things. One, donald trump replaced somebody who people trusted with a loyalist who people do not trust. And two, that russian is still trying to interfere, still trying to undercut americas faith in our systems and o