of a major american city, as san francisco pays the price for its struggle over the city s identity. miguel almaguer, nbc news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, treacherous storms are raging across the south. heavy winds, hail and tornadoes knocking out power for tens of thousands of people as the state of alabama warns residents they could see severe weather through the weekend. new economic numbers, u.s. retail sales rising in may. a sign consumers are still fueling the country s economy despite pressures of inflation. new details on the cyber attack, what the u.s. government knows after several federal agencies were hit in the u.s. and the powerful message from ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in an exclusive interview with nbc news. his new details on the fierce counter offensive from his country s military, and the stakes for russia in the latest battle. our nbc news reporters are fo
and subway choking victim jordan neely s family calling the indictment of daniel penny, quote, the right result for the wrong he committed. what nbc news has learned about the charge he ll be facing coming up. but we ll start with new reporting that former president donald trump had multiple opportunities to resolve the standoff over classified documents amicably but opted out every time. according to the washington post trump time and time again rejected the advice of lawyers and advisers who urged him to cooperate and repeatedly refused to give documents back, even when some of his longest-serving advisers warned of peril and some flew to mar-a-lago to beg him to return them. other advisers told the post that the fact that the fbi and national archives wanted the documents so badly made trump even less inclined to give them back. now the former president s lifelong penchant for digging in and doubling down isn t just putting hmm at legal risk, it s drawing republicans
strategy as former vice president pence speaks outs, what he says about his former running mate and the charges. tornados touched down, damage reported in georgia, alabama, and texas more than 30 million people at risk and the threat continues through the night. just breaking, a new york grand jury indicting the subway rider who fatally choked a homeless man witnesses say was threatening others the fed holds steady on interest rates but why your cost for borrowing could be going up soon new details about that amazing survival story in the amazon jungle, the pilot s desperate mayday calls and the plane s history of engine failures the end of an era at one of the most famous malls as major retailers abandon downtowns across america a mother s warning to congress about the a.i. scammers who stole her daughter s voice and demanded a million dollars and promising first results for a vaccine to fight the most deadly form of brain cancer. announcer: this is nbc ni
defending the special counsel he appointed. the former president, defiant, calling the indictment a heinous abuse of power. our new reporting on mr. trump s strategy. as former vice president pence speaks outs, what he says about his former running mate and the charges. tornados touched down, damage reported in georgia, alabama, and texas. more than 30 million people at risk and the threat continues through the night. just breaking, a new york grand jury indicting the subway rider who fatally choked a homeless man. witnesses say was threatening others. the fed holds steady on interest rates. but why your cost for borrowing could be going up soon. new details about that amazing survival story in the amazon jungle, the pilot s desperate mayday calls and the plane s history of engine failures. the end of an era at one of the most famous malls as major retailers abandon downtowns across america. a mother s warning to congress about the a.i. scammers who stole her daug
Announced its exit from the city center, with nearly half of the stores set to soon be vacant, the future of those still operating is unclear as the nearby gap shutters and old navy plans to close. westfield says sales in san francisco have dropped 35% since 2019, and malls in neighbors increased 66%. remote work and a decline in tourism have changed the dynamic here. and while statistics show robberies have increased so far this year, other serious crimes are flat or down. though recent crime numbers here are mixed, the image of san francisco has changed. especially as the city deals with a lack of police officers. right now san francisco is dealing with a level of drug addiction and drug-driven retail theft and problems with street conditions, and we ve got to get our arms around that. reporter: the retail decline