welcome. it s great to see you. if you are sticking with us, we are thankful for that. i am coming to you live from washington, d.c., today. in just a couple of hours, the president will travel from the white house to the white house correspondents dinner. and annual tradition in full swing tonight. just days after announcing his reelection bid, the president will take good-natured aim at those who cover him every single day. more on that ahead. also coming up this hour, a big political fight between the white house and republicans on capitol hill over the debt limit. we re going to look at the potential impact on your family if the gop gets its way, but we are also following breaking news out of texas. where an eight year old and four other people are dead after yet again another mass shooting in this country. and the gunman, remaining at large. everybody that was shot was shot from the neck, execution style. the my understanding is that the victims came over to the friend
tupelo mississippi where the sheriff s office says a man is in custody after spinning a twin turbo propeller airplane and threatening to crash it into a local walmart, triggering an evacuation. nbc s covering the story. bring us up to date as to what we know so far, and how it is this guy managed to meant steal the plane in the first place. you know, as, minimal start with the most important thing. incredibly, there were no injuries at the end of this. which is really unbelievable when you consider the fact that for the better part of five hours he had an airplane that was circling parts of tupelo and beyond and threatening to injure people on the ground. amazingly, nobody was hurt. at the end of the five hours or so, he eventually landed in a field. he wasn t injured himself, and he was taken into custody. we ll start with the incredible way that he was able to get access to the plane. we learned during a news congress that happened 30 minutes ago, that this was an employe
election. specifically, they re looking at the state of georgia where he asked raffensperger, we remember, this to quote, find him enough votes to win, and in that now infamous phone call. we will be hearing from raffensperger and his deputy, gabriel sterling, a name we know well as well. focusing on the pressure trump put on the former vice president, mike pence, to not certify the election. now one member of the january 6th committee praised pence this morning for resisting trump s pressure. in a time of the scandalous betrayal of people in office and crimes being committed all over the place. somebody who does their job will stand out as a hero on the day. i think on that day he was a hero for resisting all of the pressure campaigns and the course of efforts to get him to play along with this continuation of the big lie. this big joke that he could somehow call off all the proceedings himself. all the public hearing so far, they ve shown the former president is this re
hour. a small aircraft caught fire after crashing into a bridge in miami, this afternoon. you see some of the images there. officials saying that that plane possibly crashed into some vehicles on the bridge. miami authorities confirming at least two patients were transported to an area hospitals. a total of five people were involved in the crash. we are going to bring you updates on this, as we get more. those images are starting to see. want to go to our nation s capital, as well, thousands of demonstrators gathering in support of abortion rights to oppose the leaked supreme court draft decision that would overturn roe. it is one of more than 300 rallies happening across the country, right now. nbc s antonia hilton is following this for us, in washington d.c.. antonia, good to see you once again. i see that you have moved locations now as this rally is continuing to go on and throughout the day here. bring us up to date as to what more you are hearing from folks. hi yasmin
aid into gaza. netanyahu shutting down that request, one of the very latest on why. plus, some new and surprising reporting about the speaker of the house, mike johnson, and why he has never even disclosed any financial information about himself. not even listened to bank accounts on his own disclosure. i ll be joined by the reporter who raise some of these questions about why. and i m gonna bring you part of my conversation with two iranian american filmmakers, we re reclaiming the narrative that how their communities are being portrayed in hollywood. all of a sudden, we saw all of these exhibits, or these plays, or films, it inspired us to really become a part of representing our people. we want to start with the latest on the ground offensive by israel in gaza. happening right now, thousands have gathered in tel aviv to show their support for hostages being held in gaza. we ll keep our eyes on that. meanwhile, israeli troops continue to bomb the region, claiming to hav