rule it out in advance. certainly, within the transatlantic community, we re divided on some issues. not concerning the strategy, but certainly the tactics. ok, i m going to press you on this, because you say poland at least has a schedule for this? i would say it is better to think about the conditions that are to be met, rather than to set a concrete date. but you are pressing me now? i am pressing you, because i also want to say, if the conditions are to be met, does that mean a greater emphasis on getting this war done? that s true, but there are certain conditions concerning the integration of ukrainian armed forces, strategy, planning and so on, so this summit at vilnius will bring the country closer to the allies. so this is interesting, because it seems that poland is absolutely leading the way on the nato move now? well, we set out our position with the united states for example, which are equally concerned about this. we share our position with the baltic states,
the white house between president biden and the top four congressional leaders as negotiators struggle to come to a deal on border policy and aid for ukraine. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis at the border now overwhelming first responders. we ll talk to the fire chief and eagle pass, texas, who says his rescuers are, quote, tired of seeing dead people. and we ll speak with former el paso congressman beto o rourke, who criticizes both sides for failing to act. and we begin this hour in a federal courtroom, right here in new york city, where former president donald trump is listening to writer e. jean carroll testify against him. this is happening in damages portion of the second defamation case she has brought against him. with us to start off our coverage this hour, nbc news correspondent garrett haake, manchester, new hampshire, nbc news rehema ellis, and jessica roth, former federal prosecutor in new york, who is now a professor at cardoza law school. rehema, what is h
before you get the burgers on the grill. let s take a look at some of the week s top stories. desantis has officially entered the 2024 white house race. as we said, the livestream event on twitter got off to a rocky start, crashing several times with the announcement delayed by the more than 20 minutes due to a series of technical glitches. sorry about that, we ve got so many people here, i think we are kind of melting the servers. let s see, so yeah. just to simplify. let s see. crashing, huh? i think we re back online here. great. all right. well, it s certainly an incredible honor to have governor desantis make this stark announcement. oh, the technical troubles drew mockery on social media. president joe biden posted a link to his donation page, writing simply, this link works. and former president donald trump had a series of posts on truth social, calling the announcement fatal and a disaster. he also had one strange post where he wrote, quote, rob, my
performing on this weekend. former navy seal how we remember to remember. thanks to the service members we have onset this morning. joey, who you hanging out with? there s no better place for a marine than surrounded bay bunch of sailors and i m in the safest place. you were surprised to find out i was in the marine corp.; is that right? yes, sir. tell me about your service. jaire i m here with the uss wasp from tennessee and i ve been here for 13 years. reporter: 13 years and in 13 years you understand memorial day. i was telling the producer when you interviewed young service members for different per spect and i have what does memorial day mean for you? it s about remembering the people that served well before me and those that aren t here today. reporter: it s as simple as that. you look a bit younger than that guy. i doubt you ve been in as long. how long? i hit my year mark in february, sir. i m from san diego, california, and i m 19 years old, youngest on boa
The lockdowns and restrictions might be over, but for many, life will never be the same. Howd you get the big calls right when we had one of the highest rates of death within Western Europe or in any of the big economies . I am deeply sorry for the pain and the loss and the suffering of those victims. The whole inquiry is set to last for years and is broken down into different parts. Coming up are the key moments from part two, the life and death decisions of those in charge. Could you commence your evidence, please, by giving us your full name . Alexander boris de pfeffeljohnson. Inevitably we got some things wrong. I think we were doing our best at the time. Given what we knew, given the information i had available to me at the time, i think we did our level best. Before it even got going, the inquiry asked witnesses to hand over their e mails, diaries and whatsapp messages. Do you know why your phone was missing those 5000 Odd Whatsapps . I dont know the exact reason, but it looks a