president biden say in his inaugural speech he was going to focus on uniting both parties and america. unfortunately, that is not happened. in my opinion, in fact, the parties in the country are more divided than ever. and i as a mom, as a coach of young children, and as an american i am tired of the fighting. what specific steps would you take as present to bring all parties to the table, and bring americans together to end the divisiveness in this great country. well, thanks for the question. . it s something that s very meaningful, as i share your aspiration for our country. look, i said before, i think democracy depends on heavy doses of civility. and over the last 20 years of my career, we ve always tried to aspire to that ideal. my faith requires me to treat others the way i want to be treated. and while earlier in the career, the first time i ran for office, i didn t live up to that. ten years later, when the opportunity came around, we thought to do just that. and q
and raising concerns about his age and ability to endure a grueling election cycle. we will watch the news conference live and dig in. fog, the smell, the smog, it s it s like out of like a disaster movie or something. yeah, it s really surreal. this is unbearable, and seems like apocalyptic. definitely have a headache, it s pretty hazy out here and my eyes are burning a little bit. john: people living in the northeast reacting to surreal scenes of smoke-filled cities as smog from raging canadian wildfires drifts to the united states leaving more than 100 million americans under air quality alerts, and the hazy conditions could be sticking around into the weekend. john roberts in washington, and good smoky thursday afternoon to you as well. aishah: coughing here and there. this is america reports, thanks for watching. time lapse video showing how the new york city skyline changed over the span of a few hours yesterday, the skies turning the orange-tinted color
strikes down alabama s congressional map, ruling in favor of black voters who challenged it. we ll break down what it means and what comes next. major developments in the investigation into former president trump s handling of classified documents. nbc news learned trump has been told he is a target in the probe. an apocalyptic-like haze from canada s wildfires blanketing more than 15 states with hazardous air, affecting more than 120 million people, causing ground stops at airports and closing schools. and presidential hopeful mike pence comes out swinging against his former boss. but he refused to slam trump on one issue. indicting a former president of the united states sends a terrible message to the world. i hope the doj thinks better of it. we begin with breaking news from the u.s. supreme court. the high court just issued a major decision in a very closely watched case centering around alabama s congressional district map. in a surprise decision, the court ru
This is an individual that the investigation is targeting, is directed at him as an individual, not just the people around him, that his conduct is potentially the charged conduct. and i think it does correlate to the meeting that took place recently, where his lawyers want to. sometimes, the target letter can come out before the lawyers go in and sort of make their last case in front of the justice department prosecutors, trying to dissuade them from issuing the target letter. in this case, they had the meeting and then the target letter appears to be coming out after. but it does indicate they are seriously considering charges. one note about that meeting, that was at the justice department on monday, trump s attorneys were there for, i think, almost two hours. jack smith, the special counsel, was in that meeting, but we are told he did not say a word. essentially, he walked in and said, basically hello and goodbye. and that was all he said. very interesting. anderson, we ve got
Ten past the hour. another major development in the major investigation into former president donald trump s handling of classified information. earlier this morning, nbc news spotted a prosecutor who has been playing a key role in special counsel jack smith s investigation walking into the federal courthouse in miami. this comes hours after nbc news confirmed trump s attorneys were told during a meeting that the justice department on monday the former president is a target of the classified documents probe. that s according to two sources briefed on the meeting. the washington post reports federal prosecutors in the documents case plan to bring a significant portion of any charges to a federal court in south florida. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, in miami, washington post investigative political reporter josh dawsey and tally, an msnbc legal analyst. ken, what does it mean that