are not going to be going anywhere. he says putin thinks he can wait us out. he said that is not possible. they spoke about that. they spoke about artificial intelligence, at the end of the news conference, i did pose a question to him rating now about the situation as it relates to former president trump. i asked him specifically how he s able to convince americans that they should trust the independence and fairness of the department of justice given his predecessor. former president trump has attacked his credibility, his integrity. he has never once as we have witnessed, he said, told the department of justice to do in any form or fashion, and he said, because i am honest. in fact, that s why you can trust me. the biggest take aways in the news conference. pride month is celebrated around the country. the president did speak in support, in backing of the gay and lesbian and transgender community, calling on congress to pass the equality act, which would incorporate protec
of classified documents after he exited the white house. plus, the latest from outside the federal courthouse in miami where that second grand jury is a key part of this investigation. and tens of millions of americans are still under air quality alerts as officials urge people to put on their masks because wildfire smoke from canada is continuing to blanket this country. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to begin right here on the roof of 30 rock with msnbc host lindsey reiser covering the smoke-filled skies. you have the same mask on i had on walking to work this morning. i think the governor of new york is making a whole lot of those available. tell us the latest. reporter: and, chris, i m sure you felt it too, itchy eyes, scratchy throat, my nose has been stuffy the past 24 hours. things are better in the new york city area. normally the air quality index should be around 50. yesterday, chris, in the peak of the orange haze
Good to be with you, i m katy tur. we ve got news what s happening in florida, joining me now is nbc chief white house correspondent peter alexander. a new atlantic partnership. talk to me about what came out of that meeting and how this was essentially a reset of relations between president biden and the prime minister. reporter: yeah, katy, i think you re exactly right. a couple of headlines out of this. two and two, as they described it. two questions from the american reporters and british reporters. where the two men fortified the relationship they share, the special relationship talking about the economic partnership to which you just referred and also about their shared investment, their commitment to go gg forward to the situation in ukraine right now. the president saying he is quote very optimistic about the evolving situation there, and rishi sunak, the british prime minister saying among other things that the u.s. and the uk
And our agreement does that. it s a first of a kind agreement that s ambitious in what it seeks to achieve. i would structure around a couple of different areas. the first is economic security because the challenges we face are much more economic in nature. big subject of our discussions at the g7 recently, and the only one way we re going to meet the challenges is to work together, research the technologies of the future together, and that s what we have announced today is a partnership that will deepen our cooperation to strengthen economic security, and that s good for citizens at home, and those risks have intensified in the past couple of years. i think that s very evident. it seeks to build prosperity and great jobs in our country. we ve announced billions of pounds of investment in the uk, which is going to support thousands of jobs, and the agreement we struck today will continue to do that.
Countries like china and russia are willing to manipulate and exploit our openness, steal our intellectual property. use technology for authoritarian ends and withdraw crucial sources like energy. they will not succeed. today we have agreed the atlantic declaration, a new economic partnership for a new age of a kind that has never been agreed before. yes, a partnership that protects our citizens, but more than that, a test case for the kind of reimagined alliances president biden has spoken so eloquently about. that means new investment. this week alone, 14 billion pounds of new american investment has been committed into the uk creating thousands of jobs. it means stronger supply chains with a new action plan on clean energy and means reducing trade barriers in the technologies of the future with a new secure uk/u.s. data bridge, helping