ukrainian offensive through this area. where they don t. i think they needed them. donald trump, the campaign trail, amidst new reporting today on classified documents and potential pressure campaign involving the irs to let his freedom caucus fracture is, the latest on an inept effort to oust marjorie taylor greene from the gop organization. plus, you are following some extreme heat that continues to stifle parts of the country as well as a threat of severe storms and others. an alarming health development, cases of malaria, cropping up in the u.s. from the first time in decades. all of that and a troubling new trend in the wake of anti-trans legislation around the country. people forced to go to the black market to get medication they desperately need. that story is ahead this hour as well. you don t miss that conversation. we begin though with ukraine. now, 500 days into its fight for survival after the russian invasion. the president just signed off on what may be his
stamp. in terms of ending the war, nbc news is reporting on secret talks between former u.s. officials and prominent russians to lay the groundwork for potential negotiations. while the post reports ukrainian officials say they are confident in their aim to retake substantial territory by the fall, and forced russia to negotiate. meanwhile, the white house the uk is a signatory to a convention, which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and discourages their use. we will continue to do our part to support ukraine. all right, there was rishi sunak there, the prime minister of great britain, jumping into the conversation. but to that point, while the white house is defending us and then cluster shells to ukraine, with president biden saying ukrainian forces are running out of ammunition. it is still turning out to be an unpopular decision at home and abroad, as biden plans to travel to europe to tomorrow, and millions of americans remain under potentially
Miss desantis is a crucial part of the strategy, and always has been, and her going for mama s is what they were going to do. giving her fair do. nicholas mohammad, thank you so much from the new york times. that s going to do it to me on alex witt reports also. at one pm reports. yes and vossoughian kicks up our coverage, right now. right now. good afternoon. gia good to see you. i m yasmin essig. in the explaining a controversial decision to send cluster bombs to ukraine. the ukrainians are running out of ammunition. i m eternally awhile to be convinced to do it. either they have the weapons to stop the russians now from there keep them from stopping the
Trump s side all the time. so, it s quite a fascinating element to think about as well. nicholas, your book was published in august of 2020, when you are an investigative reporter for the miami herald. what can you tell us about trump s vibe? when he s inside mar-a-lago, compared to his public persona, and how does that facilitates the stuff that s coming back to haunt him now? well, that s a great question. i mean, trump is, in many ways, he is like the grand maître d of the club. he works the room. he s not that different from the way he is a lot of ways. heat works the room, he quizzes members about, you know, did they like the dinner tonight? did they? not if they did it, he will go and personally talk to the chef. and it s very similar to the way that he kind of tested out lines during his campaign, at his rallies. or just the other day, you know, we heard him talk about the issue of transgender rights a
General merrick garland had deliberated over whether to search the property for sometime, and, now we have a better sense of why the fbi ultimately decided to go in. yeah. nicholas, you and i are familiar with the layout of mar-a-lago. what can you tell us about the locations where the boxes were found in the people who were likely coming and going in the area? i mean, it s really important to note that although it was used during the trump administration as a de facto government facility, mar-a-lago is not a government facility. it is a social club for the world s wealthiest people, and that gets of mar-a-lago did not want to feel like they were paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to stay in a fortress. so, this is a place where club members, staff, guests, can wander in and out. i ve been in that room myself, not that i saw the boxes at the