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As it drifted toward restricted air face, emitting a sonic boom that prompted 911 calls from d. C. To maryland. The pilot unresponsive as the jets reportedly repeatedly tried to make contact. At least four now confirmed dead. What went wrong. An nbc news exclusive. The grand jury Hearing Evidence about former president trumps handling of classified documents is meeting again this week. Is that investigation nearing its conclusion . Also ahead, a big week in the 2024 race, three more republicans set to enter the alreadycrowded field. This after gop hopefuls roared into iowa for the traditional roast and ride, everyone, that, but donald trump. I dont know. Were not big trump fans. A lot of bluster. Some good ideas but a lot of bluster. Im a republican. Later, yet another close call with a chinese war machine. The encounter with an american destroyer thats ratcheting up tensions between the u. S. And china. Well begin with the new details out of virginia, no survivors from that crashed ce
Good morning and welcome to sunday today on this june 4th. Im willie geist. Tensions are heightened this morning between the United States and china after two close calls with chinas military in just the last few days. Yesterday a chinese warship cut in front of a u. S. Destroyer coming within 150 yards of it in an aggressive maneuver. That near collision coming just days after a chinese fighter jet flew in front of a u. S. Air force plane. Well tell you how the white house is responding this morning in a live report just ahead. Plus, on this first weekend of pride month our sunday focus on some of americas Favorite Brands like bud light and target under fire from a small but vocal group of protesters because of the companys outreach to the Lgbtq Community. The boycott having an impact. Then we will turn to our sunday spotlight on the extraordinary violins of hope. String instruments saved from victims and survivors of the holocaust and making beautiful music once again. And later, a n
i ll find out why that is so important, notjust to us but to the uk economy, as well. swapping celtic for spurs is manager ange postecoglou set for a switch to the premier league after his treble winning season in scotland? good morning. the weather you had last week will be very similar to the weather you will get this week. this morning is a cloudy start, the cloud burning back to the east coast but breezy and cool. the best of the sunshine in the west. all the details later in the programme. it s monday the 5th ofjune. the duke of sussex will become the first member of the royal family for more than 100 years to give evidence in court this week as he enters the witness box in his legal battle against mirror group newspapers. prince harry claims his privacy was breached byjournalists and investigators working on 33 stories about him, dating back decades. mgn has apologised for the use of unlawful methods to gather information including phone hacking but says executi
is newsday. thank you for being with us. it s 8:00 in the morning in singapore, and 5:30am in odisha in india, where the country s worst train disaster in decades happened. there s a growing sense of shock as the scale of the crash becomes more apparent. the rescue operation has been called off with more than 275 people known to have been killed. a major investigation is under way. officials have confirmed that signalfailure may have been a factor, but there are broader concerns, too. our correspondent archana shukla has been at the scene. we ll hear from there shortly, but first, let s show you this report. a painful search. sifting through photos, from hospital to hospital, and now morgue to morgue. inconsolable and traumatised. 22 year old himanshu can barely speak. his brother was on the train that crashed. can i see my brother, just once? he keeps repeating. and at this makeshift morgue, he is just one of the many families in the desperate search to find those missin