come to light, so what is the president going to do about them. we re also following the decision to leave u.s. track sensation, sha carrie richardson completely off the roster for the upcoming tokyo olympics. going to fire. be careful. richard engel s exclusive report from inside a fire fight between afghan forces and the taliban. we ll have the latest on that. incredible reporting. we have sam stein, former aide for the george w. bush white house and state department, elise jordan, and host of politics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton is with us this morning. we re going to begin with former police captain, eric adams, poised to become new york city s next mayor after being declared the winner in a hotly contested democratic primary. the ap called the race for the brooklyn borough president last night after thousands of absentee ballots were counted. the numbers saw former city sanitation commissioner kathryn garcia cut the lea
so here s our breaking news. the trump justice department seized records from apple for data from the accounts of democrats on the house intel committee, including congressman adam schiff and eric swalwell. as prosecutors investigated leaks of classified information. i spoke with congressman swalwell just a few minutes ago. i was notifnotified, don, bye that they did seize my records. it s wrong. this is what they do. they smear and they try and clear. we ve seen this through the justice department by donald trump, whether it was the reason he was impeached for trying to go after vice president biden at the time or just other efforts, you know, through the mueller investigation. and i support chairman schiff s call for an inspector general report into not only this conduct but other conduct that was corrupt by donald trump and those who worked for him. also tonight, a big development on capitol hill. a bipartisan group of ten senators announcing they have reached an agree
hurt his shoulder, hurt his harm, two-time cy young award winner. and last night going down to texas, stoically, quietly, facing only 28 hitters in the sixth no-hitter of this major league season. and of course, the first in major league baseball, the american league east. but there have been some i think there were some no-hitters in the central time zone just last week. two days ago. jonathan lemire, listen, we want good things to happen to american league east teams. i ve got to say, though, i started watching in the seventh inning, because, of course, not to cheer against our fellow american league east brethren, but i noticed he had a strike zone like oh, come on! that greg maddux would be envious of, right? he throws one actually in the doughout wow. and they say, on the corner. this is underneath you, joe. let s celebrate greatness. i know there s the old adage that you don t talk about a no-hitter because you don t want to jinx it while it s in
the battle over voting rights in texas escalating, with both republicans and democrats vowing not to back down. at issue, is a bill with some of the most restrictive limits on voting access, in the u.s. democrats blocked the measure, with a dramatic walkout from the texas house, late on sunday. am i seeing that we don t have a quorum? and essentially, it looks, to me, like the democrats left the house floor. republicans did not have enough lawmakers left to vote. n now, texas is part of a national trend of republican-led states trying to pass these restrictive-voting laws. and it s, all, based on former-president donald trump s lies about 2020-election fraud. of course, there is no evidence of widespread-voter fraud. republican governor greg abbott, suggesting he would withhold pay from lawmakers, who, quote, abandon their responsibilities. texas democrats say they are not giving up. senate bill 7 was was the worst of the worst. and so, we were determined to kill this
microsoft on why they complied. a very good morning to all of you. saturday, june 12th. i m alex witt. we have a team of reporters following the latest from around the world. along with foreign policy experts here at nbc world headquarters in new york. overseas, nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli and sarah harmon is on biden s upcoming meeting with queen elizabeth. welcome. michael, set the scene for us today. what is the agenda and what is the president s focus and message on china? reporter: well, alex, this is the busiest day so far of the president s first international trip with multiple sessions at today s g-7 summit focused on a range of issues that these western democracies are aiming to tackle together including tackling the pandemic, includes jump starting the economy, dealing with ongoing challenges, including the rise of china as well as russia. president biden has talked so often about the importance after four years of an america first foreign po