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live inside ukraine after new that a russian invasion could be imminent. and we ll also go inside the biden administration s new plan to provide free covid tests and n95 masks to millions of americans. but we start this morning with that breaking news out of new york where new court filings show the state attorney general letitia james turning up the ahead on former president trump, and his daughter ivanka. james says her office has uncovered a lot, quote, significant evidence, unquote, that trump and the trump organization repeatedly misled the value of his assets to obtain economic benefits and tax deductions. in some cases, misstating values by hundreds of millions of dollars, but the office has not reached a final decision on whether the evidence merits legal action. joining me now nbc s ken dilanian, and former federal prosecutor and legal affairs columnist for politico. good morning, gentlemen. boil this all down for us, ken. what does this motion tell us ab ....
hospitals admitting nearly ly 21,000 new patients every day. but signs of progress. states first hit with the surge now say they re turning the corner. dr. anthony fauci asked if omicron will mark the final wave of the pandemic. how he is responding tonight. and what a new study is now saying about the effectiveness of a possible fourth shot. new details about the tense 11-hour hostage standoff at a synagogue in texas. the rabbi describing the moment he threw a chair at the gunman to help the hostages make a run for the door. what authorities are now saying about the suspect, a british national. and tonight, homeland security and the fbi with a new warning to faith-based communities about the potential threats of more violence. on this day, celebrating dr. martin luther king jr., his family issuing a call to action for voting rights with the senate set to debate the issue tomorrow. dr. king s 13-year-old granddaughter calling out two democratic senators by name. rac ....
where a hostage situation is still underway. police have confirmed that one of the hostages has been released and will be reunited with his family. we are going to bring you the very latest from the ground in just a minute. plus, how some in the grand ole party have become anti-reality. and you don t have to be a diplomat to get around visa laws any more. or do you? sydney, australia is trying to figure that out. we re going to explain how tennis star novak djokovic is involved. and the supreme court ruled this week the government has no business telling you what to do with your body except, of course, if you live in texas. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. let s start with the very latest on the breaking news out of texas. nbc s morgan chesky is on the ground for us. morgan, we know one of the hostages was released already. have we heard what led to that release? what s the situation looking like at this hour? reporter: yeah, ayman, the colleyville poli ....
insurrection. a day on which two democratic senators decided to throw voting rights under the bus, and the hand control of the senate to the minority party. will be discussing all of those huge, huge stories on the show tonight. including with senator chris murphy, in a moment. let s start with voting rights. the president was on capitol hill, meeting with senate democrats after calling for a filibuster changes, in a forceful speech on voting rights, this past tuesday, in georgia. so, i ask every elected official in america, how do you want to be remembered? a consequential moments in history, they present a choice. do you want to be on the side of dr. king, or george wallace? do you want to be on this side of john lewis, or bull connor? do you want to be on the side of abraham lincoln, or jefferson davis? this is the moment to decide, to defend our electors, to defend our democracy. strong words from the president. necessary words. words that democrats and voting r ....
chesky live on the scene and chief investigative reporter jonathan dean. what is happening on the ground right now? reporter: very tense situation playing out as we speak. we are about a quarter mile from congregation beth israel s synagogue where this hostage situation is taking place. that s according to three senior law enforcement officials who say earlier this afternoon they were made aware that a man had entered the synagogue and took the rabbi and a potentially unknown number of others hostage and is asking for the release of a federal prisoner you mentioned. we have seen a large amount of law enforcement converge on the scene. we know the s.w.a.t. team is present near the synagogue, and we are outside of the perimeter that s about a quarter mile away. we do know that there is some sort of communication ongoing between that man inside the synagogue and officials, however we don t know exactly what s being said at this point in time. an incredibly disturbing aud ....