mike pompeo. in uvalde, texas, a new investigation that uncovered a local of majority officers never had active shooter training. more on that this hour. we begin this morning with new details on the investigations facing former president donald trump. we start in new york where during his deposition before the state attorney s general office, the former president took the fifth over 440 times as part of the state civil investigation into trump s business practices. in a lengthy statement, trump slammed the probe as politically motivated and said he had no choice but to plead the gift after the fbi searched his florida home as part of an unrelated investigation. also this morning, new details emerging about the fbi s efforts to obtain documents with classified information allegedly taken to mar-a-lago from the white house after donald trump left the white house last year. according to the wall street journal, prior to the search someone familiar with the stored papers
reported, get this, a stunning 52% drop in first quarter profits, that was just a day after shares in the nation s largest retailer walmart had their worst day in 35 years. what is going on here? they have their fingers on the pulse of the american consumer and they say inflation was the problem, their customers are sticking to the basics when they come in, leaving with fewer items in their shopping carts. those purchasing decisions being driven by sticker shock of course. basics are getting much more expensive, gas up 44% the last year, car, food and shelter also way up. americans are also making more money. wages rising in this tight labor market, but that is also feeding into worries about inflation because of wages. and because of rising prices, people don t feel secure so they are cutting back and that is shaking market confidence. right now stock index futures are leaning lower. asia closed mixed overnight. looks like except for china all down here. let s bring in krist
The NBC10 Boston Investigators received information through a public records request about the red flags that the Lewiston, Maine, gunman's mental health was.
There have been at least nine shootings in Lancaster County in recent weeks, with five fatalities. These incidents have happened near a local restaurant, on the streets and in homes.
One Twitter user said that reinstating Trump s Facebook and Instagram accounts could result in the former president "stirring up more political violence."