It is good to be back with you on this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. At this hour, the federal indictment against Sean Diddy combs including charges of Sex Trafficking and racketeering. What were learning about how he allegedly coerced and controlled his victims as he faces his arraignment this hour. Senate republicans are facing new pressure this hour on ivf protections, but it isnt coming from democrats. Donald trump himself is pledging support. Plus, why a judge rejected Mark Meadows efforts to move his indictment to Federal Court over attempts to overturn Donald Trumps 2020 Election Loss in arizona. Mortgage rates are down. Gas prices the lowest since 2021. With the first Fed Rate cut expected this week, is this Data Signaling a true soft landing for the american economy . Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with Laura Jarrett following the breaking news on Sean Diddy combs. We have the indictment. Weve heard from federal prosecu
The Supreme Court hears in major First Amendment case today asking what the Us Government can or cannot do to combat misinformation online. And the justices could soon rule on a controversial plan by texas to arrest migrants at the border. Plus, trump unleashed again his defenders said he was talking about and economic bloodbath. If he should lose in november. As democrats and says he was threatening political violence. What is clear, trump predicted the end of us elections if he loses and called january 6 convicts unbelievable patriots and hostages. So a peace rally, his ohio urines was not. And evacuations underway in iceland, a new eruption from a volcano forcing one of the countrys most popular Tourist Attractions to clear out. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central decades of failing to enact Border Policies and washington coming to a head at the Supreme Court today as the federal government and the state of texas c
he s still making a bad bet that the conviction and the unity among the united states and our allies is partners will break down. he still doesn t understand that our commitment, our values, our freedom is something he could never, never, ever, ever walk away from. it s who we are. [ cheers and applause ] i mean it. it s who we are. it s who we are. throughout this horrific war, the people of lithuania, together with our baltic brethren have been among the most fierce champions of ukraine s right to a future of its own choosing, one that is free because you live so long with freedom denied, many of you who are older know better than anyone who precious the right to determine your own future is, precious to people everywhere, not just in ukraine, belarus, moldova georgia and all the places around the world where people continue to fight to make their voices heard. so my message, my message to all of you tonight is keep it up. keep it going. keep reminding the world of hope, th
donald trump in a defamation lawsuit. we ll explain why the doj is backing off its previous position. plus two months worth of rain in two days. vermont is just starting the recovery process from that disaster. we ll get an update from one of the state s top lawmakers. all right, good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 12th. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. we begin with the major developments out of the nato summit in lithuania. the alliance says it will invite ukraine to join but only when allies agree and conditions are met. the group did not give a time line or details on what those conditions might be. vague wording is in line with what president joe biden said last week, calling a pathway to membership for ukraine, quote, premature while it is at war with russia. as the new york times points out, it appears the president and like minded allies have prevailed over poland in baltic nations that wanted a formal invitation for ukraine t
oversight committee of the house of representatives has discovered corruption of foreign influence pedaling by a president of the united states. a startling i should scare every american and quite frankly shows the illegal grift that donald trump and his family have put on this country. you ll see that we used very conservative accounting methods here and the republicans have not been able to find one thing wrong with this report. they ve basically accepted the facts. house democrats saying that donald trump received millions of dollars from foreign governments during his presidency. the dozens of countries he accepted payments from and what else was uncovered in that report. plus, israel s defense minister has outlined a new phase-in the country s war against hamas. the targeted approach that s now on the table as the nation still tries to free hostages. and also ahead, republican presidential candidate nikki haley is addressing the backlash over her comments about t