Aaron, and fears this is still under investigation to some degree. The premier holding a Press Conference that there may be some outside influencers aggravated the situation. We reached out to her team, and so far we have not heard back. Aaron . Unbelievable scenes there. George soliz, in man, theres a lot more to come. First, don trumps new social media posts that is taking us back to the future. Believe me, you will understand we see. It also, new details about who sat in the back row for his arraignment thursday. If trump goes to prison, what would that look like . And what were the rule of the Secret Service be . Good day from msnbc World Headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. Im erin ohare and in for alex. And we begin with Breaking News, the judge now ordering the former President Trumps legal team to respond to the governments motion for a protective order in the election case, stating their position on the matter by five pm monday. The request for a protective
prigozhin mercenary forces have pretty much taken over that every strategic town of rostov-on-don. i that s a very strategic part of this war. the russian mercenary groups have been launching offensive strikes in ukraine from there, so they ve been key to this battle. prigozhin says they have now taken that town completely. they are now firing eight shots, and what we re hearing now is that he s mercenary forces are moving north. possibly towards moscow, which is an incredibly significant development in what s happening in the last 24 hours, and the most curious challenge to the russian state in recent memory, now, prigozhin was saying that this wasn t a crew he was trying to get rid of the defense minister, shoigu, and the head of the armed forces, but this is a direct challenge to putin s authority when you re trying to remove his top military brass during a conflict with ukraine. what key right now, jonathan, is what happens over the coming hours. the loyalty of the rus
and nbc news exclusive, a new record that the federal grand journey and the classified documents case is expected to meet this week. it is part of the justice department and special counsel jack smith investigation into the former president. they re meeting after a brief hiatus. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. this new report could signal a decision soon on whether to indict the former president. for more, i m joined now by one of the authors up the exclusive report, msnbc s julia ainsley. julia, welcome. tell me what you found out. well, what we know is that they are, what we expect is that the grand jury in the mar-a-lago case, remember jacques met the special counsel is looking at the former president trump s involvement in this mar-a-lago documents, as well as january six. we understand the grand jury is looking at his possible obstruction and classified documents in mar-a-lago will be mee
leaders of the white house. with a historic default looming and the president scheduled to leave the country tomorrow. can they strike a deal with the clock ticking? plus, just one vote. that s what a major battle over abortion access could come down to today in north carolina. the intense efforts by democrats to convince just one republican to flip. and we have some breaking news. the man accused of attacking a virginia congressman staffers with a metal baseball bat is due in court any moment. the suspect was apparently caught on camera just minutes before the attack chasing another woman. we ll have the latest on the investigation now involving the capitol police and how the two staffers are doing this morning. the people inside were scared. they were hiding. someone swinging a bat around i would be scared as well. and yet another mass shooting in america. this time in new mexico where three people are dead. what we have learned about the teenage suspect who police
let s get started with five things to know for this tuesday, may 16th. new overnight, cnn obtained new video of a man chasing a screaming woman with a bat minutes before he allegedly attacked staffers at a congressman s field office. you hear the screams there. the suspect this morning is under arrest. virginia congressman says his staffers have nonlife threatening injuries. also in washington, president biden is going to meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy again today as both try to find a way forward when it comes to the debt ceiling. mccarthy said they re not closer than they were as a treasury secretary is doubling down that america is headed for a default as early as june 1st. durham is report is now out after three years in the making. the special counsel from the trump era the fbi should have never launched a full investigation into connections between the former president s 2016 campaign and russia. but he did not recommend any new criminal charges or, quote, w