of classified documents after he exited the white house. plus, the latest from outside the federal courthouse in miami where that second grand jury is a key part of this investigation. and tens of millions of americans are still under air quality alerts as officials urge people to put on their masks because wildfire smoke from canada is continuing to blanket this country. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. i want to begin right here on the roof of 30 rock with msnbc host lindsey reiser covering the smoke-filled skies. you have the same mask on i had on walking to work this morning. i think the governor of new york is making a whole lot of those available. tell us the latest. reporter: and, chris, i m sure you felt it too, itchy eyes, scratchy throat, my nose has been stuffy the past 24 hours. things are better in the new york city area. normally the air quality index should be around 50. yesterday, chris, in the peak of the orange haze
that simultaneously they have launched this major new military offensive. they are also trying to deal with the humanitarian and the environmental catastrophe that is unfolding in southern ukraine. just starting on the battlefields, a senior ukrainian officer and a ukrainian soldier here in zaporizhzhia tells nbc news that the counter offensive is now underway, and of course we have been waiting for this moment for months. ukraine has been marshaling its forces after lots of training, lots of planning, the ukrainian military is flush with those western supplied weapons, including battle tanks and long-range missiles, though they do not yet have american-made f 16s, which they were hoping for. the u.s. and uk says there was intense fighting in the east and south of the country. some of the most intense is happening east of us in zaporizhzhia, the ukrainian and
With so much fawning coverage by the Western media about how the valiant freedom fighters in Kyiv are kicking Russia’s butt we’re beginning to wonder. There’s always more to the story; what is it?