this after the u.s. justice department informed the former president he s a target, a target of the probe. also tonight, washington, d.c. monuments are shrouded in haze as wildfire smoke from canada drifts to the nation s capital. we re tracking this air quality emergency as it moves into the mid atlantic and threatens the health of tens of millions of americans. and the flood disaster in ukraine grows even more dangerous as the region is rocked by shelling and the kyiv government accuses russia of shooting at rescue workers. i ll acquit white house official john kirby about that devastating dam collapse and the broader state of the war right now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with donald trump apparently in imminent legal peril. once again, the u.s. justice department moving toward a final decision on indicting trump in the classified documents probe after alerting the for
clear that donald j. trump is a target of the investigation. we ll have legal analysis what that means for a possible indictment in just a moment. meanwhile trump s former running mate is now his newest challenger in the 2024 presidential race. we ll have more from mike pence s campaign launch. plus that hazardous haze that s been covering the northeast is expected to kick back up today. we ll get the latest time line for when the wildfire smoke from canada could finally clear out. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. nbc news has learned that former president donald trump s attorneys have been told that trump is a target of the justice department s investigation into the former president s handling of classified documents after he left the white house. prosecutors told trump s attorneys about their client being a target in that probe during their meeting monday at the doj headqu
wonderful. like you i m dax in the hallways and he was one of the people that we met him i would say to him that he was in network news and he would hire me. a wonderful wonderful man and i miss him terribly. and he would love that made it on air so thank you for that if he s at the justice department is going to indict him. or distract from the scene tonight. witness testimonies containing damning evidence of donald trump s conduct. as soon as the january six committee. could be released in the coming days. and witnessing the testimony. we continue to learn new details the blanket pardon for everyone involved in january six. trump asked for a white house staff. why does anybody need a pardon and he referred to just so they can go after them for little things. i think the former chief of staff the several white house staffers. as prior to leaving and he was one of them. if they re going to be staff pardons they will be included in that group. and interesting nugget and dece
There has been unprecedented upheaval in congress, specifically among the republican majority in the house. The parties nominee for speaker of the house, congressman Steve Scalise has Just Announced that he is dropping out as a candidate. I just share what my colleagues that i withdraw my name as a candidate for the speaker does a country. As you look at over the last couple of weeks, there is still work to be done. We are going to have more on that story in just a bit. But we continue our coverage of the Israel Hamas War which is about to enter its seventh day of fighting. A number of dead from this conflict has now reached more than 2800 people. Among that number, israel reports at least 1300 israeli lives lost, including over 200 israeli soldiers. The Palestinian Health Ministry Reports more than 1500 palestinian lives have been lost. Those same authorities report that the number of injured israelis is more than 3300. The number of injured palestinians as more than 6000. The number
Which is worrisome. Thank you, my friend, for all the breaking news. And thanks to you at home for joining in this continuing night of news development. A lot of big breaking news. In the last hour there has been unprecedented upheaval in congress, specifically among the republican majority in the house. The partys nominee for speaker of the house, congressman Steve Scalise has Just Announced that he is dropping out as a candidate. I just share what my colleagues that i withdraw my name as a candidate for the speaker does a country. As you look at over the last couple of weeks, there is still work to be done. We are going to have more on that story in just a bit. But we continue our coverage of the Israel Hamas War which is about to enter its seventh day of fighting. A number of dead from this conflict has now reached more than 2800 people. Among that number, israel reports at least 1300 israeli lives lost, including over 200 israeli soldiers. The Palestinian Health Ministry Reports mo