to proceed. given the biden administration has said one of the key pillars in foreign policy when presented with a choice between autocrats and democracies, they stand with democracies. can you help us understand why the secretary decided to proceed with the trips given the ban and should we expect that going forward? our relationship with egypt is a important strategic partnership. the secretary met with his counter parts and talked about that. i ll tell you when it came to the press coverage of that portion, having looked further into it, the egyptians lived up to what they had greed upon. some of the lessons learned was in terms of making sure that we were on the same sheet when it came to understanding press access. so we will continue to work. the u.s. had agreed beforehand there there would be a band of journalists? we did not agree to a ban. we agreed to have official photographers. we had one reporter come in to one of the sessions but a portion that was going t
obviously, tensions are already high between the two nations over involvement in ukraine. senior correspondent mike tobin is in kyiv tonight with the latest on this. good evening, mike. good evening, bret. a brazen violation of international law. that s the way the state department describes this contact between a u.s. drone and two russian fighter jets that ended with the u.s. drone being ditched in the black sea. the pentagon says for a half hour this morning two russian su-27 fighter jets harassed a u.s. mq 9 reaper drone in international fuel space. dumped fuel on it and pass sod close struck one of the propellers dropping it down into the southwest of crimea. this is the first contact of this sort since the height of the cold war. this incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional. russian defense ministry denies that the jet impacted the u.s. drone and says the drone was headed in the direction of russia with its transpo
safeguards to prevent fraud. but critics say, others don t. how do you see people use technology the phishing scams we have all seen but it s going to sound like somebody you know. reporter: going forward because you hear it, doesn t mean you should delete it. gadi schwartz, nbc news. that wasn t me very cool and creepy. we have a lot to cover in our second hour. let s get right to it. at this hour, high-stakes standoff, russia steps up its assault in eastern ukraine, as volodymyr zelenskyy says the stakes couldn t be higher. president biden getting ready to sign an executive order to increase background checks. relief rally it s been a good day for your retirement account stocks are posting solid gaines after a new report on inflation and easing worries on the nation s banks just ahead, we talk to a key member of president biden s economic team. our nbc news reporters are covering all of the latest developments that s where we begin with nbc news business and dat
good to be with you. i m katy tur donald trump says he will absolutely stay in the presidential race if he is criminally indicted. one-time fixer and now key witness, michael cohen, will be back in front of a manhattan grant jury tomorrow to continue his testimony against his former boss after that we could quickly see a decision on whether manhattan d.a. alvin bragg will bring charges against the former president for his role in the 2016 hush money payment to stormy daniels and others. last night in front of a crowd of 2,000-plus supporters in iowa, donald trump did what he always does in the face of political or legal trouble he leaned right into it. our enemies are desperate to stop us because they know we are the only ones who can stop them. i will totally obliterate the deep state i will fire the unelected bureaucrats who have weaponized our justice system look at what they ve done to our justice system so we are going to see if that line still works broadly, that at
did hunter biden just call the republican s bluff. the president s son agrees to testify to congress but under one condition. trending in america s crime crisis this so-called crash and grab robbery. we will show you what that is all about. and growing concerns over a new respiratory virus from china. is this deja vu all over again? but, first, breaking tonight, as another group of hostages is released by hamas, we are learning some of the remaining captives are no longer in hamas custody. the israeli defense forces say some hostages are being held by other terror groups, making them harder to find. this comes as the truce is interrupted by sporadic violence. correspondent nate foy is in northern israel to begin our coverage tonight. hi, nate. nate: good evening, john. tonight 12 hostages back in israel and finally reuniting with their families after just going through absolute hell in hamas captivity for 53 straight days. for a moment today it appeared that the possible ex