already ramping up its assault tonight. plus, a major update to a story we ve been following. the fbi now investigating congressman george santos for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars meant to help a veteran s dying dog. this is the $17,000 that sontose claims he spent in florida reportedly doesn t add up either. hunter biden s attorneys now calling for a criminal investigation into rudy giuliani and others over the laptop found at a delaware computer repair shop. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, half a million more russian fighters. that s what ukraine is bracing for tonight, 500,000 more russians and a major onslaught. here s ukraine s defense minister with the chilling warning. translator: officially, they announced 300,000. but when we see the troops at the borders, according to our estimates, it is much more. we think that they have already mobilized 500,000. 500,000. it sounds huge on an absolute basis, and if it pans out, it is huge. just to give y
everyone. i m laura coates, and this is cnn tonight. tyre nichols laid to rest ton tonight. the 29-year-old who was just trying to get home beaten beyond recognition by police officers just about 80 yards from his own front door. the horrific scenes were caught on camera. the d.a. down in memphis says up to 20 more hours including audio from after the beating and after the ambulance takes tyre nichols to the hospital has yet to be released, but apparently it is forthcoming. tyre nichols mother grieving. calling for the passage of the george floyd justice and policing act. i just need whatever that george floyd bill needed passed. we need to take some action because there should be no other child that should suffer the way my son and all the other parents here have lost their children. we need to get that bill passed because if we don t that blood, the next child that dies, that blood is going to be on their heads. a sorority no one wants to be a part of. his older sist
plus, hunter biden is now fighting back and now calling for a criminal investigation into those sharing his personal information. and the lead prosecutors in memphis is considering additional charges in the beating death of tyre nichols. this is what we are watchingt that hour. thank you all for being here. i m kate bolduan, and several stories developing overseas. russia is releasing a fresh barrage of missiles in the hub city of kramatorsk. you can see the search crews there, and so many scrambling for safety, and our cnn crew was caught dangerously close to that. also big news out of asia. secretary of defense lloyd austin just announced increased military access in the philippines. it is coming as the fears are growing over a potential chinese invasion of taiwan. also news out of the middle east. iran is threatening to retaliate over a drone attack on an iranian military facility. we go to fred pleitgen. you and your team were close to these military strikes i
eastern time here on msnbc katy tur reports right now good to be with us i m katy tur on monday, kevin mccarthy was in new york city trying to get wall street on his side as he plays a game of chicken with the white house on the debt limit. today it s president biden who is making his case this time he is speaking to union workers in maryland. the president is arguing a clean raise of the debt limit is the only good option at the same time he s pitching his own plans on the economy some that have already created jobs in the past few months we ve seen the president or the vice president in places like upstate new york, dalton, georgia, durham, north carolina, minneapolis, minnesota and more touting green energy initiatives or the chips act the financial times says $209 billion have been pledged by the u.s. or foreign companies to create 280,000 new factory jobs and that amount is almost double the capital spending commitments made in the same sectors in 2021 and nearly 20 ti
president pence s indiana home. the wall street journal first reported the news citing people familiar who say the justice department is talking with pence s legal team about scheduling. last month, the former vice president s lawyers admitted they discovered several documents with classified markings at his home and turned them over to authorities. nbc news has reached out to both the fbi and mike pence for comment. haven t yet heard back. joining me now is correspondent julia ainsley and nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander. julia, you and i were talking about this very thing 24 hours ago. reporter: i thought about you, because maybe you predicted this. you asked me if we could assume that the fbi had also searched the residences of mike pence because of their searches of, at that point, the president s beach house in rehoboth, and now we understand that they are in talks. this is of course not yet confirmed by nbc news but the fbi plans to search bo