canadian wildfires. meteorologists expect the effects to linger for at least another day and possibly into the weekend. millions of people are affected. doctors in some places are advising people to limit their time outdoors. many schools, cities and sports organizations have postponed or canceled events because of the air quality. new york city is clearing up a bit, but the smoke is kind of drifting elsewhere. correspondent nate foy is in jersey city, new jersey tonight. nate, good evening. trace, good evening to you. what a difference 24 hours can make. we can actually see the sky tonight in new york city which was not the case yesterday. but other parts of the country remain heavily impacted as the smoke continue informs drift. one day after the worst air quality ever recorded in new york city today cities like philadelphia and washington, d.c. are covered in dense smoke as residents breathe air defined as very unhealthy by the e.p.a. the smoke obliterated the island y
truman shocked theco nation wita televised address announcing he was seizing control of the steel plants so as not to interrupt the war effort. within half an hour of that address lawyers for the steel companies had driven to a district court ivjudge s home i washington, d.c. and gotten the judge to set a hearing for the next morning, a hearing as to whether or not a president could actually do that. now, the merits of that case are really interesting. but the reason the steel seizure case matters today is the speed at which it was heard by the supreme court. the issue was so urgent for the steel workers, the unions, the steel companies, the u.s. military, it was so pressing that the case skipped the appeals process, and the supreme court heard oral arguments just ad little over a month after truman s announcement. they decided the case less than a month after that, which is like light speed in supreme court time. and that is why in special counsel jack smith s filing before
he follows south carolina senator tim scott, who filed on friday and chris christie is said to be on the verge. this is in addition to already declared challengers nikki haley, asa hutchinson and mike pence will decide before june. meanwhile, names being floated for a unity ticket, the idea from the group no labels, include senator joe manchin, independent senator krysten sinema and larry hogan. trump s biggest obstacle seems to be his own legal ent entanglements. among them his remarks here on cnn regarding jack smith s case about the withheld mar-a-lago documents and the investigation into interference in the 2020 election by georgia da who recently signalled a decision from her could be coming in early august. so into this fray final ly step ron desantis. joining me to discuss is gary. he writes for florida playbook. previously work ed in the tallahassee bureau of the associated press. nice to see you again. so desantis is dug in on this disney issue. i find it interesting
highlights. we are not going to analyze the former president of the united states repeating lies, smears, and bigotry. we ve all heard it many, many times before. however, but we need to do tonight is solve for how news organizations will cover donald j trump, the twice impeached, indicted, liable for sex abuse private citizen. if he doesn t fact when the republican nomination. it has nothing to do with what he did tonight. he did what he has done countless times before. the question we need to answer is what we are going to do next. let s get right to it. my nbc news washington correspondent colleague emulsion centers here, liam cold will of the washington post, and andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and nbc news legal analyst. coming, this is the first and we ve seen trump outside of the cocoon of conservative media for a long time. where was he? in a thunderdome stacked with his sister borders cheering him on and he steamroll through his greatest hits of lies. if
private citizen. if he doesn t fact when the republican nomination. it has nothing to do with what he did tonight. he did what he has done countless times before. the question we need to answer is what we are going to do next. let s get right to it. my nbc news washington correspondent colleague emulsion centers here, liam cold will of the washington post, and andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and nbc news legal analyst. coming, this is the first and we ve seen trump outside of the cocoon of conservative media for a long time. where was he? in a thunderdome stacked with his sister borders cheering him on and he steamroll through his greatest hits of lies. if this man is the nominee, ignoring him is not an option for any of us. so what are we going to do? stephanie, it s a great question. i m not quite sure that we as a reporting atmosphere, as a reporting group have really figured it out. we have to obviously fact check him, we have to obviously try our best to c