i m stephanie ruhle. we continue our breaking news coverage on this historic night. nbc news has confirmed, donald trump, the nation s 45th president, has been indicted on seven charges in connection with his mishandling of classified documents. let that sink in for a moment. we ve been talking about it for months but here it is. for the first time in u.s. history,, a former president federal charges trump has received a summons to appear in u.s. district court on june 13th. that is this coming tuesday. the indictment remains under seal. sources tell nbc news. the charges include conspiracy to obstruct. and the new york times reports, the charges also include, quote, willfully retaining national defense secrets in violation of the espionage act. according to people familiar with the matter. the charges, of course, come after a lengthy investigation, led by justice department special counsel, jack smith. tonight, donald trump responded on his social media platform. watch this.
second, martha but you are live at perry, iowa news officials holding a news conference giving details on the school shooting earlier today. an opportunity a few moments ago to speak to the officers involved. in a situation like this as we all know, every minute counts. and they are heroic actions, we can say save lives. the response was tremendous. and we are extremely grateful. the full resources of the state government will be available to assist in the response, and of course, the community s recovery from this tragic event. the mental health region has social workers embedded in the school district, and we will provide counseling services for the students, families, and the staff. as you all know, this is an ongoing investigation so loan enforcement will brief you only on what they can at this time, and they will provide additional information as it becomes available and with that come i would like to turn it over to the cheap. thank you, the perry police department.
of our destroyers. no call for that. it is unsafe, it is unprofessional. martha: john kirby also called the move in a later comment increasingly aggressive, so what does all of this mean. i will talk to former defense secretary mark esper standing by with his thoughts, and eric shawn with the latest news on this in new york. hi, eric. hi, martha, showing that they are showing an increase level of aggressiveness against the assets in the pacific. after the chinese warship intercepted a u.s. guided missile destroyer in the taiwan strait, the shocking incident happened on saturday and crossed dangerously close to the ball of our ship. and then there was this, passing the surveillance plane occurred ten days ago causing the cockpit and our guys, they had to shake because of the turbulence. and the white house at the last hour, saying that the administration in his view is to prepare to face beijing s growing aggression. when you have pieces of metal that size whether it is
but now there s news of this damning tape that s put more focus on a different jurisdiction on that federal probe in washington where trump was caught on tape admitting key parts of a crime, including stealing documents after leaving office. the tape is from after he was in the white house, 2021, and that s bad for him based on what he appears to admit, because prosecutors are already using it while gathering their grand jury testimony, and it s showing jurors how trump acknowledges and admits himself on the tape that he had classified materials. this is a total breakthrough in the evidence in this case. real talk some people might say, all right, ari we already know trump took the documents down to mar-a-lago and the feds seized them and took them back. didn t we know all that? yes, but in court to win a case like this, prosecutors must prove, one, the documents were classified. two, trump willfully took or directed action to take the documents. and three, he intended to kee
including the uk, don t know where they ll be able to watch the matches. the british government, along with those in france, germany, italy and spain, have released a statement urging fifa and broadcasters to settle the matter, for the good of the women s game. jose mourinho has taken another swipe at his old club tottenham, ahead of the europa league final later. his side roma take on sevilla and mourinho was eager to point out he s won all five european finals he s been involved in. he says he just needs to be given the time to succeed. in roma, they didn t sack me before the final, in tottenham they sack me before the final at wembley. roma gave me the chance to win the final, and at tottenham i had no chance. england captain ben stokes says the only way he won t take a full part in the ashes this summer is if he can t walk . he s had problems with a persistent knee injury, and only played two games for chennai super kings in the indian premier league because of issues