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the courtroom is standing by. a rare tornado emergency issued in kentucky as powerful storms sweep through the south. the death toll rising after relentless tornadoes flattened entire communities, uprooted trees and families all across the central u.s. plus an nbc news exclusive report from taiwan. our correspondent is with the congressional delegation in taipei as china carries out military drills just miles offshore. helping the families who have lost their children in rotc. th...

after more than three weeks of dysfunction and chaos on capitol hill the house finally has a new speaker this morning. house lawmakers elected congressman mike johnson of louisiana as the 56 speaker of the house. hes a conservative ally of former president donald trump and a low ranking member of the gop leadership team. after 22 days of disarray republican house members demonstrated remarkable unity with all to 20 voting for johnson, shortly after the vote the new speaker made this pl...

The bodies of humanitarian workers killed by an Israeli airstrike have arrived at the border with Egypt to begin their final journeys home. NBC News' Molly Hunter, Ret. Lt. Gen. Steph Twitty and former State Department senior advisor Nayyera Haq weigh in on the powerful reaction to the tragedy.

Covering travel cost for service members seeking abortion. defensively terry lloyd austin spoke monday about the dangers of this blanket blockade. >> this is unprecedented, unnecessary, and it is unsafe. this sweeping hold is undermining americas military readiness. >> joining me now, msnbc military analyst and former deputy commander of the united states european command, retired army lieutenant general, steph twitty. general, nice to see you here. you just heard defensive terry, lloyd austin, ...

In a car rammed into a group of pedestrians at a shopping center in tel aviv. officials say the driver got out and started stabbing people. hamas praised that as a heroic expense to the ongoing raid by the israeli military on the refugee camp. thats where israel is carrying out its biggest military operation in the west bank in some two decades. at least ten palestinians have been killed so far in the latest violence. joining us now, retired lieutenant general steph twitty. the former u.s. comma...

Department has been on the phone both with the israelis and the palestinians. >> retired lieutenant general twitty, great to hear from you. appreciate your time. still ahead, its been one year since the deadly mass shooting at a july fourth parade in a small town called highland park, illinois. were going to speak with one of the survivors a year later. plus, what the secret service is now saying an the suspicious white powder that prompted a short evacuation at the white house. and were tra...

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and retired Lieutenant General Steph Twitty join Andrea Mitchell to discuss President Biden’s upcoming trip to Europe for the NATO summit as Ukrainian forces make incremental progress in their counteroffensive against Russia. “It has been slow going, but we must understand this is war,” says Twitty. “ I think you're talking about months, perhaps years, before they're actually able to make some significant gains here.”

Will be dropped, the kremlin says the wagner forces will not be prosecuted. joining me now, retired u.s. army lieutenant general steph twitty, nbc news and msnbc military analyst and former deputy commander of the united states european command. lieutenant general twitty, thank you for coming back to the show this morning. just as a tremor, the wagner group, how does this operation differ from the russian military? >> yes, jonathan. great to be with you this morning. as you know, the wagner grou...

The russian military has already been infested with this distrust. now you will just make it worse, and try to integrate these two, and the last point i will mention is that these soldiers are extremely loyal to prigozhin. we have seen this yesterday, he said go to moscow, they went to moscow. he said back off, all of them back off. its another still an element of that which putin has to worry about. >> last question for you, lieutenant general. what does this mean for the war, russias war in uk...

See this small progress, and it is going to get tougher and tougher as they go along here. again, opportunities in terms of the russian conflict is going on right now. forces move from ukraine to be able to support the internal defense of russia. there will be opportunities there that will present themselves to the ukrainians that they should exploit. >> all right, lieutenant general steph twitty, i want you to stay with us, were gonna take a quick break and come back, because i do want to talk ...