we are. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage now. on this wednesday, thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera. we have breaking news. in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump, just moments ago, nbc news cameras caught a top aid to trump awe arriving at the federal courthouse in miami. the same courthouse where we learned a grand jury will had hear testimony this week. the guy in the tie has been the right-hand man to trump in his post presidency. he runs a superpack and that sighting just after the bomb shell report from the new york times about testimony from former chief of staff mark meadows. we re live in miami and d.c. on what all of this could mean. and breaking news out of the vatican this morning. pope francis is expected to undergo surgery and remain hospitalized for several days. smoke from wildfires lead ing to had hazardous conditions across much of the country. dr. gupta is going
just learned former president trump s former chief of staff mark meadows has now testified before the federal grand jury. hearing evidence in the special counsel s investigations in to trump. mary bruce reporting tonight. from minneapolis, all the way to new york city, the dangerous air quality threatening 80 million americans. as far south as the carolinas tonight. all of this from the fires in canada. trevor ault reporting. tonight authorities investigating the killing of a mother of four in florida. police say she was shot through a door by her neighbor. there is news tonight after that air scare. the pilot reportedly seen slumped over while flying. everyone on board killed after the crash. why did it take the u.s. military 90 minutes to scramble those f-16s? martha raddatz tonight. the stunniing turn this evening for the pga after two years of the saudi backed liv golf taking business from the pga tour. tonight, the merger. the pga and liv golf joining forces, triggering
cheryl casone, brian kilmeade, and lisa boothe. deputy chief praising the brave police officers who stormed the bank immediately upon arrival. it is clear from the officer s response that they absolutely saved people s lives. this is a tragic event, but it was a heroic response of officers that made sure no more people were more seriously injured then what happened. emily: andy beshear fought back tears, speaking about two of his those friends who are among those killed. this is awful. i have a very close friend that did not make it today. and i have another close friend who did not either. one who is at the hospital that i hope is going to make it through. so when we talk about praying, i hope people will. for those that we are hoping can make it through the surgery is that they are going through, we ve got to do what we have done these last three years after everything. we ve got to wrap our arms around these families. emily: correspondent nate foy has the latest fo
east coast that means you still have time. the kids are still asleep or maybe even your spouse. you still have time it is april 1. you have time to pull off a prank, it is april fools for they got me at 4:30 a.m. this morning, walked into my office and this is what i found, an office full of lipstick the the shots put into context, bloomsbury could not walk could not take a step could not sit down. our producer, ariel, was standing in the side of my office in the video tape me. [laughter] i worked out 20 seconds before he noticed her standing there. is a lot of hard work for interns yesterday. working hard blowing up balloons. there he is in the corner it s not really april fools but you were fools. he was a groggy reaction. a while, it was 4:30 a.m. i come in, come to the building a good floor beneath this for the coffee machine to get a coffee we do not have a coffee machine on her floor. put a coffee maker in your office. and then i come up i ve not even even had m
christ on the cross for the sins of all humanity. it all began with a mob. the unreasonable mob rushed in and arrested and killed jesus for the things that he said. truth was snuffed out by error. at least for a few days. that wall street journal poll recently revealed that the importance of religion among americans has dropped from 62% 25 years ago to 39% today. i m not sure that is really true. you see, religion is alive and well to me. just look at the fervor of these religiously minded people. it s time for action. that s religious activism. l litgies not roaded in god but environmental justice. never mind gluing yourself to a van gogh doesn t help the environment. facts don t matter. this is a religious division. children are nearly following the dictates of the only religion they have ever known. the mob is invading our state houses with the same religious conviction. look at these trans religionists in texas. [chanting]. catchy. we ve been told for years that c