Next week. Breaking news from ukraine, at least 51 people are dead after a russian strike on a supermarket. President zelenskyy calling it one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in months. Prosecutors paint a damming portrait of Sam Bankmanfried and the lavish lifestyle he lived before it came crashing down. Defense says hes no villain, just a math nerd with good intentions. A wild trust in the Corruption Case against senator bob menendez and his wife. The allegations that a deadly Car Crash Led them to take a mercedesbenz as a bribe. Our nbc News Reporters are following all of the latest developments. We start on capitol hill where the race for the next speaker is both unsettled and filled with intrigue. Nbcs Julie Tsirkin is there. Whats the latest . Multiple sources tell myself and our colleagues that the former president is considering heading to the capitol next week to get involved in the speakers race. One source specifically told me it is the former president s intention according to his conversation with him that the former president intends to unify the party, to endorse whoever comes out as the speaker candidate inside the Conference Meeting behind closed doors. It is not necessarily the former president s intention to run for speaker, and he said as much on his truth social posts and publicly as well that he would be happy to help out in the interim but ultimately thinks a better candidate from inside the gop cnce will come about. Certainly both of those candidates that have officially made thaid official and theyre declaring their intention inhe letters is Steve Scalise, a member of Republican Leadership now, and congressman jim jordan who carries the mantle on the Impeachment Inquiry that Speaker Mccarthy announced when he was speaker. Jim jordan spoke to ali vitali about this including his conversations with the former president. Reporter you of course talk to former President Trump often. Have you talked to him about this . Do you want his explicit support in this . I talk with the president all the time. Im losing my voice, i have talked with so many colleagues, and so many people yesterday, and i got to get back on the phone now. Were focused on this race. Have you talked to him about this . About this and all kinds of issues. Reporter and is he supportive of your run . I mean, i dont want to say anything because i had a great conversation with the president. Reporter jordan, the chair of the judiciary committee, the weaponization, he had the former president s ear. Hes been a big ally for trump as well, and he has the ear of some of the hard right flank of conservatives here who are all throwing their support behind him. Of course Steve Scalise is also in this race, and there are a number of other candidates, chair of the republican study committee. All in all, of course the person who becomes speaker needs to clinch 217 votes on the floor. Well see if they can get that done next week. Julie tsirkin, thank you. We have that Breaking News out of ukraine where at least 51 people are dead after a Russian Missile strike on a Grocery Store and cafe. Nbcs raf sanchez joins us now. Raf, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling this, im quoting him, a completely deliberate act of terrorism. What more do we know . Reporter chris, this is already the deadliest russian strike on ukrainian civilians this year. It appears to be one of the deadliest strikes of the entire war. Heres what we know. Ukrainian Officials Say a Russian Missile came down in this village of harosa this afternoon. The village is about 30 miles from the front line. Theres no signs at all that there were legitimate Military Targets in the area. As you said, 51 People Killed and this is a village of a population of just 300. That is about one in six of the entire village killed in a single strike. Among the dead, according to local officials is a 6yearold boy, and chris, there is a grim, grim irony here. The reason the villagers were all concentrated in one place is they were attending a memorial for a neighborhood who was killed in earlier fighting. The Kharkiv Region where this happened has seen more than its fair share of horror over the course of a year. I have spent a lot of time there, but people are really, really shaken by the scale of this loss of life. Officials there have declared three days of mourning. As you said, president zelenskyy is in spain right now. Hes trying to shore up western support for the war effort and it is coming at a moment of real uncertainty in washington. As you know, chris, the 45day continuing resolution that Congress Passed to keep the government open does not include aid from ukraine, and as julie was saying, the politics insides Republican Caucus in the house right now are so complicated, it is not at all clear that a new speaker is going to be able to steer more aid to ukraine through the house if they even want to. Not at all clear. President zelenskyy, though, is saying he remains confident in american support after his visit to washington last month, chris. Raf sanchez, thank you. Right now in manhattan, a close friend of the so called crypto king, Sam Bankmanfried is on the stand at his trial. Cnbcs kate rooney is live at the courthouse for cnbc on msnbc. This witness wasnt just a friend but part of the business from the beginning. What are we hearing today . So, chris, thats been a theme. Some of the lines between friendships and associates have been blurred. He lives with Sam Bankmanfried. There were some texts shown with Sam Bankmanfried and some of his top executives, talking about paying rent and the thought that alameda, the hedge fund involved here that Sam Bankmanfried also founded and controlled was going to pay the rent. They were essentially going to live there for free. That was interesting. We heard about some of the lifestyle there. They did talk about the issues that Sam Bankmanfried is accused of committing. Fraud in this case, there was 8 billion hole that this witness sai h confronted Sam Bankmanfried about on a Pickleball Court in the bahamas, and Sam Bankmanfried was well aware of some of the issues and tried to, at least, in some cases, cover that up, and thats really what theyre arguing about. Inside this gentleman went to m. I. T. With Sam Bankmanfried, it is one of his inner circle. Were expecting to hear from more of those types of executives. Were expecting to hear from one top executive, a cofounder of ftx, as well as caroline ellison, Sam Bankmanfrieds former girlfriend. She ran this hedge fund. They said its partially her fault that she wasnt protecting to the downside in some cases with the investment decisions. Theyre trying to paint him as a hard working start up, who made mistakes. A deadly car crash from 2018 is at the center of the Bribery Charges against senator bob menendez and his wife nadine. Nbcs tom winter is following this for us. What happened and how do the pieces all fit together . Reporter sure, chris, so this accident happened in late 2018 in new jersey, and the accident involved an individual pedestrian that according to Police Records obtained by wnbc and nbc news, the vehicle was driven by nadine menendez. At the time they were not married but its our understand they were dating. Apparently she hit the individual, striking him and eventually he ended up dying at the hospital. According to those records. Youre looking at a photograph of the car, a mercedesbenz that mrs. Menendez was allegedly driving at the time. The police did not charge her with any crime at all. They looked at the accident. They looked at the factors that were involved, and they determined that she was not at fault for it. They did ask her at one point, and youre looking at her there on camera talking to police officers. This is body warn camera obtained by a public records request. She did ask for their cell phone. She gave it to them briefly according to the police report, and immediately asked for it back. Based on my experience, thats something that specifically happens when police are trying to determine whether or not somebody might have been on the phone at the time of the accident. Ultimately, as i said, no charges were filed. The reason why this has any sort of relevance whatsoever to the criminal charges, both mrs. Menendez and the senator face is we have been trying to determine why she allegedly needed a new car in 2019, a new mercedesbenz, a photograph published in the indictment, is whether or not she needed that and how she was able to get it. According to federal prosecutors, a person named jose yuribe made payments at her request, payments that ceased, according to the indictment, when the fbi approached about the payments of the car. This was all part of the alleged Bribery Scheme that she was involved with and that the car was payment for potentially some help on a state case involving uribe. Mrs. Menendez and the senator have pled not guilty to all the charges and denied any wrong doing. Youre looking at the two of them exiting court. Thats why the particular accident is relevant to the indictment, and of course this case remains very much under investigation. The allegations contained in the federal indictment, i should say, and we continue to look over the records from this particular accident, chris. Tom winter, thank you so much. The case that launched the Podcast Craze back in the news today, now adnon syed faces the possibility of going back to prison. Well explain why in 60 seconds. O prison well explain why in 60 seconds. . [camera shutter sfx] he thinks his flaky, red patches are all people see. Otezla is the 1 prescribed pill to treat plaque psoriasis. [ned . ] it can help you get clearer skin and reduce itching and flaking. With no routine blood tests required. Doctors have been prescribing it for nearly a decade. Otezla is also approved to treat psoriatic arthritis. Dont use otezla if youre allergic to it. Serious allergic reactions can happen. Otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. Some people taking otezla had depression, suicidal thoughts, or weight loss. Upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. [crowd gasp] with clearer skin, movie night is a groovy night. [ting] live in the moment. Ask your doctor about otezla. Out of syria where a u. S. Fighter jet has shut down a Turkish Drone. Courtney kube covers National Security for nbc news. What do we know, courtney . Reporter thats right, its a pretty remarkable event. A Turkish Drone was flying near where u. S. Troops are operating in Northeastn Syria earlier today. Now, the u. S. Military warned the Turkish Military and said, hey, youre coming kind of close to the troops. Fast forward, 11 40 a. M. Local time today, the drone, which is armed or was armed flew again near the u. S. Troops. The u. S. Scrambled an f16 fighter jet and shot it down. We do know that after this incident, both Secretary Of Defense lloyd austin and the new chairman of the joint chiefs, general cq brown spoke with their turkish counter parts. Were expecting to learn more about those conversations today. As i mentioned, this is a pretty remarkable event. Turkey is a nato ally so were waiting to hear a little bit more about the interaction between the u. S. And the Turkish Military after this incident to see how those conversations went and where it could go from here, chris. Courtney kube, keep us posted, thank you. The man whose murder case became a National Obsession via the Hit Podcast Serial is fighting to avoid going back to prison. Adnan syed spent 23 years behind bars for the murder of his high school girlfriend. Prosecutors admitted they withheld key evidence, evidence that pointed to two possible other suspects. Maryland Supreme Court is weighing whether the Baltimore Circuit Court in overturning the conviction violated the rights of the victims family. Heres adnan syed in front of the courthouse this morning. Were definitely grateful for the opportunity to present our case to the Supreme Court, and were grateful for all the support we have received over the past 24 years. Joining me now, charles coleman, former federal prosecutor, civil rights attorney, and msnbc legal analyst. I was obsessed like a lot of people with this case, but for those who werent, bear with me. This is the time line. 14 years later, serial, the podcast uncovers new evidence that ultimately leads a judge to grant him a new trial. Theres all this legal wrangling. His conviction is overturned in 2022. Charges are dropped, and this year its reinstated because of the issue thats now before maryland Supreme Court, and this is what the attorney representing hae min lees family said after the hearing. Based on what i heard today, im confident that the Supreme Court of maryland is going to adopt our position. Its going to acknowledge that our rights have been violated here as victims, and as a victim representative. That there wasnt adequate notice, that there wasnt a right to attend, and there wasnt a meaningful right to participate and be heard. Now, what syeds lawyers say is they were there via zoom, not in person, and theres no proof that being there in person would have changed anything. What do you make of this fight . This is an interesting conversation because on one hand, you have the discussion for Victims Rights and their families, in terms of being able to be present and proper notice. This is someone who was notified during covid that they would need to travel from california to maryland on a friday for a hearing that was on a monday. At the same time, opposite that, you have a conversation about wrongful convictions and how often that happens, and as a former prosecutor, i can tell you that that is a very serious matter. Youre talking about a man who was in jail for over a decade and a half for a crime that prosecutors are not convinced he admitted based off of this evidence. So when youre talking about balancing the interest on the scales, thats really a big part of the conversation. In addition to that, from a policy perspective, there is no specific stated law in terms of Victims Rights in the state of maryland as to how much notice is required, so as part of the hearing today, some of the justices on the Appeals Court asked the defendant, basically, shouldnt you be here talking to the Maryland State House about making this more codified in terms of law because you werent able to attend during covid. So there are a lot of things to unpack as far as the situation is concerned. You talked about the people wrongfully convicted. 70 people who were wrongfully convicted. It includes amanda knox, and yusef salome, members of the five. Supporting adnan syed, saying they spent 1,220 years in prison for crimes they did not commit. Does that support have an impact in the decision balanced against the rights of the family. Its a conversation about what the clerks are looking at. Theyre the ones that are going to unpack all of the letters and amicus briefs that are filed on either side or either party. I think its important to understand that unfortunately mr. Syed finds himself in the middle of this, but this is really a conversation about the process and the system. Mr. Lee and the family of the victim are really upset about the fact that they didnt get notice about this hearing at the appropriate time. Thats not necessarily the fault of mr. Syed. Prosecutors made that decision in order to, number one, dismiss the charges against him, and then the court made the decision to essentially overturn the conviction and allow that, and allow him out. Thats not mr. Syeds doing. The fact that he finds himself in the predicament at this time, because of a system failure. Hes not going to provide notice to the victims family. Thats on the prosecutor to do. Its unfortunate that at the center of this is a man who for all intents and purposes appears to have been wrongfully convicted who finds himself facing the possibility of going back to jail. We have some Breaking News as well, not related to adnan syed, a federal court has ordered alabama to adopt a new congressional map that creates a second black majority district. This has been going on for a while. Obviously has incredible impact about who might control the House Of Representatives next year among other things. Do you expect this to be the end of the fight where do you see this going and what do you make of the ruling . Im glad to see the ruling came down the way that it did, and its a very important case because ever since we have seen the gutting of the Voting Rights act, there have been numer