Aide is at a florida courthouse, potentially to go before a grand jury, investigating trumps handling of classified documents. Overseas, pope francis in the hospital and scheduled to undergo surgery. What we know about his condition. Back at home, another Mass Shooting, this time outside a High School Graduation in virginia. And we are Just Moments Away from yet another republican officially entering the 2024 president ial race. It comes just hours before former Vice President mike pence does something that hasnt been done in more than 80 years. And we begin with Breaking News on the investigations into former President Donald Trump this morning. A key trump aide who runs a protrump super pac entered the federal courthouse in miami to potentially testify before a grand jury Hearing Evidence in the investigation into trumps handling of Classified Information. This comes as two people briefed on the matter tell the New York Times former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows testified before a grand jury in washington, d. C. , Hearing Evidence in that investigation as well as trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. It is not clear when meadows testified or what prosecutors asked him. Nbc news has not independently confirmed this reporting. Now, meantime, two sources familiar confirmed to nbc news that more than 20 secret Service Agents either appeared or have been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury in washington. With us now, to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent Garrett Haake and charles coleman, a prosecutor in brooklyn, new york, also an msnbc legal analyst. Garrett, who is this trump aide and why would prosecutors want to talk to him . The trump aide in question is Taylor Budavich, a fixture in the trump orbit for quite some time now. We dont know what issue prosecutors are want to talk to him about. For a time in the immediate aftermath of the trump presidency, taylor was one of the few one of only two paid political aides who were on mr. Trumps staff. He was in maralago during that time period and would have been around for potentially conversations about both the Election Interference Probe that jack smith is handling and the classified documents piece of this. So hes someone who could have a wide breadth of knowledge that could be useful to smith. I think the questions that we dont know is why is he coming in only now, and why in florida . There is a lot more reporting to do here, but a key figure in this drama appearing at the federal courthouse in miami this morning. Meanwhile, what is the significance of mark meadows testimony . Meadows has been the white whale for folks interested in january 6th and leadup to it for quite some time. He never testified before them, you know, ultimately being held in contempt of congress. His testimony about the leadup to that day, what mr. Trump knew and when could be useful. Also, on that part of the probe, also on the classified documents piece of this, remember there has been reporting recently, i think in the New York Times, that it was research for mark meadows memoir that, you know, led to this discovery of this additional Classified Information that mr. Trump might have had about iran he was bragging about. Meadows again, in the middle of everything, as he was during his time as Chief Of Staff and then shortly after the end of the trump presidency, his information could be extraordinarily useful to prosecutors. Again, we dont have his appearance confirmed at nbc news. I reached out to meadows personally to seek what if anything he wants to share about it, but hugely useful testimony, potentially on two on both branches of the Special Counsel investigation. Lets talk about one of the branches, trump aide in miami today. What are the implications of that . It is hard to tell because as you already talked about, it is unclear as to why this aide is testifying at this point. And the investigation, but what we do know is that there is as you already talked about another grand jury that is open in florida, and the significance of that remains undiscovered because it could be a jurisdiction question, where, for example, Merrick Garland and jack smith are thinking about what venue would be best, and could be a question of where they try witnesses, they may bring charges against certain witnesses or certain targets in d. C. Versus in florida. And so it is unclear as to why were seeing this second grand jury in florida, but one thing is for certain, this is not good news for donald trump, given the volume of information that this witness likely has and will be able to divulge to the grand jury. Regardless of whether it is washington, d. C. Or in florida, this does not bode well for trump and his legal woes that continue to mount. How common or uncommon is it for there to be different grand juries sat for the same case, in different places. It is very uncommon, jose. This is not something we see, which is why we sort of have to let this thing play out in terms of understanding the significance right now. It is unclear as to what the strategy that jack smith and Merrick Garlands offices are moving forward with. But the other thing you have to understand is that there are multiple things going on. So we cant necessarily assume that the grand jury that is Hearing Information in washington is hearing the same exact information in florida. These cases, while they may be related, also may be distinctly different as you already talked about. Jack smith is not only looking at the potential for election interference, hes looking at maralago and the documents case there. It is unclear as to whether these two cases are being heard exactly by the same grand jury as the grand jury in washington is pretty much wrapping up, it looks like this may be similar, but at the same time we dont know. Grand juries are a secret proceeding. To answer your question, this is not usual and it is not common at all. So now we have among the many different investigations, and theyre ongoing, so you have the trump aide today, and then you have the mark meadows thing, you also, garrett, have appearances by the secret Service Agent before the grand jury as well . Thats right, jose. We were able to confirm that more than a dozen secret Service Agents as part of Donald Trumps detail have also testified before the grand jury. Again, it is not clear in which of the Special Counsel probes they were being questioned, but i think it speaks to the thoroughness of this probe that we now basically have gone through the list, the people who were around the former president both immediately after and around the events of january 6th and in the early stages of his post presidency when this classified documents issue really began. And basically everyone, you know, you could kind of put on a list of the people who would have been around him have been called to testify that we can find, it does suggest, again, that perhaps these probes, at least one of them, is wrapping up. But the secret nature of this process is just as confounding to we reporters as it is to viewers and were trying to find out about what the secret Service Agents would have talked about. Thank you both so much. This morning, 86yearold pope francis is back in the hospital, where he will be undergoing a second surgery to treat an intestinal blockage. It raises new questions over his health. The pope had 13 inches of his colon removed just two years ago because of inflammation and narrowing of the large intestine and in late march he spent three days in the hospital for bronchitis. The pope has also been using a wheelchair and walker for more than a year because of strained ligaments in his knee. Joining us is nbcs anne thompson. Great seeing you. Good to see you. Thank you so much. What do we know about the condition of the pope today in. We just got some news from the vatican. That is as a precautionary measure, all papal audiences have been suspended until at least june 18th. And so we will not see him do his weekly audience or he will not have any private meetings in that time. We do know that he is at gemeli hospital. We have no word on whether the surgery has started. We know that this is to repair a hernia that they believe is a result of that surgery you spoke of in july 2021. He will undergo general anesthetic, which is something pope francis has been very public about, he doesnt like it. It is why he has such Mobility Problems because he could have his knee repaired, but hes refused to do it because he didnt like the way the anesthesia made him feel when he had his colon surgery. So, we know that the vatican says he will be in the hospital for several days. But the key thing here is that it gives him enough time now by having the surgery today, enough time to get ready for what is going to be a very busy summer. We have august, right, portugal, also going to mongolia later in august. Yeah. Hes going to World Youth Day in portugal. It is not a day, it is really a week. He has four or five days of events there. Hundreds of thousands of people. Absolutely. It is crazy. And it is kids come from All Over The World for that. And then hes going to go back to rome and then supposedly hes going to go to marseille and make a speech and then go to mongolia as long as his health stands up. And these that Mongolia Trip is very important to him. Remember, this is a pope who wants to reach out to the peripheries an he just appointed a cardinal in mongolia. And so this is his way of going out to the periphery. It is not been in the past, im just thinking even of other papacies, to know the Health Condition of popes. Very secretive. But we know pretty much a lot more about the health of francis than we do others. Im not sure i would say that. I mean, what we saw when he was hospitalized for bronchitis, remember, it was he had gone to the hospital for tests. Well, clearly he didnt go to a hospital for tests. He went to the hospital because he was sick. There is always kind of i will never understand why they arent more transparent about the popes health. It would certainly put a lot of rumors to rest. Hes very upset about the rumors that go around about his health, about how sick he truly is. If theres no information. Thats it. I was speaking with the anchor who spoke from telemundo, he said he looked really, really solid. He had a problem of transportation and mobility, but other than that, he looked really solid, he was shaking 900 hands or something, but hes 86. The next day he had a fever and took the day off. We saw the same thing today. He had two private meetings and held his weekly general audience out in st. Peters square. People who were there said he was in fine form. He looked great. There was no indication that they saw that he was going to the hospital today. And he loves being in those crowds. Thats really medicine for him. He feeds off of that. Kissing babies, waving to the crowd, he loves all of that. I love seeing you in person, anne thompson. Great to see you. Thank you so much. Up next, another Mass Shooting in america. This time, listen to this, a high school, a graduation in virginia where an 18yearold grad and his father were gunned down. Were back in 60 seconds with the latest on the investigation. Youre watching jose diazbalart reports today from new york. Jose diazbalart reports today from new york whenever youre hungry, theres a deal on the subway app. Buy one footlong, get one 50 off in the subway app today. Now thats a deal worth celebrating. Man, what are you doing . get it before its gone on the subway app. 13 past the hour. In virginia, a High School Graduation ceremony turned tragic after a gunman opened fire outside a theater in virginia commonwealth university. Killing two and injuring five others. 18yearold Shawn Jackson who just received his diploma and his father Lorenzo Smith were killed according to police. A 19yearold suspect was arrested and charged with two counts of Second Degree murder. Aaron gilchrist joins us from richmond, virginia. You graduated from ecu and you know the area so well. What happened . Reporter i was in this theater for my sisters graduation. Im a graduate as well. I can tell you from experience that there were hundreds of people on the sidewalks, outside this theater after the ceremony ended yesterday afternoon and gunfire erupted during what was really supposed to be a happy time for the people who were gathered here, taking pictures, hugging, grandparents and small children as well, that gunfire erupted, we learned today at a News Conference a few minutes ago from the police chief here that the student who died, the graduate who died, and the suspect who has been arrested knew each other. They had a history of at least a year of some sort of conflict between the two of them, the police chief saying there was an exchange of words, outside the theater here today and the suspect then went to his car, and retrieved a handgun and came back and started shooting. Thats when the student, 18yearold Shawn Jackson, and his stepfather Lorenzo Smith were both shot at the scene here and sent the crowd running for their lives, literally, many of them running back into the theater trying to take cover. Others scattering from the scene here. This is another incident that this School District and this city have had to deal with in recent weeks. We heard from the mayor who is really incensed about what has happened here. Take a listen to part of what he had to say. So words that come to mind right now that this is tragic, but also traumatic. Because this is their graduation day. The question that comes in my mind right now is, is Nothing Sacred any longer . Is Nothing Sacred any longer . Reporter and as you noted, jose, the suspect here, ammary pollard, 19, has been charged with two counts of he appeared in court this morning and is being held without bond. The mother of the young man who died here now has to mourn the loss of her son. She is now a widow, mourning the loss of her husband. She has a 9yearold daughter who was hit by a car after the shooting started here in the frenzy that happened here. And now shes having to care for her daughter whose injuries are not life threatening and mourn for the loss of her son as she will soon have to bury. Aaron gilchrist, thank you so much. Turning now to florida, where an arrest has been made in the shooting death of an ocala mother of four. Susan was arrested and charged with multiple counts including manslaughter for the Fatal Shooting of her neighbor following a dispute last friday. The Marion CountySheriffs Office says she became upset over owens children playing in a nearby field. When owens went to knock on her front door, she allegedly shot through the door, killing owens. The mother of a. J. Owens spoke with msnbc last hour. As a mother, as a grandmother, the grief, the pain that i am bearing, watching my grandchildren go through this, words can never, never explain how i feel and how my babies feel, how a. J. s babies feel. Joining us now is nbc anchor lindsey reiser. What more do we know about the sheriffs decision to file charges . We know that they were able to talk to eyewitnesss who only came forward yesterday about what happened. They also interviewed owens children finally. They had specialists do that. They did arrest her. And susan was booked into jail at 4 25 this morning. She was interviewed by detectives and told them she had become angry over time at owens children. They were playing in that field near the apartment complex. Neighbors told our Joy Reid Last Night that this woman has a history of antagonizing and yelling at the neighborhood children. Lorincz threw a roller skate at one of owens children, hitting his toe. Remember civil rights Attorney Ben Crump said she yelled racial slurs at the children. The children, were told, left something na that field, an ipad or something of some sort. They went to the home to try to retrieve it. The mother came to try and talk to lorincz, according to detectives, and she knocked on the door, asked for her to come out and she shot through her door striking owens in the chest. She said she did it in selfdefense. She said owens had previously attacked her. We have not been able to corroborate that. We know lorincz was arrested. She was charged with negligence, battery and two counts of assault. And the sheriff talked about this Stand Your Ground Law and how that comes into play. This is what he said. It does not apply in all situations and this situation is a prime example of when it was not justified. It was simply a killing. She is expected to make her First Court Appearance likely tomorrow. She is undergoing medical testing now and Attorney Ben Crump in the last hour said this is a step toward justice. Lindsey reiser, thank you very much. Up next, how dangerous wildfire smoke from canada is it affecting almost 100 Million People