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is starting to crack we break down the political fallout from his historic indictment nine women in nevada say bill cosby sexually assaulted them how a change in the law gave accusers who had lost hope a new voice. the fed hits pause on its rate hikes, but it's not the relief consumers need. julianna tattle baum joins us to explain. jeep's parent company hits the brakes, recalling more than 300,000 cars we'll tell you what models are at risk. and a father-daughter reunion. i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. former president trump's presidential rivals are trying to walk a very fine line when if comes to tuesday's historic second indictment of the gop frontrunner. this comes as the man who appointed the special counsel spoke out for the very first time on this issue

let's go to chris pollone in washington for the most part, republicans, they've really backed trump through two impeachments, an insurrection, a state indictment even has there been any wavering in their support for him since tuesday's federal indictment >> reporter: for some republicans we are seeing a shift of tone. others are maintaining that party line, standing behind trump. many of them have a common thread where they're attacking the justice department and calling this prosecution political. but for those who are running for the gop nomination for president in trying to overtake former president donald trump in the polls, we're almost watching them hone their messages in real time and, as you said, they're walking a tightrope or toeing a fine line as they try to determine how they can adequately criticize him and say they would do a better job without alienating his large group of supporters. >> this case is a serious case

with serious allegations >> if this indictment is true, if what it says is actually the case, president trump was incredibly reckless with our national security. >> this indictment contains serious charges, and i cannot defend what is alleged >> reporter: in a couple of polls taken since that indictment was unsealed last week we see that the former president has maintained a large lead over the rest of the republican field the trump campaign maintains the prosecution is good for the campaign, claiming to have raised nearly $7 million since the indictment was unsealed, most of that coming from online donations >> chris, merrick garland finally made his first comments, what did he have to say? >> reporter: very little he maintains that he cannot comment on an ongoing investigation, but he did take some time out to defend his appointment of a special counsel, jack smith and

defending jack smith a little bit. make garland said jack smith, he appointed him to handle investigations into the former president to underscore the justice department's commitment to independence and accountability, and he added that prosecutors will do their talking through their court filings. >> chris pollone starting thin things off from washington, thank you. a grand jury in new york has indicted daniel penny. opini penny is facing a second degree manslaughter charge in the death of jordan neely. jessica cunnington has the latest >> reporter: just over a month after he turned himself in to police, daniel penny indicted by a manhattan grand jury on a second degree manslaughter charge in the subway chokehold death of jordan neely. >> we all saw someone get murdered on video, and that should lead to something like

indictment >> reporter: neely was 30 years old, a subway performer who was homeless and battled mental illness since he was a teenager. on may 1st, witnesses say he got onto an f train, yelling about wanting food and threatening riders daniel penny says he was trying to protect himself and others and put neely in a chokehold one witness saying for 15 minutes. the medical examiner ruled neely's death a homicide >> a homeless man asking for food and water is murder >> reporter: short videos were released of penny defending his actions. >> i was trying to keep him on the ground until police came >> reporter: after hearing about penny's indictment, neely's family attorneys say the grand jury's decision tells our city and our nation that no one is above the law, no matter how much money they raise, no matter what affiliates they claim and what distorted stories they tell in interviews.

bottom line, at somepoint, mr. penny should have let go before jordan died. there is no excuse for choking anyone that long penny's legal team released a statement saying in part that wher we're confident that they had find daniel penny's actions on that train were fully justified. t >> this man was not assaulting anyone >> new yorkers in the jury pool knew it was wrong. what's most disappointing is the nypd didn't think it was wrong >> reporter: penny wasn't arrested until about two weeks after the incident the delay sparking protests. now the indictment and lingering questions about what's working and not working for those with mental illness >> jordan had been to the hospital jordan had been to riker's island none of those things had gotten him the care that he actually needed and the ability to sustain his life >> and our thanks to wnbc's jessica cunnington for that report the republican presidential

field has grown by one more this week on bewednesday, miami mayor fra francis suarez filed paperwork he will be making a big speech at the reagan library in california on thursday >> beyond the two major parties, cornel west announced he'll be seeking the nomination for the green party. west originally declared last monday as a candidate for the people's party now to breaking news nine women have filed a new sexual assault lawsuit against bill cosby it accuses cosby of using his enormous power, fame and prestige to assault the women. cosby has denied the allegations. a spokesperson says the women were motivated by greed. it was filed after nevada expanded its statute of limitation for civil cases many spoke to nbc news about this back in 2021 after an

assault conviction against cosby was overturned >> we're just pissed off and it's relit this fire under us we're all angry now. in kate snow interviewed six of those women who filed this lawsuit. that's coming up on nbc news daily. a police officer in mississippi has been suspended without pay after he shot and wounded a 11-year-old boy last month. greg caper was initially suspended with pay, a decision now overruled by the indianola city board the family of ateara murry is w to get him fired now a promising update from the vatican who say the pope, p pope francis is to be released from the hospital in the coming days the 86-year-old pope had surgery to repair a hernia in his

abdomen last week. since this counter offensive got under way, ukraine has only made incremental gains against russia the defense minister says they've had partial success. it comes as russia appears to step up direct assault on civilians in missile strikes for the latest, let's go to claudio lavanga. what's the latest on the counter offensive? >> reporter: good morning, frances. the ukrainian army said in the last 24 hours they continue to advance even if by only a few hundred yards, into zaporizhzhia, which is still in the hands of russia and bakhmut, which is the city ukraine lost in may after the longest and bloodiest battle since the start of the war the ukrainian army said it is engaging in fierce battles in the face of aviation and artillery superiority by russia.

in the meantime, the death toll from the monday's missile strike on the hometown of president zelenskyy has risen to 12. frances? >> president zelenskyy has urged that nato make ukraine a member. there is a nato summit next month. how is it looking for ukraine getting in >> reporter: the issue of ukraine entering a nato member-is very divisive among western allies some eastern european countries are pledging or pushing other members to make a strong political commitment towards that membership ahead of the nato meeting next month. but other countries, western and southern european countries are more cautious, including of course, and just as the biden administration is also cautious. biden made some vague promise about ukraine joining nato in the future, without giving, though, anytime timeline or timetable. and since then, everybody agree

on one thing, that ukraine should not join nato while the war is still raging, because that will turn into a war between russia and the west. frances? >> a move that could have major ramifications. thank you. we are keep ago ing an eye severe weather in parts of the country. >> we've been watching this risk for days we're going toy it see it once n today. severe storms in the southern and central plains, we're looking at radar and watching strong storms in mississippi, also alabama that will be the theme as we about throughout this thursday 19 million americans under the risk for severe storms we could see really strong winds, winds gusting over 80 miles per hour we had giant hail yesterday in parts of mississippi over five inches in some spots and could see a few tornados as

well, especially in kansas and texas. we are concerned about slow-moving storms, repeated storms over the same areas we do have a storm watch in mississippi, alabama into georgia as well. we'll be watching those storms throughout the afternoon and we 56 in green bay and still sweltering in the south. temperatures in the triple digits in texas. all right, guys, and we're watching those storms. we're also watching the temperatures soar in parts of texas, louisiana, we'll talk more about that coming up. >> okay, michelle, we'll see new a bit we back in one minute with what the fed's interest rate decision means for your budget and the music industry launcheses a majajor battle e a twitteter. if y you have heheart failuru, entrust your heart to entresto.

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reserve decided to finally put a pause on interest rate hikes julianna tattle baum joins us. >> the federal reserve finally deemed it enough that they'd done enough work that they could pause in their interest rate hiking cycle yesterday this was in line with what the market had been expecting. the fed said it wants to use this time to monitor the data and assess the impact of the interest rate hike they've already pushed through on the economy. now there was one big surprise yesterday. and that was in the federal reserves projections around where interest rates will go from here. the fed members are now implying, based on their projections, two more interest rate hikes by year end what does this mean for you, the consumer a pause doesn't offer much relief when it comes to the sky high borrowing costs, if we see further interest rate hikes that will put more strain on

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