why is the work of the united nations so important? women's rights are being stripped away and access to the ballot box is at risk. americans deserve more. good afternoon. we are following the breaking news, major developments in two highly emotional, political and racially charged stories. first, reaction coming in following the harsh sentence for brittney griner. nine years in a russian prison. president biden calling for her release. we will have more on that in a moment. more than two years after breonna taylor was shot and killed in her own apartment four louisville police officers

involved have been charged with federal civil rights violations. join me now to discuss this is our nbc news justice corresponded. charles coleman, and reverend al sharpton, founder of the national action network. reverend, you know the family. as you know she was an aspiring nurse, she was working as an emt when she was killed. police were looking for a former boyfriend who wasn't even there. as someone who fought for the family to get justice what is your take on this decision? >> i think it is an important step in the right direction. clearly you look at the indictments, four of the officers have been indicted because they actively tried to cover up what they did. they conspired to violate her rights. the other went around the house and shot through what

they called the curtains set where you could not see, shot in and ended up with a bullet going into a neighbors house, clearly a violation of civil rights. i think what is important is she was still pushing as were so many activists and groups including the action network louisville. i'm glad that we see this administration has now brought cases in terms of the george floyd killings, the a lot of opry, and now with breonna taylor. in three cases we've seen something we have not seen with the past administration.

there are many others that we would've loved to see indicted, but we have gotten 100% more action than we got in the previous aministration. >> let me play for you, the attorney general this morning when he was announcing the charges. >> the federal charges announced today allege members of the place based investigation unit also by the affidavit used to obtain the search warned of mrs. taylor's home. this act violated federal civil rights laws, and those violations resulted in ms. taylor said. >> dive a little more deeply into the charges if you will. >> as you said at the top this is a case the spark nationwide outcry. a 20 six-year-old black woman gone down by police who broke into her apartment and the bill of the night based on wrong information. the attorney general announcing these civil rights charges against four former officers say the work wasn't just a mistake, it was a lot officers

tried to cover up. garland said it directly led to the death of breonna taylor. three of the officers are accused of conspiring to falsify the central and a fourth was charged with unlawful use of deadly force. these charges are coming after widespread outrage when officer was charged by the state of kentucky in taylor's death. one officer was charged with fire his weapon recklessly in a way that endangered taylor's neighbor. he was acquitted, but is now charged again aced on the same conduct. court documents say the lead detective wrote in the march 2020 ward application he verify with a postal inspector that taylor's ex-boyfriend, a man who police suspected of dealing drugs that receive packages at her address. prosecutors announcing he knew the information was wrong and he and others conspired to mislead federal, state and local investigators.

saying they even met in a garage two months after the shooting to get their story straight. at least one of the officers is the subject of a trello -- criminal investigation suggesting he is cooperating and are appearing to plead guilty. >> this is a game changer in terms of this administration compared to the previous. explain to us the civil right this division unique role and what you will be looking for in this case. >> what you have to pay attention to when you are talking about this case is the unique way in which the doj is able to make out the charges in terms of how these actions violated breonna taylor civil rights. i think that is the distinction that separates what the charges would've been. they make the connection on a civil-rights level, a level of what your constitutional rights afford

you as a human being. these violations violated that were these actions violated that. there is an important point that a lot of people are missing . if the failure of these officers in this reprehensible action, it helped to shape a narrative that shape talking points people use about media and on the alternative side to try to suggest what happened to breonna taylor was not unjust. that is so important because of the impact it has on the national discourse and court of public opinion. breonna taylor is one example out of many, some of whom we will never hear about where justice is not been served and many will never receive justice. were not for the persistence of the civil rights division and christian clark we wouldn't be having this conversation today. it's really important to understand the far-reaching effect that went police

officers and law enforcement are derelict in their duty or go beyond with nefarious to touch -- intention how deeply impactful that is. >> let me ask about a part of that conversation, no taylor's case definitely brought awareness to no not more policies across the us. just a couple days ago the biden aministration again call for restrictions. what changes do we need to see at the federal level to at least try to prevent this from happening again? >> that is a question of police culture and accountability. i think we have to much of an emphasis on police training which they already receive. i do understand for legitimate law enforcement, legitimate officers out there doing their job that in many aspects no- knock warrants are a valuable crime stopping tool. the execution and the way they are distributed needs to be re-

examined so that they are only issued in cases where there is truly an imminent danger if either the officers are being endangered or evidence is being destroyed. no-knock warrants are distributed far too easily and as you see the information is oftentimes not checked such that with probable cause you still get that when it is a question. we still need to revisit how those things are distributed. >> thank you both very much. reverend sharpton, now we want to get to that disturbing news out of moscow, brittney griner sentenced to nine years in prison for what the russians called drug smuggling, but what a us top diplomat describes as nothing more than an oversight. in a statement president biden called the sentence unacceptable. arrested for having less than 1

g of cannabis in her luggage. kelly o'donnell is at the white house and of course reverend al sharpton remains with us. set the stage, brittany greiner contrite. she apologized, she took responsibility. in many ways this was never about what she did or said, was it? >> this was never about what she did and certainly anything she said today would change that verdict. she did plead not guilty, clearly a part of the defense strategy. she reiterated that it was an honest mistake. this was accidental. she never meant to hurt anyone. i want to add the prosecution asked for no half, the maximum sentence for the charges were 10 years. they gave her nine. they also levied a 1 million rubles fine, that's about $16,000. we did hear from her defense team who were seriously disappointed. [ clip playing ]'s

>> we saw brittany on tuesday she said see one doomsday. it looks like she was right. she's very upset and very stressed. she can hardly talk. it's difficult for her. >> chris, as she was leaving the courtroom, written he is 6'9", she was in the cage. she left the courtroom in handcuffs and sent to the camera in english i love my family. in a statement her defense team says it will definitely appeal. the judge said they had 10 days. there is no expectation that would overturn this verdict. >> we know the us has made a substantial offer trying to do a deal, a prisoner swap to get her back home. what we saw today a bigger sentence, a bigger bargaining chip.

it raises the stakes, right? >> it comes at a time where the us and russia have probably the poorest relationship seen since the end of the cold war. that of course factors into this. brittany greiner and paul whelan are two americans enrolled in this controversy at a time where the us is also battling russia over ukraine. there are tents jetblue in interests. it is more than about the facts of her case. she referenced that in her remarks to the court saying she did not want politics to play into her case when she addressed the court and made her apology and ask for the course consideration. for the biden administration there is a lot of play. they say they have made this substantial offer to the russians to offer a russians arms dealer in exchange for the two americans. that is a significant offer when you consider the very degrees of

importance in terms of what he means to president putin and of course with these two americans mean to the united states. is it going to be substantial enough or is this going to be a protracted discussion? there have been some sense that it would not be likely russia would engage until his own judicial process concluded. today is perhaps an important marker in that time on. clearly the president made a very swift statement, calling this unacceptable and saying she needs to be released along with paul whelan. now the next steps will put more pressure on russia. will they respond? up until this point there has not been a substantive response. will they now engage in negotiations? >> i want to play part of what brittney griner said before her sentencing. >> i never meant to hurt anyone. i never meant to put anyone in

jeopardy or break any laws. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. i hope that is far from this courtroom. i made an honest mistake and i hope in your ruling it doesn't end my life here. >> you been there for brittany's wife. you have asked for her release and asked that she not be used as a political pawn. are you surprised by what we saw today? are you happy as well, that might be the wrong word. do you think about it aministration is doing everything he can? >> i am very much unsurprised by the sentence, yet disturbed at the same time. it is a moral outrage. let us not forget pretty greiner was in russia for 7 years play with the russian basketball team. some of her

colleagues on the team and the former coach testified in that russian court for her. she is right, it is beyond politics. athletics ought to be something that goes beyond how boundaries or geography from one nation to another. the sentencing is a moral outrage because it says even athletics will be played into politics rather than dealing with the facts. if any greiner who was prescribed for what she had in terms of cannabis and it was a small amount of that. it had dust and has she been the courtroom anywhere else in the world it probably would've been a misdemeanor. for her to be sentenced to nine years it is outrageous. we are absolutely calling on this president to continue to do whatever necessary to get her and paul whelan out.

clearly they should not be in jail. i contacted the state department today. we have reiterated that i want to go with a delegation of clergy and have a clergy visit with her. when you look at her frustration, she could barely talk. we are concerned about her spirituality and her mentality. she's over there in a jail, transported vehicles before too small for a six-foot 9 inch frame, and now she does not know what is going to happen to her. she at least should have a clergy visit since we are now waiting longer than we expected unless the president, whom i give credit, he immediately spoke to this and have been in touch with the family, we must see her and paul whelan immediately released. this is beyond the word unfair, this is atrocious. >> the strain almost hard to quantify.

thank you. you will continue with us a little later this hour. obviously a very busy newsday. we will stay on top of those stories, but we also have major developments in multiple investigations involving the former president as his children testify in a new york civil case. and we still don't know who won the republican primary for governor of california. when should the final numbers come in? you're watching christiansen reports only on msnbc . n msnbc ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (jeanne) with thyroid eye disease, my whole world became about my eyes. i hid my bulging eyes, and double vision ♪ ♪ made things look like this. but then my doctor recommended tepezza, a prescription medicine that treats thyroid eye disease. with my symptoms under control, things are really opening up. (vo) in a clinical study, nearly 7 out of 10 patients taking

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we are following major developments in multiple investigations involving former president trump, his children and former members of his administration. we learned this week falls belonging to top members of the defense department were wiped after the race six. the third government agency to say texan emails from that day are missing. on this network the former dhs secretary was asked doesn't pass the smell test? >> at the seniormost levels of those departments i would have to say it does smell. it is problematic. if there was some senior-level direction to wipe clean various communications around january 6, that is a very serious matter. there should be an ig that we trust who can undertake a comprehensive investigation. >> in fact dick durbin is now

calling for an inspector general to look into the disappearance of texts from top officials. it all comes on the heels of news about similar missing text from the secret service and department of homeland security. it also comes as the justice department is revving up its criminal investigation into donald trump's actions. today nbc news can confirm a federal grand jury has subpoena past the baloney. it is unclear what he might reveal but it could mean the department is on the verge of bringing criminal charges against the former president. i want to bring in the congressional reporter for the new york times. charles, let me read exactly what the national review says about this subpoena for pat cipollone. there is some question about how much is covered by executive privilege. engine mccarthy writes while

the mere existence of a criminal investigation does not eviscerate executive privilege, the privilege must yield of prosecutors demonstrate they have a specific need for important evidence, and that evidence is not reasonably available from other sources. unless prosecutors have concluded pat cipollone possessed information vital to possible criminal charges they would not have subpoenaed him to appear before the grand jury. he is saying the subpoena points directly to the possibility of criminal charges being the next step. do you agree? >> i do. this is been one of the most important points in terms of trying to decide what senior house -- white house officials would be able to divulge. i think the way that has been framed is correct. if the doj or a criminal investigative body is looking at specific charges the executive privilege that in most cases would apply to 5th and others would not apply. it

is important to understand the distinction between executive privilege and attorney-client privilege. people of misconstrued the two throughout the course of this conversation. given that now pat cipollone has been subpoena by grand jury it certainly does point to the fact or the idea that criminal charges appear to be looming . >> so luke, what does senator dick durbin want to see and what is the level of hope that they will actually find anything? >> i think there are a couple of levels in the search. we know these phones were wiped both at the department of defense and homeland security. that means they don't have text messages available for journalists or politicians or nonprofits to follow request to get them. is it possible that somewhere it exists on a server that law

enforcement could get with a subpoena? i think that is the question that both the january 6th committee is interested in and also senators. we do know this exposes a serious problem that occurred at the end of the trump administration. that is the destruction and deletion of potential evidence. senator dick durbin wants to get to the bottom of whether this was a cover-up or mere incompetence or a bad record- keeping policy so policy could change. he's leaving open the policy does not possibility of an innocent explanation. they are also very concerned it could be something more serious. >> it almost feels like you need a flowchart to follow this. are there multiple investigations going on even before potentially an ig might be appointed?

>> we know the inspector general is investigating the missing secret service text. now we know there are issues with the inspector general and congress is calling on him to be removed and the merrick garland attorney general to take over. he is saying he has been compromised, that he hit evidence and did not investigate the problem for months at a time and did not relay the concerns to congress in a timely fashion. it is getting very complex. in the most simple version we know the secret service, homeland security officials and the department of defense officials all had text messages go missing. that is very concerning to the january 6th committee. >> so much has come out of this. i don't think lately we've heard much about the civil investigation, but now we know that ivanka trump and don jr. testified, although we do not know what they said nbc news has confirmed they do not plead

the fifth. where is that investigation going? what does this new development potentially tell us? >> i think what we are seeing is really just trying to make the connection and discover exactly how far things are going. one of the roadblocks that have been the case in many of the investigations involving donald trump has been trying to make the right connections. i think switching years by city pat cipollone conversation. his testimony is very valuable. he is one of the few people that can connect transactions, his words, his thoughts to actual criminal activity. i think with respect to what tish james is doing as attorney general, looking into the trump organization on the civil side is really trying to probe and see how far they can connect the dots all the way up to the top to donald trump or one of his senior officials.

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>> this is significant. you remember the white house days ago announced a national monkeypox coordinator to work alongside the health and human services department to drive awareness about the disease, but also this declaration of a public health emergency allows the federal government to unlock new measures that they can rollout across the country that would allow for greater access to vaccines, for greater public health flexibility. public health officials have been calling for this for weeks as they seem cases spike in california and new york. several governors have declare public health emergencies. now you see the federal government taking that step as well. >> cpap calls itself the largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world. today in dallas it kicks off with a extremely controversial guest. the hungry prime minister.

this comes as republicans nominated multiple election deniers. donald trump will be there. among the messages we can expect to hear that republicans believe that might've lost the kansas abortion vote because they did not go far enough. in a tweet the chair suggested kansas voters are so strongly pro-life they rejected timid steps. for more where joined by the chief washington correspondent for the pbs news hour. the democratic strategists and the chief communication advisor to former house speaker paul ryan. good to see all of you. jeff, coming off of tuesday's primaries what does this mean for republicans as conservatives plot how to navigate the midterms? >> it makes their job a little harder in some of these hotly contested races.

democrats make the case kansas is not the final flight when it comes to preserving reproductive rights. what democrats aim to do is put abortion on the ballot in as many places as they possibly can. in some states that is happening literally like remark, kentucky, michigan and california. they all had cancer style referendums that would be on the ballot. it is harder to frame races between two individual politicians as being a referendum on economic rights. but there had been this asymmetry in our politics for so long where abortion was a galvanizing issue on the right in a way it wasn't on the left. back and 2016 even those have misgivings about donald trump was a when it comes to issues i care about like abortion, judges being confirmed i would just pass that.

democrats are now potentially seeing a shift and trying to capitalize on that. >> if, and i think a lot of people except the energy gap has shifted and favor of the democrats, if republicans adopt the we need to go even further approach what is your thought? >> my thought is that he's totally off base and not in touch with where the american people stand. this may be a partisan issue here and washington dc, this is not a partisan issue in america. kansas voters proved that. they proved no matter if you are a immigrant, republican or independent you want to keep choice and law of the land. you want to keep roe versus wade in place. if republicans as cpap this weekend are thinking we need to go harder, we need to not allow women to make her own choices for her own body, that is their

prerogative. that is going to only meet more detrimental harm at the ballot box in november. >> how much does cpap represent the republican party in 2022.? >> i think it has long been a sideshow, a bit of a freak show sometimes depending on who was up there. something that i think establishment republicans tend to try to ignore. some people would speak to get a little play, but i think at this point it's a big enough constituency that you can ignore it. this populist nationalist politics that is starting to represent has a big home in the republican party. as a conservative i think it is gross. he's the type of person we used to hold out as an example of a society you need to warn about. you will be held out as a punching bag.

now he is being brought here. i think portions of our party had become so obsessed with what i call entertainment politics. the biggest thing there focused on is voting the list. it is so divorced from any real issues or fundamental principles republicans used to stand for. i'm sure that he will get lots of applause and it will make a lot of news. i think that is sort of the point, to get people riled up. iron for a party that cares about ideas again. see pack has really never been where you found that and it is especially true today. >> donald trump primary endorsements have been very successful. 93% of his endorsed candidate so far in 2022 i won. i guess the question that becomes is what is their midterm general election viability? >> i think that is to be seen.

we know a lot of the republicans who donald trump has endorsed are very extreme. they supported what happened at the capital on january 6th. you see a lot of people like that across country who donald trump have endorsed. his endorsement tend to be the crazy wing of the republican party. i worked at the democratic campaign committee during the 2006 cycle democrats took back the house. moderate candidates on both sides of the ones who won. we were starting to see that taking shape this time around. i think you will see more the moderate candidates especially those in the republican party have a better shot. most of those candidates failed to win in their own primaries because of donald trump endorsements. i don't know what's going to happen. anytime a president is

empowered the opposite party tends to do a little better in the midterms. this is different. a lot of it has to do with versus wade being overturned. a lot of it has to do with the fact that the supreme court have a recipe use and i think that is going to help democrats mitigate a lot of the losses that they might not normally have. >> speaking of values the stock the hungry prime minister who ruthlessly suppresses press freedom, turned the course into his own political tool. he has partially cracked down on immigration. i could go on and on. doesn't matter? does it tell us about the direction of the conservative wing of the republican party? what do you make of it? >> it tells us there is an audience for that. a lot of the things you said

you can probably related to donald trump as well. there has long been a nationalist anti-immigrant strain of the republican party. a popular strain that we sort of pushed aside. it came roaring back toward the establishment in 2016 and it is here to stay. you would think that a form that will put him up would be somewhat controversial among republicans. it is not. the former president is going to be there. all kinds of senators and members of congress want to be on that stage because there is a constituency in the republican party for this right now. i think this is the type of person who in not too long past we would've been beating up as the exact type of society we want to avoid. here we are and i don't think it will change anytime soon. >> thank you all. democrats plotting how to harness the major abortion

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astepro and go. the sunday victory for abortion rights in kansas is an bouldering democrats nationally today. as the new york times puts it it is galvanizing democrats and underscoring the risk of overreaching on one of the most emotionally charged matters in american politics. as many are calling for democrats to run more assertively on abortion rights there is also a caution. abortion is both emotionally and religiously charged. this is part of my conversation yesterday with the national little director of hillary clinton's 2016 campaign. >> it is incredibly important culturally on how we figure out how to talk about abortion services. i think that will be the key piece as he moved to the

general election. >> joined me now is the president and ceo of voters. talk about the sensitivities on this issue within the latino community. i think that it is worth pointing out it is 86% white in kansas. it is not exactly the same kind of population you would see in some of the other states. >> i think what we have a tendency of thinking is we are highly conservative and very catholic. that is not the same war we are fighting. we just came out with a poll in georgia and north carolina, texas, arizona, and nevada. 68% of latinas believe the idea of choice is a private issue between a woman and her doctor. i do think it does have to do with house do you message? recognizing that person at the

polls may say abortion may not be right for me, but for my two that decision for someone else? we know that type of framing resonates at the and of the day. >> much in the same way was a gallup poll back in the fall of 2020 showing the black committee has slowly become more accepting over the past couple of decades. there are deeply held religious beliefs playing into this, especially with older black voters who are incredibly reliable and important to democrats. how should democrats be thinking about this? obviously they want and need to hold onto those voters. >> i think they must message it in a way that it is about choice. that it is not about saying i am voting or i support abortion or not. it is about i support people having the right to choose. we are not talking particularly in the black committee, and i

was say large portions of the latino community, you are not talking about whether or not people are going to have an abortion, you are talking about a safe abortion. we've always had abortions, we had these back alley and risky abortions. we are saying rather than have people in those situations they should be able to choose whether or not they want to do this, even if it is something that i do not believe in. if you are using this as a religious argument the bible is about choice. you can go to heaven or . there is no where in the bible that says you have to go to heaven. where do we get this theology of forcing something when the reality is you can even biblically paste that. it is a question of choice. you can convert the people, you do not make laws to compel them. >> let me go a little deeper into the messaging. there was a tweet, president

biden said kansans use their voices to protect women's right to choose and access to reproductive health care. it's one of many examples we've seen out of the administration that does not use the word abortion. is that a part of the framing to broaden it? >> not only to broaden, but to talk about that, on the ballot we are talking about freedoms. do i have the freedom to choose what is best for myself and my family? the more that gets across the more not just women, but men understand area that is what we need to talk about. we recognize that we are not just talking about inflation, this is very much about what kinds of freedoms and going to continue having and those of my daughter in the future if we do not stand up today? >> obviously you do not want to turn people off, but also democrats want to use this as a

motivating factor, a reason to get people to the polls. we know the midterms do not get as high a turnout as a presidential race. what we saw in kansas was off the charts, the number of people who came out to the polls. is there a way to message to people of color about this and help them to understand this is an issue that not just impact them, but they should vote democratic for? >> one of the ways that i have found doing my daily radio and tv show here is resonating. when you talk about the supreme court decision look at what the decision said. it did not make new law, is said we will let the states decide. when you frame it that way you are not only talking choice, you are talking going back to state rights. if they are now ascending back to the states what they will

decide right behind it they're going to send back to the states how you can vote, whether or not your voting rights are one way or the other. on and on affirmative action cases. we are going back to people in latino community know we were always and we cannot walk down to road of states rights. the supreme court did not decide on abortion. they said we'll leave it to the state of mississippi. suppose if they do that on affirmative action or anyone else. we must protect the union and we should frame it that way. >> such a great conversation. thank you both so much. a trump-endorsed election denier prematurely claiming victory.

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with the 1950 census on ancestry. arizona's republican primary for governor is still too close to call but that's not stopping candidate kari lake from claiming victory. she leads karen robson by less than 2% of the vote with an estimated 143,000 votes still to be counted. joining me live from phoenix, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, who has taken up residence there for a bit now. when can we expect a final result and why is lake so confident she won this election, despite these results? >> reporter: we could get a call as late as today or it could even take a couple days here. nbc news has not called this race, despite cari lake being

up. these ballots have to go through the signature vare if i case process to be sure they came from the people who sent them in. we do expect the lead for her to widen. we expect that continue to remain the case, but she was pressed on this idea because before polls closed on tuesday night she was suggesting that she had seen fraud and irregularities but was not offering specifics on what those claims were. now that she's got a lead, she's declaring victories. >> reporter: you said this election was messed up and you have evidence of cheating. why should voters trust that you won this election fair and square? >> well, we have a lot of evidence of irregularities and problems and we're going to address those. >> reporter: will you release it? >> i won't release it to the

fake news but we'll release it to the authorities. >> why would i release it to a bunch of people who deny there was fraud when there was obviously fraud? >> that was our nbc affiliate, friend and colleague brant resnick asking those questions. she clearly has her eyes on the next 95 days ahead. >> arizona secretary of state katie hobbs is now the democratic nominee for governor. fair to say this has national implications. a lot of people around the country are going to be watching this one closely. >> we're looking at kari lake being a very viable candidate if she is in this general election. not only did she show she could surge turnout in the rural parts of this state, the gop broke its primary turnout here this week but also here in maricopa county, she's essentially got to make up 2 percentage points that donald trump did not get in 2020. donald trump by about 10,000 votes. she's making this media versus

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good to be you. i'm joe fryar in for katie tur. guilty is the verdict for brittney griner. she's also been ordered to pay a $1 million ruble fine, a little more than $16,000 u.s. dollars. you're watching her reaction the moment that the verdict was read out and then translated to her. the conviction comes almost six months after griner was arrested with cannabis in her luggage. her legal team has called the verdict