over six. years and understand the vanities of the. notre dame he's running for present for the opportunity to -- himself to escape the criminal liability now faces under federal charges and state charges. he will put himself first. look, we don't yet know the scenario that will develop for 70 months out. this could go a lot of directions. but probably the most likely scenario is the one that actually worries me the most. the trial calendar in the south florida case is everything that his presidential race. i do think it is likely that donald trump will do everything he can to push this trial at least past march. so he can secure the republican nomination. and then the issue for the nation in the number will be, will i convicted donald can be elevated to the presidency? or will a republican nominee promise to pardon him? it is a very dark question. it makes it hard for republicans to win. but it is a hard moment for the nation. >> thank you all so much. especially you two guys for spending part of father's day with us. appreciate you all. that's gonna do it for me this is from alex what. he's also a gun thursday at ten

a.m. and of course next saturday at noon eastern. happy father's day to all the dads out there. those forever in our hearts. my friend yasmin vossoughian continues our coverage. >> hi everybody, good to see. you i miasma soup in. we are following more severe weather this afternoon across the country. a tornado in oklahoma to storms in an already hard-hit area of texas. millions feeling the effects. the fallout as well from the trump indictment the latest legal moves in a cavalcade of reactions on the sunday show. >> we've got to ensure classified materials especially those that have been alleging this indictment. are protected and secured. >> do you think trump can be trusted with nations secrets of her gun? >> based on his actions again

if proven true under the indictment by the special counsel and no. >> today this doj continues to haunt republicans while they protect -- protect immigrants. >> we know this is a reckless man who believes that he is above the law. that the rules do not apply to him. >> he's a very petty individual who always put his interests out of the countries. his personal gratification with his ego. our country can't be a therapy session for a troubled man like this. >> secretary, tony blinken on a crucial trip to china right now. that could make or break relations with the world's other superpower. all of that plus a teacher takes the stand. >> this community has continuously harassed me for the past few years. to the point that there were days. i did not even want to be alive anymore. much less be a teacher. i'm going to listen to what i am hearing from this community.

which is that he all the one people like me. people who might be gay to teach here. >> look at one award-winning teacher's resignation and what it says about the lgbtq atmosphere that is leading other educators to quit. that is coming up later on this hour as well. we want to begin with that severe weather sweeping the nation right now. more than 40 million people along the gulf coast. are bracing for dangerous storms. look at the scene from oklahoma. have you -- have the winds forming outside the city of tulsa. knocking out power to over half 1 million people as well. then down in florida. an incredible act of heroism. a police officer risking his life to rescue a man in rising floodwaters there. both men were sucked into a storm drain. then propelled over 100 feet. miraculously both surviving us. well over into excess cleanup efforts in the aftermath. of the devastating tornado that

hit the town of perryton were forced to pause amidst these new storms. nbc's jake forest joining us now. aj, as always good to see you. give us the latest a fuel on the ground there. with cleanup every seven able to resume and how folks are dealing? >> yeah yasmin, utley have resumed. we had another line of storms move through this area. late yesterday. kind of shut things down. we had heavy rain. we had a strong winds. that is slow down what it was a very persistent effort by a lot of people here to get things cleaned up. i'm in the middle of what used to be a paint store in the middle of downtown perryton. you can see not a lot left here are. broken glass, you've got more under and bricks scattered everywhere. this scene playing out for miles across this region after that ef3 tornado moved through the governor was here yesterday. we talked a lot about not only the devastation of widespread devastation but also the dedication of those trying to get things cleaned up here.

>> two things swan -- was the magnitude of the damage. you see a lot of tornadoes that do different things. but to see so much of a city or town destroyed the way that it was was just shocking. people of that town not deterred. the determined to make sure that they were going to get their town back in order. >> they are continuing that work today. making a lot of progress. we talked to the sheriff. he says today the functions are doubled. first of all, getting rid of this debris. but also finding a place for those displaced because of the storm. to stay long term. cleaning up things like this. it's gonna take some time yasmin. they gotta find a place where these families could relocate for an extended period of time. good news here, most of the power is back. less than 1000 now without

power. that's in some of the hardest hit areas. they're setting up a cooling station in this area. because they know they're going to get a very intense over the next couple of days. people are gonna need a place to go. >> just the devastation there. once again seeing it there in texas. jay gray for us. let's switch gears here. talk politics for a moment. republicans are challenging the former president for the presidential nomination. those that are. they're tackling the issue of his indictment a little bit differently. want to take a listen to mike pence. tim scott as well. >> the allegations in the media are serious. we got to ensure the classified materials. especially those that have an alleged in this indictment. that bear upon our national security are protected. i don't know why some of my competitors in the republican primary presume the president will be found guilty. >> forcing them to do as far joe biden. second thing we do is fire merrick garland. the third thing we do is fire

chris wray. we have to clean out the political appointments in the department of justice to restore confidence and integrity in the doj. >> as for how other congressional republicans are reacting to all this want to bring in nbc's julie tsirkin who has more on this for us. julie, talk to me. what are we hearing both from republicans along with the top democrats as well. when it comes to the former presidents indictment and really won't be in the pipeline. >> first, yasmin, i think it's notable to point out that more than a week since the former president was indicted here. we still haven't heard forest full hammering this against what he has done. from the top republicans in the senate. that includes minority leader mcconnell. number two whig john boone. they've been careful to hold this at an arm's length. not a so on the house side. we continue to hear from republicans from speaker mccarthy to jim jordan to marjorie taylor greene. continuing to say that this is a dual tier system of justice. they are defending not only the

former president and what he has done in the handling of these classified documents or mishandling them. i should say rather but also that this is some kind of continued weaponization of the government. against conservatives. they are vowing to hold those who are doing it accountable. take a listen to the top intelligence chairman. the republican on the intelligence committee in the house mike turner. that committee remains one of the last bipartisan committees in the house. watch what he says here. >> the chair or ranking of both the house intelligence have seen some of the documents both from the biden cachet and the trump documents. i can tell you that from having a look at both of those documents. i have great concerns about both of those type of documents being out in an unsecured place. >> he goes into the bullying bombastic mode where he tries to make the other side as miserable as possible. hopes that don't go away or settle on good terms. when you're dealing with federal prosecutor. that doesn't. work it doesn't matter.

its background noise to the federal prosecutors. it's not gonna help him at all in this case. >> of course, that was democratic senator sheldon whitehouse. while the president, president biden is not a speaking on this issue. his top allies in congress certainly are. what you heard there at the top from chairman mike turner when he talked about the mishandling of these classified documents. i gotta tell you, yasmin, earlier this week. he did a pen and pad off camera with reporters in his office. merci said he believes president biden also needs to be charged on the classified documents case. for this to be fair, despite the fact that former vice president mike pence was not charged. he had mishandled classified documents. he was not saying the differences between the current president of the former presidents mishandling and refusal of turning over those documents. when asked nonetheless most republicans are finding themselves telling the line on this issue especially presidential candidates. like senator tim scott who really at the same time while not praising his potential biggest opponent in the primary donald trump.

he has to be careful not to alienate the voters. a majority of which are still behind the former president. that's the basis to appeal. to a very careful toe -- game of toeing the line here among many republicans. we certainly expect that to only continue. >> there are major differences between the former presidents classified documents investigation versus the current presidents classified documents investigation. one of which is president biden returned those documents. immediately when they knew they had them in their possession. whereas the former president did in fact not. it seems as of hit them as well according to that 49-page indictment we all read through. julie tsirkin for us. thank you. more on the indictment everybody. and just 60 seconds. if trump was angry over what is former tierney general bill barr has already said about the case wait until he hears what he had to say this morning. he had to say this morning. >>

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as the former president and his allies are ramping up their attacks on jack smith and the doj, trump's former attorney general bill barr, continues to push back on the arguments the charges are political. >> their basic argument is into the fend this conduct. trump's conduct is indefensible. with a really saying is he should get passed because hillary clinton got a past six or seven years ago. i think that's not a frivolous argument. but i'm not sure that's true. i think if you want to restore the rule of law and equal justice. you don't do it by further delegating from justice. you do it by applying the right standard here. that's not unfair to trump. >> i want to bring us msnbc legal analyst and former federal prosecutor -- to talk more about. this let's put aside kind of the false equivalency between former secretary hillary clinton and former president donald trump. and talk specifically about

bill barr's thoughts. first and foremost. what did you make of what he had to say there? >> i'm glad he is a johnny-come-lately to a belief in the fair even-handed application of the rule of law. of course there is no comparison to hillary clinton who was investigated and no charges were deemed appropriate. because she did not commit any crimes. what donald trump has done what. president biden and vice president mike pence did in returning classified materials. when they realize that they had some. there really is no equivalency. as you, say as. when he's not wrong on the facts. on his assessment of how donald trump is in deep trouble. needs to be held accountable for his crimes. that is precisely what jack smith has gone about doing. jack smith was only appointed in november. look at how far we have come. the rule of law being kind of prodded into wakefulness in charges being brought for the first time against the former

president of the united states. >> we know the former president summer home was in bedminster. we know also that indictment. we learned that he had shown these classified documents to individuals that did not have top secret security clearance. at the golf club. in new jersey. no charges were filed there. i want to read for you at the atlantic right about. this even on the time describes alleged dissemination and disclosure of national security secrets. the indictment did not charge trump with those offenses. explain why this is important and could possibly more charges come? >> some people have said jack smith may have a plan b to bring charges in new jersey for the crimes that we've learned about in the indictment that was unsealed in florida. i don't think it's a plan b yasmin. i think it's all part of one unified plan that jack smith has. when he put in that speaking indictment that was unsealed in florida. the fact that donald trump may very well have violated our

nations espionage laws, chapter 37 of title 18 of the united states code. by disseminating information as you say showing military maps for example to members of his pack. or talking about a u.s. plan for possibly striking military strike on a foreign country. he sharing that with authors and aids. and he's admitting that they're classified and he did not declassified them when he was president. and he can't now. this was six months after he left of the presidency. all of this feels like a plan. i strongly suspect we are likely to see charges brought in new jersey for the criminal conduct that donald trump engaged in in new jersey. that's where there will be venue to bring those charges. >> we're gonna be watching for that. i want to hear from you more about what you wrote it comes to will not an isn't diamond. essentially saying that is contributing to the takedown.

as you put it of the mar-a-lago mafia. you read. this trump seems to surround himself with people willing to do his dirty work only to see those people fall away one after another. you're talking about allen. weisman allen weisselberg, excuse me. you're talking about walt nada and others that have fallen on subsequently. what do you make of. this explain more of this to me. >> the one thing that surprised me when i saw the florida indictment unsealed was not that there was a coconspirator charge. i was surprised that there was only one coconspirator charge. do we believe walt nada was the only one who was culpably involved in assisting donald trump in his crimes. facilitating those crimes. >> do you think it's possibly because -- you think that's possibly because they only had evidence to suspect walled nada. they didn't have enough evidence to charge anyone else?

>> one of two possibilities. either that yasmin he was only when they had enough to include as a coconspirator. i suspect there might be people who have flipped. have pleaded guilty under seal. are cooperating so there was no necessity to charge them publicly as a coconspirator. all of this will probably become far more clear in the coming weeks and months. >> glenn kirschner for us, thank you. still ahead, widespread teacher shortages in the war against the lgbt community may be to blame. chasing educators and leaving students fighting for an education. >> it's almost like we're in a battle against the school board. the school board should be on our side. >> we're live at a juneteenth celebration ahead of tomorrow's holiday. much more coming up. much more congmi up. (vo) this is sadie, she's on verizo act now and get iphone 14 pro max

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two and a half years after the emancipation proclamation was signed. i want to bring in nbc's marissa -- standing by for us in the nation's capital. how are folks in d.c. getting ready for the holiday marissa? >> hey, yasmin. we can see behind me is the very beginning seven event. one of the many events happening across the country right now. we're along the georgetown waterfront. the reason that they've chosen this location is because the organizers of the event that's gonna be really fully underway in a couple of hours here. it's really commemorating the roots here especially the black community. they said that this is a historically black community here in d.c.. especially the. docks they said there were black captains. black community members that were manning the docks here in d.c.. when it comes to juneteenth something to remember here is this is historically been something that has been a long celebrated among black family members and friends. this was something that was

more of a grassroots level. we talked about this is a very new federal holiday. it only became recognized in 2021. a big part of a mission organizers here were telling me among not just the local organizers put on a national level. big part of the mission when it comes to these events is really raising awareness. >> >> this was any recognition. this is been known to the black community for years from decades ago. us being able to now have a public remembrance. a public holiday. it's important. now, we're able to share these memories. not to have to worry about we have to work tomorrow. the public holiday piece is a great part. i do want to mention this is something that has been recognized publicly for decades. >> he talked about public holidays. let's take a look at the map here. of the states that do recognize it, we know it's a federal

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when competition between the u.s. and china is fierce relations are borderline toxic. trust is at a low. neither side expecting any breakthroughs into these meetings. the fact that the secretary of state's visit. happened is seen as a step. one that had been on hold for months. there is no doubt the spy balloon is going to factor into discussions here. along with a host of other issues. export bans. taiwan. spy bases on cuba. russia. the list goes on. there was only one meeting on the secretary of state schedule for today. it was a long. won his chinese counterpart. he is expected to meet tomorrow with china's leader xi jinping. if that meeting doesn't happen, it will be considered a snub. considering she hosted bill gates last friday and told him you are the first american friend to visit me in beijing this year. chinese officials, the issue is the economy. data showing that growth is

slowing down. when that sense china sees this as a necessary visit to get to the next visit. from the commerce secretary, from the treasury secretary. those could actually happen within the next few weeks. all of it paving the way to a possible meeting between xi jinping and president biden. in the u.s., before the end of the year. >> thank you to janis mackey for. that i want to bring in a robby -- editor-in-chief of foreign policy magazine to talk more about. this i want to pick up on a point that jen made. that aids specifically the chinese economy. we're looking at a central bank there. are cutting interest rates. this week as well. growth slowing down. and certainly it seems as if it could be an opportune time for the united states to step in and when it comes to repairing relations with china. sort of taking advantage of the vulnerable place china finds itself in. >> i think that's right, it's a better position for the united

states to be in the other way around. i think it's also worth noting that the chinese are going to stick to their guns. many of the things they've been talking about over the last few months. they feel like there is a lack of trust on both sides. they feel like some of the breakdown in communications and talks is a america's fault. not anyone else is they think that america has sort of pushed forward this tough rhetoric of trying to decouple from china. the recent top of the risking instead of decoupling. hasn't really sort of cut must earn beijing. i think there's a lot of things that remain as problems. the chinese as we've seen in recent weeks will try to speak to many u.s. businesses. they will try to speak to europeans. they will cut deals with other countries. the relationship between china and the united states is about much more than just economics. i think they want to have future talks with america.

in terms of economics with the e-commerce sector see. this meeting today secretary blinken is really an opening to that. >> this isn't about the relations between china and the u.s.. it's not necessarily about establishing trust. neither one of these countries is going to trust one another. no matter what is said and or promised. when it comes to tony blinken. and the possibility of this meeting tomorrow which she specifically. what are the main goals of the united states here. knowing how integral this relationship is despite the fact that they are both allies and adversaries. >> i think the main challenge if this meeting takes place. and it well may not. it's really just reestablishing senior level communications. making sure that when a little crises emerge when there are miscommunications between both sides or if as we saw in the last three weeks.

there was a fly by a crisis. there was the small matter of not so small matter of a chinese destroyer cutting across the u.s. destroyer in the taiwan straits. when things like that come close to happening, they are able to de-escalate quickly. you can only do that if you have several open channels of communication between the two sides. and constant meetings. it's worth keeping in mind. that this is secretary blinken's first visit since he's been in this role. in contrast, when hillary clinton was secretary of state, she went seven times. that's astounding to think about. all though you look at the reporting on this -- one of the reasons why that initial visit was canceled. this is gotta be concerning to u.s. officials. it recently complete investigation the balloons debris from that beijing's capabilities are far more sophisticated than the united states edible. either capabilities are

significant one of the officials said. better than we thought they were. how concerning is this. how could this affect the relationship going. forward. >> i think it's concerning. i think the response that should not be on the american side indignation. it should be we need to catch up and be able to do the same thing. countries spy on each other. this is no surprise in the world of diplomacy. everyone knows this. countries are expected to spy on each other and -- it's always been the case i think a lot of what we've seen over the last few months. there is a reason why i think of positive chrissy houlihan who said the whole thing was just a hollow balloon. how the balloon. it's because this always happens. the public outrage on both sides which is really catering to domestic politics kind of spilled over. and heard both sides which is why that trip was called off by secretary blinken. here we are back to square one.

>> ravi thank you. new cease-fire today. underway in sudan. after an airstrike today that killed 17 people. including five in children. this happened in the capital city of khartoum. this video is from the sudan health ministry. it is one of the deadliest clashes he had in the battle between the military and a paramilitary group there. the debt includes women and the elderly. more than 2 million people are now out of their homes. trying to get to a safer place. let's talk about the war in ukraine. and reports that ukraine appears to be gaining momentum in its counteroffensive against russia. want to bring in nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez. who's in kharkiv for us. following all the developments. this is actually coming this information is coming from the russians. talk to us. >> this is kind of unusual, yasmin. this is coming from a russian official in the occupied territories in eastern ukraine. he's saying earlier today ukrainian forces liberated

although he wouldn't use that word liberated a village in zaporizhzhia. not far from the nuclear power plant that we've all been so concerned about. we have asked the ukrainian military whether or not this is the case there at this point refusing to confirm. that a russian official is saying that russian forces are fiercely counterattacking. they are trying to take this village back in zaporizhzhia. assuming it is the case. that is villages now under ukrainian control. this is a small village. we're not talking about a major breakthrough here. this would be the first battlefield gain the ukrainians have made in about a week or so. yasmin, that gives you a sense of how difficult a slog this counteroffensive is. this is hard fighting. difficult combat. ukrainians are attacking heavily fortified russian positions the russians are bringing a lot of our power to bear from crimea. the ukrainians don't have a lot of cover. at this point the counteroffensive is progressing. it may be progressing more

slowly than officials in kyiv would like it to be. yasmin. >> i gotta say. back in the united states extraordinary comments from the former vice president of united states, mike pence talking about his former president. and his position on the russia ukraine war. >> yeah, this is really striking. ukraine is becoming a really clear and dividing line in the republican primary. it's one of the relatively few areas that mike pence feels comfortable directly confronting his former boss. i want you to take a listen to what the former vice president told -- me the press a little earlier. we'll talk about on the other side. >> we did peace through strength. now, my former running mate seeing war raging in eastern europe is signaling an ambiguous message not even able to say who he prefers to see when the war in ukraine. i think the united states needs to stand by the courageous

fighters in ukraine. give them the resources. more quickly than joe biden has. >> yasmin, what do you hear there is penciling out a kind of traditional reaganite conservative foreign policy. saying the u.s. should be doing more to help ukraine. that is a really stark contrast from what you've heard from donald trump. who at this point seems sort of a different as pence was saying. as to whether the russians win this for the ukrainians. yasmin. >> it seems as if domestic politicians. republican politicians. the place they feel most comfortable in separating from the former president and where he stands on policy is when it comes to foreign relations or any type of involvement overseas for america when it comes to national security as well. we'll wait and see how this all plays out. ralph sanchez for us. thank. you after the break how the republicans are sticking by donald trump escalating attacks against what they call a politicized and weaponized

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great to talk to you. jim jordan. telling you that when it comes to ideas for dealing with the doj. we are looking at all things. tell me what they mean. he has a man. they're looking at all the. things anything they could possibly do to punish the department of justice. the fbi. and the special counsel. anything that is within the bounds, anything that is legal. anything that is potentially politically paw -- plausible. i will say my sources are telling me that donald trump's counseling house republicans. telling them to do just this. to do anything they can to undermine the department of justice. and the fbi in the special counsel's office. here are some of the things that are on their list. including defunding the fbi. components of the fbi anyway. defunding a new headquarters

for the fbi. perhaps even defunding the special counsel's office. they're also talking about dragging and counsel jack smith. perhaps attorney general merrick garland before congress with the subpoena. if possible as well. there is several things they are currently contemplating. some are through the appropriations process. remember some of the most powerful things that congress can do is through the power of the purse. by restricting funding. then other things on the other hand are through the investigations peace house republicans have the power to do that now. one more thing i'll say over in the senate. senator j.d. vance. freshman senator. he is holding up all justice department nominees until he gets promise from merrick garland if he will not politicize the department of justice. he hasn't defined what that

means yet, yasmin. >> i actually have some strategy panjshir valley to block those doj nominees. let me play that for you. >> i think we have to grind this department to a halt. until merrick garland promises to do his job. stop going after his political opponents. >> how long could he keep these nominations on hold? >>. he can do it indefinitely if he wants to. let's be clear. he can't block these nominees in the senate. what he can do. the fact that he's not allowing them to move expeditiously through the senate means that it takes several days to pass a nominee. there is only two justice department monies on the docket right now. senate republican -- senate democrats aren't too concerned for them at the moment. this is something that could continue and that's when it becomes more and more worrying.

especially if this escalates. as a reference before. j.d. vance won some sort of acknowledgment from merrick garland. and cities gonna know longer politicize the justice department. he hasn't made clear what that looks like. j.d. vance till reporters last week. merrick garland would know what that looks like. he just needs to come out and do it. lot of unanswered questions here. republicans are intent on defending trump through punishing the justice department. >> not surprisingly. uncalled of all the great to see you. thank you. next hour by the way i'm a talk more about this. with congresswoman jennifer mcallen. member of the house armed services committee. president biden's national advisory board. also at the top of the hour. the possibility of trump facing federal charges in new jersey. special counsel jack smith attempts to keep the former president quiet. but first, the role anti lgbtq politics is plain and historic

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and follow the plan, it works. the trans community is celebrating a big win today as a federal judge blocked the most of indiana's ban on gender-affirming care for minors. if the law were to take effect, physicians provide these procedure could face discipline by the states medical licensing board. indiana join several other states who have bans on gender-affirming care blocked by the federal court system. however, missouri's ban was signed into law earlier this month. and over 20 gop let states have similar restrictive laws in place as well. over the last three plus years, more and more teachers have been calling it quiet. they've been facing an increase in challenges for difficulties of this pandemic. and the so-called culture wars in today's politics. all of that affecting not only with teachers are allowed to teach, but what they can freely express about who they are.

nbc's antonia hylton reports. >> school districts all across the country are facing a teacher shortage. it's often fueled by the effects of the pandemic, and teachers concerns about low play, and burnout. but in texas, many teachers say it's actually politics. we spent time with one teacher who says that her dream career has now become a nightmare. take a look. >> on the same day that high school english teacher emily -- won an award for being an outstanding texas educator. she stood in front of the great -- school district of talent she -- resigning this year. >> this community has continuously harassed me for the past few years. to the point that there were days i didn't want to be alive anymore. much less be a teacher. i'm gonna listen to what i am hearing from this community. which is that you don't want people like me, people who might be gay to teach you. >> school districts across the

country are teasing a shortage, fewer by burna and low pay. but in texas, many blame politics. last year the destruct sought a 40% jump in reservations in retirement after new conservative school board members push to remove hundreds of books. and restrict lessons about race and lgbtq identity. >> i've taught these kids for years to write, to grow their voices, i'm not gonna let my actions say something different. >> she identifies as clear. she says she was asked to change some of her lessons, to remove classroom artwork and rainbows stickers. then one afternoon last year, a parent told a local news site that rams or encourage her children to become transgender. by lending her book called the plants in the. dressmaker >> i gave ikeda. >> what went through your mind? >> i was terrified. i could not breathe. i could not. thank >> the mother who accused her of -- nbc news. the child under father say the

allegations were false and at the child already identified as transgender. the district cleared her -- to the public. the district declined to a chance nbc news about the specific case. but acknowledge that it has more openings this year than last year. saying, and many other school districts not only in texas across the nation are experiencing this declining retention rate of teachers another employees. >> it's almost like we're in a battle against the school board when the school board should be on our side. >> students described families classroom as one of the most welcoming spaces at school. >> there was one of the few places that anyone in general could [inaudible] gender, sexuality. >> do you feel safe in school right now? >> not entirely, you know. >> i'm sorry. >> there's a lot of aspects of who i am as a person that i cannot express because of the environment of the school. >> nbc news obtained the districts 2023 teacher engagement survey.

and it almost 300 out of 1500 staffers complained about the board. by the end of the school year are the once vibrant classroom was byron. >> nobody can stop you from getting the education you deserve, i'll give you book recommendations because i can give you book remedy shuns now, hopefully. but you can do anything. >> surrounded by her student she was determined to teach one final lesson. this coming fall, emily rams or plant starter career over in a new school district. in the meantime are students from grapevine and colleyville say that all of this has inspired them to become more, not less political. and then many cases there looking forward to voting in their first local election. >> really good report there, thank you to antonia halted for that. we've got a lot more coming up, folks, you're watching eminences our second hour starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪

hey everyone, i'm yasmin vossoughian, if you're just joining, us welcome to you. if you're sticking with us, we're thankful for that. the case against the former president, what the first moves from the special counsel can tallies about how bill tried donald trump. when there is a mountain of evidence they appear to have against -- >> the legal theory by which he gets the gap battle plans, sensitive national security information as his personal papers is absurd. obviously, these documents are not purely private it's obvious. >> do you believe he lied to the justice department? >> do i personally believe it, yes. >> and no matter what evidence they have hard core trump supporters are standing by their man. >> line order, important to you if he committed these crimes he should do the time? >> i don't think he did it on purpose. i don't think he would've done if he knew was breaking the law. >>