and we begin this hour with the very latest developments on the investigations into former president donald trump. nbc news has learned a d.c. grand jury investigating interference in the 2020 election is scheduled to hear from william russell, former white house aide who now works with the trump campaign. he was also with former president trump on january 6th. this as a federal judge in new york has blocked trump's efforts to move his trial in the hush money payments case from the state court to federal court. with us now to talk more about this, nbc news correspondent garrett haque who covers the trump campaign and jessica roth, a former federal prosecutor in new york who is a professor at a law school. garrett, who is william russell? why is his testimony important? >> reporter: well, russell was a trip director and special

assistant to the president during the trump presidency, and more to the point, he was considered a personal aide. he was someone who would have been around donald trump a good bit. not a senior person in the trump white house or campaign, but someone who would have potentially privy to a lot of conversations he may have overheard, including on january 6th itself where pictures exist of him standing with the former president around that rally on the ellipse. so someone who had been close to the action on the day of january 6th itself, although it's not clear right now whether that's specifically what smith and the special counsel's office wanted to talk to him about or perhaps even some of his continuing work with trump's campaign. so we're continuing to figure out exactly whether this is the first appearance that he's made, whether there's additional appearances and the kinds of information he may have, but it's pretty clear, again, this is somebody who would have been physically close to the former president at pretty regular intervals towards the end. >> jessica, prosecutors may

charge president trump under a reconstruction era fraud charge. would that be an unusual thing in this case? how significant would it be if trump was charged under this statute? >> well, it would be a very interesting application of that statute. as you mentioned, it has been used in voting rights cases before so it wouldn't be unprecedented. obviously the facts presented here are unprecedented, but it actually seems like a good fit because it appears the special counsel has been focusing on the scheme to create these false slates of electors in battleground states and to submit them to congress. so the effect of doing so would be to deprive people of their -- the effect of their lawfully cast vote. people voted for president biden and that would -- the consequence of that given our electoral college system is the electors pledged to support biden would have been the certified electors. the scheme that trump was allegedly involved with was to

take back those slates of electors and replace them with a false slate of electors voting for trump. so that goes to the heart of people's -- the american people's right to vote. so the statute seems to be quite a good fit here. >> garrett, there are reports that the former president is very interested in seeing the possibility in the future of congress expunging his two impeachments. what exactly would that mean? what is expungesment and what impact could it actually have? >> reporter: this first started to bubble up a month ago when marjorie taylor greene and elise stefanik, two very loyal trump allies brought up expunging the two impeachments from the record. congress can pass a resolution that says just about anything they want. the question of how an expungement would work is unanswered constitutionally and logistically you can't take away

what occurred. we watched it. it was voted on in the house. it went to the senate. he was acquitted in the senate. those things won't change. politically speaking it would be a valid talking point. with republicans in charge, we made it all go away. my sources do indicate donald trump is seeing this vote happen on the house floor at some point. it's not clear exactly when, and when kevin mccarthy was asked about it by my colleague ryan nobles this morning, he made it clear, he's interested in it too. there's no deal with trump to see it done. here's what he told ron. >> there's been no deal, but i've been very clear from long before when i voted against impeachments that they're put in for clearly political purposes. there's no deal out there. >> reporter: this is a vote while donald trump may want to see it, there's a pretty big group of house republicans who might not.

there are two that voted for donald trump's second impeachment who are still in the chamber and a host of more moderate republicans, some who represent biden districts, who may not want to go back down that road of relitigating donald trump's impeachment ahead of a re-election battle in 2024. >> jessica, meanwhile on the hush money case, what do you make of the decision to keep the cases against trump in the state court, not go to federal? >> yeah. so that makes sense to me. the judge was asked to determine by trump that the case actually involved facts and conduct that he engaged in sort of as part of his official position as president. and what the judge determined was that, no, it did not. these were essentially personal matters in making payments to his lawyer to reimburse the lawyer, michael cohen, for payments he made in turn to keep women who claim they had had affairs with the former president, to keep them quiet. and so the court ruled that that

was not sufficiently connected to former president's duties as an official of the united states, as president, so it should go back to state court where it was originally brought. this was a decision that was anticipated and so now it goes back to the state court in which the district attorney, alvin brag, brought it. there's been no delay to the proceedings there, which are currently scheduled to go to trial in march of 2024. >> garrett haake and jessica roth, thank you both very much. with us now to continue our conversation is california congressman pete padilla. he was a member of the house january 6th committee. congressman, it's always a pleasure to see you. i thank you for your time. the statutes mentioned in this target letter sent to donald trump, he says he received it on sunday, mirror the potential charges in the criminal referral the house january 6th committee sent to the justice department. is that what you've seen so far? is that what you were looking

for? >> it is, and what we said from the very beginning of the january 6th committee is that we would follow the facts, that we would chase everything that we possibly could and hold people accountable. and so our final meeting we did issue criminal referrals just like you mentioned, including how the former president tried to obstruct an official proceeding. that seemed to be one of the commonalties of the charges, the many officials who tried to disrupt january 6th. that was one of the charges mentioned specifically in the target letter. >> congressman, just thinking back on your work on that committee. what would you say of all of these are the ones that in your committee you felt were most strongly confirmed? >> well, i think just the richness of the stories. what we said in the january 6th committee as well is the department of justice has more tools at their disposal than we did, and you see that now. with individuals who have been

seated for grand injuries, individuals being compelled to speak that we -- that did not answer our call or that we could not get to speak. we think that's incredibly important, but the most important take aways were that, you know, this started, you know, even before the election. donald trump did not want to respect a peaceful transfer of power. he did not want to protect our democratic institutions and norms and he did everything he could to incite the crowd to come on january 6th up to and including multiple tweets and he stood on the mall, pointed to the capitol and told individuals to come and obstruct what we were doing because he wanted to disrupt a peaceful transfer of power. and then the tweets that followed regarding mike pence and his dumb vice president, incredibly terrible. >> you and your fellow members have been pushing for accountability. what does accountability look like to you?

>> accountability means anybody who had a role in obstructing the official event. anyone who had a role in a coordinated attempt to offer fake electors that they knew were false. anyone who took official actions to disrupt the proceedings and to stop a peaceful transfer of power in the name of one person should be held accountable no matter what their prior position was in government, no matter where they come from or who they are. the department of justice has a responsibility to make sure that they ferret out the facts and that they get to justice. >> congressman, just speaking with garrett haake about the phone call that the former president has made to some members of the house of representatives in washington, d.c., about the -- how much he would very much like to see congress expunge donald trump's two impeachments. what do you make of that? >> it's pretty -- it's pretty

laughable. i mean, i've got to be honest. he will forever be now twice impeached and twice indicted. that's just who he is. those are the facts. now we could add another indictment to that, but nothing will take away from the two impeachments that -- that happened to donald trump, and they were the second related to january 6th was in a bipartisan vote. so that's what's incredibly difficult. time and time again house republicans have shown that they are going to do whatever they can to help donald trump. that's just who they are. that's in their dna. it's frustrating and it's difficult, but that's the truth. >> congressman pete aguilar, i thank you very much for being with us. appreciate your time. >> thank you. up next, democrats criticize robert kennedy jr., a fellow democrat and presidential candidate, as he testifies about a hearing on censorship on the

hill. we'll tell you why. plus, the senate judiciary committee is considering a bill that set up a code of conduct for supreme court justices. we'll speak with committee member senator alex padilla about that and whole much. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ♪ tourists tourists that turn into scientists. tourists taking photos that are analyzed by ai. so researchers can help life underwater flourish.

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past few years which is the culture wars and how that manifests with big tech and online and censorship but they have someone who is actually challenging president joe biden by the democratic nomination. this is rfk's past statements and listen to how he pushed back against congressman. >> i'm happy to talk to you about these issues. what you have stated through guilt by association is simply inaccurate. virtually every statement that you just made about me is inaccurate. i have never advised black

americans not to receive vaccines. >> reporter: and of course kennedy has made controversial comments in an anti-vax nature. he has also said in the past though he then denied having mentioned this, he thought covid-19 was selective in who it was particularly bad for based on racial groups, specifically making those comments about jewish people. it's partly why we saw at the beginning of this. they're saying this is a hearing about censorship and that democrats are trying to do just that. >> ali, meanwhile two irs whistle-blowers who were talk being about hunter biden testified on the hill. what has been their information? >> this has been a week of hearings from the republican majority that speak to the red

meat from the investigation's perspective. they're having hearings in front of the weaponization committee, and bringing the whistle-blowers in front of the oversight committee. you can tell just how important republicans thought this hearing yesterday was with the irs whistle-blowers. this focused on what they're alleging was a sweetheart deal or softer deal from the doj for president biden's son hunter in regards to the tax misdemeanors that he pled guilt at this to just in the last few weeks. these witnesses saying they felt the investigation wasn't done fairly, that there's two tiers to a political system and the justice system. democrats sought to push back pointing out that at the center of the case said he didn't feel stymied and his investigation was allowed to go at the pace and ways in which he needed it to go.

this is a real priority for senator james comber. he had people underscoring the ways in which republicans are trying to make this a center piece of their republican majority investigations. nevertheless, both sides really retreated to their corners both kind of seeing what they wanted to see. the facts of this say the prosecutor at the center of the hunter biden case said he could subpoena who he wanted to subpoena, bring it where he wanted to bring it. rebutting from his own mouth the allegations republicans are making. >> and the whistle-blowers who currently work for the irs were involved in some -- >> yes. >> -- aspects of the investigation of hunter biden. these were people who worked there and were involved in the investigation? >> reporter: yes. involved in the investigation from the irs perspective. this regarding hunter biden's taxes, but i think one of the important moments, too, that struck me was as they were talking about going through

the -- you could call it an audit, i guess, of the irs documents, one of the democratic members asked, you know, how often is it that these aren't felony charges and that they're misdemeanor charges. apparently, it's not that rare. the witnesses testified to that as well. again, i think this is an instance where chairman comber is trying to really push his narrative against hunter biden. the white house would say the exact opposite, this is further poliicization from capitol hill. let's stay on capitol hill with the senate judiciary party marking up a bill. it's in response between relationships between alito and thomas and sotomayor used court staff to sell her books. joining us with more is alex

padilla on the judiciary committee. it's been a while since you and i chatted. let's not let that happen again. it's good to see you. >> good to see you, jose. i'll apologize in advance if i sound a little rushed. as you can tell, the committee hearing is still going. i'll have to get back in. >> this is the amazing stuff about television and you're always being so willing to speak. you actually ran in here, you've got to run out. i appreciate your time. if you've got to go, let us know. senator, let's talk about these efforts to impose rules on the supreme court. what kinds of ethic rules do you think should be considered? >> look, what i think is on the table is very common sense, and nothing new. there are enforceable code of ethics, codes of conduct that apply to not just members of the united states senate but frankly elected officials at all levels of government across the country, including the president of the united states.

there's enforceable standards of ethics that apply to federal judges except for the supreme court. it is just ridiculous that the highest court in the land has the lowest ethics requirements. there are challenges to the public confidence that gifts that are otherwise not allowed are being accepted, even worse gifts are not being reported. people should have confidence that the justices sitting on the supreme court are making decisions in the interests of the country and not the interests of their wealthy frerchds. >> do you think congress should be the one to bring those structures and standards to the supreme court? >> look, i do think it's incumbent upon congress to impose those standards and requirements because the supreme court has failed to do it for themselves. they've had ample opportunity.

this is not a new issue, jose. the conversation has been going on for years and years and years and even just in recent months when, you know, reports of some of the current justices have been made public, chairman durbin has invited chief justice roberts, number one, get your house in order. if you can't do that, come to the committee and tell us what your plan is and let us help you. chief justice roberts has refused to work with the senate judiciary committee to advance it. the absence of the supreme court doing it for themselves, congress has the ability to do it. we've done it in the past with the federal judiciary and it's time to do it again. >> senator, i want to touch on another story that we've been closely following here on msnbc, a 16-year-old boy, 16 years old from guatemala, who died working in a poultry plant in mississippi. what -- what's your reaction to that? and is there anything that could

or should be done to avoid and have something like this never happen again in our country? >> yeah. look, it's certainly heart breaking and unfortunately not the first time we hear of child -- migrant children being exploited for dangerous jobs. they don't address child labor laws a century ago? that's clearly not the case. another example of the need to modernize our immigration system in america, number one, but number two, for all of my republican colleagues ranting about the biden administration and the department's and agencies that have some oversight here, number one, let's not cut their budgets. let's increase their enforcement capacity. number two, don't let the employers off the hook. if there's workforce shortage in america, the solution is not to exploit children and making them

work in dangerous conditions. the solution here is to not just invest in workforce training and recruitment but let's make sure that we're opening the doors to lawful migration to meet the workforce needs of our country and our economy. >> senator alex padilla, i thank you be very much for your time. i know you don't have much of it and i thank you for being with us. still ahead, new details about the brutal tactics some texas officers say are being used to keep migrants out of the united states. plus, a heat emergency across the southern states. we'll get a live report from here in south florida where it's expected to feel like 110 degrees again this afternoon. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. dancin in the par—!

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27 past the hour. this morning, 57 million people from denver, colorado, all the way to charleston, south carolina are at risk for severe storms. mayfield, kentucky, is bracing for more flooding. after getting almost a foot of rain yesterday. likely setting a 24-hour state record while a tornado tore through north carolina yesterday injuring 16 people and damaging a pfizer plant. this comes as 85 million people from northern california all the way through florida are under

heat alerts today with 26 records set yesterday and more expected. we are joined from coral gables, florida. the marissa, how severe is the heat today? >> reporter: jose, good morning. it's supposed to get up to a cool 94 degrees today. on the avenue you see more people sitting out but it's pretty muggy, pretty warm. most people opting to eat inside. you said it yourself, in terms of heat just yesterday alone, 26 records broken across the country. this is really something we're seeing from coast to coast. miami just coming off the heels in terms of breaking a record in terms of consecutive days of heat index in the triple digits. we're hitting 40 days today. in el paso and phoenix. i can tell you how severe it was. in fact, they just broke another record. you're going to get tired of hearing all of these records.

they broke another record of consecutive temps. the calendar showing consecutive temps, 110 degrees or above it. that was a record they hadn't seen in roughly 50 years. this is something people in these areas, whether it's miami, whether it's phoenix, they are used to hot temperatures. the difference being, one, how early it is and just the consecutive days. if you are watching, ah, it's not that bad. probably people who have the privilege to go inside. if you're an outdoor worker or migrant, especially people without homes, jose. one last thing to leave you with. the heat dome will shift west and then it will come right back here. little break for the southeast for the floridians, but then it will come back over the weekend. >> in beautiful coral gables, i thank you very much.

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34 past the hour. today president biden heads to philadelphia to tout his

economic agenda. the trip comes as a new monmouth university poll shows just three in ten americans believe the u.s. economy is recovering from the pandemic better than other countries. 44% approve of his performance, his highest rating since september of 2021. nbc's mike memoli joins us and susan paige, washington bureau chief. mike, the president is sharing his bidenomics agenda at a time when hollywood is on strike, ups workers may be on strike soon. how could the labor disputes impact his message of a resilient economy? >> jose, this is an important question at a time when the white house is trying not just to tout the strong economic data but take some credit for it.

he's going to tout how he's creating good jobs, good union jobs for a close political ally. you mentioned it, the hollywood workers, script writers as well as the actors potentially strike. you have ups which could be potentially one of the single biggest union actions in this country's history. another important political ally, auto workers potentially going on strike in the fall if they don't reach a deal with the big three automakers. the white house says they support collective bargaining. they want to see employers who are benefitting from this strong economy also come to the table and negotiate in good faith. this is obviously a concern. they're taking a hands on role but not a direct role. a year ago they were directly involved in the rail worker

potential strike which was ultimately resolved but through imposing a deal on the rail workers. the white house says that's not going to be something you see at this point. white house officials are engaging directly to basically be briefed on the status to make sure they're aware of it. at the same time, we saw the president on tuesday holding an event with senator bernie sanders with young workers that are in sectors that are beginning to unionize that haven't unionized before. this is a difficult tight rope to stick with his allies in labor but try to avoid what could be significant economic disruptions that could spoil the political message, jose. >> susan, the white house continues to spread the positive signs about the economy. we're essentially in the united states in a full employment economy. inflation is starting to drop. is there a disconnect between all of this data and the stories

and what people actually feel at home? >> yeah. i think there is because you can make the case with statistics that the united states has been stronger than almost anywhere else in the world in the wake of a covid pandemic. president biden does not get credit for that. people don't recognize that in the united states. his approval rating has picked up. we're going into an election. we're seeing them in philadelphia making the case that he deserves credit. but the fact that inflation came back significantly last week. >> susan, that's domestic. let's talk a little bit international. on the international we've seen china's increasing power. opening a spy base in cuba. colombia's president said he couldn't say if it's preferable

to be a supporter of russia or the u.s. he thinks it's close to the same. the middle east having a power struggle. the crown prince clashing with the president of the uae. does what's happening around the world make a difference to voters here? >> to some degree it does. and of course relationship with other places in the world including the economic powerhouse that is china affect americans' lives. people really, i think, look at domestic politics with either what's happening inside their own house, around their own kitchen table about whether inflation's come down, yes, but prices were jacked up during a period of high inflation. do their earnings match what they have to pay additionally for rent and food and other expenses? people look pretty close to home when it comes to choosing a president. >> susan paige and mike memoli,

thank you both very much. earnings season continues with big names reporting huge earnings. with us now to talk about this is cnbc's dominic chu. dom, great seeing you. we heard from netflix. what do they have to say? >> so, jose, for netflix, investors were expecting a lot to put it bluntly. maybe even perfection. it was already one of the best performing stocks in the entire market and that reflects the high expectations so when the streaming video giant reports results that are characterized as mix, they are under pressure. profits came better than expected. it added 5.9 million new subscribers. that was more than expected meaning the new addition of an advertising and commercial supported subscription price and the cracking down on password sharing looks to get people to sign up for their own accounts.

overall revenue is below estimates. it has a huge stock gain already so far this year. >> dominic, meanwhile airline profits are taking off. >> yeah. pun intended for both of us here. it's the same story for both united and american airlines this morning. travel demand remains strong. international travel growth is growing at a healthy clip. enough so they're in the process of ramping up new routes and schedules to all around the world. they're moving in a direction. united shares, they're soaring after reporting record quarterly profits and forecasting a bullish current quarter. meanwhile, american shares are down big just because it raised its outlook for the year just not enough to meet some estimates that analysts were looking for. it tells you just how competitive, jose, the friendly skies are getting. delta and united are forecasting results above expectations.

american has results coming just not as good as people wanted. >> you know this, getting on an airplane these days is almost chaotic. it's really, really unnecessary. >> the last three flights i've been on have been delayed by at least two hours. i don't even want to know what some of the nightmare situations are. >> i have nightmare stories. everybody who's gotten on an airplane or gone to an airport have those stories. dom, we have earnings from tesla? >> yes, we did. tesla shares are down right now. so the ev giant, one of the best performing stocks in the market already, the report was good. products and revenues both better than expected but there are still concerns on what the future holds. what profit margins will look like because of increasing competition from other automakers because it's already cut prices and that affects profit margins. also, what's going to happen with the cyber truck? it just launched. will it move the needle, jose, for them in the future? that's a big question for them for sure.

>> they have like, what, a million plus orders or two million orders for cyber truck already in the bank? >> and they need to show they can actually produce at that level and that there will be demand for that cyber truck out there. that remains to be seen. >> dominic chu, always a pleasure. thank you, my friend. >> sure. coming up, new york city mayor adams is sending a message to the migrants at the southern border. quote, we have no more room in our city. talk about this shift next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. even a little blurry vision can distort things. and something serious may be behind those itchy eyes. up to 50% of people with graves' could develop a different condition called thyroid eye disease, which should be treated by a different doctor. see an expert. find a t-e-d eye specialist at isitted.com

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47 past the hour this morning. a human any karen crisis along the southern border and it is affecting most of the country. the texas department of public safety is investigating claims by a state trooper who alleged migrants faced inhumane treatment by officials in eagle pass. according to an email obtained by nbc news, officials were allegedly under orders to push migrants back into the water to send them back to mexico. upon the release of this report, the dps, texas dps denied the allegations. joining us with more is former housing and urban development secretary julian castro. what goes through your mind when you hear about these allegations of folks in texas being ordered to push people back?

and then there are these buoys that they put right in the middle of the river to make it more difficult for people to cross. >> this is taking cruelty to another level. this is taking cruelty, jose, to another level. what you see is abbott basically upping the ante when it comes to cruelty. there was sending these migrants on buses, not letting them know where they were going many times. dropping them off in the middle of a cold night without a place to find shelter and now it's putting razor wire on these buoys and a whistle-blower has told people what the actual effect is. the question becomes, how much cruelty is enough before the courts step in, before the biden administration steps in and they

said that the dps, as you pointed out, is going to investigate this. the thing is, jose, they lost all credibility after uvalde. they said they were going to investigate what happened and we've already seen they gave themselves a clean bill of health and it was journalists that had to go and find all of the ways that dps had failed in the response to uvalde. they don't have any credibility and i don't expect this investigation to really be legitimate and find much. >> just wondering, julio, it's like these things are happening and they're almost happening in a vacuum, you know? like the state of texas is putting buoys on, razor wire. it's almost as if everything is ad hoc. what is it that could be done? >> what needs to happen is the federal government needs to step in most forcefully here, jose, file a lawsuit. the doj is moving forward.

it also needs to be denounced directly by president biden. here's the thing, he has the moral high ground on this. when i read about this it reminded me of the days of family separation where even people who might agree with a border wall or some more stringent ways to keep people out of the country, they say what in the world is this? this is not what i stand for. i can't agree with this. biden needs to seize that in this moment but unfortunately so far i think the administration has been, you know, sitting back and being too passive about this. he has a moment in here where he can be forceful, take the moral high ground and make sure the doj steps in and tries to stop this. instead of that, what we're getting is a private lawsuit and mexico talking about a lawsuit under international law. the doj really needs to step in here. yesterday beto o'rourke called for that.

it's time for them to step up. >> and, julian, meanwhile new york city is set to distribute flyers at the u.s./mexican border telling them to pick another city. no guarantees the city will be able to provide shelters and resources. cities across the country are grappling with the crisis. what's the long-term solution here, julian? >> the long-term solution here is put a stop to this bussing of migrants ad hoc by being able to deliver morpheme ma money to cities like new york city, los angeles, others that are taking thelion's share. it's 86,000 and those bussed by florida and texas and those who go and travel to new york and find a way to get there. so there needs to be more

resources dedicated to the communities like there needs to be more resources dedicated to border communities. they shoulder a lot of these responsibilities. >> julian castro, it's always a pleasure to see you. i thank you for your time. >> up next, jose. up next, it's opening day of the women's cup in new zealand. it all began with a stunning upset. plus, there is a lone winner of the billion dollar powerball prize. what we know next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. that protects all of google also defends these services for everyone who lives here. ♪ my a1c was up here; now, it's down with rybelsus®. fohis a1c?ne who lives here. it's down with rybelsus®. my doctor told me rybelsus® lowered a1c better than a leading branded pill

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56 past the hour. the women's world cup officially under the way with co-host country new zealand delivering an upset victory. took on norway and got the first ever win in the tournament. before the game both countries held a moment of silence for the two people killed in a mass shooting that took place there in aukland, new zealand. tomorrow night team u.s.a. will take on vietnam as they look to deliver what would be an historic three-pete. you can catch live coverage of the women's world cup streaming on peacock and on telemundo. and this morning someone over there in los angeles is waking up a whole lot richer after winning a billion dollar powerball ticket. on west wall street.

only one ticket matched all five numbers and the powerball. joing us now miguel almaguer. >> reporter: we don't know the winner but we know where it was won. after weeks of powerball pandemonium, the winner was drawn last night cementing someone's status. $1.08 billion or a lump sum payment of $558 million cash. it comes after the largest ever jackpot, a record-breaking $2.4 billion prize was claimed by a man in altadina, california, last summer. not far from los angeles. the fun doesn't stop there. nobody won the mega millions prize on tuesday. that jackpot now stands at an estimated $720 million for the next drawing which is tomorrow night keeping hopes and dreams

alive for the rest of us. back to you. >> thank you very much. the owner is going to get $1 million. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on twitter and instagram @jdbalart. peter alexander picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports", donald trump decided to pass on the opportunity to meet with plos prosecutors but one of their aides is set to testify today. this is not the first time. also this hour, as britain's spy chief says vladimir putin is trying to end an issue. andrea rejoins us from the aspen security forum.

>> the leadership of the russian federation is exclusively an issue for the russian people. the decisions vladimir putin has been taking has damaged russia economically, socially and in terms of its standing in the world. >> and democratic presidential candidate robert kennedy jr. fresh off controversial comments about covid-19 and others viewed as anti-semetic is testifying before republican-led committee on capitol hill about online censorship. good day to you. i'm peter alexander. andrea will join us later this hour from aspen. we begin monitoring the federal court house on constitution avenue right here in washington on the day that donald trump says is the deadline set by the special counsel, jack smith, for the former president to report to the grand jury, a step that he is unlikely to take. the grand jury