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erin mclaughlin has late details. >> reporter: tonight in washington, d.c., an investigation into an alleged carjacking attempt near the home of supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. according to the metropolitan police, it happened hours after the fourth of july fireworks on this block in the heart of the capitol hill. two deputy u.s of july fireworks on this block in the heart of the capitol hill.. marshals charged with protecting supreme court justices were parked outside when the suspect, identified as 18-year-old kentrell flowers, allegedly armed with this firearm, approached one of the marshals and pointed a handgun at him in an apparent attempt to carjack him. according to police, the marshals opened fire. the suspect survived, taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. it's the latest in a series of high profile carjackings to strike the capital. late last year, in nearby georgetown, two teenagers were arrested for allegedly breaking into a secret service car assigned to protect naomi biden, the president's granddaughter. local residents say they're not surpris

erin mclaughlin has our report. >> do you solemnly swear or affirm -- >> reporter: tonight the powerfuldlemen managing prescription drug access for millions of americans grilled on capitol hill. >> people are dying because they can't afford their medication, and you all are part of the problem. >> reporter: pharmacy benefit managers, or pbms are responsible for negotiating pharmacy prices with drug manufacturers. they're being accused of profiting by inflating drug costs and squeezing main street pharmacies, impacting patients. one survey shows nearly three in ten americans have rationed or skipped doses of prescribed medicines due to high costs. >> you're setting dramatically different prices for some medications across the country. >> if you're not delivering an outcome to the people who use it, how long do y'all think you're going have a job? >> reporter: during the heated and complicated bipartisan hearing -- >> i feel like the more i hear, the less i understand. >> reporter: democratic congressman ro khanna pointed to the case of a 10-year-old girl who he says needed humira to trea

nbc's erin mclaughlin is outside of the former president's bed minister, new jersey, estate. erin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah and willie. we're hearing that former president trump is in, quote, great spirits. that according to his son donald trump jr. who says he spoke to his father in the hours following the attack. we're also hearing from the former president himself on truth social writing that he was, quote, shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear. the we're also hearing from his political director in a memo to campaign staff say that everything is okay but also calling for a complete communications lockdown writing, quote, anyone who speaks with the press, even on background or off the record, will be found and terminated immediately. refrain from commenting, specul speculating, posting on social media, et cetera. complete and total lockdown. that according to two sources who received that memo. we're also hearing from an aide on twitter post that video of the former president deplaning what appears to be in newark, new jersey

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erin mclaughlin, you are in bedminster, new jersey, what do we know how trump is doing right now and his plans for today? it's early in the morning but it's 24 hours before the republican nationalconvention kicks off. >> reporter: that is really. what we know is his campaign is incomplete communications lockdown, according to a memo seen by two sources, telling nbc news, following that assassination attempt, a memo went out to his campaign staff saying, quote, anyone who speaks with the press, even in background or off the record will be found and terminated immediately. refrain from commenting, speculating, posting on social media. complete and total lockdown. nevertheless, around 12:37 in the morning in newark, new jersey, posting a video of former president trump deplaning in the video. you see the former president slowly walking down the steps, flanked by security. he briefly waves. no comment made. it is unclear at this hour exactly where he went next. we know he has the trump national golf course in bedminster, it's about 30 minutes away. a place he frequently goes to in the su

here's nbc's erin mclaughlin. >> reporter: an investigation is under way in washington d.c.er a u.s. marshal shot a suspected carjacker near the home of supreme court justice sonja sotomayor. it happened on this block in the nation's capitol, hours after the 4th of july fireworks. police arrested suspect 18-year-old kentrell flowers. who's charged with armed carjacking. two deputies who were a part of the unit that protects the homes of justices were sitting in an unmarked government vehicle when, according to a federal complaint, flowers stopped directly next to them in a silver minivan, got out and pointed this firearm to the front driver's side window. according to the complaint, one marshal fired approximately four times at flowers, hitting him in the mouth. the silver van fled the scene as the marshals provided first aid to flowers. the incident, the latest in a series of high-po file carjackings in the capital. earlier this year, a former trump administration official was shot during a carjacking. he later died, according to a statement released by the family. and late

and joining us now from butler, pennsylvania, is nbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin. of questions facing director cheatle and the secret service. what more do we know this morning? >> reporter: hey there, ana, the suspect's motive remains a mystery, very much a subject of this ongoing investigation. two law enforcement officials tell nbc news that they're looking at the possibility that the shooter had an online gaming account and whether that account could offer any clues. meanwhile, nbc news has uncovered new video that shows the moments before and after the assassination attempt. >> take a look at what happened over -- >> six days after a gunman opened fire at former president trump's campaign rally, new video shows the chaos from behind the podium. moments after gunshots rang out. watch as law enforcement and secret service agents surround the former president before guiding him off stage and ultimately into a black suv. another shocking video appears to show a bullet strike near the bleachers, behind where mr. trump was standing. >> it was confusion. we didn't kn

nbc's erin mclaughlin joins us with the latest from butler, pennsylvania. , what more do we know about the sequence of events on saturday? >> reporter: well, ana, we're just getting some new information with a source -- from a source with knowledge of a briefing that took place yesterday between security services and u.s. senators. during that briefing, according to the source, the fbi said that they had located the search history of the suspect, and in that search history they identified a number of images including images of former president trump, president biden, as well as other public officials. in the search history, they also located dates for events for the former president as well as the chicago dnc. so that is what we're hearing so far. all of this as authorities continue to piece together that time line. take a listen. this morning a chilling thu video appears to show the shooter walking outside the security perimeter at the rally in butler, pennsylvania, before former president trump took the stage. it's a potentially critical piece of evidence

nbc's erin mclaughlin is reporting from lindenville, vermont, what are you seeing right now, erin?is looks like it could be the work of an earthquake, a hurricane, but this is, in fact, the product of a single freak summer thunderstorm that set records 8 inches of rain falling in this area in a matter of hours triggering flash flooding. the water just swept through this area, speaking to one local resident who was telling me that it was about 2:45 in the morning, that's when he was getting off his overnight shift at work. he came home to find the water up to his window sill. he immediately knew he and his family needed to evacuate. he grabbed his kids, his animals and also alerted two elderly women in that home over there. everyone got out safe and sound, but they returned the next day to find this. take a listen. >> i feel like i'm in a night mare. i'm just waiting to wake up. there's really no other way to describe it. her house, my other neighbor's house, my house is torn to shreds. my roof's there. my house is over there. my bedroom walls are down there. absolute disaster. >> r

erin mclaughlin has the details on the mistrial and what comes next. >> reporter: karen reed walking out of court, after a jury was unable to reach a verdict in her tumultuous trial. >> i'm declaring a mistrial in this case. >> reporter: following five days of deliberations, the jury of six men and six women deadlocked over whether to find reed guilty of murdering her boyfriend. boston police officer john o'keefe. the judge raid reading reading . o'keefe's mother was visibly upset. reed embracing her family. the lawyers vowing not to back down. >> no matter how long it takes. no matter how long they keep trying, we will not stop fighting. >> reporter: the culmination of an extremely complex trial that included 74 witnesses, uhundred of exhibits and allegations of a police coverup, captivating watchers on social media and outside the court. prosecutors allege following relationship issues and a night of heavy drinking, reed backed her suv into o'keefe, leaving him to die in the snow outside the home of a fellow police officer. arguing the constellation of the facts point to reed, incl

. >> i also want to bring in nbc's erin mclaughlin in bed minister, new jersey. we don't know the exact whereabouts of former president trump right now, but the original plan was we thought perhaps he would be heading back to bed minister, new jersey, one of the places where he owns homes, but what is -- what's the scene, as you have seen it tonight, around bed minister? >>ni reporter: about an hour ago his plane did land in newark, new jersey. there was that video showing former president trump deplaning under his own power, briefly waving, giving no statements. that was tweeted out on x by an aide. and we know here bed minister im about a half hour drive away. it is where he has the trump national golf course. earlier today, hours after the shooting. we saw a substantial security presence around the entrance of that golf course. about four police vehicles near the entrance, lights flashing. in the last hour or so we saw a number of security vehicles, including state security vehicles, exit down that way in the opposite direction of the golf club followed by a n

erin mclaughlin has the details. >> reporter: tonight karen read walking out of court after a jury was unable to reach a verdict in her tumultuous trial. >> i'm declaring a mistrial in this case. >> reporter: following five days of deliberations, the jury of six men and six women deadlocked over whether to find read guilty of murdering her boyfriend, boston police officer john o'keefe. the judge reading this note from the jurors. >> "some members of the jury firmly believe that the evidence surpasses the burden of proof. others find the evidence fails to meet the standard." >> reporter: o'keefe's mother was visibly upset. read embracing her family. her lawyers vowing not to back down. >> no matter how long it takes, no matter how long they keep trying, we will not stop fighting. >> reporter: it's the culmination of an extremely complex trial that included 74 witnesses, hundreds of exhibits, and allegations of a police cover-up. captivating watchers on social media and outside the court. >> free karen read! >> reporter: prosecutors allege following relationship issues and a night of hea

erin mclaughlin joins us now. >> at first, we thought it was an open and shut case.efense went on offense, creating enough doubt to divide the jury. this morning, karen reed and her attorneys defiant. >> no matter how long it takes, we will not stop fighting. >> reporter: a murder trial that sparked a social media debate online, ended in a hung jury. >> i'm declaring a mistrial. >> reporter: jurors made up of six men and six women deadlocked, unable to decide whether she killed her boyfriend. he was found dead in the snow outside a fellow police officer's home in the early morning hours of january 29, 2022. after a night of drinking. the judge reading this note from the jurors who said, they were starkly divided. >> some members of the jury firmly believe that the evidence surpasses the burden of proof. conversely, others find the evidence fails to meet the standard. >> reporter: karen reed embraced her family, marking the conclusion of a complex trial that included hundreds of exhibits and 74 witnesses. including the lead investigator and massachusetts state trooper

nbc's erin mclaughlin joins us now with the very latest. erin, good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning. a person on a call yesterday tells nbc news the fbi found in the shooter's search history, vs prior to the shooting to scope the place out, now part of a detailed timeline that authorities are putting together. this morning, a chilling new video appears to show the shooter, walking outside the security perimeter at the rally in butler, pennsylvania, before former president trump took the stage. it's a potentially critical piece of evidence showing the moments leading up to the attempted assassination. senate members in a briefing wednesday afternoon provided with a timeline from the fbi and the secret service. three sources familiar with the briefing tell nbc news. according to that timeline, over an hour elapsed between the time the shooter was photographed as a suspicious person and when he opened fire. and 20 minutes before the shooting, pennsylvania state police notified the secret service of a suspicious person with a range fi

erin mclaughlin has the latest. >> reporter: dueling demonstrations outside a massachusetts courthouse date. >> reporter: karen read's second trial for the murder of her boyfriend, boston police officer john o'keefe, now scheduled for january 27th, 2025. almost three years after he was found unresponsive in the snow outside the home of a fellow police officer. read's lawyers also filing a motion to dismiss the new trial. >> i assume whatever i end up doing on the motion to dismiss will be appealed. >> reporter: after the judge declared a mistrial earlier this month in her trial. a mistrial. the jurors unanimously found her not guilty on the two remaining charges. second degree murder and leaving the scene of collision causing death. during five days of deliberations. he lawyers arguing if she was tried again on those counts it wouldjeopardy. prosecutors have asked the court to deny that request. the prosecution argued 44-year-old read intentionally backed her suv into o'keefe. >> the defendant drove her vehicle in reverse. for 62.5 feet. >> reporter: the defense argued that the death w

we'll get to al's forecast in just a minute, but first, nbc's erin mclaughlin joins us now from washington. hey, erin, good morning. >> hey, hoda, good morning. it has been absolutely sweltering here in washington, d.c. in fact, i want to show you something, because it has been the talk of this neighborhood. this is what remains of a wax work replica of the lincoln memorial. it was installed outside of this elementary school back in february. now it's completely melted. the artist tells us that they always knew that it could melt. it is made of wax, just not this quickly. a shocking example of just how hot it is. >> reporter: this morning across the country, a long-lasting summer heat wave -- >> it's hot. it's a scorcher. >> humidity's killer. i had heat exhaustion a few weeks ago because i was stupid enough to bike to work. >> reporter: the heat has likely contributed to three dozen deaths among six states. among the victims, a probationary police officer in new york city, who was set to graduate from the academy. how dangerous is this heat wave? >> we've been seeing a lot of severe illne

nbc's erin mclaughlin has the latest details. erin, good morning. >> guys, good morning. shut case for the prosecution, but the defense went on offense, pointing to flaws in the investigation and an alleged conspiracy. ultimately creating enough doubt to divide the jury. >> reporter: this morning, karen read and her attorneys defiant. >> no matter how long it takes, no matter how long they keep trying, we will not stop fighting. >> reporter: after a nine-week murder trial that sparked a su outside the courthous social media frenzy online and garnered droves of daily supporters outside the courthouse ended in a hung jury. >> i'm declaring a mistrial. >> reporter: a panel of jurors made up of 6 men and 6 women left deadlocked on monday. unable to decide whether read killed her boyfriend, boston police officer john o'keefe, who was found dead in the snow outside a fellow police officer's home in the early morning hours of january 29th, 2022, after a night of drinking. the judge reading this note from the jurors, who said they were starkly divided. >> some members of the jury

nbc's erin mclaughlin has been following this for us. erin, good morning. >> good morning.s morning, there are new questions about some of the state troopers responsible for investigating her for murder. this morning, a new twist in the murder case that's captivated the country. >> it's happening, guys! it's happening! >> reporter: two massachusetts state troopers who testified in the trial of karen read, the 44-year-old accused of backing her suv into her boyfriend, boston police officer, john o'keefe, are now the subject of an internal affairs investigation. according to a police statement. during the trial, detective actually testified read made dozens of calls to o'keefe the night he was called. >> there were 53 phone calls from miss reid to a phone number associated with o'keefe. >> while another sergeant testified that he questioned read hours after she found o'keefe's body in the snow. >> she stated that she's willing to answer our questions, but doesn't want to go into too much detail. >> reporter: both officers remain on active duty while they're being investigated

erin mclaughlin joins us with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, craig. this brazen attack happened hours after 4th of july celebrations in the capitol. carjackings are a persistent problem here in d.c., and law enforcement has been cracking down, but a source close to the investigation tells nbc news they believe this carjacking attempt was random and not related to the supreme court justice. this morning an investigation is underway in washington, d.c. after a u.s. marshal shot a suspected carjacker near the home of supreme court justice sonja sotomayor. the incident happened in the early morning on this block of the nation's capital hours after the fourth of july fireworks. police arrested suspect 18-year-old kentrell flowers. two deputies who were a part of the unit that protects the homes of justices were sitting in an unmarked government vehicle when, according to a federal complaint, flowers stopped directly next to them in a silver minivan, got out and pointed this firearm to the front driver's side window. according to the complaint, one marshal

i want to bring in from bedminster, nbc news correspondent, erin mclaughlin, aaron, you were there, where the former president spent the night, what we know about his condition in the medical care he received last night? >> well, we are hearing that former president trump is quote, in great spirits. that, according to his son, donald junior, who says that he spoke to former president trump in the hours, following the assassination attempt. we also heard from the former president on truth social say that he was quote, shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right year. we have also heard from his political director in a memo to staff say that everything is okay, but that calling for a complete and total communications lockdown say quote, anyone who speaks with the press, even on background or off the record will be found and terminated immediately, refrain from commenting, speculating, posting on social media complete and total lockdown. nevertheless, we did hear from an aide post on x, a video of former president trump leaving the plane, ostensibly in new arc, new jersey, you