media with his talent off the field. and the big honors being awarded to nbc news and this very broadcast. announcer: this is “nbc nightly news” with lester holt good evening i m kate snow in for lester tonight in a rare move, the u.s. attorney general merrick garland is speaking out, saying he personally approved the fbi search of former president trump s home at mar-a-lago on monday. while he said he could not provide more details about the basis of the search, he did say the department of justice is asking a judge to make the warrant that was issued public. mr. trump reacting on social media saying with no warning mar-a-lago was raided. that message resonating with trump supporters, some ridiculing, even threatening law enforcement. today the attorney general pointedly saying he would not stand by silently seeing his agents integrity attacked just hours before in cincinnati, an armed man walked into an fbi field office shooting a nail gun more on that in a mom
every american, and that is the economy, gas prices hit another record high today. we are very close to $5 a gallon as a national average. the biden administration, they just want you to suck it up and buy an electric car. how is that going to work out for you? because it s absolutely, according to them, nothing they re willing to do to bring down cost except for energy independence. when we have clean energy. one is that going to happen? first tonight with joe biden obviously cognitively impaired and struggling to communicate, the white house just rolled out a popular actor to help with the messaging surrounding gun violence. today uvalde native matthew mcconaughey, the actor, gave a very emotional speech about the horrific shooting in his own town. take a look. in the reality of what happened that day in the town i was born in set in. so the next morning, mark, camilla and myself set out. when we arrived a few hours later, i got to tell you, even from the inside of our ve
violence associated with the supreme court s eventual decision on abortion rights. this warning comes as the senate is holding a hearing on the threat of domestic terrorism, and lawmakers are still talking, trying to find common ground on something to combat the gun violence epidemic in the country. this morning, a teacher who survived the elementary school massacre in uvalde is speaking publicly for the first time. every single one of his students in his class were killed. i lost 11 that day. and i tell the parents i m sorry, i tried my best. it s what i was told to do. please don t be angry with me. just gut wrenching. we ll have much more of his story in that interview in a moment. let s begin with this new threat bull fin. what more are you learning? reporter: this is the sixth time that dhs has issued this terrorism bulletin that makes clear that terrorism risk comes from within the united states, before january 6th, these advisories focused on terrorism from eithe
dream. most americans in a brand-new poll say the ability to achieve their true goals is increasingly out of reach. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. and john, hello to you. john: good to be with you on this tuesday. this is america reports. 61% of those polled by the wall street journal say they are pessimistic about being able to achieve the american dream. as families get crushed by record high gas prices, skyrocketing inflation. sandra: it is hard to believe, the average price of gasoline has jumped nationally today to another $0.05, i should say, overnight. and now setting a record for 28 of the past 29 days. the cost of gasoline has more than doubled since president biden took office. john: the white house is scrambling to respond to the growing economic crisis with a new plan on solar energy? critics say the move will only hurt american businesses even more. sandra: ro khanna will join us in moments. john: according to the white house,
the country leaving several killed and dozens more wound. what is congress prepared to do when they return this week? a former judge in wisconsin gunned down by a man with a hit list. the two high-profile politicians he targeted next. and the u.s. and south korea responding to eight missile tests by north korea with eight missile tests that have i remember own. what will kim jong-un do now ? good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, it is monday, june 6th. major political news out of the united kingdom, in just the last couple of hours it is in within the realm of possibility that the leader of america s closest ally may be out of a job by tonight. it was just announced that later today british prime minister boris johnson will face a no confidence vote within his own party. this comes after months of johnson being dogged by the so-called party-gate scandal accused of flouting covid restrictions. he was just booed in public during t