desperately needs, and it is what democrats will deliver on in the coming days. so up next, the bill still needs to survive a rare weekend session, a parliamentary review and a senate vote-arama. more on that coming up. assuming it passes, it would send democratic members home on top of another win on top of the kansas abortion vote that fired up the base and great jobs numbers today as well. it also adds fuel to the already frenzied pace of midterm campaigns escalating to levels we rarely see today. nbc news now predicts election denier and trump acolyte kari lake is the winner of the republican primary for governor of arizona. she repeatedly claimed election irregularities but now says her supporters, quote, outvoted the fraud. among those endorsing lake, the conservative group cpac, which is now meeting in texas and where the keynote speaker was hungarian prime minister victor orban who was welcomed with a standing ovation. the washington post described it as, quote, a
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
toxic work culture inside the nfl. reports of a woman paid off to settle a sexual assault case against dan snyder, the owner of the washington commanders football team. what the league s commissioner roger goodell told congress today about the new allegations. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead and president biden s latest attempt to tame the insanely high gas prices plaguing americans. the president this afternoon called on congress to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax, which is right now about 18 cents a gallon. a move president biden has resisted until today given that it is unlikely to pass congress. republicans widely oppose it, and even some leading democrats are skeptical that oil companies will actually pass that savings on to drivers. the proposed suspension is part of a larger plan introduced by president biden earlier today which the white house claims could save drivers up to $1 per gallon of gas. as kaitlan collins report
president trump, partly out of concern it would give the appearance of pressure on the attorney general. politico argues that the first three hearings essentially did that for them, laying out stark evidence that trump and his allying now the election was not rig, but they pushed the big lie anyway. there s new evidence that the department of justice may be growing frustrated against the committee as well. we learned of a strongly worded letter by the doj, in which the department accuses committee members of complicating investigations by withholding transcripts of witness interviews, it says, quote, are not just potentially relevant to the overall communications, but likely relevant to specific prosecutions that have already commenced. however, committee chairman bennie thompson made it clear he is not rushing to help out. we ve interviewed over 1,000 witnesses, that would mean we have to stop what we re doing to then work with the department of justice. we will eventually
was keenly felt, but the archbishop of york made a point of saying that the queen was still in the saddle . the daily mail focuses on the split between the royal princes, william and harry, on its front page. the brothers appear on the front page with their wives but the headline is so far apart. there s a very similiar take on family division in the daily mirror. and finally, the i newspaper breaks with the consensus. it carries a warning from borisjohnson to conservative mps that if they ditch him, they will lose the general election. so, let s begin. john can kick off with the times and that very striking photograph of meghan and harry and slightly odd with one of those and the headline still in the saddle. one of those front pages not immediate lee clear if you saw it on the new stand who is still in the saddle and what is the reference here. the is still in the saddle and what is the reference here. the reference is to the archbishop of the reference here. the referen