attention off the biden administration s failings. all they re doing is try to paint a new political narrative in november. it s inflation, sky high gas prices. border crisis. democrats created the crisis. the hearings are no more than an attempt to change the narrative. they are desperate. we all know it s a sham committee process. they want to put donald trump in jail. if they don t get that they want to keep his name off the ballot. dana: chad pergram is live on capitol hill for us this morning. hi, chad. good morning. the committee aimed to tie the riots to former president trump and his actions after the election. the panel played new video and audio tape of those close to the president that included former attorney general bill barr who said there was no fraud in the election. there was dramatic testimony from u.s. capitol police officer edwards sustained a traumatic brain injury defending the capitol. there were officers on the ground, you know. they were b
85 years old and to stay alive now to reach this moment to hug his son in freedom and to reunited with his family. And seeing your emotion coming through on this, it is showing real, the humanity of all of this in the mix of obviously this so complicated politics. I am looking at the statement, and it is a lengthy statement. Of course it is. He has been waiting a long time to say it. He has a lot to say. Yes. And he will have a lot the say going forward. And that is one thing in this, it is not what has happened to me since, but it is a call to now, and speaking directly to President Biden, as i take my first breath of freedom, will you engage with World Leaders and engage at a endeavor to prevent taking hostages in the first place. And talk to me about what his mission is now that he is now having his first breaths of freedom. Well, i think that is this is his mission, because he has been and he will be a Case Study Example of the worst of an american detained somewhere in the world b
who will decide his fate, the judge who will sentence trump in just weeks. and tonight, president biden making his first comments on the verdict and what he said about those jurors. also, president biden saying it is time to end the war, revealing to the world today the offer that s been made to hamas to try to get a ceasefire, to try to get the hostages out, and what israel and hamas are now indicating. tonight, a retired four-star navy admiral charged with bribery. what he s accused of doing. that harrowing new body camera video just moments after a deadly explosion in a 13-story building with that bank and apartments. you will see firefighters carrying a woman up a ladder to get her out. the dramatic scene in court. the woman sentenced for helping her boyfriend kill his wife, a mother of four, and dispose of the evidence. the mother s children speaking out for the first time. their message to the woman who helped take their mother s life. the actor from general
president biden urging hamas to accept a new israeli peace proposal saying, it s time for the war to end. why there is new optimism tonight. just in, the sentence for michelle troconis, convicted of helping her boyfriend plot to kill his estranged wife. o.j. prices are at record highs. what s driving them up? and the long shot baseball team chasing extra innings after their college closed for good. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. donald trump today unrepentant, defiant, and casting himself as the aggrieved one as newspapers across the country proclaim the new york jury s finding of guilt against the former president in his falsified documents trial. today at trump tower, the very place the crimes at the heart of the case took place, mr. trump stood before gathered reporters and some supporters in what appeared to be an unscripted monologue. he railed against the judge calling the trial, unfair and rigged, and withou
trump attacking the judge today, who will decide his fate, the judge who will sentence trump in just weeks. tonight, president biden making his first comments on the verdict and what he said about those jurors. also, president biden saying it is time to end the war, revealing to the world today the offer that s been made to hamas to try to get a cease-fire, to try to get the hostages out, and what israel and hamas are now indicating. tonight, a retired four-star navy admiral charged with bribery. what he s accused of doing. that harrowing new body camera video just moments after a deadly explosion in a then-story building with that bank and apartments. you will see firefighters carrying a woman up a ladder to get her out. the dramatic scene in court. the woman sentenced for helping her boyfriend kill his wife, a mother of four, and dispose of the evidence. the mother s children speaking out for the first time. their message to the woman who helped take their mother s li