interest rates have gone up by three quarters of a percentage point, the biggest increase for more than 30 years. it pushes the base rate up to 3%, as the bank of england tries to control inflation. it s the eighth rise in a row, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. meanwhile the bank has also warned the uk could be on course for its longest recession since reliable records began, over a century ago. our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports. it is the biggest interest rate rise in a third of a century. the cost of living has been rising at its fastest rate for a0 years for global reasons but the bank of england is trying to prevent runaway inflation from becoming embedded in the domestic economy. these are big changes, they have a real impact on people s lives, so why are we doing it? and why are we doing it now when so many people are already struggling with higher energy and food prices and other bills? quite simply we are increasing the bank rate bec
and i m martine croxall here in the studio. i ll be speaking to a former press officer to the queen for his thoughts as the nation continues to pay tribute. hello and welcome to cardiff, where king charles has begun his first official visit to wales as monarch by attending a service of prayer and reflection for queen elizabeth ii. in the senedd, an hour ago, about a thousand people were standing in sunshine and welcoming the king and the queen consort as they visited the queen consort as they visited the senedd. it was completely calm, quiet and still as everyone turned to watch the big screens when king charles addressed the parliament not just in english but also in welsh, a hugely symbolic moment for people here, to hear the king speaking welsh so fluently and talking about his mother and his memories of his time here in wales and what the country meant to him and to the royal family. when he left, there were lots of cheers. there were a few people who were not happy that
there tonight. the idaho college murder suspect in court. why it could now take months for him to enter a plea. our nbc exclusive on the possible cause of a nationwide air travel meltdown. we ask secretary pete buttigieg how it could have happened in our one-on-one interview. what he told us. lisa marie presley, the daughter of elvis presley, rushed to the hospital. what we re l learning. and the big move in the burger wars. the beloved chain from out west finally heading back east. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening from washington, where in response to what he calls the extraordinary circumstances, attorney general merrick garland today named a special counsel to look into secret documents found in president biden s delaware home in addition to a washington office he used. extraordinary circumstances may be an understatement with one current and one former president entangled in questions over the alleged mishandling of sensitiv
getting up way too early ton friday morning and all weekend long. morning joe starts now. aides found classified documents inside his delaware home. he has had them for a while because a lot of them have to do with the louisiana purchase. the justice department is taking this seriously. today the attorney general appointed a special counsel to investigate biden s handling of the documents. i m not saying biden is getting worried, but he just texted rudy giuliani, so you go, wow, that s not good. that s not good. all right. republicans get the special counsel they have been calling for to investigate president biden s handling of classified documents. it comes as we are learning more about the files and where they were found. we ll also take a look at some of the hypocrisy inside the gop when it comes to the special counsels for trump and biden. meanwhile, a prominent republican says it is time for the party to move on from former president donald trump, calling him
what we are learning about what the doj was looking for on jeffrey clark s phone, plus the decision from trump s judge on the special master as the ex president threatens against potential indictment. if it happened, i think you would have problems in this country the likes of which, perhaps, we have never seen before. what kind of problems, mister president? i think he would have big problems. and 54 days to election day, new research on just how much abortion is animating and independents, when all in starts right now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. these days, it can be tough to keep track of all the people in donald trump s circle who have had their personal devices searched or seized in connection with one of the multiple ongoing investigations into the ex presidents wrongdoing. it feels like i follow this for a living and i am reminded or learn of a new one almost every day. recently, we have added an exceedingly colorful characters that group