good evening rachel, we have michigan state senator mallory mcmorrow joining us tonight. she s one of the big stars who was merged outside of washington in the democratic party, and we are going to be talking about the garden of evil, later in this program, which is the name of the garden owned by harmless billionaire harlan crow, clarence thomas s best friend. i m gonna have an awful lot to say about what harlan crow says is the one thing he has never done in the garden of evil. i i i, my mind went to some very dark places immediately. and rachel, when you kill your back or the garden of evil [laughter] and hey, rachel. i ve got some bad news today about the canoeing trip we have planned for the summer, with stephen colbert, seth myers, and john oliver down the volga river in russia. it turns out the only john oliver i can go, because all of the rest of you have just been sanctioned by vladimir putin. you are not allowed, a more, to enter russia. i know. i mean,
it was dismissed in less than six months. practically actually laughed out of court. now the ruling by u.s. district judge donald middlebrooks ordering trump and his attorney to cover the legal costs of the defendants in that suit is one for the ages. it is a stinging rebuke of donald trump the man and of donald trump s lies and his tried and true now legal strategy of jamming and gumming up the courts with lawsuits. it starts off like this, quote, this case never should have been brought. its inadequacy there is that word again as a legal claim was evident from the start. no reasonable lawyer would have filed it. the judge then makes it crystal clear that the ex-president himself bears responsibility for the suit. he goes on, quote, trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries. he is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process, and he cannot be seen as a litigant blindly following
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting today in new york. The potentially historic peace deal they discussed and why the Meeting Place itself caused controversy. The recall on thousands of cases of kraft singles, the potential choking danger and the incredible images harry smith on the spectacular show in the sky. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, everyone the nations top Law Enforcement official, Attorney General Merrick Garland, traveled to capitol hill today where he faced a gauntlet of tough questions and accusations, much of it centered on whether his office has put a thumb on the scale in the Special Counsel Investigation of President Bidens son, Hunter Garland testified in a contentious hearing before the house judiciary committee. Republicans pressing him on whether garland has meddled with the work of special counsel, david weiss, who was handling the hunter biden case. Biden was recently charged with three gunrelated counts garland also facing que
Thats while attacking the former president. The Attorney General Firing Back saying, quote, im not the president s lawyer. Our team on capitol hill. Also tonight, the urgent manhunt for a Murder Suspect released in indiana by mistake. Police now asking for the publics help. The suspect in the deadly ambush on an l. A. County deputy in court for the first time. The rare plea he entered. New reporting on that Patriots Football Fan who died after a fight at gillette stadium. What the first Autopsy Results show. The growing impact on the autoworkers strike. Thousands of workers who didnt walk off the job now laid off. President biden and israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting today in new york. The potentially historic peace deal they discussed and why the Meeting Place itself caused controversy. The recall on thousands of cases of kraft singles, the potential choking danger. Harry smith on the spectacular show in the sky. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Goo
breaking news in the january 6th investigation into former president donald trump. special counsel jack smith plans to present evidence at trump s trial next year that his continued support for capital rioters showed he intended to inspire violence on january six as part of a conspiracy he led to overturn the 2020 election. let s get more now on this with cnn s chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid and former federal prosecutor, renato mary adi. tell us what we re hearing here and why dissociative again. this is fascinating because this is the first time the special counsel has really laid out exactly how they are going to present large parts of their case before a jury next march. they listed all the specific evidence that they intend to present. at a high-level, they are going to argue that, look, since january 6th, former president trump has continued to show public support for the capitol rioters. for example, he has suggested that, if he is reelected, he coul