cars spilling into the river with the worst yet to come. tucker carlson breaking his silence after his dismissal by fox news the nenew findingsgs about a diabetes drug that could be a game changer for weight loss the chananging face e of hollywood how prododuction is s being trtransformed by artificial intelligence and remembering jerry springer, beloved ringmaster of his hit talk show circus announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. we begin tonight with breaking news. sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news that former vice president mike pence appeared before a federal grand jury this afternoon as part of a special counsel investigation into former president trump s attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. it s believed pence has direct knowledge of mr. trump s efforts to block certification of the 2020 election pence s testimony legally pitting him against the man who could very well be a rival for the 2024
and kyle walker live also coming up on sportsday could andy murray s wimbledon swansong be in doubt? he s injured and withdraws from queen s hello again. welcome to sportsday. we ll have the engalnd press conference with gareth southgate and kyle walker live in the programme later. they play denmark at euro 2024 tomorrow. but we re starting with scotland, whose last win at a major tournament was 1996. the team they beat.? switzerland. ally mccoist. villa park. doing that again tonight in cologne and they d be well on their way to the stated aim of four points, which would likely mean a first ever passage through to the knockout stage of a euros or world cup. look back a litte less far though, and friday s chastening defeat to germany is a performance, and result they need to improve upon. jane dougall is with the team and tartan army in cologne. jane they ve had quite the walk to the stadium. it s been phenomenal here. we still have 90 minutes ago before the match kicks off h
business. the american people are probably more polarized than any time since i ve been here. as a result we see that polarization reflected here in the halls of congress. this is a moment of disappointment that i cannot conceal. reporter: legislation, national security experts call critical from protecting america. stuck in the senate because of partisan differences but that s just one stalled bill on a countless list of others from food stamp to drought relief. legislation left on the table that really affects people s jobs and lives. to be fair, congress did get some important things done like extending federal aid for student loans and sanctioning iran. it s not just our imagination, it has been far less productive than in the past. take a look at this. so far this 112th congress has enacted 151 laws. that s fewer than half the 385 laws enacted in the last congress and a lot fewer than the 460 laws enacted before that. a key reason this congress is less productive,
north korea tonight. some of them bizarre, others terrifying. if you want to see what sets the kingdom apart from the rest of our socially networked planet, consider this, king jong eel died two days ago. that s how tightly controlled the media is. when word did arrive the dear leader was dead, his brainwashed followers mourned him like the god they ve been told he was. the grieving is intense for a leader they were told walked at three months of age, talked at two weeks. those who are not overcome were simply dumbstruck on receiving the news. like this gathering for example. they, like most north koreans, not likely aware their fallen ruler scarfed lobster and swilled fine cognac while an estimated million ordinary koreans starved to death during the famine his economic policies created. the mourners who made their way by the massive statue of king il sung did not know how isolated the north korea he created and his son ran for 17 years actually is. when kim il sung died,
followers mourned him like the god they ve been told he was. the grieving, as you d imagine, is intense for a leader they d been told first walked at 3 weeks of age, talked at 2 months and authored not read, but authored 1500 books while in college. those who are not overcome were simply dumbstruck on receiving the news. like this gathering for example. they, like most north koreans, not likely aware their fallen ruler scarfed lobster and swilled fine cognac while an estimated million ordinary koreans starved to death during the famine his economic poll sis created. the mourners who made their way by the massive statue of king il sung did not know how isolated the north korea he created and his son ran for 17 years actually is. when kim il sung died, north koreans were told and they apparently believe this that a thousand white cranes tried to carry him off to heaven but were prevented from doing so by the pull of his devoted followers. people living then as now in one