Us. Former new york assistant attorney general adam pollock joins the conversation, and Criminal Defense Attorney and former manhattan prosecutor, duel role, duncan levin is still with us. I want to call you a slashy in the immortal words of zoo lander, model and actor. Michael cohen on the stand for about four hours now. Vaughn hillyard, bring us up to speed. Reporter currently the line of questioning is around the actual execution of the Nondisclosure Agreement that Michael Cohen says that donald trump was party to with Stormy Daniels and her agent and attorney Keith Davidson, in the explicit question which gets at the heart of the falsification of Business Records arguments in charges against donald trump is currently playing before the jury as we speak. The question directed by the prosecution to Michael Cohen just one minute ago was very explicit. Was this Nondisclosure Agreement for the purposes of paying Michael Cohen as a legal retainer to which Michael Cohen said no and said t
his private meetings with republicans, and what happened when he saw mitch mcconnell for the first time since the senator blamed him for the capitol riot. the new safety concerns for boeing. the potential problem on brand-new 787 dreamliners. nbc news investigates. the state with the highest rate of children in foster care facing allegations of horrifying abuse and a major lawsuit. and the animal advocate who turned this testing facility into a refuge for hundreds of four-legged friends. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holtevening and . good evening and welcome. we begin tonight with a major and notably unanimous ruling on reproductive rights by the u.s. supreme court. the justices upholding continued access to a widely used abortion medication. the plaintiffs in the case challenged the fda s 2000 approval of mifepristone on safety grounds. but the court today refusing to weigh in on the merits of their arguments, instead deciding the plaintiffs ha
the decision a victory for abortion rights supporters two years after the court overturned roe v. wade. and why the fight over the abortion pill and reproductive rights is far from over. also tonight, the state of emergency in florida. millions bracing for more catastrophic flash floods, as the storms turn deadly. some areas getting a foot in a single day. president biden on the world stage. our corespondent asking would he commute his son hunter s sentence. how he answered. donald trump back on capitol hill for the first time since the january 6th attack. his private meetings with republicans, and what happened when he saw mitch mcconnell for the first time since the senator blamed him for the capitol riot. the new safety concerns for boeing. the potential problem on brand-new 787 dreamliners. nbc news investigates. the state with the highest rate of children in foster care facing allegations of horrifying abuse and a major lawsuit. and the animal advocate who tu
Sitting president of the United States. Another mark up hearing tomorrow morning which is expected. The imminent impeachment on the house floor of President Trump. I want to bring in our correspondent, i believe we have garret headache aake on the hil his first appearance here on the hill. We have seen you a lot garret. We have some folks looking at that hearing, you have been looking at impeachment. Speaker pelosi has telegraphed a narrow case that could be pushed through judiciary, our colleague Geoff Bennett did not see the democrats splintering or holding other amendments here. They want to get this through you kn unified. What does your reporting show about that . Thats right. We have been starting to put the pieces together on a senate trial which is mostly fan
fiction of what you have been hearing about it that both sides speculated of what it looks like. We heard from Mitch Mcconnell yesterday afternoon saying theyll wait until the new year getting it started. It will push all
It gets to john mccain, john mccain puts it in his safe, gives it to me and i read it. In the first thing i thought was, oh, my god. This could be russian disinformation or they could have this on trump. If you read this information in the first thing you would think it is they got something on donald trump. Its stunning, its end at salacious and its a bunch of. Senator lindsey graham, chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee talking about the steele dossier, the focus of this Inspector Generals report and this hearing in washington. Your risk withere with chris wa. I think there is a lot of damaging information about the fisa warrants on the way was carried out, and it isnt just come up with this name of a
relatively low level fbi what lawyer, i just want to read you one statement in the Opening Statement. If we are deeply concerned of that basic and fundamental errors were made by three separate handpicked Investigative Teams on one of the most sensitive fbi investigations and that