the proud boys as they marched towards their target. they are right wing nationalists who believe the united states is being betrayed by internal enemies and an overbearing government. on the day, the proud boys were tight lipped. but we ve seen thousands of hours of evidence of exactly what was going on that day. this is ethan nordean, one of the leaders of the proud boys, along with us army veteran joseph biggs in the checked shirt and zach rehl on the left in the cap. they ve been convicted for leading the capitol insurrection. also convicted of seditious conspiracy is proud boys chairman enrique tarrio. he wasn t at the capitol that day, having been arrested on another charge two days previously. much of the evidence came from this man, another leader, charles donohoe, who pled guilty and cooperated with the authorities. taking our country back. but despite all the evidence shown in court, over 1,000 people have now been prosecuted, january the 6th is still very much cont
don t. attorney general merrick garland facing the self righteous indignation of ted cruz and other republicans. new reporting tension between the fbi and justice department over the mar-a-lago raid. cpac is back, home of normal conservatives nothing more than a clown show. it does reflect the current state of the republican party. and from performative to alarming, republicans and ron desantis s florida are cracking down on lgbtq people and moving to cancel the entire democratic party. we begin tonight with a lingering question from the 2016 presidential election. what was going on inside the fbi? remember, just 11 days before the election, fbi director james comey announced that the agency was reopening its investigation into hillary clinton. effectively costing her the election. the motivation behind comey s move seemed to be coming from the fbi s new york field office, which, according to reuters, had a faction of investigators based in the office known to be host
what he said about reports the u.s. spied on south korean officials, rising nuclear tensions and relations with china the slow-moving disaster the severe flooding threat as snow melts much of yosemite park closed, as some areas along the mississippi are already under water. what doctors are calling one of the worst allergy seasons in decades why so many adults are suffering for the first time. and the remarkable life of an american original, singer, actor and civil rights activist, remembering the great harry belafonte. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome, everyone. there are 560 days until the 2024 presidential election, and tonight the ingredients for a potential trump-biden rematch are falling into place following president biden s announcement today that he is in, officially running for a second term in office as he put it in an early morning video release, to finish the job. the president laying out the stakes, taking
donald trump and then, vice president kamal harris spotlighting a key issu for the 2024 abortion access. as more states impos restrictions and republica candidates grapple wit messaging. and political battles playin out in school board meetings across the country, but what d parents really want? as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i a stephanie ruhle. the president makes his pitc for another turn askin americans to let, unquote, finish the job in a video released early this morning, for years to the days since his last presidentia announcement, president bide laid out the stakes to - what he calls maga relatives when i ran for presiden four years ago i said we are i a battle for the soul of america and we still are the question we are facing i weather in the years ahead w have more freedom or les freedom. more rights or fewer i know what i want, and i thin you do too this is not a time to be complacent that is why i am running for
safety concern. we are monitoring this developing story and keep you updated as we learn more. breaking tonight, in austin texas, governor greg abbott says is working swiftly pardon army sgt. convicted of murder during the 2020 black lives matter right. hey shooting police originally deemed self-defense but a liberal prosecutor decided to pursue the case anyway. even after the lead detective accused him of withholding evidence and witness tampering. now the fate of the sgt. mcdaniel sits in the hands of texas border pardon pearls. joining me now exclusively to break down the case, who today governor dan patrick. thank you for joining me on this story. when you have a lead detective accusing the prosecutor of witness tampering, i don t understand what s going on when you have a da who typically is not tough on crime, all of a sudden going after this guy, what can you tell us? the da like a lot of the das around the country in big blue cities seem to let criminals go free and