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
effect at midnight. the president s tight new restrictions limiting the number of asylum seekers, allowing him to temporarily close the border when the daily average goes above more than 2,500 in between legal ports of entry. also developing tonight, those cell phone outages reported across the u.s. millions of at&t customers saying they cannot make calls to phones on other networks. erielle reshef with what we know so far. the life-threatening heat wave tonight. this early in the season. multiple states from california to texas. triple-digit temperatures and a new round of severe storms possible, including tornadoes from mississippi to minnesota. ginger zee has the forecast. in new york city, two young girls shot and wounded on a playground, just 9 and 11 years old. on capitol hill, the combative hearing. attorney general merrick garland defending the justice department from allegations of political bias, reminding lawmakers they had no role in donald trump s convict
effect at midnight. the president s tight new restrictions limiting the number of asylum seekers, allowing him to temporarily close the border when the daily average goes above more than 2,500 in between legal ports of entry. also developing tonight, those cell phone outages reported across the u.s. millions of at&t customers saying they cannot make calls to phones on other networks. erielle reshef with what we know so far. the life-threatening heat wave tonight. multiple states from california to texas. triple different temperature us, and a new round of severe storms possible, including tornadoes from mississippi to minnesota. ginger zee has the forecast. in new york city, two young girls shot and wounded on a playground, just 9 and 11 years old. on capitol hill, the combative hearing. attorney general merrick garland defending the justice department from allegations of political bias, reminder lawmakers they had no role in donald trump s conviction in new york. t
attorney general firing back, rebuking republican claims the department of justice is being weaponized. these repeated attacks on the justice department are unprecedented and they are unfounded. reporter: in an intense, more than five-hour hearing, garland today defiant, even as he faces the threat of being held in contempt by house republicans for refusing to release the audio of president biden s interview with the special counsel over biden s handling of classified documents. i will not be intimidated. and the justice department will not be intimidated. reporter: and garland for the first time blasting false allegations that the doj and biden were behind the manhattan district attorney s prosecution and conviction of former president trump on 34 felony counts. that conspiracy theory is an attack on the judicial process itself. reporter: but republicans accusing the doj of playing politics, clearly angry about the manhattan jury s verdict.