Calls quote extraordinary measures to avoid defaulting on our debt. Which looks a lot more likely now that the most conservative wing of the Republican Party seems to have a Tightening Vice around speaker Kevin Mccarthy. If they can keep the government open, the Republican Party is gearing up for a series of investigations into President Biden. What they Just Announced a couple of moments ago, in a second. One of the investigations, the president himself, all about handdelivered to them, wrapped in a shiny bow, the white house is facing hard questions about why it was not more transparent about the discovery of classified documents, and not one, but two locations. Especially as the president himself was criticizing the former president for mishandling his own classified documents. White house lawyers say the number of documents found is small and nbc news has just confirmed what one of them was marked with. What we know about that document in a moment. And what exactly is the process b
carter receiving hospice care in his georgia home after a series of health battles. the former peanut farmer turned u.s. president is 98 years old. carter s four years in office from 1977 to 1981 are only part of his incredible story. for decades he s been a champion for world peace eventually winning the nobel peace prize in 2002. isabella rosales is in his hometown. is there any indication of how the former president is doing today? reporter: paula, the family is requesting privacy so we re not really getting an indication as to the extent of his health condition. we have a statement from the carter center which he founded. here is a statement. quote, after a vears of short hospital stays former u.s. president jimmy carter decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. he has the full support of his family and his medical team. that s as far as we know right now about his health condition. l
i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven t done that yet. and now the district attorney is reviewing dozens of other cases connected to those officers. plus, in the middle of the january 6th insurrection then-president donald trump did not call the secretary of defense, the attorney general or the head of homeland security. wait until you hear who he did call. then the proposal in a mostly black city to put unelected white officials in charge of handpicking some of the city s judges and prosecutors. will it create a separate justice system for blacks and whites in mississippi s capital? welcome to the lead. i m briana keeler in for jake tapper. we are starting in the national lead. five former memphis police officers charged with murder in the death of tyre nichols in court today where they all pleaded not guilty. tadarrius bean, hailey, justice smith, emmitt martin iii and desmond mills junior face up to 60 ye
there tonight. the idaho college murder suspect in court. why it could now take months for him to enter a plea. our nbc exclusive on the possible cause of a nationwide air travel meltdown. we ask secretary pete buttigieg how it could have happened in our one-on-one interview. what he told us. lisa marie presley, the daughter of elvis presley, rushed to the hospital. what we re l learning. and the big move in the burger wars. the beloved chain from out west finally heading back east. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening from washington, where in response to what he calls the extraordinary circumstances, attorney general merrick garland today named a special counsel to look into secret documents found in president biden s delaware home in addition to a washington office he used. extraordinary circumstances may be an understatement with one current and one former president entangled in questions over the alleged mishandling of sensitiv
calls quote extraordinary measures to avoid defaulting on our debt. which looks a lot more likely now that the most conservative wing of the republican party seems to have a tightening vice around speaker kevin mccarthy. if they can keep the government open, the republican party is gearing up for a series of investigations into president biden. what they just announced a couple of moments ago, in a second. one of the investigations, the president himself, all about hand-delivered to them, wrapped in a shiny bow, the white house is facing hard questions about why it was not more transparent about the discovery of classified documents, and not one, but two locations. especially as the president himself was criticizing the former president for mishandling his own classified documents. white house lawyers say the number of documents found is small and nbc news has just confirmed what one of them was marked with. what we know about that document in a moment. and what exactly is th