case. and the long overdue honor for a 102-year-old world war ii veteran. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone after holding the attention of millions of tv viewers this summer, the recent pause to the january 6th hearings into the attack on the capitol have turned attention now to the department of justice and attorney general merrick garland to provide what could be the next act in this american, legal, political, and constitutional drama with outside pressure mounting for indictments of mr. trum and some of his inner circle, i sat down with the attorney general today for an exclusive interview. the ag dismissing accusations his office hasn t moved swiftly enough to build cases against those at the top of the ladder and telling me concerns over further tearing the country apart would not deter his office from holding those criminally responsible accountable. let s start off and talk about january 6th. we just watched weeks of s
On up trump. Is moscow about to get tough . Lets get to it. First from the Fox News Desk, nearly all of the millions of immigrants living illegally in america could face deportation at any time. Thats according to new Enforcement Guidelines from the Trump Administration. The Homeland Security departments memo outlines how officials can carry out two Executive Orders from President Trump. Cracking down on illegal immigration. Under the obama administration, they focused on certain groups including hardened criminals. Under the new rules, john kelly writes that officials can target anybody living in the u. S. Illegally. The Home Land Security Department says the orders will not affect anybody who came here illegally as children. The guidelines call for the
hiring of 10,000 new Law Enforcement agents and the border would start to be build. But the wording used technology instead of a wall in some areas. The president ban is set to update his Executive Order on immigration coming up. A new
task like this. we have seen so many people from across different states, coming down and helping with boat rescues and different things, it really is in valuable. joe, when you built this app, did you work with businesses or are they involved. there are so many people that want to do good in this environment. i was honored to be on the united states chambers where there are so many people willing to put their resources on the line. i spent seven years of my life in fort myers, i went to college out there. i know the places that frankly it has been saddening to see the images. i have been trying to not watch it much because i have been trying to focus doing good. frankly, we are doing everything we can with the hours we have. gentlemen, thank you for
tropical storm. even in orlando, flooding prompted scenes like these where rescuered used boats to reach people desperate to get to safety. this was a nearby kissimee a few hours ago. the roads are rivers and boat rescues are on going. this evening governor ron desantis said more than 700 people had been rescued so far statewide after rescue operations began early this morning. florida s division of emergency management said the bulk of the rescues, 500, were carried out in charlotte and lee counties. and hard hit lee county where the barrier island of sanibel is cut off from the rest of the mainland, the coast guard has been out surveying the area in the hopes of reaching residents who chose to stay behind as the storm approached. the u.s. coast guard had 27 aircraft, mostly helicopters, ready in the region before ian made land fall. and they have been carrying out search and rescue operations ever since. joining us is rear admiral brendan mcphearson. he is responsible for all coast