celebrations in years with no covid restrictions. and the latest on southwest. operations back to normal, but are stranded passengers finally home? former president trump s full tax returns just released. what they reveal about his foreign bank accounts while he was in office. the hero of buffalo. how this man saved more than 20 people from freezing to death. we re there for the reunions. the nfl quarterback who helped rescue four people after their helicopter crashed into the ocean. the new video just released. and why not end the year with a bang? a nearly $700 million jackpot is up for grabs tonight. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and g. it is the murder case that has terrified a small college community and captured the interest of the entire nation. today police announced they have finally made an arrest in the murders of four college students on november 13th. 28-year-old bryan christopher kohberger was captured early this morning i
former foreign policy adviser to the eu nathalie tocci, and from chevy chase, maryland, joel rubin, who served in the 0bama administration as assistant to the secretary of state. hello, welcome to the programme. in a significant escalation of the war in ukraine, vladimir putin has ordered the partial mobilisation of reservists. 300,000 russians with military experience will be sent in to defend those parts of ukraine that russia still occupies. in a much anticipated address to the nation, the russian president said he was ready to use all means at his disposal, including nuclear weapons, to defend the territorial integrity of russian occupied land. it follows a string of embarrassing defeats in eastern ukraine, where the russians have lost over 1000 square miles of territory they had captured. most signifanctly in the north around kharkiv, but also now in the south around kherson, the only city they fully control. the russians intend to hold a referendum this weekend in f
through the roof. since then, we ve learned a lot about the screw-ups in the early days, and we knew from the start the official stats were like joe biden counting his grandchildren. the numbers didn t add up. but now we re seeing some people admit the truth as the media finally lets them speak the truth without banning them from twitter or worse get interviewed by joy reid. specifically doctors are now admitting how much hospitals overcounted the number of covid deaths and hospitalizations. it s the subject of the latest chap chapter of you ve got to be kidding me. a washington post columnist acknowledged that we re overcounting covid deaths and hospitalizations. that s a problem. greg: you think so? when did you reach this conclusion? when do you remember when? take almost three years to fess up, hell, you re worse than hunter denying the truth like it was a baby you made with a stripper. only this hottest headline could have been published in the spring of
tonight, brand-new januar 6th committee transcripts, jus in, as we analyze the full report, and where all of the investigations go from here. then, from dangerous weather to tripledemic illness on th rise what you need to know, heading into this holiday weekend. looking back at this consequential week, and th focus on fighting for democracy, and freedom, both here, an abroad our favorite historians, her to put it all in perspective as a special, extra earl addition of the 11th hour is underway, on this friday night good evening once again i am stephanie ruhle nearly 24 hours after its fina report was made public, tonight, the january 6th committe released a new batch of witnes transcripts. they are from interviews wit key people in trump administration, including, bil barr, pat cipollone, kayleig mcenany, hope hicks, and his daughter, and senior adviser ivanka trump we will break down what we are learning in just a moment, but first, the committee s repor is wrapping up
closer to understanding why the government felt it had to do this as opposed to waiting and going back and forth yet again with the former administration. but let s be clear here. this also could not move in all honesty the needle all that much for you out there in the public because there s a reason these things are often kept under wraps and has a lot to do with protecting the rights of the person whose home or in this case, estate, are being searched, and of course the safety of witnesses and sources. the judge said as much when he cleared the way for fbi agents to execute that warrant and saying in his written order, quote, the government has met its burden to show compelling, reason, good cause to seal portions of the affidavit because disclosure would reveal, one, identities of witnesses, law enforcement agents and uncharged parties, two, the direction, strategy, sources, scope, and methods. and three, grand jury methods protected by criminal rules of procedure. as for