tonight that swimmer sharing her story in an nbc news exclusive. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening an unsent letter described as a murder-suicide pact by a former trump white house lawyer stood at the core of testimony in today s january 6 committee hearing. three former top justice department officials describing former president trump s efforts to enlist help from the department to perpetuate his unsupported claims of election fraud, including pressure on the doj to send an official letter to georgia election officials. that letter falsely stating the justice department had identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election. when doj leaders refused to sign it, the president reportedly telling them just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me today s hearing focusing on the actions of former assistant attorney general jeffrey clark who witnesses say stood ready to do mr. trump s bidding. let
procedural vote on others, advancing a bipartisan bill to combat gun violence. a final vote could come tomorrow. gabe joining me circle back to the supreme court decision new york officials very quick t point out it doesn t mean folks can immediately carry guns in public. yeah, lester. private businesses can restrict weapons, background checks. we expect that lawmakers will now debate what a sensitive area is where weapons can be banned is that hospitals, subways? also an open question now, lester. gabe, thanks very much. in florida, one year after the collapse of the surfside condo tower that killed 98 people, a judge today approved a $1.2 billion settlement for the families of those who died and survivors more than two dozen defendants were sued for negligence, including the building security company and a consulting engineer. tonight, much of the southern half of the country remains in the grip of a dangerous heat wave with more records broken today al roker has it all for