justice correspondent, pete williams. garrett, we ll start with you there at the hill. again, right now we ve got our eyes and ears on the senate democrats continuing to talk about what happened a year ago today. we just heard from the majority leader. what should we expect to hear on the hill today? what should we expect to see on the hill today? we ll see rounds of speeches on the senate floor from democratic lawmakers i expect will sound like what we heard from leader schumer on the last hour. on the house side we ll see a moment of silence starting in the noon hour. and then an opportunity for house members. the house is not in session this week, but for those who want to speak, we ll have a chance to speak this afternoon. a candle light vigil will end the day. we expect almost all of this to be entirely democratic affairs. the only republicans anywhere close to leadership that we think will be participating in any of this, likely to be liz cheney on the house republican side. ke
this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from washington, d.c good evening, everyone we begin tonight in the virtual shadow of the u.s. capital, a symbol of democracy. for the past year, a symbol of how fragile that democracy is. tonight, a year on from the attack that stunned the world the day january 6th evokes anger as well as denial and rationalization. this evening a candle light vigil. members of congress observing a moment of silence in honor of those we lost. a day of remembrance meant to preserve that moment in history in all its ugliness and in all its hate president biden speaking this morning from the capital rotunda in a powerful defense of democracy before directing his wrath toward former president trump. who he accused of stoking the big lies that ignited the assault. tonight we ll hear from some of
derek van dam for us. new york marking one year si since the violent attack. a candle light vigil was held on the capitol steps mostly attended by democratic members of congress. on january 6 of last year, trump supporters stormed the building hoping to stop certification, of course, of joe biden s victory, all of it based on false claims from trump that the election was stolen. president biden condemned his predecessor, but predicted better days ahead. have a listen. i know how difficult democracy is. i m crystal clear about the threats america faces. but i also know that our darkest days can lead to light and hope, so now let s step up, write the next chapter in american history. where january 6 marks not the end of democracy, but the
you re not going to win this war. the world has to speak up. this is the only way. one plate at a time. the world central kitchen says it along with several other restaurants have served more than 41,000 meals. in at least five ukrainian cities. they re looking to expand the services to six bordering countries. now as russia continues its invasion of ukraine, more people are around the world are voicing their opposition to what is happening. have a look at the scene in venezuela. on thursday. opposition leaders joining the demonstration. along with hundreds of venezuelaens. the government is a close ally of russia. and blamed nato and the united states for the crisis. and in nepal and u.s. diplomats held a candle light vigil at the katmandu. the demonstrations lit lamps and