cannabis. it was nearly the maximum sentence for bringing less than one gram of cannabis oil into the country. when she arrived in moscow s airport in february. she told the court that bringing them into russia was an honest mistake after she packed in a hurry. before the sentencing today, on emotional brittney griner apologized, saying she never intended to break any laws in a final plea for leniency. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake. and i hope that, in your willing, that it doesn t end my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics. but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. but the judge didn t grant her any leniency. the lawyers called the verdict absolutely unreasonable and plan to appeal, saying the court ignored the defense is defenses evidence. she was very upset. very upset, very stressed. and she can har
gio benitez with news on the suspect tonight. after the prime time hearing before the american people showing where the former president was for hours, watching cable news as the capitol was under attack, tonight, the former president back in washington, talking about law and order. and his former vice president, who came within 40 feet of those rioters, mike pence, speaking today, too, a much different message. and could the former president be held accountable. rachel scott live in washington. tonight, the astonishing new discovery at lake mead. a third set of human remains now. coming in. kayna whitworth on this again tonight. the principal in uvalde suspended from her job. what a new report now reveals. what leaders in the school allegedly knew about broken door locks, about propped doors, among other concerns. mireya villarreal from texas. the new and alarming numbers tonight. the cases of monkeypox here in the u.s. tonight, the common questions. how do you get i
what he s telling our own lester holt about holding those responsible accountable and whether it matters if they happen to be a former president or running for president. also this hour we re set to hear from one of president biden s top economic advisers as the fed kicks off a two-day meeting as we speak with interest rates probably heading up again. plus my exclusive interview. one on one with trevor reed. the marine now back in the u.s. after being imprisoned in russia for nearly three years. his advice to brittney griner, who s in court today, and what he says the white house should be doing. i m hallie jackson in washington with a jam-packed show for you today. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, who is posted up in the location where mr. trump is set to give that speech. nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali is with us. justice reporter ryan riley joins us along with washington post political investigative reporter josh dausee and forme
Be scarier with his clothes on. Do you want to see him jailed . I dont think that his crimes against me are worthy of incarceration. I feel like the other things that he has done, if he is found guilty, absolutely. Stormy daniels, the woman at the center of trumps hush money scandal, takes the stand. Revealing in vivid detail the alleged sexual encounter that she says left her shaking. And the 130,000 payment that bought her silence. Plus, more of my exclusive interview with wnba star Brittney Griner including how she survives a Russian Gulag. The letter she wrote to putin, how trump turned on her, and her joyful homecoming. But we begin on the day that probably most trump trial watchers have been anticipating. And one donald trump has likely been dreading. Today was the day that stephanie clifford, aka Stormy Daniels, took the witness stand in trumps hush money election interference trial. Trump was dreading this day so much that even before daniels entered the courtroom, he tweeted a
politicsnation. tonight s lead, brotherly love. you re looking at a live shot of philadelphia s temple university where donald trump is expected to take the stage in a couple of hours, continuing his effort to court black voters by going into heavily black democratic cities and talking about black america s problems as he sees them to largely nonblack maga audiences. democrats have responded by flooding the university area with receipts of donald trump s record with black america. at the same time promoting the achievements of joe biden, who has his first opportunity to contrast himself with trump in real time this coming thursday as both camps prepare for the first presidential debate. with black voters historically caught in the middle of this election cycle with just months to go, we have joining me now, philadelphia mayor parker, a democrat. donald trump is is about to take the rally stage at philly s temple university, the latest of several campaign events he s held in