investigation and the response to lawmakers in just a moment. plus, president joe biden defends his division to send troupes to the southern border as the covid restrictions are set to end this week and the polls are sinking. and now on the wrong side of a potential rematch with donald trump in 2024. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we begin this morning with a second deadliest mass shooting in the united states this year. eight people were killed and several others injured on saturday when a gunman opened fire at an outlet mall in allen, texas, which is a suburb of dallas. we want to warn viewers that some of the footage you re about to see is disturbing. dash cam video, which police confirm is authentic, shows the moment the alleged gunman got out of his car and began firing. police have identified him as a 33-year-old suspected neo-nazi sympathizer. he was wearing
after his time as vice president. sources tell cnn that it is possible that more searches elsewhere may happen. also that the white house is shifting into damage control. sources say president biden is growing frustrated by how the saga has played out. he cannot escape the questions about the timing of publicly disclosing the classified documents when some of the first pages were initially discovered in november. once again, today, the president chose not to take reports questions. [ inaudible ]. cnn s mj lee is at the white house. a spokesman for the white house counsel is defending the communication and strategy so far. tell us about that. yeah. victor and alisyn, we just wrapped up a lengthy phone call, a press call, with reporters ta that the white house counsel s spokesperson held trying to offer a robust defense of how the white house has handled all of this so far including sort of the timing of the disclosure of information and sort of the decision to wait to d
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
prosecutor in new york, and senior fbi official chuck rosenberg. pete, for those just joining us, walk us through this decision and what it means for americans. this is the first time in american history that the supreme court has ever said what part of the second amendment means when it talks about the right to keep and to bear arms. 14 years ago, in a decision here involving a gun owner here in washington, d.c., the court said the key part it protects the right to keep a gun at home for self-defense. now the court has said that the and bear arms part extends the second amendment outside the home. the new york law said that you can get a license to get a concealed carry permit, only if you can show some heightened or special need. basically, what the supreme court says today is, that turns a constitutional right into something that you have to qualify for, and that s not how the constitution works. this will affect new york and it will affect half a dozen other states th