trial between johnny depp and his ex-wife amber heard. the vicious accusations during closing arguments. the case now in the hands of the jury. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight it was a gutting admission today from texas law enforcement that a decision was made not to enter the classroom where the gunman was with an entire fourth grade class for almost an hour police admitting today that was a mistake we also learned for much of that hour there were 19 police officers outside the door who did not go in we have shown you the video of frantic parents outside the school pleading with officers to go in. today we learned that there were children inside the school calling 911. one of them begging, please, send the police now still they did not go in 19 children and 2 teachers were killed when asked how many lives could have been saved if they acted earlier the official could only say i don t know new imag
The killing of eric garner. He immediately said, not a big deal. Those were his exact words. Not a beeg deal. That was revealed yesterday in court, not in court but in a proceeding yesterday in new york city in the Police Department in crossexamination of that superior officer. Eric garners mother was one of the many people in the room yds who gaspeded when they heard that, heard an nypd lieutenant said not a big deal about the killing of garner. His mother will join us at the end of this hour. Also tonight, the Irish Government is teaching the world how not to participate in the Donald Trumps selfenriching schemes at his golf courses. And david korn will join us with new reporting about the influence peddling swamp in south florida called maralago where american lobbyists and chinese businessmen and so many other people around the world go to buy their way into the good graces of the president of the United States. But first, we will be getting more testimony next week about the muell
Eric garners mother was one of the many people in the room yds who gaspeded when they heard that, heard an nypd lieutenant said not a big deal about the killing of garner. His mother will join us at the end of this hour. Also tonight, the Irish Government is teaching the world how not to participate in the Donald Trumps selfenriching schemes at his golf courses. And david korn will join us with new reporting about the influence pedding swamp in south florida called maralago where american lobbyists and chinese businessmen and so many other people around the world go to buy their way into the good graces of the president of the United States. But first, we will be getting more testimony next week about the mueller report. But were not yet sure how much testimony well be getting. In the meantime, the attorney general william barr who refused to take questions from House Judiciary Committee lawyers refused to respond to a subpoena to testify to that committee has agreed to take questions
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