good evening, teresa. all five of the former officers facing charges of aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct, official oppression, in addition to, as you point out, second-degree murder charges. [listing names of officers] all fired last week for use of force, and excessive use of force, and for failing to intervene and failing to render aid to nichols, the departments that had been pulled over for suspected reckless driving. he died in the hospital just three days after he was pulled over back on january 7th. police say there was an initial stop, and then pepper spray was deployed, a foot chase, then another altercation. the tennessee bureau of investigation head, david rauch, whose department is leading the ongoing investigation is the officers conduct, said, i ve seen the video. you will, too. in a word, it s absolutely appalling. the actions of these officers were awful, and no one, including law enforcement, is above the law. i assure you
this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening like breathing fire 50 million people in the west from california to montana suffering under heat alerts and temperatures not just a little bit hotter than normal but pushing 15 to 30 degrees above average. a relentless heat wave now more than a week in smashing records. at 116 degrees yesterday sacramento recording its highest temperature ever in fact, over a million northern californians have experienced temperatures of 110 or higher a danger to people, the crippling heat also leaving the region s power providers and customers on tenterhooks. officials imploring californians tonight to conserve electricity use during peak demand hours, hoping to avoid rolling blackouts. miguel almaguer is there and has the very latest reporter: tonight across california, the lights are on for now. on the brink of blackouts again as power demand reached an all-time record high overnight, slivers of the golden state plunged into dark
january 6th. we are going to cover the big news out of the justice department as well. the attorney general merrick garland announcing today that he s moving to unseal the warrant to search trump s home. but we start tonight with a truly gobsmacking new report from the washington post. here s the headline. fbi searched trump s home to look for nuclear documents and other items, sources say. quote, classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were found among the items that fbi agents sought in a search of the former president donald trump s florida residence on monday, according to people familiar with the investigation. experts in classified information said the unusual search underscores deep concern among government officials about the types of information they thought could be located at trump s mar-a-lago club, and potentially in danger of falling into the wrong hands. one former justice department official, who in the past oversaw investigations of leaks of classi
classrooms. goo good morning, everyone. and welcome to way too early on this friday, august 12th, i m alex witt in for jonathan lemire. we begin with new information on the fbi search of the donald trump s home, people familiar with the investigation tell the washington post that classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items agents were searching for on monday. the sources did not disclose any additional details about the type of documents or if any were recovered. here s reaction from the trump attorney who was at mar-a-lago during the search. is it your understanding that there were not documents related to our nuclear capabilities or nuclear issues that have national security implications in the president s possession when the agents showed up at mar-a-lago? that s right. i don t believe they were. and if they thought do you know for a fact? do you know for a fact they were, have you spoken to the president about it? i have not speci
fbi felt the search was necessary. one clue may come from a stunning new report in the washington post. fbi agents were looking for classified documents related to america s nuclear program. that s according to people familiar with the investigation. nbc news has not confirmed that report. this morning trump called it a hoax. one of his attorneys was asked about it on fox. she was not quite so explicit. is it your understanding there were not documents related to our nuclear capabilities or nuclear issues that had national security implications in the president s possession when the agents showed up at mar-a-lago? that s correct. do you know for a fact? have you spoken to the president about it? i have not specifically spoken to the president about what nuclear materials may or may not have been in there. i do not believe there were any in there. i want to bring in justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. charles kohlman is a former prosecutor. carol l