Lawyers hope and owen to take us off the air this evening. And on that very important note, i wish you a very good night. From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. Ill see you at the end of tomorrow. Tomorrow. They did it out in the open. They tweeted this video. Then they applauded themselves when they were done. 11 Arizona Republicans met on december 14, 2020 at Republican Party headquarters in phoenix and signed documents representing themselves as the duly elected and qualified electors for president and Vice President of the United States of america from the state of arizona. And they transmitted them to the National Archives and congress. For counts by mike pence january 6th. Though joe biden had won arizona by more than 10,000 votes. And you know the rest. The Attorney General has indicted them on felony criminal charges along with seven other coconspire soars affiliated with trumps 2020 president ial campaign. Those coconspi
We begin in morocco where were starting to understand the scope of a devastating earthquake where 2000 people are dead after 6. 8 magnitude earthquake rocked the country late friday. Another 2000 people are hurt. The u. S. Geological survey says that the earthquake was in americas high atlas mountains, about 50 miles southwest of marrakech. Meanwhile, its still very early and its not hard to see that the city has been left in shambles. Extensive damage, morocco today announcing three days of National Mourning. Adam parson of sky news is in marrakech with the latest. Here in marrakech, theyre having to come to terms with this burden of grief and the chaos that has followed this natural disaster. There is still real fear about what could happen. Heres a very good example of that nervousness. This restaurant behind me was badly damaged by the earthquake on friday, but it only actually collapsed hours, and hours later. And it is that nervousness thats affecting so many people here. Its wha
We begin tonight with a rare warning about our democracy. It is in dire straits, and that is not according to just one or two, but rather 13 president ial libraries dating back to herbert hoover. All of which, on thursday, released a joint statement calling for a recommitment to the countrys bedrock principles, including the rule of law and respecting a diversity of beliefs. Cant save us enough. This is an unprecedented move from the group. Never before had the president ial libraries engaged so directly in political affairs. While the joint message stopped short of calling out individuals by name, the subject of the warning was clear. The declaration read, in part, americans have a strong interest in supporting democratic movements and respect for human rights around the world, because free societies elsewhere contribute to our own security and prosperity here at home. But that interest is undermined when others see our own house in disarray. Our elected officials must lead by example
climate change, trade, and the war in ukraine. india s prime minister narendra modi would like the summit to promote his country as a major global power. but russia s war in ukraine may be standing in his way. india is looking to put aside those disagreements over ukraine, hoping it won t detrail concerns of the global south and developing countries. india s capital has also been gearing up for it s moment in the spotlight as the summit kicks off. here s the bbc s christian fraser speaking with our south asia correspondent yogita limaye they have the view from delhi. so, yogita, new delhi is a city transformed. i drove in from the airport today. there were people sleeping, potlucks were being put out. they ve really gone to town on it. why is it so important? well, a couple of things, but it is a part of indian culture when you have guests visiting your home, even in your home, you clean it up, spruce it up, do something. you might draw a pattern outside. so it is very much
room, theyjust wanted to stand outside and see him but will probably catch a glimpse of him very shortly. i think this was boris johnson s big moment, as he saw it, to set the record straight. it feels like we have been building up to this moment in the last two weeks. we ve heard from scientists, civil servants, other politicians, political aides. servants, other politicians, politicalaides. it servants, other politicians, political aides. it feels like it was building up to this man, boris johnson, who ultimately made all the big decisions. questions to answer about lockdowns, about how decisions were made, the culture within downing street, i m sure tomorrow we will get to the likes of partygate and some of the things that happened laterally into the pandemic. but i think the striking moment this morning was his apology, it had been trailed in the newspapers over the weekend that he would apologise, seek to set the record straight, he certainly did that, he saw two took pe