some of that evidence comes from a tip line and some of it from a british made documentary featuring ivanka trump who told a crew in mid-december 2020 that donald trump should continue to fight until every legal remedy is exhausted because, she said, people were questioning the sanctity of our elections. now, that sounds a little bit different from what she said in testimony revealed this month. in april this year ivanka said she believed attorney general bill barr s conclusion that there was no evidence of widespread election fraud. how did that affect your perspective of the election when attorney general barr made that statement? it affected my perspective. i respect attorney general barr, so i accepted what he was saying. barr made his view public on december 1, 2020. a few days before ivanka spoke to the documentary crew. we should mention that the documentary by british filmmaker alex holder is now owned by discovery plus, a division of cnn s parent company, warne
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
this morning. yes. members of the far right extremist group, the proud boys, first charged with conspiracy, are now charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government or to block federal law from their alleged role in their january 6th attack on the capitol. we expect to learn more about the group s actions this week, not from the justice department but from congress, when the committee investigating the attack opens its first public hearings in primetime on thursday. we ll have more on the very first witness set to testify. and wait, really quickly about this, it s interesting. you look at what the january 6th committee is putting together. you look at the information on all of this. you have republicans like marco saying, oh, it s going to be a circus because there s going to be a tv producer involved. these republicans, instead of doing what they took an oath to do, which is to protect and defend the konts constitution of the united states, they re just trying
Is making another move to try to get the judge on the case thrown off. Lets get straight to cnns paula. Paula with the breaking news. What exactly are trumps lawyers attempting . Here . Which i were less than two weeks out from the beginning of this trial and hear trumps lawyers are asking the judge to allow them to file a motion for the judge, juan to recuse himself. They are arguing that he is conflicted by his daughters work as a Democratic Political consultant. Now, last year they made a similar similar request which was rejected by the judge. Im saying that it would not be in the pu inrest for him to recu hielf. Ut nowrumps lawyers are arguing sce this should be reconsidere because the judges dahter they argue is in a position to potentially financially benetf unclear if this will succeed, jake, but again, this is just another effort by the trump team. It appears to if nothing else delay this trial further. All right. Paula reid, thanks so much from trump, the defendant to trump,
president biden urging hamas to accept a new israeli peace proposal saying, it s time for the war to end. why there is new optimism tonight. just in, the sentence for michelle troconis, convicted of helping her boyfriend plot to kill his estranged wife. o.j. prices are at record highs. what s driving them up? and the long shot baseball team chasing extra innings after their college closed for good. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. donald trump today unrepentant, defiant, and casting himself as the aggrieved one as newspapers across the country proclaim the new york jury s finding of guilt against the former president in his falsified documents trial. today at trump tower, the very place the crimes at the heart of the case took place, mr. trump stood before gathered reporters and some supporters in what appeared to be an unscripted monologue. he railed against the judge calling the trial, unfair and rigged, and withou