u.s./mexico border and how it could work inside governor abbott s plan to pardon a man who was just convicted of murdering a black lives matter protester at a demonstration back in 2020 and we re watching for any new details coming out of kentucky as we wait for the police briefing in the next hour what we know right now about the horrific shooting at a louisville bank that left five dead, including the shooter. our nbc news reporters are covering all of the latest developments, but we want to begin in louisville and nbc s morgan chesky is there now morgan, what s the latest? what have we learned reporter: yeah, chris, very large footprint that s been established by law enforcement around old national bank that is the silver building behind me. that is where authorities say it was around 8:30 a.m. when this gunman that they believe either is a current or a former employee of the bank walked inside and started to open fire. as you mentioned now, four people have been kille
in the faulkner focus. americans face real economic consequences as politicians are dug in. more and more lawmakers are saying that the president and the house speaker must find common ground but the house the white house sounds like it is not really interested in doing that. this is not an issue that we will negotiate on. he is not going to negotiate over avoiding default. this is congress s constitutional duty. he will not negotiate on the debt ceiling. very clear. that isn t going the change. congress needs to avoid a default. i ll leave it there without conditions. harris: without conditions. that sounded like a negotiation. for their part, house democrats are now trying to use a procedural scheme to bypass speaker mccarthy s debt bill. republican senator mike lee and senior congressional correspondent chad pergram on capitol hill. let s start with the news with chad. it is called a discharge petition, 218 members can go over the head of the speaker and put a bi
bracing for charges. former president trump says he s about to be arrested in new york and calls for his supporters to protest, reminding some of january 6th. how likely are charges? could they stick? and how might it affect the presidential campaign? and moral compass. vladimir putin visits occupied ukraine days after the hague issued an arrest warrant for war crimes. i think it s justified. one potential gop white house contender says his party is wrong to back away from ukraine. republican governor chris sununu joins me next. and then democratic senator mark kelly on what s next in the war. plus, failure to bank. the markets have the jitters after a week of worldwide banking concerns. another major economic test for president biden. our banking system is sound. but does it raise the risks of a recession. hello. i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is on edge after calling for protests. donald trump has everyone s attention once again, as t
dozens of people were kill and injured in greece when two trains collided head on at high speeds. what we know ahead. and we begin on capitol hill, where right now attorney general merrick garland is fielding questions from the senate judiciary committee. as the justice department investigates classified documents found on the properties of president biden, former president trump, and former vice president pence. today s hearing comes after congressional leaders received the classified briefing from the doj yesterday, which they said, quote, left much to be desired. and this morning, the washington post reports that leading up to the doj s august search of former president trump s mar-a-lago estate, two senior fbi officials who would have been in charge of leading the search resisted the surprise plan as too combative. and proposed seeking trump s permission to search his property according to four people familiar with the discussions. i want to bring in nbc news julia ai
brawl breaking out on a southwest flight a day after that midair attack on a united plane. we hear from a passenger who helped take the suspect down. the new storm threat in california as the death toll grows after record snow. we re tracking it. fox news under fire. president biden blasting house republicans for giving tucker carlson the video he cherry-picked to falsely portray the january 6th attack as peaceful and the newly revealed text messages. what carlson really thought about donald trump after the election. and on this international women s day, the all girls team of young scientists who fled their home and are wowing the world. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome on this wednesday night. rarely has an american police department, its practices, its culture, its performance been so thoroughly and broadly condemned. the u.s. justice department announcing results of its nearly two-year-long review of the louisvill