cinematographer. president biden dodging questions as the white house says it will not change his announcement about running for another term, now expected after the february 7th state of the union. pat toomey on his decision to leave the senate after more than a decade and the rising power of republican extremists in congress. the stunning stories about george santos past are multiplying. did he lie about his mother surviving the 9/11 attack and scam a homeless man out of thousands of dollars to treat his ailing service dog? the political shock. the new zealand prime minister, a young, prominent world leader and working mother, resigning. i know what this job takes. and i know that i no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice. it s that simple. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. following the stunning breaking news from new mexico. the state district attorney announcing criminal charges against actor alec baldwin and the armorer hannah
i was among correspondents shouting questions at him trying to get him to engaged. he acknowledged we were asking questions and kept walking toward the helicopter. i think that to your point in that new reporting by my colleagues carol lee and mike memoli, white house was getting pressure from allies to potentially think about delaying any announcement that the president was running for re-election. what we are hearing is that basically, this firestorm swirling around the white house is not going to impact the timing and the circumstances around any announcement. having said that, it appears if he does decide to run for re-election that will come after the state of the union address. the sources say that at the state of the union, he wants to focus on being president, talking about his record. i expect we will hear about the infrastructure bill, the chips act, some of what he perceives to be his greatest accomplishments in the first term.
police officer, and those four family members inside that home? they were all attending a super bowl party. and david, one challenge for investigators here is going to be the scale of the debris field. it covers four blocks, at least 15 homes were hit by flying debris from that plane. and one of the factors that i m told investigators will certainly examine is the weather. there were thunderstorms and heavy rain showers in the area at the time of the crash. david? all right, matt gutman leading us off tonight. matt, thank you. tonight s other major headline, the all-consuming firestorm swirling around virginia governor ralph northam. the governor overwhelmed by calls to resign, the list growing, over a racist photo from hiss m medical school yearbook. the image shows one man in black face, the other dressed as a member of the ku klux klan. governor northam first admitting he is one of the men pictured, then denying he s in the photo. tonight, the governor is now asking his own cabi
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34-year-old seven to nine times. the suspect then took a two-handed shooting stance and pointed an object at the approaching officers. reporter: turns out, he was unarmed and mentally ill. what they thought was a gun was actually this silver pipe. i m angry with the police right now. i feel like i could kill them myself. reporter: vassell was the father of a teenage son, and is said to have suffered from a bipolar disorder. while he was known among residents and police, the responding officers were from a specialized unit that had no idea of his history. here at the scene of the shooting, a large crowd has gathered, demanding justice. the attorney general s office is already conducting an investigation. tom? linsey davis in front of that demonstration tonight. all right, linsey, thank you. next, the growing firestorm swirling around epa chief scott pruitt. and new calls for him to resign. pruitt strongly defending himself in the face of ethical questions about his travel ex