we will see. all that coverage, kaitlan, thank you. we will see you on monday. thanks, everyone, for hanging out with us this week. have a good safe weekend. we will see you monday. cnn newsroom is now. very good friday morning to you. no break from the news in sight yet, i m jim sciutto. yeah, it is quite a friday, it s been quite a week, i m erica hill. at this hour on capitol hill the standoff continues over who will be the next house speaker. we are entering the fourth day here and there is no clear end in sight. kevin mccarthy once again failing to get the votes he needed, failing for the 11th time on thursday. that hasn t happened in 164 years. afterwards, though, mccarthy telling reporters he s you know, he s going to be here. buckle up. no, no, i m not going to need a timeline. i just think we have progress going on, we have members talking. i think we ve got a little movement so we ll see. so we ll see. mccarthy allies and hardliner holdouts neg
there tonight. the idaho college murder suspect in court. why it could now take months for him to enter a plea. our nbc exclusive on the possible cause of a nationwide air travel meltdown. we ask secretary pete buttigieg how it could have happened in our one-on-one interview. what he told us. lisa marie presley, the daughter of elvis presley, rushed to the hospital. what we re l learning. and the big move in the burger wars. the beloved chain from out west finally heading back east. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening from washington, where in response to what he calls the extraordinary circumstances, attorney general merrick garland today named a special counsel to look into secret documents found in president biden s delaware home in addition to a washington office he used. extraordinary circumstances may be an understatement with one current and one former president entangled in questions over the alleged mishandling of sensitiv
reports that attorney general merrick garland deliberated for weeks before approving the warrant application. now, garland faces an even more daunting and consequential decision, that is whether to pursue criminal charges against the former president. now that decision is amplified as an fbi organization representative warns that growing calls for violence against law enforcement are, quote, real and imminent. the fbi investigating an unprecedented number of threats to bureau personnel and property in the wake of the court authorized search of mar-a-lago. also this morning, rudy giuliani firing back after prosecutors in georgia tell him that he is a target of the special grand jury there. we ll have more on that in a moment. let s begin this morning, here in washington, cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz tracking all the latest developments. the justice department is making clear just how serious this investigation is. what do we know about where it sta
not done yet the same weather system that brought a drenching thousand-year storm to the dallas area this week now threatening the same in the southeast. pummeling central and southern mississippi with near historic rain amounts, since this morning 6 to 12 inches have fallen across the area, triggering dangerous flash floods, cutting off neighborhoods and requiring evacuations, including dozens of residents escorted from an assisted living facility tonight some 5 million people across the southeast are under flood watches. blayne alexander reports. reporter: tonight in parts of central mississippi, the scenes are dire a desperate evacuation, dozens of elderly residents rushed from a nursing home as floodwaters rush in. we did have full saturation of the ground, so we knew we might have some flash flooding. reporter: so far more than 100 rescues across central mississippi, including this day care center in florence where dozens of children and employees were rushed to sa
uvalde copy cat attacks. how cool. but wait there s more. america s old foe, disinformation. this information is popping up to an extent it could fuel further violence. wait, there s more. as campaigns are gearing up for the midterms, the dhs expects calls for violence by domestic extremists to not only continue but actually to increase. but wait, because there s still more. it s not all about elections. and no the dhs also does warn to look out for the fall out from potential supreme court decisions. that must shock you. the roe v wade discussion. it should surprise no one there will be a visceral reaction to the final ruling. the reaction could not just be visceral but violent. the agency is actually flagged both abortion rights supporters and opponents. for advocating violence. and the summary says is that the primary threat of mass casualty violence in the united states stems from lone offenders and small groups motivated by ideology believes and or personal grievances. p