both sides about when is his next court date, and when could he stand trial our full coverage. also tonight, the dangerous tornado threat more than 40 million on alert in the south and midwest, including areas still reeling from deadly storms al roker is here for the first time the officers who took down the nashville school shooter speak out. what went through their minds as they raced toward the gun fire and the uconn huskies winning it all in the family dynasties inspiring america. announer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. it was a legal spectacle never seen before in america with potentially unprecedented political ramifications, as well donald trump, the former president and current presidential candidate, walking into a new york courtroom after being fingerprinted and being charged with 34 felonies the charges stemming from a series of alleged hush money payoffs to an adult film star in hope of avoiding scandals as he ra
president to be criminally charged surrendering at the courthouse in new york where he was processed and fingerprinted, but no mug shot. he was then taken into the courtroom and the indictment unsealed. 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. prosecutors alleging an illegal conspiracy involving hush money payments to two women during the 2016 campaign and the allegation of a third payment to a doorman at trump tower. the new evidence d.a. alvin bragg hinted at. mr. trump pleading not guilty to t court date and when could he stand trial? our full coverage. also tonight, the dangerous tornado threat. more than 40 million on alert in the south and midwest including areas still reeling from deadly storms. al roker is here. for the first time the officers who took down the nashville school shooters speak out. what went through their minds as they raced toward the gun fire? and the uconn huskies winning in all in the family dynasties inspiring america. this is nbc
if we lose more time we may lose the ability to leave. if we leave we are going to do it now. the jury takes the steve bannon case after a wild, wild day of final court arguments and the white house physician said the president is doing better one day into fighting off coronavirus. we begin the hour with donald trump and new details in the second by second reconstruction of his insurrection day negligence. the panel wrapped up their first round of public hearings with a promise to reappear in september after spending the past month laying out the factual record. the republican chair says the committee is completing pieces from the insurrection puzzle. last night they had more than enough to establish this. then president trump did not try to move any arm of his government to stop the capitol attack, no calls to the military or homeland security or fbi or d.c. officials or to check in on his vice president. he called rudy giuliani and senators. former white house aides mat
spur the justice department to launch a criminal case. nobody wants an organized crime prosecution where the d.o.j. lawyers or prosecutors go after foot soldiers and lieutenants but don t go after the people that are ordering the crimes and putting all of the criminal events into motion. so, i agree with that. you know, i think that as a matter of justice it is just wrong to punish the people that are seduced by a criminal mastermind but not the mastermind himself or herself. the hearing provided this jaw-dropping account of just how much danger vice president s secret service detail thought that they were in. members of the v.p. detail were starting to fear for their own lives. there was a lot of yelling. there was a lot of very personal calls over the radio. it was disturbing. i don t like to talk about it. there were calls to say good-bye to family members, so on and so forth. for whatever the reason was on the ground, the v.p. detail thought it was about to get very
while across the atlantic, thousands gathered to witness a procession honoring the late queen elizabeth. this morning ceremonies in new york city, washington, d.c. enchants the pennsylvania. the three sites where americans died in the attacks of 21 years ago. more on the coverage in just a moment. in the meantime the queens coffin made the first stop in what will be a nine day journey through scotland and england. it all in with the majesties funeral in london one week from tomorrow. senior affairs correspondent amy kellogg live in london with m more. the queen set off on what king charles has called her last great journey today with the coffin traveling 180 miles from the scottish highlands to the scottish capital. this is the scotland that has an ongoing debate about leaving the united kingdom but scotland which held such a precious place in the queens heart. she spent most of her summer up at balmoral. an annual trip. it was said to have been her happy place. her coffin