Lets begin this morning with President Trumps Executive Order temporarily banning immigration from seven countries. Were building that wall. The Justice Department has Just Announced a Special Counsel to lead a new investigation into russian influence in the election and whether there was coordination with members of the Trump Campaign. President putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. President trump becoming the fourth american president to face the prospect of impeachment. It feels as if, culturally, were in a cold civil war. [theme music] [donald] when mexico sends its people, theyre not sending their best. Theyre bringing drugs, theyre bringing crime, theyre rapists, and some, i assume, are good people. When trump announced his candidacy for the presidency, he was not seen as a serious candidate. He, himself, confided to some of his advisors. Essentially, whats the downside . This is a great marketing exercise. I will build a great, great wall on our southern
In beijing would like to see winning the race for the white house. 0ur china correspondent Steve Mcdonell went to the Great Hall Of The People to try to find out. Later this year, the us announces their new president. What were the chinese comic party believe the of this equipment communist party. Its like pulling teeth. All clamouring there is a sense from the delegates that they dont want to speak out of turn when it comes to expressing an opinion on us politics. But they are worried about china us relations and they want them to improve. Good effort from Steven Mcdonald there. Lets get more on chinas Economic Vision for the future now, and its leaders have set out what theyre calling an ambitious Economic Growth target of around 5 this year. China is facing a property crisis, falling prices and high youth unemployment. Heres chinas premier li qiang on their strategy going forward. Translation these expected targets i are proposed taking into account. Both domestic and international
Smith coming before the cameras moments ago to make the announcement. The indictment also stsix unindi coconspirators. Who are they . Tonight the reac frrump as he once again runs for the white house in 2024. Our team In Washington and our legal analysts standing by. Also tonight, the Suspected Gilgo Beach Serial Killer making his first appearance in court. Victims Family Members inside the courtroom. The biggest wildfire in the u. S. This year exploding to more than 80,000 acres and producing firenados. The fight to contain it. The stabbing at a new york gas station that killed a gay professional dancer. The death being investigated as a hate crime. The teen police are searching for. And the extraordinary legacy of Henrietta Lacks. More than 70 years after her cells were kndge, leading to her historic breakthroughs leading to settlement for her family. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Donald trumps legal jeopardy became much more se
next step, a showdown in the senate. jack smith now challenging former president trump s efforts to delay his criminal trial on the classified documents until after next year s election. raising the possibility he could pardon himself. jared kushner has spoken to prosecutors about trump s alleged attempts to overturn the election. we will check in on trump s republican rivals without him in iowa for the informal launch of the republican caucus campaign. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. hollywood comes to a standstill for the first time in more than six decades. sag-aftra, the union representing film and tv actors is now on strike after talks with studios collapsed following four weeks of negotiations. in a blow to the $134 billion industry, of course, the two sides clashing over residual payments in the age of streaming and the usual of artificial intelligence to replace actors. the union president blasting the studios yesterday. i am shocked by
betrayal. he essentially called yevgeny prigozhin a traitor. the kremlin said that yevgeny prigozhin was going to have to go to exile into belarus. now we re learning that prigozhin was inside the kremlin with 35 other commanders just a couple days after that mutiny took place and the kremlin, jake, gave some details as to what was spoken about. they said that vladimir putin listened to what these commanders had to say. apparently they pledged allegiance to vladimir putin. there was one thinat caught our attention. i want to read you what was said. quote, the president gave an assessment of the actions of the campaign at the front during the military operations, essentially how the war was going, as well as events of june 24th, the mutiny orchestrated by yevgeny prigozhin. putin listened to the explanations provided by the commander and offered them options for deployment. there are some that believe that means the wagner military company could make a comeback to the battlefi