statement that trump had the irs and other federal agencies investigate two federal officials involved into the case of his campaign ties to russia. quote, president trump questioned whether investigations by the internal revenue service or other federal agencies should be undertaken into mr. strzok or ms. page. i do not know of mr. trump ordering such an investigation. it appeared, however, that he wanted to see mr. strzok and ms. page investigated. kelly s statement was filed thursday in connection with lawsuits, lawsuits we have covered on this program, brought by mr. strzok who was the lead russia investigation and lisa page against the justice department for violating their privacy rights. that s when the trump administration made public text messages between them. like so much of what we now know about the trump presidency, this revelation was found, where do you think? in notes taken by one of his own staffers, likely sitting in front of the resolute desk, listening to
welcome to hannity . we begin with a fox news alert. the united states and united kingdom conducted precision error strikes against the houthi rebels. now after months of serious terror attacks to critical shipping channels in the red sea and irani and missiles fired into israel, the biden administration has finally responded. will it be enough to deter future attacks? by the way, what about iran? a sickly the backbone of the houthis. they offer supplies and train. they direct the houthi rebels. they are fighting every proxy war they are involved in. any consequences at all for them? an important reminder tonight. in one of his first acts as president joe biden remove the houthis from the designate terror list act and is very naïve and foolish attempt to appease iran is now another major blunder for the administration. why joe biden has this obsession to suck up to iran, only god knows. my monologue coming up. but first with the latest from the white house tonight our very
getting some of our biggest clues yet about the directions special counsel jack smith is taking the politically fraught and complex and unprecedented investigations of an ex president by the justice department. there are major developments in both the january 6 investigation and the probe into the classified documents. we ll get to that in a minute. but we begin with what we know about the sprawling criminal probe into the capitol insurrection and the coup plotted by the ex president and his allies and including those in the administration and in congress. as the new york times reports, jack smith steps us the pace, sorting through a mountain of evidence from the january 6 committee and looking to interview witnesses that did not speak to the congressional panel. from that times report, quote, did former president trump consume detailed information about foreign countries wild in office? how extensively did he seek information about whether voting machines had been tampered
legal news. it is the first conviction of anyone for defying the house january 6 committee as well. we have experts about to join us who were inside the courtroom . this is a major deal. prosecutors basically made may have won their case that steve bannon hid insurrection evidence by refusing to show up or testify or provide documents requested under that lawful subpoena. mr. bannon faces up to two years in prison in a precedent- making a victory. for the justice department and the house, we have a lot to get to. a lot of angles. we go right into the breaking news to the people who know it best. armor federal prosecutor john flannery has dealt with exactly these kind of cases and has been counsel to three confessional crannies congressional committees. josh gerstein has been covering the story. he is out side the courthouse. josh, tell us how this news came down and what it means. well ari, good to see you. deliberations were very short in this case. the trial was pretty
for his visit to saudi arabia this week, how he s pushing back plus will the trip result in lower gas prices here? search for survivors, after a russian missile hits an apartment building in ukraine. at least 15 dead the emergency on the runway in atlanta, a plane s landing gear on fire shocking video of a mother clinging to the hood of her suv, as a carjacker drives away with her children inside. how she got her kids back and will this be the summer of savings why so many major retailers are now slashing prices. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening. this is normally the high season at yosemite national park in california, one of the most visited parks in the country, but tonight flames have shut down parts of the park with a fire that s burned since thursday, threatening the majestic giant sequoias, some that have stood for thousands of years take a look at new video today of what firefighters are doing to try to protect the most famo