plus, living at the extreme. major flooding on the east coast, explosive wildfires out west, and fears of blackouts due to record heat and stress on the power grids. and companies call on employees to return to the office after labor day, but that s not what many workers want. might their push to work from home motivate your own conversation with your boss? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin this hour on democracy watch in our politics lead. monitoring the latest evidence of the pernicious and growing threat against the american experiment itself. former president trump continuing to endorse and help election liars win. republican primaries for offices that are relevant to your vote s integrity. trump s pick for the republican primary in massachusetts today is someone who falsely said that the 2020 election was, quote, rigged. and who will, trump says, quote, rule with an iron fist. trump is also talking about pardoning those who violently attacked the cap
talked a lot about the frm former president, but now he s putting himself, the record of his administration, front and center as we get closer to the midterms. reporter: there s no question about it and that s because white house officials, the president included, believe they have a record to talk about, a record to hold up as they head into these final days before the midterm election, and as you noted, it is a record that has been bolstered over the course of the last nine weeks by a real flurry of legislative victories. some of the president s key economic agenda items, key climate agenda items, key healthcare agenda items all moving through congress throughout the course of this summer. you combine that with what we saw from the supreme court related to striking down roe vs. wade and there is no question about it. democrats, politically, feel like they re in a railroad diff very different place, but the president s legislative accomplishments are significantly more sub
along with a powerful and heartwarming stadium tradition. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas, in for lester tonight we begin with that breaking news on this labor day. the surprise holiday ruling a judge handing former president trump a legal victory, appointing what s called a special master to oversee the documents seized from his home that ruling essentially removing the files from the justice department s possession the move could slow down any further investigation into the former president s handling of classified documents. the doj now has to decide whether it wants to fight that decision and it comes as mr. trump blasts the fbi in his first rally since the search for his part president biden was on the campaign trail today as both ramp up their roles in the final sprint to the midterm elections. kelly o donnell starts us off tonight reporter: tonight the criminal investigation into those classified documents fo
cbs s elaine quijano has the details. missing jogger in memphis. the desperate search for a kidnapped school teacher, as police say the suspect refuses to cooperate. cbs s elise preston has more on the suspect s criminal history. n the suspect s crim this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. duncan: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this busy labor day. i m jericka duncan. norah is on assignment. tonight, severe weather is in the forecast for nearly a third of the nation, from record heat waves in the west, to floods across the midwest and south. right now, a line of storms is moving through the northeast, with heavy rains, thunderstorms, and tornado warnings. flash flooding has closed roadways and stranded drivers in parts of rhode island and massachusetts. in california, temperatures hit the triple digits for the sixth straight day, as thousands flock to the beach to beat the heat. recor
in this deadly stabbing spree across canada is found dead tonight. but now the search intensifies for his brother, wanted for his alleged role in killing ten and injuring 18 others. let s go outfront. good evening. welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m poppy harlow in tonight for erin burnett. tonight, the justice department is plotting its next move after a federal judge sides with donald trump. the former president allowed to use a special master to sift through the more than 11,000 items and documents that the fbi seized from his mar-a-lago home. you ll remember last month. this decision comes despite the doj arguing that it had already completed a review of potentially privileged documents. judge eileen canon, who was apointed by trump, citing several reasons for making this decision. writing that it will, quote, insure that at least the appearance of fairness and integrity under these extraordinary circumstances, she also cited what she calls, quote, swirli