hi, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. the january 6 select committee saved the best for last. they have just wrapped up. the first public hearing in months with an extraordinary historic moment. the panel tasked with investigating the capitol insurrection voted unanimously to subpoena the twice impeached disgraced ex-president himself. here is that moment. this afternoon, i am offering this resolution. the committee direct the chairman to issue a subpoena for relevant documents and testimony under oath from donald john trump in connection with the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. the gentle lady yields back. the question is on the resolution. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. i request a recorded vote. a recorded vote is requested. the clerk will call the role. miss cheney. aye. miss loftgren. aye. mr. schiff. aye. mr. agular. aye. mrs. murphy. aye. mr. raskin. aye. mrs. lurai. aye. mr. kinzinger. aye.
midterms, with nearly 200 election denying republicans running for key positions across the nation. today we will see new surveillance footage from the trump rally on the ellipse and secret service documents proving how forcefully the former president tried to join the rioters at the capitol on the 6th. the committee will show new evidence he planned to declare victory even before the election was held and new testimony from top trump cabinet members that they tried to stop him afterwards from overturning the results. today s overriding theme, beyond donald trump, congress and the voters have to work to preserve democracy as we know it. keep in mind, this is the first time in nearly three months we will see the committee in action. you know the political reality. the house of representatives could be in republican control come january. while members have repeatedly said they don t see this as part partisan, there s still a political context here. ahead of a potential 2024 p
life-threatening cold. we re tracking it all. also tonight, the january 6th committee s final report recommending donald trump be barred from holding office ever again. how the former president is responding. the new numbers from the cdc. will the holidays lead to another spike? the crash caught on camera. a plane slamming into the beach in santa monica. the warning from fedex and u.p.s. for last-minute shoppers. will your holiday packages arrive on time? and celebrating christmas in wartime. st. nick bringing holiday cheer to children in ukraine. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and a good friday evening to you. i m craig melvin in for lester. for many tonight, mother nature has decided to be quite the grinch. this is going to be the coldest, wettest, snowiest holiday in recent memory thanks to a once in a generation massive winter storm that s disrupting plans for millions. for some it s the really strong wind gusts already knocking out
interview with john fetterman showing how he relies on closed captioning as he recovers from a stroke. what are voters going to say? i will talk to the democratic candidate for governor in arizona. i will speak with the top democrat on the senate foreign relations committee leading the push to freeze relations with the saudis over their decision to limit oil supply and help russia. president biden will make saudi arabia pay for giving putin an economic life line. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington where senate republicas are standing by herschel walker despite reporting that he pressured a woman twice to get an abortion. are you saying a denial to any knowledge of an abortion? flat out denial, lie. a lie, lie, lie. you know what s sad about it? what was it? a receipt and had a check and all that. it isn t showing anything. it isn t showing me having saying something about an abortion. that s what s terrible. with me now is ellison barber and cha
stepped in it again. and how they can blow their case against trump. the dems told us walls wouldn t solve the border crisis. biden makes plans to built a wall of his own. it s not at our border and you are paying for it. it s serious time now. things are bad right now. i know that, you know that, the republicans know it, biden knows it, the dems know it. democrat voters know it too. so why do some voters still support this administration. when i was in the secret service we stayed in hot zones. that was me with obama. i got sick there, that was trinidad. i think i had like 101 fever. there was no place on earth i would rather not be than there. here is me, too, tooking miserable in indonesia. i got that eating grit. but i was embracing the sock. that s accepting the circumstances around you sometimes operating within them with no expectations things will get better until it s over. does that feel like the american economy? i think some non-conservative voters are starting