brawl breaking out on a southwest flight a day after that midair attack on a united plane. we hear from a passenger who helped take the suspect down. the new storm threat in california as the death toll grows after record snow. we re tracking it. fox news under fire. president biden blasting house republicans for giving tucker carlson the video he cherry-picked to falsely portray the january 6th attack as peaceful and the newly revealed text messages. what carlson really thought about donald trump after the election. and on this international women s day, the all girls team of young scientists who fled their home and are wowing the world. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome on this wednesday night. rarely has an american police department, its practices, its culture, its performance been so thoroughly and broadly condemned. the u.s. justice department announcing results of its nearly two-year-long review of the louisvill
we ll analyze his budget and then we ll get to work on our budget. but unfortunately with the president being so far delayed, delays others in the process. speaker kevin mccarthy doesn t have a budget proposal ready, and according to him it s president biden s fault. this comes as the president is breaking with tradition and hitting the road to unveil his spending plan. also ahead, the ceo of norfolk southern will be on capitol hill today to testify before a senate panel. we ll have a preview of that hearing. plus we re going to get a live update from ukraine following a string of deadly missile strikes overnight. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 9th. thanks for starting your day with us. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has been hospitalized after falling at a washington, d.c. hotel last night. according fooa spokesperson mcconnell who is 81 years old tripped during a private dinner. he was admitted to the hospital where he s
investigation into the january 6th committee. also ahead, ron desantis tries to debunk what he calls myths about his education policy, but his presentation of the facts seem to fall flat. we ll show you what happened. we ll have legal analysis on the doj s report on the louisville police department. a lot to get to. along with joe, willie and me, we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post, david ignatius. for usa today, susan page. and the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. we have a lot to get to, mika. first, i just love to hear you talk a little bit about what happened last night. yesterday, of course, iconic interviews with really women who made a huge difference over the past 50 years. but that day of iconic interviews turned into an evening of really history-making speeches. i must say, at times, just speeches that took your breath away, made the audience members cry. it was extraordinary.
a crazy republican state legislature. of course they re not gonna pass that. that s never gonna happen in the country, and then before you know it, you look back at something like roe v. wade being overturned and you say, here we are. let me tell you one more thing that strikes me, which is, this is something that is happening in texas, and it would be easy to say, that s only gonna impact texas. no. there was a decision that s going to be made in texas that impacts you regardless of where you are. exactly. and that is why we can t afford to take our eyes off that ball. we can talk about this for two hours, but we won t, alicia mendes, always good to see you, my friend, and enjoy the rest of your evening. good, evening and welcome to ayman tonight. conspiracy central. house republicans have been accused of faking their new weaponization committee. and new allegations against fox raise questions about its future and what it means for our democracy. then, student debt i
on president biden s student loan forgiveness plan. and a special women s history month panel, three state attorneys general from across america on the fight to protect reproductive rights and your right to vote. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. let s go back to the beginning of last month for a moment, when congressman jim jordan gaveled in the first hearing of house republicans newly established weaponization subcommittee. yes. it is called the weaponization subcommittee. he spoke of a political infection taking over intelligence agencies and seized with the help of, quote, dozens and dozens of whistleblowers and jordan vowed to expose and alleged deep state plot aimed at silencing conservatives with in the federal government. now, thanks to a new bombshell report from democrats on the house judiciary committee, the public is getting a better look at those so-called whistleblowers. while jordan promised we would hear from a roster of brave intelligence community vete