donald trump. then, new ethics questions about supreme court justice, clarence thomas. and a billionaire donor. and, with just one week until title 42 inspires, a look at the humanitarian crisis at the southern border as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. i m simone in for stephanie ruhle. tonight, this brand-new reporting that special counsel, jack smith, is ramping up efforts to find out former president trump hid classified documents. the new york times writes, prosecutors have, quote, obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for trump at mar-a-lago. the report continues, quote, the existence of an insider witness, whose identity has not been disclosed could be a significant step in the investigation. this news comes just hours after the justice department scored a critical win in its prosecution of the january 6th attack. today, for members of the proud boys, including the group s leader enrique tarrio were convicted of seditious
unequal pay in its corporate ranks. is artificial intelligence growing too fast the urgent warning from the man called the godfather of ai. did pop superstar ed sheeran steal part of a marvin gaye classic? what a jury decided today. and amazing rescue the hero who spots a baby stroller rolling into danger. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. they appear to be among the most determined in the january 6th attack on the capitol. thirsting for violence is how prosecutors put it today five members of the far right extremist group, proud boys, including their former leader, were convicted on serious felony charges related to the capitol assault. perhaps the most significant trial yet. four of them found guilty of seditious conspiracy, rare charges with deep and chilling historical roots. all of the defendants convicted of interfering with the duties of members of congress in what the government argued was an organized attempt
donte wright is free this morning. these stories and more right here on cnn news central. we are expecting a big but not an unexpected announcement from president joe biden and straight to the arlette seanez who has been watching this and we know that last week you are expecting news that we expect him to announce that he is going to become the presidential elect. well, sara, president biden spent the weekend at camp david to go over the final details regarding the details and staffing for a campaign. the president s advisers have been working towards launching this campaign tomorrow and doing so in a video . also tomorrow, the president is going to be speaking at the building trade yun yon unions t and that is a key group that helped to elect him in 2020. and we are learning that the democratic sources are telling us that he is expected to name julie chavez rodriguez as the campaign member. she is one of the most senior advisers here at the white house and director of th
time. but in the actual, the prime minister benjamin netanyahu was not far from here at the time of at the attack attending a memorial service. this is what he said at the event. he said another attempt to murder israeli civilians, and this attack reminds us that the land of israel and state of israel is acquired through many trials and tribulations, and this is a tense time in the region for more than a year, and it goes to show you that while the last week is calm, but really any day here anything like this can happen, kate. it is this being exactly that kind of reminder. hadas gold in jerusalem for us. sara. coming up, ed sheeran is being accused of copying a marvin gaye classic. we will let you listen to song in question.