UMATILLA COUNTY — COVID-19 may be transitioning to an endemic phase, but health care still was on the top of many Umatilla County residents’ minds at a Monday, March 22,
of the nation watches, washington has blown up into a caustic partisan fight and a showdown is coming over the power of the american president. just tonight, a house committee voted to hold president obama s attorney general, eric holder, in contempt of congress for refusing to turn over documents related to a badly botched sting operation involving guns and drugs in mexico called fast and furious. this contempt vote comes after the obama white house for the first time invoked executive privilege. charges of stonewalling and coverups are flying, the kind of stuff we first learned during the watergate era. for those not following the complexities of it, it just looks like more of our broken politics and vicious fights now out in the open. we begin tonight with capitol hill correspondent kelly o donnell who was there to see all of it today. kelly, good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. there were emotions and allegations of political motives flying today. house republ
this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. good evening, while the rest of the nation watches, washington has blown up into a caustic partisan fight and a showdown is coming over the power of the american president. just tonight, a house committee voted to hold president obama s attorney general, eric holder, in contempt of congress for refusing to turn over documents related to a badly botched sting operation involving guns and drugs in mexico called fast and furious. this contempt vote comes after the obama white house for the first time invoked executive privilege. charges of stonewalling and coverups are flying, the kind of stuff we first learned during the watergate era. for those not following the complexities of it, it just looks like more of our broken politics and vicious fights now out in the open. we begin tonight with capitol hill correspondent kelly o donnell who was there to see all of it today. kelly, good evening. reporter: good evening, brian. there