Intentionally call 911 . Well never know. Maybe he was texting. Yeah. You know, trying to make some friends. All right, raj, whats happening at 5 30 . There is a lot coming up. This is a big night in politics, actually. Were talking about the election in wyoming. The polls close there in about 30 minutes. Also tonight, a lot of people are watching to see what happens and how powerful President Trump remains. Congresswoman liz cheney is bracing for defeat after being a vocal critic of mr. Trump. Why not liz cheney . She went against trump. How cheney could be a major problem for mr. Trump, even if she loses this evening. Also, dont expect to see the warriors play on election day this november. The move by the nba to encourage people to get out and vote. And first day of school is tomorrow morning for students in San Francisco. The lingering concern facing schools in the city and how the district plans on dealing with it. The news at 5 30 starts right now. Thanks for joining us. Im audre
Left or been forced out by voters. Here is nbcs alice barr. Especially wonderful to be here. Reporter an overnight loss for congresswoman liz cheney of wyoming, handing a victory to former President Trump. His sharpest republican critic losing in a landslide to trump endorsed Harriet Hageman after cheney won that house seat by more than 70 points two years ago. She insists she could have won again. But that path would have required that i accept, that i embrace, that i perpetuate the big lie. Reporter cheney has blasted the former president s false election claims. As vice chair of the january 6th committee and one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach mr. Trump, she is now the fourth to lose a primary to somebody he backed, another four retiring in a demonstration of the former president s hold on the gop, despite mounting pressure in the investigation over his handling of highly classified documents. There arent any political consequences. For these actions. Trump goes out an
Deciding a key question about those classified documents the fbi seized from the former president s maralago home. The judge saying he believes portions of the affidavit justifying the search could be unsealed, and ordering the Justice Department to file what it wants recontacted the by next thursday. Judge Bruce Reinhart hearing arguments from media organizations, including nbc news, who have pressed for the affidavit to be released because of public interest. The Trump Legal Team has not formally joined that push. So today a trump spokesman again called to make the affidavit public with no redactions. We want it released. We want full and complete transparency for the american people. Reporter the Justice Department arguing the release would significantly compromise its ongoing krg investigation into the former president s handling of sensitive documents the federal prosecutor said today is in its early stages. There are National Security interests, criminal interests and concernsing