grohl. and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late! i will see you at the end of tomorrow! thanks to all of our joining us this hour. it is a rare moment when reasonable people are in agreement with my pillow, ceo, michael and, all prominent election conspiracist. but here is where we are. kevin mccarthy and the gang released 44,000 hours from january 6th to exclusively fox news. well, we are not going to sit back and let that happen. why have all the fights that we got, why would you pick ongoing on going and telling mccarthy he can t partner with tucker? well, because fox, number one, fox is going to sift through it and only put out what they want. you heard that correctly. mike pillow ceo and election denier mike lindell is furious that speaker of the house kevin mccarthy for giving exclusive access to more than 40,000 hours of january 6th security footage t
victims of violent crime in manhattan field hearing is still happening. it started about two hours ago and ongoing with many witnesses now stepping up and telling the horrifying stories of both the crime that they ve experienced in the city but also the shut-out that they ve experienced by alvin bragg s office. lawmakers there directly hearing from victims impacted. a bodega worker charged with murder for defending himself. a friend of his had to step in for him today because jose alba fears for retaliation if he speaks up. his mom, whose son was murdered, also on the list the next person is madeleine, her son, a military veteran, a victim s right advocate and more heart rending stories of pain and suffering across the board. those are a few of the people speaking today. the chairman of the judiciary, jim jordan. our waft necessarys today have felt the effects of crime up close and personal. they ve been victimized by a justice system that cares more about political corre
union. so, it is that s going to be the runoff in chicago in the general election. it s just a dramatic turn for chicago leadership again andrew dramatic turn for laurie lightfoot, to not make it out of the primary in her own party. yeah, reelection for mayors of chicago has been something they could usually really rely on. but not tonight. as long as you add a certain last name, right? well, lawrence. thank you for the breaking news update. have a great show. thanks, alex. why is rupert murdoch throwing his anchors under the table? that s not my question. that is word for word what donald trump s question was this morning on his social media site. donald trump, who has been involved in more civil litigation than any other president in history also said, quote, it amazes me how weak and ineffective fox news is at portraying itself and a lawsuit against them. that is, of course, because fox and rupert murdoch are guilty as charged in the lawsuit and would love to off
trump with quite the opening statement on the chinese communist party and president xi jinping. we have a lot to unpack from last night s hearing held by the new house committee on china. plus a new nonpartisan report is detailing more of the failures that led to the january 6th capitol attack. and also ahead, we ll break down what happened at the supreme court as justices heard arguments on president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 1st. march already. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. amid rising tensions between the two countries the new house select committee on the strew edgic competition between the united states and the chinese communist party held its first hearing last night. in prime time a bipartisan group of lawmakers set the stage for what republican chairman mike gallagher called an existential struggle over the future of america. we may call this a strategi
dozens of people were kill and injured in greece when two trains collided head on at high speeds. what we know ahead. and we begin on capitol hill, where right now attorney general merrick garland is fielding questions from the senate judiciary committee. as the justice department investigates classified documents found on the properties of president biden, former president trump, and former vice president pence. today s hearing comes after congressional leaders received the classified briefing from the doj yesterday, which they said, quote, left much to be desired. and this morning, the washington post reports that leading up to the doj s august search of former president trump s mar-a-lago estate, two senior fbi officials who would have been in charge of leading the search resisted the surprise plan as too combative. and proposed seeking trump s permission to search his property according to four people familiar with the discussions. i want to bring in nbc news julia ai