which laid out the case of who they said is at the center of the insurrection. here s congressman benny thompson. donald trump was at the center of this conspiracy. and ultimately, donald trump, the president of the united states, spurred a mob of tim aesthetic and the maze of the constitution. to march down the capitol, and subvert american democracy. any legal jargon that you care about seditious conspiracy, obstruction of a official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the united states, boils down to this. january 6th, was the culmination of an attempted coup. a brazen attempt, as one wanted to put it, shortly after january 6th. to overthrow the government. who heard that right? quote. donald trump was at the center of this conspiracy to overthrow the government. it also blew a hole into any idea that this protest would a march to the capitol that would unintentionally turn violent. instead, there was planning and strategy. including by the proud boys who skipped the r
At least eight are dead, dozens injured. Now the truck driver accused of dui and facing charges. Just out, the First Ntsb Report on that baltimore bridge collapse. What happened on that ship before impact . President biden announcing sweeping new tariffs on chinas goods, including raising the tax on their electric cars to 100 . Nbc news investigates the battle between the church and a library in a place known as the hometown of superman. And superstar Caitlin Clark making her pro debut as the new wnba season tips off. Announcer this is ester h. Nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. The gloves came off today in the criminal trial of donald trump, as the defense got its chance to question former trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen. Trump attorney todd blanche confronting cohen with his history of lies, peppering him with questions designed to expose potential holes in his credibility, painting him as a disgruntled former Employee Bent on revenge. Cohen is a key wi
Confronting him about his own social media attacks on mr. Trump. The tense questions coming after cohen detailed a 2017 white house meeting when mr. Trump allegedly agreed to reimburse him for the Hush Money Payment to Stormy Daniels. The jury seeing the checks. Also, the Pressure Cohen says he felt from the former president not to flip on him, and how cohen says his family finally convinced him to turn on his old boss. Also tonight, the Horrifying Crash in florida. A Bus Carrying Farm workers colliding with a pickup. At least eight are dead, dozens injured. Now the truck driver accused of dui and facing charges. Just out, the First Ntsb Report on the baltimore bridge collapse. What happened on that ship before impact. President biden announcing sweeping new tariffs on chinas goods, including raising the tax on their electric cars to 100 . Nbc news investigates the battle between the church and a library in a place known as the hometown of superman. And superstar Caitlin Clark making h
To talk to him, its a pleasure. I mean, its unbelievable. Look at his smile. Its not something that you can imagine that somebody would want to harm. This innocence. Absolutely senseless. Fraud and mark, i hope ohad and etan come home soon. Thank you so much for joining us. We are asking that today thats the main point, that there will brought home Safe And Sound and really ask the World Leaders have a lot of leverage to bring this about and we are asking this should be the main purpose. Yep. Especially the leaders in qatar which have close relationship with hamas but also in turkey and egypt and jordan and the uae and saudi arabia, anyone who has pull, anyone who can do anything and appeal to hamas to release these innocent sevcivilians hel hostage in gaza, please, please do what you can. Thank you so much, we appreciate it. Welcome to the lead kwit. Im jake tapper. Were following two major breaking story, first on capitol hill. House republicans mired in chaos, struggling mightily to
change are harming the mighty mekong river. and admirable restraint ? or the definition of bad writing ? the final series of the crown divides critics. the flow of fenta nyl. welcome to bbc news. we begin in gaza city, where israel says its soldiers have found the body of a 65 year old hostage. she was one of 240 hostages killed by kidnapped by hamas last month. they say she was found in a structure adjacent to the al shifa hospital. they also found a tunnel shaft and a vehicle containing a large number of weapons at al shifa hospital, as the military operation there continues. israel is under pressure to back up its allegation that al shifa has been used by hamas for military purposes. we begin our coverage with this report from lucy williamson. this is what israel says hamas has been trying to hide. and where. the entrance of an underground work of tunnels they say uncovered today in the hospital grounds. israel wants to show that hamas is using this hospital as a mili