With more than a dozen of his closest allies. That is according to some news accounts. An it this come though thafternoon. The grand jury had heard from half of ten witnesses expected to testify in this case at this stage. Among those witnesses, former Georgia State representative bee wen. Present for the 2020 hearing where Rudy Giuliani pedalled false election claims an urged legislators to appoint a slate of fake trump electors. Two other witnesses who were expected to testify tomorrow have been called in as well. They include journalist george chidi, who stumbled upon a december 14th, 2020 meeting of Fake Electors, as well as Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan, hes a republican who has been openly critical of trumps baseless claims of fraud in the state of georgia. Signs a potential end game in fani williss Criminal Investigation into the expresident and his allies is where we begin today with our favorite reporters and friends. Former Top Justice Department official, ou
have to be consistent with each other and have to point conclusively to the guilt of alex murdaugh, beyond a reasonable doubt. these circumstances just raise more questions, ladies and gentlemen. raise more questions that we wouldn t have to be dealing with if they had just simply secured mag maggie s phone on june 8th when they got it. we wouldn t be here. we do know from the time line that alex left the property at 9:07. were they killed before he left? i don t know the answer to that. i don t know the answer to that. we do know that if he was in the house when the shots were made down at the kennel that he would not have heard them. we had testing from mr. sutton. they were angry with mr. sutton s not angry, but they challenged his conclusions on a lot of things. they didn t touch his acoustic testing. didn t doubt that. haven t challenged that. if he is in the house and shots are down at the kennel, he doesn t hear it. they say that sometime after 8:44 they peg it 8:4
our nbc news exclusive. the former fox news producer at the center of a defamation battle, breaking her silence. she says fox bullied her into giving misleading testimony her allegations of a toxic workplace and the shocking thing she says she was told about fact-checking election falsehoods. and words of kindness the best-selling author and the outpouring from fans, inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone, and welcome. we start tonight with the historic breaking news here in new york city a grand jury has voted to indict former president trump. investigating his role in a hush money payment to an adult film star during his 2016 campaign, a claim mr. trump denies a lawyer for mr. trump says the former president has been notified of the indictment the action is unprecedented. it is the first time a former or sitting american president has been indicted. nbc s garrett haake leads our coverage garrett, what more do
out. joe biden is running and with donald trump leading the gop field, it seems ever more likely that the country will get exactly what it doesn t want, 2022 deja vu both men have dicey approval numbers. but when it comes to who americans would rather see in office, a majority of voters have repeatedly shown a distaste for trump-style drama, which makes the news today that was not about joe biden perhaps even more beneficial for democrats than anything the president could have announced earlier in new york, the civil lawsuit brought by writer e. jean carroll against donald trump has officially begun we have new details on who was picked for the jury today and what lawyers for both sides will argue in their openings, which should start in just a moment. and in georgia, we finally got an idea of what imminent means from the fulton county d.a. fani willis says a decision on whether to charge donald trump will be announced as soon as july remember, he s already been indicted fo
. hello. thanks for joining me. i m paula reid in for fredicka whitfield. crimes against humanity. vice president kamala harris not pulling any punches as she describes russia s war in ukraine. speaking at the munich security conference, the vice president laying out exactly where the u.s. stands. in the case of russia s actions in ukraine, we have examined the evidence. we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt these are crimes against humanity. the u.s. pledging enduring support for ukraine as the war nears its one-year mark. president biden is expected to visit poland next week, and the u.s. secretary of state also speaking this morning at the munich security conference. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is there. nic, we also heard the vice president call out china for its support of russia during this war. what did you make of that moment? reporter: i think it got a lot of resonance in the room. everyone here recognizes that china is the