media with his talent off the field. and the big honors being awarded to nbc news and this very broadcast. announcer: this is “nbc nightly news” with lester holt good evening i m kate snow in for lester tonight in a rare move, the u.s. attorney general merrick garland is speaking out, saying he personally approved the fbi search of former president trump s home at mar-a-lago on monday. while he said he could not provide more details about the basis of the search, he did say the department of justice is asking a judge to make the warrant that was issued public. mr. trump reacting on social media saying with no warning mar-a-lago was raided. that message resonating with trump supporters, some ridiculing, even threatening law enforcement. today the attorney general pointedly saying he would not stand by silently seeing his agents integrity attacked just hours before in cincinnati, an armed man walked into an fbi field office shooting a nail gun more on that in a mom
i want to go one, two, three poke all done, sweetheart. reporter: tonight an evolving pandemic in a changing approach to our daily lives. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. and tonight more evidence or at least hope that inflation may have peaked. the average price of gas has now dropped below $4 a gallon. the lowest since march. and there are more positive signs here s tom costello. reporter: while the national pump price average is dropping, now below $4 a gallon, nbc news sampling found prices can vary greatly. $3.33 in dallas. $3.69 in north carolina $3.83 on the jersey shore. $4.32 in philly. $4.79 in chicago $5.05 near portland, oregon and $6.29 at this station in los angeles. while pump prices have dropped from a national high of $5.01 in june i can really see the difference from