for the fifth straight day refusing to answer questions about the classified documents found in his home and former office. the gop accusing him of a lack of transparency. our team at the white house. the winter storms sweeping across the country. heavy snow and the threat of flash floods. we re tracking it. a suburb cut off from the water supply of a nearby city. the urgent pleas from residents who say they ve been left high and dry. chevy unveiling the fastest corvette ever, and it s a hybrid. our test drive. and after more than three decades on the air, a beloved member of our nbc news family is signing off. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. a defeated republican candidate for a state office in new mexico has been arrested and will be charged with paying and conspiring with gunmen to shoot at the albuquerque homes and offices of four local democratic leaders. no one was hurt in the frightening series of attacks, which began i
this is not brian walshe s first run-in with the law. he is awaiting sentencing on unrelated federal fraud charges when ana walshe disappeared. before they were married, records show ana told d.c. police brian threatened to kill her and a friend over the phone in 2014. she refused to further cooperate. tomorrow brian walshe will be back in court to hear the murder charge against him and perhaps learn of the evidence that led authorities to make this accusation. anne thompson, nbc news. tonight, still no comment from president biden about the special counsel investigation into whether he mishandled classified material. but the white house is firing back at some of the growing criticism. peter alexander is at the white house with more. reporter: tonight, president biden again refusing to answer questions about the swirling controversy over his handling of classified documents. will you commit to speaking to the special counsel? reporter: for the fifth day in a row, no comment as