republicans represent an extremism that threatens the foundations of our republic. there is no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. that is a threat to this country. maga republicans do not respect the constitution, believe in the rule of the law, or recognize the will of the people. they refused to accept the results of a free election and promote authoritarian leaders. they fanned the flames of political violence. they are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed that united states capitol on january 6th, brutally attacking law enforcement, not as insurrectionists. who placed a dagger the throat of our democracy, but they look at them as patriots. they see their maga failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election, as preparation for the 2022 and 2024 elections. and
extremismes that threatens the very foundation of our republic. there s no question that the republican party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. and that is a threat to this country. maga republicans do not respect the constitution. they do not believe in the rule of law. they do not recognize the will of the people. they refuse to accept the results of a free election. and promote authoritarian leadersor and flame the threatsf violence and a threat to our personal right, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law torque the very soul of this country. they look at the mob that stormed the united states capitol on january 6th, rudely attacking law enforcement, not as insurrection nists but place a dagger at the throat of our democracy and they look at them as patriots and see the maga failure to stop a peaceful transfer of power after the election as preparation for the 2022 and fo2024 elections, and now, america must choose
messages that could shed important light on the plot to overturn the election. john wood who is a senior investigator for the january 6th committee joins me. plus, it s not just disney, ron desantis is stepping up his fight against so-called woke companies which stands to benefit the companies that help him out politically. we begin tonight with a republican party gone off the rails. what was once a self-described grand ole party advocating small government and national security now seems to be actively rallying against the very issues that just 5, 10, 20 years ago were their top priorities. first, you have the majority of republicans voting yesterday against the bipartisan chips bill that would create high-tech jobs and make the u.s. more competitive against china who republicans keep telling us is the big threat to america s future. republicans also in the main are declining to support the respect for marriage act. okay, family values party, or the inflation reduction act o
james anderson and stuart broad take three wickets each on the first day of the second test at old trafford. space as you ve never seen it we ll speak to the man who s remastered these amazing images of the apollo missions. good morning. some mist and fog to watch out for this morning, some quite dense across the southeast. some starting with sunshine but generally we will see cloud build and some splashes of rain in parts of the west. i will have all the details later on the programme. it s friday august 26th. millions of households in england, scotland and wales will find out at 7am what they could be paying for gas and electricity in october, as the energy regulator ofgem announces a new price cap. this is the maximum amount companies can charge consumers for each unit of energy. it s expected to mean that the average household bill will rise to more than £3,500 a year. jo black reports. the waterfront at ipswich. but behind the attractive facade and expensive boats, so
diana. the tribute 25 years after her tragic death announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening an otherwise tight-lipped department of justice is speaking loudly through its court filings. overnight shedding glaring new light on its search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home and revealing why it believes that trump team has intentionally misled the government about the whereabouts of the items recovered during its search government lawyers releasing a redacted photo showing documents and classified cover sheets they said were recovered in mr. trump s mar-a-lago office. investigators tonight leaning into the possibility there was obstruction of justice the court filing, a response to mr. trump s request for a court ordered independent review of the items, riling up the former president who mocked the fbi and the photo online posting, thought they wanted them kept secret lucky i declassified, a claim that has not been established. k