what she says about the jury after they sided with ex-husband johnny depp. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening the words of some of donald trump s closest legal and campaign advisers formed what the january 6th committee believes is a powerful narrative about the ex-president s false claims of a fraudulent and stolen election. day two of the hearings kept the focus on mr. trump witness after witness describing a president who ignored clear evidence of his election defeat, adopting baseless conspiracy that aides told him were completely nuts. his former attorney general bill barr saying president trump had become detached from reality another aide saying mr. trump took advice from an inebriated rudy giuliani to declare victory in spite of the results the committee focused today on establishing what it describes as the big lie, that it says mr. trump used to create a movement that ended in the riot of january 6th. garrett haake is covering th
big rip-off. o donnell: also on capitol hill, the landmark agreement by republicans and democrats on gun legislation. targeting gay pride events. the new video tonight of those 31 men with alleged ties to a white nationalist group, arrested, piled in the back of a u-haul. extreme weather. dangerous flooding shuts down yellowstone, with more than 170 million americans set to face temperatures over 90 degrees. our exclusive interview with the first woman to serve as secretary of the army. do yo still think there s a problem with sexual assault and harassment in the u.s. army? and, jennifer hudson makes history at the 75th annual tony awards. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. tonight, many americans are worrying about their retirement funds, as stocks dropped to new lows for the year. investors be
peddled false claims of fraud even though he was told by his closest aides repeatedly, mr. president, you lost the election. daniela diaz is live on capitol hill daniela, do we know what bill steppian expects to say? reporter: we do not. he is testifying under subpoena. super notable he is appearing before the committee, and the second hearing that will take place later today starts at 10:00 a.m. we do also know was liz cheney said at the first primetime hearing that took place last week that this hearing will revolve around trump s effort to convince huge portions of the u.s. population that fraud had stolen the election from him despite the fact that numerous aides told him he lost the election. aides also told us that this hearing would show how trump s team pursued legal challenges in court and lost those cases and that trump chose to ignore the will of the courts and continued to try to overturn the election anyway. we are also planning to hear from chris stirewalt. he
at pnc private bank, we ll help you take care of the how. so tell us - what s your why? top of a brand new hour on cnn newsroom, good to have you. i m victor blackwell. we begin with the latest case from the january 6th house committee that donald trump held a key role in the insurrection at the capitol. at its second hearing, the committee kept pounding, the proof that trump refused to listen to the truth that he lost the 2020 election, and not from democrats but from his own people in the white house, and working on his campaign. his campaign manager, bill stepien recalled what he told trump about his prospects. this is just after the election. very very very bleak. you know, we told him that the group that went over there outlined, you know, my belief and chances for success at this point. you know, my belief is that it was a very very 5 to 10%s, it s not a very good optimistic outlook. 5 to 10% there. well, then the committee showed how trump continued to embrace
campaign manager now set to testify as members lay out the case against donald trump. what they say he did to stoke the fires of the insurrection. how he knew he had lost the election but chose to lie about it. the stunning arrest in idaho. 31 members of the far-right extremist group patriot front taken into custody, accused of planning to disrupt a local pride event. authorities say the group looked like a little army wearing shin guards and shields. local officials say they were coming to riot and had planned it out meticulously. the suspects are reportedly from several states and some as far away as alabama. the dangerous weather threats. 90 million americans on alert from california to alabama. potentially life-threatening heat now moving east. severe storms take aim from the northern plains to mid-atlantic and the increased fire danger in the west. meteorologist rob marciano times it all out. the navy s safety pause suspending nonessential flight operations for 24