new revelations from those leaked intel documents. reports of up to four more chinese spy balloons, and new questions about why it took authorities so long to notice the leaked documents terrifying moments as a bomb is thrown at japan s prime minister he is rushed to safety before it explodes what we know about the suspect. a violent coup d etat playing out in africa. the ambassador and his staff forced to take shelter. the deadly police mistake caught on video. officers at the wrong address. when the homeowner opens the door with a gun, they open fire. how could this have happened nbc news with rare access as law enforcement busts a giant retail crime ring. nearly $200,000 in merchandise recovered. and there s good news tonight. the daughter who reveals to her father after his life-saving kidney transplant, she was his donor. i m really proud of her. i can t believe she did it announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening the nation
the lead in testifying against the former president in yesterday s hearing, including the speaker of arizona s house, who says he told trump in late december 2020 that he would not go along with the scheme to steal joe biden s win in his state. you re asking me to do something that s never been done in history, the history of the united states, and i m going to put my state through that without sufficient, and that s going to be good enough for me? i do not want to be a winner by cheating. incredibly powerful testimony. also new this morning, president biden aiming to help americans out, at least a little bit at the pump during the summer travel season. the white house expected today to call on congress to suspend the federal gas tax, three months. we have details on how much that would help reduce prices at the pump, and downsize to it as acknowledged by some members of the administration. more on that in just a bit. begin this morning with cnn s manu raju on the hil
you want to do, then sandy hook happened and i cared. high school was bad enough. now this. when students are shooting students, you know, that s not understandable, it s not forgivable, but how can somebody look at a nine-year-old and shoot them in the face? how can somebody do that? how can somebody have the capability to do that? it angers me beyond comprehension, and i have a lot of displaced anger right now, don, i really do. it s just displaced so i should shut up, but it s just going to keep happening unless we do something, and i mean we, because the guys and women we have elected aren t getting anywhere. we as a people have to stand up and say, okay, son, okay, daughter, you re not okay. you are not okay. thank you. thank you. are you okay? i will be. better than these parents, that s for damn sure. thank you. thank you. thanks, kim. appreciate that. so there are major questions tonight about the police response to the elementary school shooting here
11:27 a.m. before the suspect entered the school, he immediately unleashed more than 100 rounds, shortly after that, three officers entered the school and two of them were immediately grazed by the gunman s bullets. john: according to texas dps, as many as 19 officer gathered in the hallway as of 12:03:00 p.m. no effort was made to breach the door of the classroom until 40 minutes later. law enforcement facing questions and criticism over the amount of time that passed before they stormed the classroom to stop the carnage. uvalde mayor will join us in the next hour, but we have team coverage this hour on all angles. karl rove will join us in moment. alicia is live in houston where the nra convention is being held. john: bill melugin, what a news conference that was. bill: yeah, john, that is an understatement. i think our jaws hit the floor as well, one of the big highlights we learned from the moment the shooter was first encountered by police in that school until th
S its a seinfeld shutdown. Im michael smerconish. When we have been here before, it was for understandable reasons. In the 90s it was about spend ing cuts. 2013 the issue was bipartisan disagreement over the Affordable Care act on president obamas watch. In 2018 the issue was president trumps desire to build a wall on the mexican border. But this time, the American Enterprise institute has started to recefer to the impasse as th seinfeld shutdown. It dates fwook georges pitch to tv executives. I think i can sum up the show for you with one word. Nothing. Nothing . Nothing. What does that mean . The show is about nothing. Indeed like the series, it is a shutdown about nothing to which i would add nothing except polarization. Well get to the impact that it all has on the military in just a moment. Also on todays program, police say an online influencer live streamed the widespread looting in philadelphia this week and encouraged the targeting of specific stores. Ill discuss the thorny is