insurrection. then we learned in great detail how trump himself caused it, all of it. tomorrow we ll watch the season finale when we will get the inside story of the 187 minutes donald trump spent reveling in the violence that he caused while doing nothing to stop it. that is what we begin tonight. over the last six weeks of these public hearings the january 6th committee has put forth an exhaustive record of not just just what happened on the day of the insurrection but everything leading up to it, spelling out the former president s scheme to sell the big lie, summon the mob and light the match of violence. they have accomplished that using live testimony from more than a dozen witnesses and recorded depositions from people who would know, republican former white house officials and members of the president s inner circle. his own legal team both in the white house and on the fringe all of whom paint a damning portrait of what the twice-impeached disgraced former president
ukraine s first lady in a speech to congress detailing the suffering caused by russia s invasion and causing for more aid to defeat the enemy. translator: you help us and your help is very strong while russia kills, america saves. i appeal to all of you on behalf of those who were killed, on behalf of those people who lost their arms and legs. i am asking for weapons. weapons that would not be used to wage a war on somebody else s land but to protect one s home and the right to wake up alive in that home. the comments follow new revelations from the white house that putin s army is planning to tighten its grip over eastern ukraine by annexing the donbas region and the territories surrounding the crimean peninsula, fortifying their position away from the port city of odesa. at the start of the year, russia told the world it was not planning to invade ukraine. now we are expected to believe that they re not going to plan to annex ukrainian territory. annexation by force w
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we re all about to learn more of what the government knows that drove it to search former president trump s mar-a-lago he estate a federal judge late today giving the justice department until noon eastern time tomorrow to make public a redacted copy of the affidavit that backed its application for the search warrant. the order issued just hours after the justice department submitted to the court sections it wants blacked out to protect witnesses, law enforcement, and methods used in the investigation. the full affidavit would describe the government s case and justification for the unprecedented search, but how much the redacted version will disclose remains an open question tonight. kelly o donnell is tracking late details. reporter: new tonight granted in part a decision from the florida federal magistrate to unseal by noon tomorrow a redacted copy of the affidavit used to authorize the controversial
from texas. uvalde. where a new report is showing the kind of missteps that may have led to horror at one school. how one had a chance to shoot at the shooter, but instead, waited for permission to open fire. and i ll bring you exclusive information with the fulton county attorney. as her investigation pushes to overturn the election results in georgia continues. plus, overseas brits, asking, will he or won t he? boris johnson facing very direct, very intense calls for him to step down. so far, he says he s not going anywhere. i ll hallie jackson. glad you re shere with us this afternoon. we are starting with the latest out ofhighland park, illinois. investigative hecorrespondent t winter is here, too. a fair amount coming out at the court hearing. at the news conference we ve seen today. after the suspect was hit with seven murder charges. that s exactly right, hallie. we have a more complete picture of and the detail was actually captured and identified by wa police.
world, i m wolf blitzer and this is the situation room special report. as we cover the breaking news from illinois, cnn s coverage of the fourth in america is delayed until later this hour. let s go straight to highland park, illinois, the chicago suburb that s grief-stricken and terrorized right now as the mass shooting suspect is still on the loose. cnn is there for us, adrian, police are looking for a 22-year-old man named robert e. crimo the third. tell us about what they know. reporter: wolf, investigators believe that 22-year-old who they think is responsible for the shooting that happened here in highland park is driving. he s in a vehicle, they say, with illinois plates, described as a silver hyundai. and the license plate, again dm 8 80653. meanwhile, investigators had their teams out aggressively trying to apprehend this suspect. they consider him armed and dangerous. if you think you see this 22-year-old man, police say do not approach him. instead, call 911. t