hopes on former president obama. bill: he was stumping wasn t he? georgia, michigan, wisconsin. a desperate attempt to drum up enthusiasm. democrats bracing for what could be a bad night. watch. i understand why you might sometimes just want to tune out. just watch football. but i m here to tell you that tuning out, milwaukee, is not an option. you have a choice between folks who will say anything and do anything to get power, and leaders who share our values. dana: underscoring democrats concerns the fact that new york is now seen as a battleground state. lee zeldin has a real chance to become the state s first republican governor in two decades bringing in heavy weight surrogates to help him over the finish line. the other thing he will do and what new york really needs to do, you need to stop codling criminals. stop turning them loose on the street. if you do crime, you must do the time. we want a government that isn t passing pro-criminal laws. we want district
this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening there is significant movement to report tonight in the effort to bring home americans brittney griner and paul whelan, both separately imprisoned in russia. late today, secretary of state antony blinken acknowledging there was a substantial proposal on the table to facilitate their release. griner, the wnba star detained since february, who has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing vape cartridges with cannabis oil whelan, a marine corps veteran, serving a 16-year sentence after being convicted of spying in 2020. both, the u.s. says, are wrongfully imprisoned blinken says the next step, a call with his russian counterpar sergey lavrov. believed to be on the table, a prisoner swap that could prove to be a bitter pill for the biden administration which has been under fire in its efforts to gain freedom for the americans. all this unfolding as griner told her story today inside a russian courtroom. andrea mitchell now
rights become a central issue in the upcoming november midterms. the big picture tonight the states where abortion will be banned. we re in wisconsin, where one clinic turned away 70 women with abortion appointments. driving more than 20 hours for an abortion we re in a so-called surge state, where they expect a nearly 400% increase in patients. why the head of planned parenthood calls it a healthcare crisis. and finally, what all parties agree on that the fight is not over. the part of justice thomas concurring opinion that has critics worried that access to contraception and same-sex marriage is next. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from the supreme court. o donnell: good evening and thank you for joining us on this friday night, on a day that changed america. we re outside the supreme court after the landmark decision that overturned roe v. wade and ended a woman s constitutional right to an abortion. as you can see behind me,
we start with the bombshell new details in the justice department s investigation into the capitol attack. nbc news confirming with an administration official that the doj has been asking questions about former president trump s actions leading up to january 6. the official adds there is not a criminal investigation of mr. trump himself. nbc news reached out to a trump spokesperson for comment. the doj is not officially commenting on the story but in an exclusive interview with lester holt attorney general garland states that no one is above the law. we will hold accountable anyone criminally responsible attempting to block the peaceful transfer of power. that conversation between merrick garland and lester holt. we want to bring in pete williams, charlie savage, chuck rosenberg. we have a great group to get us started. pete, confirming the questions asked related to donald trump s actions on that day and leading up to that day. what specifically do we know? what is the f
rights become a central issue in the upcoming november midterms. the big picture tonight. the states where abortion will be banned. we re in wisconsin, where one clinic turned away 70 women with abortion appointments. driving more than 20 hours for an abortion. we re in a so-called surge state, where they expect a nearly 400% increase in patients. why the head of planned parenthood calls it a healthcare crisis. and finally, what all parties agree on, that the fight is not over. the part of justice thomas concurring opinion that has critics worried that access to contraception and same-sex marriage is next. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from the supreme court. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night on a day that changed america. we re outside the supreme court after the landmark decision that overturned roe v. wade and ended a woman s constitutional right to an abortion. as you can see behind m