the one-sentence order from the court. the new inflation report. why it s worse than expected, and the historic raise for social security recipients. the sentencing decision for the parkland school shooter. the jury rejecting the death penalty, recommending life in prison for killing 17 people. the emotions in the courtroom. victims family members shaking their heads and wiping away tears. their outrage tonight. two connecticut police officers killed in an ambush. the fake 911 call police say lured them to the scene. and the burning nursery. babies trapped inside, and two newlyweds to the rescue. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. new evidence, new images, and a new demand for donald trump to answer directly to the january 6th committee about the attack on the capitol. the committee in something akin to closing arguments voting to subpoena the former president after presenting fresh evidence that mr. trump was privatel
federal reserve. bill: that is only more bad news for americans trying to pay for gas and groceries. it comes after opec slashed oil production. the economy seen as the achilles heel for democrats in november. the president now admitting there may be more pain on the horizon to come. should the american people prepare for a recession? president biden: i don t think it will be a recession, if there is one a very slight one. aishah hosley live from the state department and we ll begin with edward lawrence on the north lawn of the white house. we hear the beep, beep, beep of messaging here at the white house. not the construction truck over there. the president a year ago was saying we won t have a recession. and then about three months ago the president ended the message out of the white house was a recession will not be likely. now we re hearing a recession is possible but still could be shallow. listen to the president. you just said a slight recession is possible
we begin with the stunning news out of the uk. what can only be described as a full-scale political revolt from inside his own government forcing british prime minister boris johnson to resign just hours ago. in the last few days i have tried to persuade my colleagues that it would be i regret not to be successful in this argument. of course, it is painful. and not to be able to see through so many ideas and projects myself. my friends, in politics no one is remotely indispensable. that is true. there is still a lot we don t know. how long, for example, johnson stays in power before stepping down. but his resignation will no doubt introduce a new level of political chaos to america s top ally. particularly, at a time when economic pressures are escalating and global threats from places like russia and china are becoming more dangerous. i want to bring intimacy keir simmons in london and jonathan lamere, host of msnbc s way too early. i heard you say earlier today ther
to be blindsided by this announcement to say, hey, court, they want to see the receipts. they ve contacted out that attorney apparently for advice and they are considering asking the judge to even block the request by the doj to make that unsealed. that move would seem a bit odd, wouldn t it? trump himself was publicly revealing that the search even took place and then he blasted it as politically motivated and there was republican allies in congress and right-wing media who pushed his accusations. might add, not too highly. they dehanded transparency. merrick garland as the attorney general is calling trump s bluff, isn t he? the justice department has filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt relating to a court-approved search that the fbi conducted earlier this week. that search was a premises located in florida belonging to the former president. the department did not make any public statements on the day of the
mar-a-lago home. tonight, the washington post is quoting sources who are saying that investigators are searching for classified nuclear documents and other items. that there was some deep concern among officials about material potentially ending up in the wrong hands. sources don t say if such documents were recovered, but this follows an extraordinary move by the attorney general, merrick garland. he asked a federal court to unseal the warned that permitted the search to take place in the first place. sitting off a quick chain of events tonight. a source saying that a trump and his team appear to be blindsided by this announcement to say hey, we want to see the receipts. they ve contacted attorneys independently for advice and considering asking the judge to even block the request by the doj to make that unsealed. that move would seem a bit odd, wouldn t it? trump himself was publicly revealing that the search even took place. he blasted it as politically motivated. there