where the sky goes on forever. where everyone must bend to the land. where to hunt, to fish, to sleep under that big sky aren t activities, but a way of life. - it was between here and those mountains that cheyenne and crow battle took place. but i like it. it s very peaceful, huh? - what was it like 100 years ago, 200 years ago? - oh, not much different. this was never forested. this is the dry side of the river, cause the primary winds come from the west. and rain tends to blow over here. that brings the snow to the mountains. bourdain: legendary writer and poet jim harrison is one of those people, and this is his home. [upbeat rock music] both: i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder - la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la - sha la, la, la - sha la, la, la, la sha la, la, la, la, la [bluesy western music] - am i as o
the strength to win. martha: so he s on the ground in crucial battlegrounds next week. iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. we have all the angles covered this hour. lara trump is here and chris coons is here, the national co chain for president biden s campaign and a panel of gop voters to respond. first, our presidential politics panel up top for their fresh reaction to this. salina, columnist from the washington examiner and mike huckabee, former presidential candidate and ken cuccinelli, a former dhs official under trump but now he s the founder of the never back down pac supporting ron desantis. so ken, let s start with you. a lot of reaction today. a couple of different ways that people are looking at this. some are saying it was a missed opportunity and a glitch. others saying they re impressed by the number of people trying to get on to twitter. do you wish you did this differently? in the super pac, we don t get to describe that. the breaking of twitter, as
persons. i m going to pray for their families because they didn t deserve this either. they brought disgrace to evan. that s the mother of tyre nichols. it sparked protests across the country and more action from the memphis police department. plus, we also got our first look at what happened the night paul pelosi, the husband of nancy pelosi, was attacked in the couple s san francisco home. it comes as the man accused in the assault makes bizarre and disturbing comments about the case. and donald trump makes a run for the white house. the white house has a different approach. we ll explain how. that s just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, january 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. memphis police have showed police video showing officers beating tyre nichols. due to the graphic nature of the video, we re not going to show it on this show. body video and cameras show officers hitting, kicking, and pepper
overcome and inspiring a new generation announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. for the defense, accused murderer alex murdaugh taking the witness stand today in south carolina dramatic and at times tearful testimony from the man at the center of the country s most closely followed criminal trial murdaugh under questioning from his lawyers saying i didn t shoot my wife or son and addressing what has appeared to be some of the prosecution s strongest evidence murdaugh from the witness box admitting he lied about his whereabouts the night his wife and 22-year-old son were shot to death. chalking up the lies to opioid addiction and paranoia under cross-examination, murdaugh, a former lawyer, also admitted to stealing from clients. the prosecution has maintained the murders were part of murdaugh s attempt to escape accountability for financial misdeeds we begin tonight with catie beck reporting from walterboro, south carolina. reporter: after ne