as an artist, i needed to do something different and challenge myself. reporter: braugher s costars remembering him. terry cruz writing you showed me what a life well lived looks like. braugher with 61 years old and leaves behind his wife of over 30 years, actress amy rapson and three sons. in a 2020 variety interview, he said that fatherhood was his most important role. i wanted to be there through the course of their life because i know how important fathers are. chloe melas, nbc news, new york. thank you for the laughs, andre. you will be missed. and on that very sad note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. , donald trump, the one that was most likely to be completed before the 2024 election, the special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case today, it effectively came to a standstill. it was frozen, or in legal terminology, its d
zelensky to push for an investigation into the 2016 election. the texts were provided by kurt volcker, who testified behind closed doors yesterday. on july 25th, the morning of the now infamous phone call between the presidents, volcker texted a top zelensky adviser. heard from white house, assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate/get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down date for visit to washington. a source tells us the ukrainians responded by drafting a public statement committing to investigate corruption. the state ultimately made it to the president trump s personal attorney rudy giuliani. giuliani said it did not go far enough and suggested adding references that would imply investigation of joe biden and his son hunter and the 2016 election. the newly released texts also show a top u.s. diplomat was concerned, president trump withholding hundreds of millions in military aid would amount to
references that would imply investigations of joe biden and his son, hunter, and the 2016 election. a u.s. top diplomat was concerned president trump withholding hundreds of millions of military aid would result in a quid pro quo. bill taylor texted the u.n. ambassador. taylor wrote this, are we now saying security assistance and a white house meeting are conditioned on investigations? suthland responded, call me. on september 9th, as i said on the phone, i think it s crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. 4 1/2 hours later sondland said i believe you are incorrect. the president has been crystal clear. no quid pro quos of any kind. he urged ukraine not to interfere in u.s. politics. the washington post reports volker warned giuliani that