A huge announcement from Attorney General Merrick Garland, Special Counsel is now investigating hunter biden, the president s son, after a potential plea deal collapsed. Plus, 59 people are now confirmed dead in the hawaii wildfires. It comes as residents start to return to lahaina to see the rubble where they used to live. One of them is my guest tonight. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, major developments on multiple legal fronts for both donald trump and joe biden. Trumps attorneys coming face to face with judge Tanya Chutkan for the first time today as the Attorney General spoke publicly, something he rarely does. Merrick garland announcing he is authorizing a Special Counsel to investigate bidens son hunter. And all of this comes as witnesses subpoenaed in the fulton county, georgia, investigation, can be told any minute they need to testify monday in front of a grand jury. Thats when the grand jury meets again and could indict if trump is indicte
Some republicans going as far as calling it a coverup. What is the white house saying . For that we go to Lucas Tomlinson at the white house. Federal prosecutors say negotiations with bidens legal team have hit a snag and this case could be going to trial. The Justice Department refused to rule out if President Biden would be part of future investigations after that Special Counsel was named yesterday. Special counsel will not be subject to the daytoday supervision of any official of the department, but he must comply with the regulations, procedures and policies of the department. Republicans have been calling for Special Counsel for a long time to investigate hunter biden, but many in the g. O. P. Are not happy charles that it was david weiss named who has already been investigating hunter for the past five years. The appointment of a special council allows him to file additional charges against hunter biden outside delaware. Heres Jonathan Turley. Theres no question this magnifies t
Attack in u. S. History. The disturbing images, a cinder block cell in an oregon home the fbi says a kidnapped woman was kept inside but made a dramatic escape. Tonight, the plea to the public for help. Are there more victims . And visitors flocking to a zoo in china after this video exploded on social media. Is that a bear or a human in disguise . Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome. Less than 24 hours from now and for the third time in under four months, former President Donald Trump will appear in court as a criminal defendant. This for his arraignment in washington on federal charges related to his alleged actions to overturn the results of the 2020 president ial election. The grand jury indictment handed up late yesterday alleging the expresident s actions amounted to a conspiracy to defraud the United States to obstruct and impede the January 6th Congressional Proceedings where the votes were tallied and certified and a conspiracy agains
A key piece of smiths case, the Pressure Trump put on his Vice President , mike pence, including a call on Christmas Day asking mr. Pence not to certify the results. Mr. Trump allegedly telling pence, quote, youre too honest. How pence reacted today. Our team in washington and our legal analysts standing by. Also tonight, the scare on capitol hill. Staffers running out of the Senate Office building after reports of an active shooter. Police later giving the allclear. What happened . The gunman who killed 11 people at a pittsburgh synagogue sentenced to death for the worst antisemitic attack in u. S. History. The disturbing images, a cinder block cell in an oregon home. The fbi says a kidnapped woman was kept inside but made a dramatic escape. Tonight the plea to the public for help. Are there more victims . And visitors flocking to a zoo in china after this video exploded on social media. Is that a bear or a human in disguise . Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good
east coast 8:00 here in los angeles and this is america s late news, fox news at night. and breaking tonight, president biden is reportedly getting more and more frustrated with his dismal poll numbers and not just his anemic approval rating but also a variety of polls that show him losing to former president trump. and to add insult to injury, fox news has brand new polls tonight and for president biden there are no bright spots. the chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live to kind of help us break down the numbers. jonathan good evening. reporter: good evening trace, president biden s approval numbers remain at dangerously low levels for someone aiming to he were a second term in the white house. with 57% of recommending centered voters saying they disapprove of the president s job performance according to the latest fox news poll. and on specific issues, the poll also makes for grim reading for democrats. almost two-thirds of voters disapprove of biden s handling of bor