also tonight, the dangerous winter storm. new jersey, d.c., virginia, maryland, down to georgia. more than a foot of snow in some places. 500 accidents in virginia alone. tonight, more than 3,000 flights canceled. even issues with air force one. the images coming in tonight as they were trying to get off the plane. and now what s right behind all this sweeping into new york city and the northeast?itll o. tonight, the news involving the january 6th investigation. the house committee now says it has first-hand accounts of what then president trump was doing as his supporters were attacking the capitol. where was he and for how long was he watching all of it unfold? and news tonight ivanka trump was among those telling the president to do something. jon karl with us. there is also that breaking news in the elizabeth holmes trial tonight. the verdict now in. and rebecca jarvis standing by with that. the nfl star off the team. after antonio brown stripped off his uniform and
wolf, a very eventful morning. no shortage of subjects for the president to discuss with world leaders from the iran nuclear deal to coronavirus and a minimum global tax. what are we watching for in this hour? it s amazing what s going on over here, boris. we re live at the g20 summit where president biden is meeting now with world leads on some of the most pressing issues, as you point out, facing the developed world. we ve got much more on that coming up in just a few moments. our kaitlan collins is here, jim sciutto is here as well. i want to get to this story, it s very significant. we re learning just now new details about hundreds of records that the former president donald trump is trying to keep secret from the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. according to a sworn declaration from b. john laster with the national archives in washington, donald trump does not want to release more than 700 pages of handwritten notes, dra
and that s what the republicans have decided that they can no longer abide. it really is just an amazing thing for the republican party to have decided this today with this unanimous vote at the republican national committee, but honestly really could see it coming if you are looking in the right direction. i mean once the president of that party, the leader of that party declared that the free press of the united states was at his words the enemy of the people, once the republican party decided that american free press is bad that journalism something they can do without but that they re against as a party. well, this is where that ends are not gonna allow some formal role for the protests in the electoral process. they re not gonna do debates with journalist asking questions, not when they ve decided that as a party that they re against journalism. they re against the press, the press is the enemy. i mean we ve seen all of these other sort of norms around this, traditions a
wars. a very frustrated beto or work taking us off the air tonight. and on that no i wish you a good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks that nbc news. thanks for staying up late with us, and i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow. it s a landmark decision today by the national republican party, this is something chris was just covering. i think it s a landmark decision that the republican party has said that they will no longer participate in presidential debates. it will go down as a law marked decision and i think in political history, but i think it was probably inevitable. i mean the modern presidential debate structure that the republicans are now opting out of that they re deciding to kill off with this decision today, is a process that puts journalists formally into the electoral process. journalist served as moderators of the presidential debates. and that s what the republicans have decided that they can no longer abide. it really is just
party, the leader of that party, declaredy, that the free press the united states was, in his words the enemy of the people, once the republican party decided that the american free press is bad, that journalism is something they cannot only do without but they are against as a party, yeah, this is where that ends, they are not going to allow t a formal roll for the press in the electoral process and not do debate with journalist asking questions when they decide as a party they are againsthe journalism and the prs is the enemy. we ve seen alarms around this and traditions around this fall by the wayside without much commentary. the president would not do a white house correspondents dinner which is a comedy show, under the previous president they had the white house spokesperson stop doing briefings for the press. they invited rally-goers, to curse at reporters and camera crews on-site covering president s rallies. it is clear where they have been going with this and republi