Look yet of the attack on the capitol. A new report reveals capitol intelligence trump supporters were discussing ways to get through the tunnel under the capitol, and that intelligence never made it to capitol police officers, who soon would be surrounded like sitting ducks pleading for help that took hours to arrive. Listen to what one officer speaking in his own capacity told my colleague, kasie hunt, this morning. The crowd, they wouldn t listen to anything the police were saying at all. They continued to say we are here because trump sent us here, and we won t listen to nobody else but him. That was sergeant benell. He said they used whatever they could get their hands on to beat officers. Today is the second day back on the job after he suffered injuries that required surgery. Much of the fallout today is not from the report reveals but rather what it does not. It recovers what and how of the insurrection, but not the why. No mention of the role donald trump played in fueling the
So this man is one of those who is under a bit of growing scrutiny. He s the president of the group that sent u. S. Taxpayer money to the lab. It s dr. Peter daszek. He was pressed this sunday on why he believed what he was told by his chinese counter parts. You re taking their word for it. We found it to be believable, correct and convincing. But this is matthew pottinger. He probed the last leak theory nor the pompeo state department. He had a different takeaway. They did research on coronaviruses attached to the a2 receptors in human lungs like the covid19 virus. It s a potent bullet point when you consider that the place where this pandemic emerged was a few kilometers away from the wuhan institute of virology. So david asher led that investigation that to his shock was stone walled by people inside the united states government. We ll talk to him about the latest developments. He s coming up later in the program. First dr. Brett giroir from the trump covid task force. When he looks
Out of gas. And the prices keep climbing. The national average of regular unleaded gas now at $3. 04 and going up. Jonathan serrie is in georgia where trucks are picking up gas to send out. What does it look like there, jonathan? reporter: hi there, david. We re seeing constant activity right behind me. Just one of the supply depots where trucks have been driving in all morning, taking in supply. All of the major petroleum companies have installations here along the colonial pipeline. Once these trucks are filled, these big tanker trucks, they then drive to area gas stations. As you can imagine, the process does take time and so does the flow of the pipeline. Take a listen. I it moves very slowly, often around 5 miles an hour. As you can imagine or, it s very complex getting the pressure right and making sure that this product is moving safely. So it is taking a matter of days. Reporter: colonial pipeline tweeted, we have returned the system to normal operations delivering millions of
In emulation mode. After weeks of controversy, the world s second richest man makes his saturday night live hosting debut complete with a groundbreaking admission. A lot of bitcoin humor, and his mom. And then next hour, a special report. Are we ready to go back to normal? a look at the psychological toll a yearplus in isolation has taken and whether we re mentally prepared to get back out there. But we want to start with that breaking news in the world of sports where this year s kentucky derbywinning horse medina spirit has failed a postrace drug test. Its hall of fame trainer bob baffert has been suspended from churchill downs. He was told the horse tested positive for a steroid. He calls it, quote, a complete injustice. However, this is not the first time one of baffert s horses have tested positive. Four others in his care tested positive in just over a year. Here s what churchill downs is saying. The connections of medina spirit have the right to request a test of a split sample
Border is a ground invasion imminent our richard engel on the ground there tonight. The massive settlement in the police killing of andre hill his family set to receive $10 million. The vote to replace liz cheney with a trump ally in house gop leadership and the deal announced for a 9/11 style commission to investigate the capitol riots. The bridge connecting two states shut down after a massive crack is discovered the traffic nightmare. Cars backed up for miles. And our exclusive. The new federal warning on cryptocurrency scams what to know before you buy. Announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone you may be wondering by now if you heard the news correctly that masks were no longer needed for the fully vaccinated that s because tonight not every state is signing on to that advice from the cdc. At least not yet a day after the new guidelines were announced a range of reactions from joy to confusion to wariness. It s what we wanted, to reach a point whe