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and tonight kyle rittenhouse, the kid who brought an ar-15 to a protest as one does apparently is no longer a defendant in a case that became a flash point over gun rights and vigilantism and self-defense in our country. after 3 1/2 days of deliberations a jury in kenosha, wisconsin, found 18-year-old rittenhouse not guilty of fatally shooting two men, injuring another during that protest with police conduct back in august of 2020. that unrest erupted after the police shooting of black kenosha resident jacob blake. during the trial rittenhouse took the stand testified he was target the and attacked in the midst of those protests and fired his ar-15 in self-defense. late today the family of anthony huber, one of the two men killed by rittenhouse issued this reaction to today s verdict, quote, it sends the unacceptable message that armed civilians can show up in any town, incite violence and then use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street. t ....
the house select committee investigating the january 6 attack just got more powerful thanks to the justice department. a federal grand jury has indicted steve bannon on two counts of contempt of congress. the indictment stems from bannon s refusal to comply with subpoenas from the committee investigating the january 6 xpe himself over to law enforcement monday and scheduled to appear in court that afternoon. he now faces up to one year in prison and $100,000 fine if convicted. chair than bennie thompson and liz cheney issued this statement reading that the indictment should send a clear message to anyone who thinks that they can ignore the select committee or try to stone wall our investigation. no one is above the law. bannon has a lot of information that committee would find useful. here is a reminder of why the january 6 committee is so interested in talking to him. investigators have pointed to a conversation bannon had with trump on december 30th where bannon repor ....
just unveiled. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. there is late word tonight of a criminal sex charge filed against disgraced forker new york a misdemeanor complaint accusing him of forcible touching of an unnamed woman last year. the charge comes after multiple women charge cuomo of sexual harassment authorities building a criminal case based in part on cell phone and text messages. cuomo s national profile soared in the early days of the pandemic, but he resigned in august after a state investigation concluded he sexually harassed 11 women, including current and former staff members cuomo maintaining he never crossed the line with anyone. our kate snow has late details. reporter: former governor andrew cuomo, once a star of the democratic establishment tonight facing a criminal charge for sexual misconduct the misdemeanor criminal complaint says last december on the second floor of the governor s mansion, cuomo did intentionally and for n ....
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. democrats appear to be inching closer to a deal on president biden s build back better agenda. earlier today, house speaker nancy pelosi getting insight into those discussions as democrats aim for votes on the reconciliation and infrastructure bills this week. we re almost there. it s just the language of it. leader schumer, mr. manchin, senator manchin, and the president, are having the meeting on some of the particulars that need to be finalized. and i m optimistic that we can do that. meanwhile, new reaction from the january 6 select committee as it investigates the attack on the capitol. the department of justice is weighing possible criminal charges against former trump aide steve bannon after he refused to cooperate with the committee. last hour, committee member adam schiff told me just how critical that decision will be for the future of this probe. if ....
during last night s town hall on the fake news cnn, joe biden didn t make a single mention of afghanistan or the men or women and children and americans and green card holders and allies he abandoned after 13 days prior saying he wouldn t do it. not a mention, not a question, not a word, nothing. wow. does del my possible joe doesn t remember what happened in afghanistan, that s way back in august. that s 400 lifetimes ago. a whole three months ago and let s face it, joe biden not particularly doing well and that was on display, he s everything we ve been telling you. a cognitive mists. every day it seems to be getting worse and worse. it s scary, not funny anymore. predictably last nightbl the town hall became a train wreck. take a look. 55 corporations, in the in that its of america, making over $14 billion don t pay a cent, not a little single red cent. ask them, they know that they should be paying more than 21%. we can pay for this whole thing, i will not bore y ....