robert f. kennedy jr. gears up to testify. biden administration on censorship and big tech s conclusion. that is not what we do in america. country music tv cancelled the country music song. his song just hit number one on itunes. try that in a small town. all it does is love america, love the flag, everything we all should be proud of. hollywood starts from creativity and ignore the sound of freedom. why are you doing it? god s children are not for children. outselling indiana jones, the left hates it, sight unsoon. steve: we start this hour on capitol hill. democratic presidential hopeful, robert f. kennedy jr. gears up to testify in front of congress. ainsley: democrats republicans cut him from the hearing on government censorship, the majority have refused. brian: rich joins us live from the white house. hi, rich. we have to fight about the hearing before the hearing begins. that kicks off in an hour. robert f. kennedy jr., presidential candidate, wi
it s coming up fast, you know, you hear about this and you see it on the tv and then when it s your own town, it hits different, and it s scary. and later, jackpot. there s finally a power ball winner, so who woke up a new billionaire? hello on this thursday. it is 10:00 eastern. thank you for being here. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with important action today in the election interference investigation into former president donald trump. a federal grand jury weighing whether trump will face a third indictment will meet at this courthouse in washington, and we ve learned they re going to interview at least one more witness. we re on the lookout for this man, william russell. he is someone with direct knowledge because, as you can see here, he was with trump during january 6th. joining us now is nbc news justice correspondent ryan reilly outside the courthouse in washington, nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard here with me in new york, and joyce v
north korea now. flash flood emergency in kentucky after almost a foot of record-setting rain. a tornado rips through north carolina doing major damage to a pfizer facility. and passengers on stretchers taken off a las vegas plane with no working a.c. as a brutal heat wave sets more records across the planet the two irs whistle-blowers telling congress why they think hunter biden got preferential treatment in a criminal investigation. democrats pushing back and the unlikely blockbuster double feature that s become the summer s hottest ticket announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. we begin tonight with what we have learned about the very serious categories of crime special counsel jack smith is focusing on against former president donald trump that are spelled out in that target letter mr. trump says he received from the government over the weekend. a grand jury is investigating the lengths prosecutors say the ex-preside
from poking fun at his age. despite serious worries from voters. have a look. i ve been doing this a long time. i know i don t look that old. [laughter] i m a little under 103. a lot of you are tired. you re tired. i get it. try being 110 and doing it. i know i m 198 years old. but all kidding aside, think about that. call me old. i call it being seasoned. all the years i was a senator, which were 270. jason: meanwhile, the white house cocaine scandal isn t going away. house republicans announced they are launching an investigation, which of course was immediately dismissed by the left as a political stunt. and when asked about the incident earlier today, white house press secretary karine jean-pierre completely dodged the question. have a look. can you say once and for all whether or not the cocaine belonged to the biden family? so. a couple of things there. we ve answered this question. we have litigated this question for the last two days exhaustively. you know, th
with christmas eventually cancelled in bethlehem, we ll get a live report from that region coming up. former president donald trump releasing a new ad in states where primaries are set to begin in weeks. could he be worrying about his opponent s gaining ground? plus, 2023 was a year of weather extremes. record heat across the country, with phoenix sweltering for 31 days with temperatures over 100 degrees. and from blue ivy to barbie, some of the moments that blew up on social media this year. all that coming up. we begin with the escalation in the israel-hamas war. right now, the israelis are fighting on multiple fronts. first in gaza, where idf forces are taking casualties as ground and air operations killed dozens of palestinians, including civilians caught in the cross fire. israeli troops are also taking fire to the north in fresh exchanges with hezbollah forces while iran-backed militants in yemen ramp up attacks on u.s. military and commercial ships, all signs