the deadly shooting at a texas high school. one student in custody. what police are saying tonight. our nbc news exclusive. the teacher shot by a 6-year-old student speaking out for the first time. her difficult road to recovery. the rally on wall street after two troubled banks found new owners. what it means for your money. the u.n. warning humanity is on thin ice. what a new report says must be done now to avoid the worst of climate change. buster murdaugh breaking his silence. what he now says about the death of a high school classmate. and the powerful connection these girl scouts share that s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and thank you for joining us. we are on somewhat of a legal watch tonight involving former president donald trump. somewhat in that the growing sense of expectation has been fueled mainly by mr. trump himself with his unverified claim over the weekend that he would be arrested on t
restroom of the airplane was just so perfectly trumpian. but you know, because it was a struggling airline, and kind of going out of business from the start, the fears were really low. you know, desperately trying to get people like me could barely afford to fly at the time on to the trump shuttle. it was, you know, it was pure donald trump. memories. yeah. thanks, ari. peace. thank you. well, the most important news of the, day by which i mean, the most important news that was revealed today, and not last night at the hearing, is the clarence thomas now appears to be the most corrupted member of the united states supreme court in the courts history, because glanced amos s wife definitely is. was the most corrupt spouse of a supreme court justice in history. and she may also be a criminal. possibly guilty of federal and state crimes. the washington post reported today that virginia thomas used communication to urge members of the arizona state legislature to commit
well, the most important news of the day, by which i mean, the most important news that was revealed today, and not last night at the hearing, is that clarence thomas now appears to be the most corrupted member of the united states supreme court in the court s history, because clarence thomas s wife definitely is. the most corrupt spouse of a supreme court justice in history. and she may also be a criminal, possibly guilty of federal and state crimes. the washington post reported today that virginia thomas used communication to urge members of the arizona state legislature to commit a crime, the crime of election fraud, in a federal election. that news exposes a supreme court justice s wife as possibly guilty of state and federal crimes. in any other era, that would be the only news of the day, that would dominate all television news coverage, and it would be giant front page headlines all over the country, tomorrow morning. but in this era of rampant republican criminality
my guest is shaharzad akbar, former chairperson of afghanistan s independent human rights commission. what would morally acceptable engagement look like? shaharzad akbar, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s good to be here. it s good to have you here. if i may, i m going to start with some powerful words of yours. you wrote recently, i spend every day with a fire burning in my heart with the pain of injustice that women in my country face. of course, since the taliban takeover, you re no longer living in your homeland. you re living here in the uk. does that actually, in a funny sort of way, intensify the pain you feel? absolutely. i mean, every day i feel like i m living two different realities at the same time. i wake up in oxford, where i m a visiting scholar and it s green and beautiful and people are going on about their lives. and then i m all day long following the situation back home, talking to colleagues, monitoring the human rights violations. and during the da
in my heart with the pain of injustice that women in my country face. of course, since the taliban takeover, you re no longer living in your homeland. you re living here in the uk. does that actually, in a funny sort of way, intensify the pain you feel? absolutely. i mean, every day i feel like i m living two different realities at the same time. i wake up in oxford, where i m a visiting scholar and its green and beautiful and people are going on about their lives. and then i m all day long following the situation back home, talking to colleagues, monitoring the human rights violations. and during the day, several times, i have to kind of stop myself and remind myself to be more present, especially around my children, but also not to be paralysed by the pain, because pain can be paralysing, it can take away action. you talk about monitoring the situation every hour of every day and of talking to colleagues. i m just wondering how you can talk to colleagues working on human