Calls quote extraordinary measures to avoid defaulting on our debt. Which looks a lot more likely now that the most conservative wing of the Republican Party seems to have a Tightening Vice around speaker Kevin Mccarthy. If they can keep the government open, the Republican Party is gearing up for a series of investigations into President Biden. What they Just Announced a couple of moments ago, in a second. One of the investigations, the president himself, all about handdelivered to them, wrapped in a shiny bow, the white house is facing hard questions about why it was not more transparent about the discovery of classified documents, and not one, but two locations. Especially as the president himself was criticizing the former president for mishandling his own classified documents. White house lawyers say the number of documents found is small and nbc news has just confirmed what one of them was marked with. What we know about that document in a moment. And what exactly is the process b
welcome to bbc news. we start in sudan, where the 72 hour ceasefire is in its final hours. the uk foreign secretary told the bbc that now is the time for people to move. it s totally unclear what happens after the midnight deadline local time efforts continue to extend the truce. the uk operation, with round the clock flights, has so far evacuated 536 british nationals. many have been speaking about the nightmare of the last few days and the perils of the escape. the flights are only one way people are getting out. thousands more, sudanese and otherforeign nationals, have got to saudia arabia by boat. many others by road to the borders with egypt and djibouti. throughout the next crucial hours, we ll try to establish what is happening on the ground, whether the ceasefire can be extended, look at the exodus of people, and talk to some of those left behind. let me bring you the latest from number 10 downing street. rishi sunak s spokesman saying britain s ambassador is speaki
all rolling in the deep #. and the singer adele joins james corden for the final carpool karaoke in his last week as host of the the late late show. welcome to bbc news we start in sudan where the 72 hour ceasefire, is in its final hours. the uk foreign secretary told the bbc that now is the time for people to move. it s totally unclear what happens after the midnight deadline local time efforts continue to extend the truce. the uk operation with round the clock flights has so far evacuated 536 british nationals. has so far evacuated 700 british nationals. many have been speaking about the nightmare of the last few days and the perils of the escape. the flights are only one way people are getting out thousands more, sudanese and otherforeign nationals have got to saudia arabia by boat many others by road to the borders with egypt and djibouti. throughout the next crucial hours we ll try to establish what is happening on the ground whether the cease
there tonight. the idaho college murder suspect in court. why it could now take months for him to enter a plea. our nbc exclusive on the possible cause of a nationwide air travel meltdown. we ask secretary pete buttigieg how it could have happened in our one-on-one interview. what he told us. lisa marie presley, the daughter of elvis presley, rushed to the hospital. what we re l learning. and the big move in the burger wars. the beloved chain from out west finally heading back east. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening from washington, where in response to what he calls the extraordinary circumstances, attorney general merrick garland today named a special counsel to look into secret documents found in president biden s delaware home in addition to a washington office he used. extraordinary circumstances may be an understatement with one current and one former president entangled in questions over the alleged mishandling of sensitiv
calls quote extraordinary measures to avoid defaulting on our debt. which looks a lot more likely now that the most conservative wing of the republican party seems to have a tightening vice around speaker kevin mccarthy. if they can keep the government open, the republican party is gearing up for a series of investigations into president biden. what they just announced a couple of moments ago, in a second. one of the investigations, the president himself, all about hand-delivered to them, wrapped in a shiny bow, the white house is facing hard questions about why it was not more transparent about the discovery of classified documents, and not one, but two locations. especially as the president himself was criticizing the former president for mishandling his own classified documents. white house lawyers say the number of documents found is small and nbc news has just confirmed what one of them was marked with. what we know about that document in a moment. and what exactly is th