tonight that swimmer sharing her story in an nbc news exclusive. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening an unsent letter described as a murder-suicide pact by a former trump white house lawyer stood at the core of testimony in today s january 6 committee hearing. three former top justice department officials describing former president trump s efforts to enlist help from the department to perpetuate his unsupported claims of election fraud, including pressure on the doj to send an official letter to georgia election officials. that letter falsely stating the justice department had identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election. when doj leaders refused to sign it, the president reportedly telling them just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me today s hearing focusing on the actions of former assistant attorney general jeffrey clark who witnesses say stood ready to do mr. trump s bidding. let
tornado outbreaks brings damage and devastation to the south. joey: max gordon joins us from rougeses rogers, arkansas wih the latest. reporter: good morning. we just got on the ground moments ago. you can smell natural gas on the ground in rogers, arkansas and many buildings are damaged after yous suspected tornado ripped through this community. a county judge here says at least one person here is dead, no idea yet on how many people are injured. but just looking from the devastation behind me, there are likely going to be some that are injured here in rogers, arkansas. now, this was a part of a tornado outbreak among 20 tornadoes reported across oklahoma, texas and here in arkansas. in texas, the cook county sheriff says that five are now confirmed dead after a suspected tornado hilt a mobile home park there. the sheriff says the number of dead could rise. dozens were injured in a travel center to the north in mays county, oklahoma, emergency managers say two people are