That has been in the making for nearly 100 years. Paying it ford ward is just the icing on the cake. It is a beautiful story. Maybe it is one that the world needs to hear. Reporter elwyn lopez, nbc news, california. It absolutely is a story the world needs to hear. And it goes to show you that you never know how the amazing Ripple Effect of one act of bravery, what it can produce. On that extraordinary note, i wish you a very goodnight. I told you i was giving you sweet dreams. For all of our colleagues, thanks for staying up late with me. See you at the end of tomorrow. In the summer of 2004, The War In Iraq was raging. Fighting had intensified and evidence of american torture at the prison had just come to light. Democrats were promising a new direction for the war. And to make their case, they had just nominated a decorated war veteran to be their nominee. A man who had been awarded the silver star, the bronze star, and three Purple Hearts for valor and combat. Thank you. Im john ke
When . Weeks and still has not ruled. Nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. Where do things stand after todays arguments . Reporter judge Aileen Cannon said she would rule promptly on these two motions to dismiss and seemed skeptical this afternoon of the argument about the president ial records act. Remember, what donald trump is saying under the president ial records act he could deem any record in the white house whether classified document about Nuclear Secrets or identity of the cia officer, foreign asset, he could deem that a personal record, take it home and store it in his bathroom. Special counsel jack smith says than an absurd argument and eastern the judge said i dont see how that gets dismissal of the indictment. That one. Another argument, motion to dismiss on the grounds the Espionage Act is unconstitutionally vague. Argued that this morning. A long shot. A law used hundreds of times to prosecute people who have taken home or leaked classified docu
Democrats were promising a new direction for the war, and to make their case, they had just nominated a decorated war veteran to be there nominee, a man who had been awarded the silver star, the bronze star, and three Purple Hearts for valor in combat. Thank you. Im john kerry, and i am reporting for duty. [ cheers and applause ] senator john kerry made his Military Service in vietnam Essential Part of his campaign for president that year. In the weeks after he accepted the democratic nomination, kerry consistently led the incumbent, resident george w. Bush in the polls, but then in august, everything changed. That was when these campaign ads started airing. I served with john kerry. I served with john kerry. John kerry has not been honest about what happened in vietnam. He is lying about his record. Is a central image of john kerrys campaign, the candidate, literally, wrapping his arms around his vietnam friends, but now republicans are challenging his war record with other vietnam ve
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. We are so grateful. The beat with katie phang in for ari begins right now. Have a great show. Thank you. And welcome to the beat. Im katie phang in for ari melber. We begin with House Republicans using the power of their gavel to drive home one critical point that could shape the entire 2020 election, that donald trump is facing multiple criminal charges for mishandling classified documents. I mean that was ultimately the result of their much hyped hearing featuring robert hur, the special counsel who investigated president bidens Classified Information. Today hur repeated his reports findings, that the evidence did not support any charges for biden. We did not, however, identify evidence that rose to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Because the evidence fell short of that standard, i declined to recommend criminal charges against mr. Biden. Republicans had hoped that the hearing would
i m jake tapper. aides say this second hearing will drill down on evidence that president trump knew he lost the election but spread false claims of fraud anyway, ignoring court rulings, ignoring the will of the american people. lead-off witness, bill stepien, who has firsthand knowledge about what trump knew about the election numbers. stepien tells cnn he is appearing under subpoena. also testifying today, former fox digital content director chris stirewalt. he was fired after his accurate call of arizona for joe biden. we ll hear directly from republicans who investigated and rejected claims of election fraud in the key states of georgia and pennsylvania, and felt trump s anger for it, former u.s. attorney bijay . . ak and al schmidt and ben ginsburg will testify there was no widespread fraud in 2020 and discuss the trump team s failed challenge to the election results. the select house committee is aiming to connect more dots between the insurrection and its allegation