brought down a presidency 50 years ago today. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening the fate of two missing american military veterans, volunteers in ukraine s fight against russia, may be coming into focus tonight. video said to show alexander drueke and andy huynh, appearin on russian television this evening the men apparently captured by russian troops we are showing still frames of the video that appears to show both men alive a third american remains unaccounted for. they are among an unknown number of u.s. citizens that traveled on their own to fight on behalf of ukraine, prompting a renewed warning against such travel from president biden today. notably the captured americans were not mentioned by a defiant president vladimir putin today in a speech in the russian city of st. petersburg keir simmons is there tonight, and thus, we remind you russia is cracking down on the media, limiting what reporters can say under threat of imprisonm
the conversation was pretty heated. i remember hearing the word wimp, he called him a wimp. i don t remember if he said you are a wimp. it was a different tone that i had heard him take with the vice president before. these pictures of pence never seen before, the vice president being hidden by the secret service in an underground garage under the capitol, reading the president s tweet that said that pence lacked courage to overturn the election. that tweet helped inflame the mob, a mob that had come within 40 feet of the vice president when he was making his escape. markets are mixed today after thursday s disastrous day on wall street and president biden gets defensive about economists predicting a recession. two american veterans fighting in ukraine have gone missing, along with a possible third who volunteered to fight the russians. we will have the latest from kyiv. follow the money, nbc justice correspondent pete williams retracing the steps of the watergate bre
they had i mean, i saw friends with blood all over their faces. i was slipping in people s blood. the uk s foreign secretary will talk to her ukrainian counterpart about two british men sentenced to death by a russian backed court. and heading to the high court: lawyers try to stop a controversial scheme that will send asylum seekers from britain to rwanda. hello and welcome. the congressional committee investigating the storming of the us capitol last year has held its first public hearing on prime time television. it says it s established that the former president donald trump conspired to overturn the result of the 2020 election. graphic new footage was shown of the riots at the capitol building in washington last january when supporters of mr trump tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power to president biden. the committee spent almost a year investigating the attack. some republican leaders called the hearings a democratic smokescreen to promote a radical agen
Is a threat to democracy . Well, to our system, you know, the assaults on the institutions starting with my own, the Intelligence Community and his characterization of us as nazis. The commentary he has made about the judiciary, and individual judges. The assault on the bureau are examples which are not constructive for our country. General clapper, i appreciate your time. Thank you very much. Thanks for having me. Very tough words from General Clapper there. If you are just joining us now, lets quickly lay out the top story tonight. The riveting testimony, did he make the case for the Obstruction Of Justice . And well get reaction from the
Intelligence Community, and first, dana bash with all the key moments. Reporter the former fbi director under oath and unvarnished, called the president who fired him, a liar. The administration then chose to defame me by saying that the organization was in disarray. That it was poorly led, that the work force had lost confidence in its leaders. Tho
Virginia Lieutenant Governor ralph northam. Democratic candidate for governor. Well be watching next week to see how you do. Thank you for joining us, sir. Thanks so much, katy. That wraps things up for me this hour. Ali velshi, my friend it is friday. Are you done . The president is overseas. Right. I think were going to have a quiet weekend. I dont know. Just say it. Might have a quiet weekend. Theres always one. I have property to sell you in florida. Katy have a great afternoon and i hope you do have a quiet weekend. I hope we all do. Im ali val shi, as katy alluded to, President Trump will arrive in hawaii, the one stop before he kicks off his highstakes visit to asia. The longer overseas trip of any president since 1991, but the president is traveling with some hefty political baggage as the russia investigation looms. Mr. President , do you remember George Papadopolos during that march meeting i dont remember much about that meeting. It was a very unimportant meeting that took p