and the manager rascon fellow managers were not allowed on the senate floor without express permission no one is certainly the senators are aware that this floor is sacred it s one of the reasons why i like so many of you was so offended to see it desecrated by that mob to see those insurrectionists diminishing and devaluing and disrespecting these how load halls that my whole life i have held in such all because of those rules that i just mentioned it will be only time i have the privilege to stand before you like this when the trial is over i ll go back to being not impeachment manager back to being just a house member the trial will end i will resume our lives in our work but for some there will be no end no end to the pain of what happened on january 6th the officers who struggle to recover from the injuries they sustained to protect us they struggle to recover today. the families who continue to mourn those who they lost on that terrible tragic day i was i was struck yes
republicans mount an unprecedented challenge to the electoral college vote the national guard called in as d.c. braces for protests. a fifth state confirming that new, more contagious covid strain from the uk as the u.s. struggles with the vaccine rollout. fewer than 300,000 americans getting their shots in the last 24 hours. it comes as hospitals are overwhelmed. one major city running out of oxygen for patients that massive hack. u.s. intelligence in a rebuke to president trump now officially accusing russia. and do you have your ticket? two jackpots, over 400 million up for grabs announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening there s breaking news tonight from wisconsin, where a prosecutor has announced there will be no charges filed against a white kenosha police officer who shot a black man in the back as he leaned into a car last august jacob blake was left paralyzed after the shooting that was captured on video and led to angry protests
law enforcement warned that these posts were real threats and even made a arrests in the days leading up to the attack. there were credible reports that many would be armed and ready to attack the capitol. despite these credible warnings of serious danger and stress to our capitol, when the crowd was standing in front of the president ready to take orders and attack, he said, we re going to the capitol, and we fight, we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell, you re not going to have a country anymore. here s a clip. what do you want me to call them? [inaudible conversations] proud boys, stand back and stand by. welcome to the yeah it is something. do you see the way our people, you know, they were protecting his bus yesterday. [laughter] [cheers and applause] they had hundreds of cars, trump, trump. trump and the american flag. you see trump and the american flag. at the fourth million maga march we promised if the gop did not do everything they
asking to come in voluntarily for a transcribed interview. they are not subpoenaing him nor are the raising that prospect. but that kind of a prospect looms with other people. in this letter, to this cable news hose, they have released a series of his texts, his communications with trump white house chief of staff mark meadows in particular. the reason they have released those text, it appears, is to make the case both to him and the public that he is an important fact witness for the investigation. and they need to ask him questions about what he knows. because he may know stuff that other people really don t. now, the tv host in question is a man name sean hannity. he s a primetime week knows. and regardless of whether you have heard of him or seen his show or his commentary about january six are about trump, it does appear from what the investigation released tonight that mr. sean hannity is kind of in the thick of it. at least, what s the white house chief of staff and ap
hi there, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. tomorrow s is the one year anniversary the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol means dramatically different things to america s widely polarized population. as we near the anniversary there is a cascade of breaking news to update you on. this afternoon, attorney general merrick garland delivered remarks at the just department regarding the investigation vowing the d.o.j. hasn t taken enough action against those responsible for the insurrection, that there is no higher priority than holding all involved accountable. the actions we have taken thus far will not be our last. the justice department remains committed to holding all january 6th perpetraors at any level accountable under law, whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy. we will follow the facts wherever they lead. garland s speech is likely to be judged against the backdrop of a newly public and newly a