announcer: this is “nbc nightly news” with lester holt good evening, everyone we re getting a much fuller picture of the apparent plot, the frightening near-miss for another community, and the heartbreaking depth of loss following the july 4th attack on parade goers in highland park, illinois today, the state s attorney there saying the 21-year-old now charged in the murders of seven people has confessed and that he went into details about what he had done officials revealing that after the highland park shootings, robert crimo iii considered unleashing a second attack 2 1/2 hours away in madison, wisconsin. while a possible motive is unclear tonight, a series of numbers is being examined as possible clues. his history with police and the guns he owned also under scrutiny as a grieving community opens its aching heart for a child orphaned in the shooting tom llamas starts off our coverage reporter: tonight, officials say robert crimo iii has confessed. telling polic
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my hands and knees and begged my colleagues, find a path forward, here. by doing something, we at least stop sending this quiet message of endorsement, to these killers whose brains are breaking, who see the highest levels of government doing nothing. shooting after shooting, what are we doing? why are we here? what are we doing? i yield the floor. with us tonight, connecticut senator chris murphy. senator, i turn that question to you. it has been 24 hours, what are we doing? i was presiding over the senate last night or yesterday afternoon, when i look down at my phone and saw that another sandy hook had happened, 19 kids in texas. i went straight to my desk, and that was the question that i kept on asking myself. it was the question that i spontaneously asked my colleagues. what are we doing? why are we here? why do you care so much about being a united states senator, if in the face of this evil and carnage, with all these parents who are just so frightened for their k
you will remember for the defiant stance made by the ukrainian forces at the start of the invasion, there s new video of a russian helicopter being destroyed by a ukrainian missile strike. ukraine says its forces have destroyed multiple russian assets on the island in recent weeks and that a russian support ship that is named for a famous soviet athlete is on fire, being towed away from the island. a claim that we should note cnn has not been able to verify. cnn does have new reporting that the intelligence community has now launched an internal review of how it assesses the fighting power of foreign militaries. this comes amid criticism that officials failed to make an accurate assessment in afghanistan and in ukraine. joining us now this morning is cnn s katie bow little lis one of the reporters who broke this story as well as david sanger who is a white house and national security correspondent at the new york times. thank you both for being here this morning. katie, i w
He was number two, at least not public support. Jordan is known for punchy interviews on cable news, for leading hard Liner Investigations in support of President Trump and against President Biden. Hes a member of the Freedom Caucus who could theoretically help the extreme of the party get in line. Hes making the rounds selling what he could do. Here he is with nbcs ali vitali this morning. One of the things the country wants is the government to stay open. How would you deep with the looming Government Shutdown on november 17th. Send the bill, the bipartisan bill, the no Government Shutdown act you, get the Shutdown Politics and this chaos, and all the crisis is coming, you get that off the table, and you pass legislation. Which is common sense. Its bipartisan, and is t simply says if you dont get your work done, you stay here and get it done. Its around the clock. It sounds reasonable but reasonable is not the representation reputation jordan has, in places like new york, home to fre