multiple crimes, neither dropped by the republican party. have the gop no shame? plus, the texas father who lost a son in the uvalde massacre kicked out of the state capital this week for demanding some action on gun reform. he will join me to share his story and his message. and elon musk, lisa styled free speech absolutist caves to an authoritarian government demand that he censor his tweets. actions speak louder than words, elon. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. on wednesday, the house was debating an unemployment benefit fraud bill, legislation to help incentivize states to recover funds stolen during the coronavirus pandemic. the stunning case of cosmic irony, that bill being debated on the same daisy that one of its co-sponsors found him self indicted for that very same crime. yes, that s right. justice finally caught up with now infamous serial liar and fabricator george santos. on wednesday, federal prosecutors in new york announced a 13 count indictment against the rep
strikes on ukraine. power facilities in key cities taking a direct hit and leaving residents in the dark and cold. also tonight, we re digging through a new batch of just released january 6th transcripts including testimony by donald trump jr. and we re getting new insight into melania trump s mistrust of her husband s inner circle. and the southwest airlines meltdown drags on now for an eighth day. with thousands more flights canceled. will southwest get back to a full schedule tomorrow as the company claims? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour in ukraine after one of the biggest russian missile assaults since the start of the russian invasion. let s go straight to the capital, kyiv. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is on the ground for us. ben, so what are you seeing and hearing over there? reporter: well, what we heard at about 9:00 this morning l
the former presidents chief of staff said that he documents on fire, and qanon being discussed favorably at the highest level of the white house. pamela brown here in four and eight released today by the january 6th committee. in both cases, testimony by cassidy hutchison, former aide to then chief of staff mark meadows. we are joined now with the very latest on the striking newly-revealed testimony, and really just some stunning details coming up this transcripts. yeah, we have been seeing the throughout the past few days. this one in particular, a lot of new details. not as particular leap because one of these, it days from june 2022, crucially that was right after cassidy hutchison had fired her trump world attorney, and her new attorney was really letting her correct the record and tell every truth for the committee. first thing she told the committee that she saw mark meadows burning documents in his office, fireplace. she says about a dozen times, and that amounte
as trump ally push to release surveillance of the search. and mike pence today doubling down on defending the fbi. the emotional day in court. vanessa bryant, the wife of kobe bryant, breaking down on stand, describing her pain after first responders leaked photos of the helicopter crash that killed the nba legend and their daughter. reporter: after a summer of travel chaos, the department of transportation cracking down. our exclusive with secretary pete buttigieg, the ultimatum he s giving the airlines ahead of labor day. danger in the water. two shark attacks at the same beach on the same day. and uniting for ukraine. the music with a message inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we are reminded again tonight just how high the stakes are in the war in ukraine as focus turns to the state of the ukrainian nuclear power plant now in the hands of russian forces. ukraine official making some pretty disturbing claims