ii hero who showed us the meaning of courage. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone she captured the nation s attention with her recounting of what she said she saw and heard from within president trump s inner circle on january 6th. tonight some of the accounts of former white house staffer cassidy hutchinson are being disputed including what happened inside the presidential suv when then-president trump angrily demanded to be taken to the capitol where crowds were gathering. tonight her attorneys writing on her behalf, ms. hutchinson stands by all the testimony she provided yesterday. and this evening hutchinson s testimony about senior trump staffers expressing fears that they might end in violence has the january 6th committee looking to speak to a new potential key witness. the then white house counsel who according to hutchinson warned, we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen pete
the courthouse. lisa rubin, catherine christian and caroline polisi. thank you all for being with us. in the meantime, ken, what can we expect from this hearing and remind us of the parameters of the current gag order. reporter: it prohibits former president trump from criticizing the prosecutor, special counsel jack smith and members of his team, court personnel and witnesses or potential witnesses in the case. it does not prohibit him from criticizing the justice department or the biden administration or saying that this entire prosecution is corrupt. but what the judge concludes is when former president trump makes specific attacks on individuals on social media, it s often the case that those individuals are then harassed and targeted by trump followers. that happened in the case of the judge herself, who was the target of a death threat after former president trump criticized her. so former president trump s lawyers are saying this is a violation of his first amendment
sent text messages to mark meadows, pushing the whit house to overtur the election results tonight in a letter obtained by nbc news thomas lawyer says he has not seen any reason for her to testify and that the committee he says needs a better justification why it s relevant lester peter alexander starting us off, thank you. five days after the supreme court overturned roe v. wade the country is now caught in a confusing patchwork of abortion laws and challenges with many patients and providers alike wondering what they should do. anne thompson now with the latest reporter: the battle over kentucky s abortion trigger law moving to a courtroom today. your honor, there is a real vagueness problem here with the trigger ban. reporter: kentucky one of 12 states where the future of abortion services is now in court, causing confusion for patients, doctors, and lawmakers alike. i don t think it could get more confusing. reporter: dr. gabrielle goodrick leads arizona s camelback