hardship it s a crisis that is causing real mental stress for millions of people millions of people and it s within our power to solve it. and to grow the economy at the same time and his vision for the country s place in the world. america s back. we re at the head of the table once again plus, new covid records and new restrictions here at home as millions ignore the travel warnings and food banks have trouble keeping up announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from wilmington, delaware good evening from wilmington, where a short time ago president-elect joe biden sat down with me for his first post-election interview where he discussed among other things the official presidential transition now finally under way tonight, whether he would support investigations of donald trump after he leaves office, and how his administration plans to distribute covid vaccines to millions of americans. we met at wilmington s queen theater, where
they censured paul gosar. this week we expect a giant fda decision on whether to okay covid boosters for all adults. we begin, though, on january 6 and the accountability question. just seconds ago, a judge sentencing jacob chansley to 41 months in prison. the judge called his actions, quote, terrible. you made yourself an epitome of the riot. chansley spoke directly to the judge for more than 30 minutes. he insisted he s a good man who broke the law, not a domestic terrorist, not an insurrectionist. this is a big sentencing. reporter: it s very significant, john. and the reason it s so significant is 41 months is the very same sentence that judge lamberth handed down to a capitol rioter just last week. that rioter punched a police officer, a violent crime. jacob chansley is not convicted of a violent crime, but the judge still believes that his acts are comparable with a violent act. so as we look at the grand scheme of all of these riot defendants, 660 defendants char
and seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and walls and the graffiti. this is not the place that i left. it s a very sad thing to see it. when you look at what s happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. this was never supposed to happen in america. this is the persecution of the person that s leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary, and leading biden by a lot. so if you can t beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him. we can t let this happen in america. thank you very much. live to outside the courthouse now, with carl nasman. good to see you, you ve been at the courthouse all day today. walk us through what you have seen unfolding. seen unfolding. definitely a lot of what seen unfolding. definitely a lot of what we seen unfolding. definitely a lot of what we saw - seen unfolding. definitely a lot of what we saw today i seen unfolding. definitely a i lot of what we saw today was incredibly hist
an instant bond. it s all we both wanted. when adi started speaking and calling, daddy, that s. i mean.for me, it s nothing better. gavin and his wife, jodie, adopted adi when he was eight months old and brought him home to sheffield. he wasjust such an easy, happy baby. it werejust, like, perfect and it were just like all we d ever waited for and then itjust happened. adi had some minor ailments a cold, some breathing issues and eczema. then, in november 2022, he died in his sleep. ijust went in like any other morning, and. yeah, just. he werejust laid face down and.| just tried to wake him up. yeah, just. he was just cold. and.that s when. ..gavjust started shouting. sol knew something was wrong, so i rushed out of bed and we phoned an ambulance straight away and then, obviously, just the worst thing that could ever happen, happened. and going to the hospital, and not coming home with your child is just like the worst pain that you could ever feel. it sjust like i didn
vlad and so many of the people that we have met here on this visit and of course that we ve talked to over the past 16 months, they all have that incredible, powerful reservoir of strength. thanks so much for joining us. it s time now for ac 360. good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news. we have obtained what is expected to be a central piece of the government s case against donald trump, the actual audio recording of the former president talking as if he s showing a highly classified document on u.s. war plans against iran, with people not clear to know it exists, let alone what s in it. you will hear what jurors will hear one day. the recording was made two summers ago in bedminster new jersey. you will clearly hear the former president, as he is speaking to several people. they include a writer working on mark meadows memoir, the publisher, and two of trump s staff members. the president was aware he was being recorded. it is the first time it is being played