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why nasa is now joining the hunt for ufos >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening, everyone, from los angeles where president biden today offered an explanation for why consumer prices are still climbing mays numbers out today dashing hope inflation was starting to cool. instead it jumpe another percent growing to 8.6% year over year, leaving inflation sitting at 40-year highs affecting everything from home prices to food, clothing to gasoline put anoth...

waited more than an hour to confront the gunman, and why he says he intentionally left his radios behind. nearly 70 million americansarlys facing dangerous hea facing dangerous heat. the triple-digit temperatures tp setting records, from california to texas. news about the battle for ukraine-- russian forces are close to capturing another major city in the countrys industrial heartland. a heroic rescue. tonight, after pulling a man off the electrified third rail, the much-deserved rewa...

i will dive deep into this with my panel of experts. our republican primary goes off the rails of the ten people who are looking to take on the michigan governor. more than half of been kicked off the ballot for election fraud or arrested by the fbi. im going one-on-one with the michigan secretary of state about this insanity. later, thousands are getting ready today to march across the united states for new gun laws in just a few hours. the question lurking in everyones mind, will thi...

as they fell, you know. it was carnage. it was chaos. >> it was an emotional night for police officers like carey dunne and brian sicknicks partner brought to tears, reliving the horrific day. carey dunne will join us just ahead. the committee also used testimony from trumps own attorney general, and his daughter and adviser ivanka trump to show president trump was told repeatedly his claims of election fraud were a lie or as bill barr put it, bs, and he did not abbreviate. and commi...

told him he needed to be doing something more. and aware of the rioters chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. >> mike pence deserves it. thats one of several new findings revealed yesterday. you may hear there was nothing new, but thats not the truth. cheney revealed multiple republican congressman, including gop representative scott perry, sought presidential pardons for ...

despite the lawful outcome of the 2020 election and in violation of his constitutional obligation to relinquish power. over multiple months donald trump oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated, seven-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power. >> there was also previously unseen video they played from trumps top advisors including former attorney general bill barr. he said in no uncertain terms that he told trump that his rigged elect...

>> priority. we just had a circle breach the line. we need backup. >> key members of that far right extremist group are charged with seditious conspiracy. in an interview with cnns jake capper right after the hearing last night, bennie thompson dropped a bomb shell about the role of extremist groups in all of this. >> are there going to be witnesses that describe actual conversations between these extremist groups and anyone in trumps orbit? >> yes. >> there will be? >> yes. >> we also...

and aircraft. all kidding aside, hes come off the sidelines. hes retired, helped us identify and get ahead of the challenges that arise at our ports, our railroads, and on the road. this is about reducing costs for families. you know, i have to admit to you, a lot of the elected officials have been in office for a while. every once in a while something you learn makes you viscerally angry, like if you had the person in front of you, you would want to pop them. i really mean it. there a...

despite its record on human rights and the killing of jamal khashoggi. welcome to "the lead." im pamela brown in for jake tapper on this friday. and we start with our politics lead. and the fallout from the first primetime hearing of the january 6th committee, where it laid out new evidence and its attempt to prove former president trump concocted a massive conspiracy to stay in power, despite knowing he lost the 2020 election. republican congresswoman liz cheney detailing what she c...

prices and rising costs for food, energy, and housing. the biden administration is clearly on the defensive, as the financial pain felt by americans keeps growing. >> and the embattled uvalde school police chief speaks out for the first time about his response to the massacre. hes reportedly denying he was the scene commander and rejecting many of the main criticisms of his performance. >> we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. y...