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explain why the justice department moved so urgently to hunt down any further classified materials me might have. multiple people told the times the former president personally went through 15 boxes beforehanding them over in january. and the highly sensitive nature of some of the material on the boxes prompted archives officials to refer the matter to the justice department, which within months had convened a grand jury investigation. the revelation coming just after trumps lawyers ca...

did this kind of damage to whole apartment blocks. remains of the missiles are still scattered in the rubble here. >> at the fed we understand the hardship that high inflation is causing. >> you know what is worse than high inflation and low unemployment some it is high inflation and a recession with millions of people out of work. it is thursday, june 23rd, 4:00 a.m. here in atlanta and also in washington where the white house committee is investigating the u.s. capitol riot which w...

media with his talent off the field. and the big honors being awarded to nbc news and this very broadcast. announcer: this is “nbc nightly news” with lester holt good evening im kate snow in for lester tonight in a rare move, the u.s. attorney general merrick garland is speaking out, saying he personally approved the fbi search of former president trumps home at mar-a-lago on monday. while he said he could not provide more details about the basis of the search, he did say the...

federal reserve is directly contradicting the president about the main driver behind that inflation. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening to you, bret. for now rebate cards are out and the federal gas tax holiday is in. president bidens problem few democrats dont see the point. >> i fully understand that a gas tax holiday alone is not going to fix the problem. but it will provide families some im...

it certainly goes further than a lot of republicans would like it to go. but there is no doubt this bill is going to save thousands of lives. >> ahead not next 15 minutes ill speak with the democratic senator chris coons of delaware, a voice that worked on the deal and one of president bidens top allies. and relief at the pump, thats president bidens goal this afternoon, asking congress to pass a three month federal gas tax holiday, but its already facing stiff resistance from democr...

harry smith on the end of an internet era >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening today some tough medicine for an american economy racked by high inflation. the federal reserve raising a key interest rate 0.75% its the biggest bump-up since 1994 a hike sure to be felt in the wallets of american borrowers. think higher mortgages rates and bigger credit card payments which well get into in a moment. whats it all about? the fed hopes the increase will sta...

overturn the 2020 election, what to expect from day three of the public hearings. plus, stock futures fall more than 1% after the fed implements the highest interest rate hike in nearly 30 years. the question is whether the move will drive down inflation without pushing the economy into a recession? and well have the latest from ukraine. as the united states pledges more aid, the leaders of france, germany, italy all arrived in kyiv overnight to show that europe is still committed to...

it. >> inflation, it is zapping the strength of a lot of families. >> that inflation hit 8.6% last month, highest rate since 1981. majority of americans werent even alive actually. u.s. families paying more for everything. gas, cars, food, housing, just to name a few. >> plane tickets, everything. and today fed is expected to rise rates three quarters of a point. so that means that people will pay more to get a car loan, houses and even college. that will taste bad, but the hope is tha...

nearly three decades. all, of course, in an effort to slow slowing inflation. in hours, the fed expected to announce raising rates by 0.75. that will make it more expensive to pay for things like a mortgage. the biden administration under growing pressure to do more to avoid a recession. retail sales fell last month. consumers feeling the squeeze from the record high gas prices, inflation and already rising interest rates. lets begin our coverage with cnns matt egan live in washington ...

shot of momentum for republicans and signals major gop gains among latino voters with midterms around the corner. >> carley: griff jenkins has more on the huge win in the other big races of the night. >> griff: good morning, carley and todd in south texas, wife of a border patrol agent and daughter of legal immigrants. the seat is up again in november. take a look at the race board. nearly a point. dig into the numbers and you see the story. this 34th district president biden carried b...