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good friday evening to you. jim sciutto here sitting in for anderson. tonight making sense of the unprecedented look weve just gotten into what until now was almost unimaginable, the criminal investigation of a former president. it follows the equally unprecedented court-approved search of a former presidents home. today under orders from the same federal judge who approved that search warrant, the justice department released the affidavit backing the warrant. the document laying out t...

playing out before our eyes taking us to another scary place over the past fort night. a criminal investigation into donald trumps handling of classified information looming over the country and both major political parties with an even more significant specter casting a long, shadow in sharp relief. the very real possibility that a former president of the united states could soon be indicted for violating the espionage act or other federal statutes. it is extremely volatile and if don...

sort of jams that narrative up and here is why. the first request for prechb r prechb race of records came from congress on january 16. the email migration happened on january 27th. and our understanding is that they were told in december and then again on january 25th how to preserve those records, that if they were going to do it, they would need to do it themselves. basically one of these emails made that you might get at your own office from your chief information officer saying we...

requests from congress. plus a house vote puts same-sex marriage one step closer to becoming federal law. now democrats must peel off ten republicans to sends a sweeping civil rights bill to the presidents desk. >> would you vote for that? >> im looking at the bill. i probably will. >> if and when he brings a bill to the floor, well take a hard look at it. >> and can democrat tim ryan turn ohio blue again? well talk to him live in just a couple of minutes. up first, new credibility...

and remembering olivia newton-john the iconic pop star beloved by generations of "grease" fans ♪ youre the one that i want ♪ >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt and good evening im tom llamas in for lester tonight we begin with that breaking news involving donald trump. the former president saying in a statement just a short time ago that the fbi carried out an unannounced raid at his mar-a-lago resort in palm beach, calling it not necessary or appropriate. ...

then there was this, on the senate floor ted kennedy of massachusetts, when out of his way to explain that the democratic party was absolutely not trying to replace the american population with more compliant, foreign-born voters. no way, that is an insane conspiracy theory, he explained. this bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. it will not upset the ethnic mix of our society, it will not relax the standards of admission. it will not cause american workers to lose their job...

republican gubernatorial race that seen by many as the barometer of former president trumps ongoing influence within the g.o.p. bret baier joins us live. new details tonight on stephen colberts the late show staffers are arrested for trespassing on capitol hill. the capitol police criticizing the decision on the u.s. attorneys office not to prosecute them. republican on the house judiciary committee weighs in on just a minute. more than a dozen progressive lawmakers, including aoc arre...

coleman and amy kellogg. amy, lets start with you live from london. >> hi mike. the meticulous and planning got underway for the day that so many people here dreaded, there was a contingency for the possibility that queen elizabeth the second would die in scotland. mike, it is a place that has meant so much to her. she loved the great outdoors. she loved traipsing across the morrison. she really cherish the company of her relatives up there on the highlands. now, her coffin today was t...

himself will be investigated by kevin mccarthy as we reported earlier. all the justice department people and ive been speaking to from a book ive been working on saying that have been incredibly careful, and they would only act if they had crystal clear evidence. this is gonna be perceived as political by half of the country so its a monumental development and well see if their evidence holds up in court, but its just a shocking series of events tonight. >> given whats going on at the ...

this is an incredibly serious step. i believe the merrick garland approve this himself, he will be investigated by kevin mccarthy, as you said earlier. we are in a very new and dangerous stage. but all the justice department people that ive been speaking to for a book that im working on, say theyre being incredibly careful. that they would only act if there is crystal clear evidence, they dont to be political. this will be perceived as political by half the country, so its a monumental...