classified documents. what he wanted his lawyer to tell the national archives. also ahead, another headline making moment for herschel walker s senate campaign. as new documents reveal the pro-life republican appears to have paid for an abortion. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for starting your day us with. we have a new development in the mar-a-lago document case. the washington post reporting that former president donald trump asked one of his lawyers early 2022 to tell the national archives that trump had returned all materials requested by the agency. but that lawyer, alex cannon, declined to do so because he was not sure if that claim was true. that s according to people familiar with the matter. we now know that in fact that was not accurate. thousands more government documents, some highly classified, were found at mar-a-lago through a grand jury subpoena back in may and then, of course, that
as the justice department accuses the far right militia group, the oath keepers of plotting an armed rebellion to keep donald trump in power. we ll go live to the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. where testimony begins today. and liz cheney steps up again, this time speaking out against trump s recent attack on mitch mcconnell and mcconnell s wife, calling trump s remarks about elaine chao absolutely despicable and racist. we ll have the latest update on a growing scandal. that s actually one republican that s spoken out. exactly. against donald trump attacking the senate majority leader with violent rhetoric and making racist statements about his wife. i don t really not a lot of other republicans, elected republicans who have done that. i guess we can t be shocked anymore, but it is shocking. it still is shocking. it should be. that the leader of the united states senate in the republican party had a quote death wish placed on him by the former president
also tonight, ukraine s stunning advances breaking through russia s front lines in regions the kremlin illegally annexed just days ago. new images of the horrors russians left behind. the highest-profile trial so far over january 6th now under way. how prosecutors say the far right oath keepers plotted an armed rebellion to keep donald trump in power. the scathing report on women s pro soccer. the systemic abuse and sexual misconduct it uncovered. the manhunt for a possible serial killer on the loose in northern california. the image of a person of interest police are searching for. and kim kardashian s trouble with the feds. why she s been fined more than $1 million. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. back tonight from florida, where the aftermath of hurricane ian grows steadily more grim. the storm-related death toll now reaching 104. 100 of those deaths in florida, at least four others in north carolina. hundreds hav
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