and i m sad to say that it only compounds the agony. the texas state senator, roland gutierrez, told cnn that he had been briefed that the uvalde school s police chief, pete arredondo, he didn t have a radio on him when he arrived on the scene. i have been told that this person did not have this person being the incident commander did not have radio communication. and i don t know as to why. don t know as to why. it s a great question because if it s true, the incident commander on the scene of this mass shooting would not have had a way to directly contact dispatchers. and i wonder did he ever have a radio eventually. cnn reached out to both arredondo and the texas department of safety for a comment, but we haven t received a response. but if chief arredondo did not have a radio that day when he arrived on the scene, he might not have known all those 911 calls were even being made, let alone what was being said on those calls from inside of those classrooms where the
tropical storm system closing in on florida. it s bringing heavy rain. there s already some flooding, as you can see, from these pictures we re getting in. there are 10 million people under tropical storm warnings right now. the timing and potential impact coming up. plus the show goes on despite the queen s absence. the platinum jubilee celebrations that are under way today. we are so grateful you re starting your weekend with us. it s saturday, january 4th. good morning, christi. good morning, boris. let s talk about the two former trump administration officials. they will not face charges for contempt of congress in the january 6th investigation. now the department of justice says it won t indictment former white house chief of staff mark meadows and former jeopardy chief of staff dan scavino. it could hinder the committee s efforts to enforce subpoenas. another trump ally is facing charges. a grand jury indictmenting former adviser peter navarro for contempt of
saluting the class of 2022 from the president to the fonz. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight, a dangerous tropical threat taking aim at florida, parts of the southern coast getting pounded by heavy rains. the tropical cyclone with warnings issued for a large part of the state, including south florida and the keys also on alert, parts of the bahamas and cuba where at leas one person already died dangerous rains expected to continue overnight, causing torrential downpours and possible tornadoes. just this week the national weather service predicting an above average hurricane season we start tonight with meteorologist bill karins tracking this dangerous storm. bill, what are you seeing reporter: tom, i m very concerned with heavy rainfall overwhelming flood control systems in south florida. they re thinking the possibility for water into homes, evacuations and rescues in the next 24 hours. let me give
friend. as if i don t enjoy working? we do, and that s what we will keep undoing. thank you, maybe. goodnight. it s anger into action. that s with the oversight chair carolyn maloney says she hopes to achieve next week during a hearing, were survivors and parents a few things in uvalde and buffalo will tell american lawmakers their stories. nbc news reports that on wednesday, the committee will hear testimony from the net everhart, whose son, zaire goodman, was injured at the top supermarket in buffalo, as well as from uvalde s soul pediatrician, roy guerrero, and felix and kimberly rubio, whose daughter lexi was killed at robb elementary school. maya so rio, who covered herself in a murdered classmates blood and lay dead to survive will also share her story with lawmakers. tonight, the white house was lit in orange in honor of gun violence awareness day. the families in uvalde are still demanding answers, as we learn stunning new details about why police waited ove
congress, and democracy itself. this is another member of the ex presidents inner circle. he was indicted, and republicans are caught on tape planning to dispatch an army of activists to polling sites to target and potentially overturn votes in democratic precincts. the reporter who understood those tapes joins me later in the show. plus, the lawyer who scored an unprecedented victory for sandy hook families against the gunmaker in that case has turned his attentions to the gun maker in the uvalde texas massacre. i will talk to him about that legal strategy that could be the turning point in the war over guns in america, and what you might not know about how the gun industry markets directly to young men. then, day 101 of the war that vladimir putin plans to wrap up in three days. i will talk to lieutenant colonel vindman about how russia s war of choice in ukraine has changed. what is likely to come next, and likely, today, by the way, is the first day of the general electio