nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. firebrand former donald trump adviser steve bannon was found guilty this afternoon on two charges of criminal contempt of congress for defying subpoenas to appear before the january 6th select committee a federal prosecutor saying the defendant chose allegiance to donald trump over compliance with the law. the verdict coming less than 24 hours after a primetime session of the committee featured testimony from former white house insiders describing indifference by former president trump as deadly violence was rocking the u.s. capitol. tonight with the investigation reaching a turning point, the committee sending a strong message through steve bannon, who himself is still pushing back let s begin with pete williams reporter: just shy of three hours after getting the case, the jury came back with its verdict, guilty on two counts for refusing to provide testimony and documents to the committee investigating the capitol riot w
millions of americans? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening from the mouths of babes, 11-year-old girl appearing by video before a congressional hearing today describing in spellbounding detail her desperate and agonizing efforts to save herself from a gunman inside her school smearing herself with the blood of a classmate, pretending to be dead to survive. young miah cerriillo telling lawmakers i don t want it to happen again as the house prepared to vote on a series of gun control measures, families and survivors of the uvalde school massacre appeared in washington to demand new gun laws insisting lawmakers know the depths of their sorrow and their loss their testimony incredibly moving but not necessarily moving republicans from their opposition to new restrictions on guns and those who wish to own them gabe gutierrez was inside the hearing room reporter: in one of the most chilling firsthand accounts so far of the uvalde massacre, 11-y
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they believe our criminal justice system is a laughingstock. reporter: tonight, president biden urging mayors and police chiefs to act. it is time the states and the localities spend the money they have to deal with crime. reporter: meanwhile, boudin supporters are concerned the priorities of progressive prosecutors are at risk professor laura bosali investigates wrongful convictions in san francisco. we have other cases that in the pipeline. our work is on the chopping block, too. i have been robbed on mission street. i was jumped on 6th street. reporter: tonight san francisco voters like liberal democrat and sandwich shop owner demanding change. the top cop failed. reporter: between the enormous amount of money spent on the recall and enormous national attention it received, it is clear rising crime rates are going to be a major issue in the midterms. lester jacob ward, thank you. tonight, olympic gold medallist simone biles and more than 90 other women are