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twice impeached, twice criminally indicted so far donald trump is the undisputed presidential front runner of the republican party. i dont know that on january 7th, 2021, right after all the republicans who mattered had condemned donald trumps role in the attempted insurrection, that we thought we would be here a year and a half later. we are very far away from the republican party returning to normal, perhaps even knowing what normal is. we are very far away from an america where both...

of building. >> have a good weekend, my friend. see you next week. all right, we are now the unofficial start of the 2024 presidential campaign season, six months out from 2024, and in a confluence events this week, yesterday in fact, rex exactly two and a half years since the january 6th attack on the capital. its humbling for our country, for our democracy, that the twice impeached, twice criminally indicted so far donald trump is the undisputed presidential front runner of the repub...

we have updates in the other special counsels investigation. jack smith issuing more subpoenas in the january 6th investigation. this time, focusing on arizona. so lets get to it. joining me now is nbc news investigative correspondent, tom winter and nbc news justice reporter, ryan reilly. lets start with the top. walt nauta, finally getting a lawyer. finally pleading not guilty. walk us through what happened. >> it was a short hearing. the big news is he did get this lawyer, and essen...

battlefield. now after a year of war, their powerful tributes ♪ >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening, and thank you for joining us tonight alex murdaughs sometimes failing memory, glaring contradictions and courtroom admission that he had lied to police were all fertile ground for prosecutors today as the accused double murderer spent another day testifying in his own defense. at moments displaying flashes of anger murdaugh on trial for the murders...

richard engel is in ukraine as the country prepares to mark one year of war. reports tonight that donald trumps daughter ivanka and son-in-law jared kushner have been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating january 6th. it comes as mr. trump visits the site of a toxic train derailment in ohio. how he attacked the biden administrations response. will alex murdaugh take the stand at his double murder trial? what his attorneys signaled today. the newly revealed image taken b...

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Putin to stop his invasion lester >> all right, richard engel, thank you tonight you can see much more of richards powerful reporting from ukraine. watch "on assignment" at 10:00 eastern on msnbc and streaming on peacock. in a speech in texas today, former vice president mike pence pushed for unwavering u.s. military support for ukraine. afterward he spoke with ali vitali and gave his take on former president trumps bid for another run at the white house. >> i think the times call for differen...

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Federal judges. we are in trouble if the democrats cannot get kyrsten sinema and joe manchin on board. our democracy is coming to its end right now. that is not me being hyperbolic, that is absolutely the truth. >> no voting, no democracy. please stick around. mehdi hasan, thank you for pulling that triple duty, my friend, good to see you. coming up, theres a lot to unpack about afghanistan. nbcs richard engel joins me on-set ahead of his special edecision of "on assignment" on msnbc at 10:00 ...

Family. seven of them were children. now, the family members, they want compensation, as i mentioned. the general and the head of cencom who came out with that me me a cup pa friday said they will possibly have accountability in a court for this mistake. that will be hard to see happening even though the u.s. came out with an apology. tonight in a special edition of on assignment, richard engle reports on americas 20-year war in afghanistan. after witnessing much of it on the ground, he will t...