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keilar. and a flurry of new developments overnight surrounding the january 6th insurrection, just hours before the next hours gets under way. "the new york times" reports previously undisclosed emails from trump lawyer john eastman claiming he was aware of a, quote, heated fight among supreme court justices over whether to take up a case on the 2020 election. but even more than that, the "times" reports a response from another pro-trump lawyer, quote, odds of action by the supreme cour...

unilaterally subvert democracy. >> also this morning, new photos obtained by abc news show vice president pence and his family in hiding on january 6th, after pence was rushed off the senate floor. youll remember by secret service as rioters broke into the capitol. >> i think the public probably is not aware of how close a call this was. the rioters came very close to capturing the vice president and i think there is very good evidence that they would have done harm to him, perhaps eve...

supreme court justice brett kavanaugh and top ranking senate republicans demanded to know why the justice department has yet to arrest or prosecute any demonstrators. anger tonight is the biden administration is set to punish those horseback border patrol agents were falsely accused of whipping migrants as they illegally crossed into del rio last year, they have been cleared of any wrongdoing but our bill melugin is at the border and is going to explain. the first state in the country ...

harry smith on the end of an internet era >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening today some tough medicine for an american economy racked by high inflation. the federal reserve raising a key interest rate 0.75% its the biggest bump-up since 1994 a hike sure to be felt in the wallets of american borrowers. think higher mortgages rates and bigger credit card payments which well get into in a moment. whats it all about? the fed hopes the increase will sta...

supposed to protect -- how can you -- if you know a vote is fraudulent, right, how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to congress? >> donald trump justifying the chants of his supporters calling for the death of mike pence. the january 6th committee holds its third public hearing today, focused on the pressure trump put on his vice president to overturn the election. we will tell you what to expect. plus, new reporting that ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thom...

adviser to mike pence. in advance of that life testimony, nbc news has obtained exclusive new video ahead of todays hearing. highlighting how the events of the 6th were only the end of a pressure campaign against mike pence to overturn the election results that began much earlier with pence consistently pushing back according to testimony from his chief of staff mark short. >> was it your impression that the vice president had directly conveyed his position on these issues to the presi...

further inflamed the rioters as they were raging through the capitol hunting down the vice president and shouting, hang mike pence. >> in a preview video released this week, you saw liz cheney referencing a federal judges ruling back in march that the former president probably violated federal statutes throughout that pressure campaign. a campaign conceived, in part, by lawyer john eastman, a character you will meet today. a big player inside that circle of election deniers working aro...

nearly three decades. all, of course, in an effort to slow slowing inflation. in hours, the fed expected to announce raising rates by 0.75. that will make it more expensive to pay for things like a mortgage. the biden administration under growing pressure to do more to avoid a recession. retail sales fell last month. consumers feeling the squeeze from the record high gas prices, inflation and already rising interest rates. lets begin our coverage with cnns matt egan live in washington ...

three republican in the house and karl rove will also weigh in. >> sandra: big show coming up. first, fox news alert. move to the federal reserve that could impact every american. standing by for a major decision that would be the biggest interest rate hike in nearly 30 years. ok, we are waiting for it. hello, im sandra smith in new, i dont. trace, great to have you. >> trace: you as well, im in for john roberts, and this is "america reports." fed decision will be a dramatic attempt to...

levels. were going to talk about that today. david asman and lauren simonetti will join us and then im going to speak with brian deese, the top economic adviser to the president. hes meeting with the president right now post this decision from the fed. i will ask him what the president has to say, what the approach will be. all along, the president says things like this. >> the bottom line is this. i truly believe we made extraordinary progress but laying a new foundation for our econo...