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and china ramps up military drills and raises fears of a dangerous stand-off with the u.s. after house speaker nancy pelosi wraps her risky visit to taiwan. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. im pamela brown, and youre in the situation room. we begin with a powerful message sent by kansas voters on the issue of abortion. with the critical midterm election around the corner. jeff zeleny reports on the conservative states surprising...

in the federal gas tax. he is aiming for a decision this week as americans are clamoring for relief from record prices at the pump. and u.s. airlines are trying to untangle a holiday-weekend mess due to thousands of cancelled flights. with staffing shortages, and bad weather causing chaos. will air travel be a nightmare all summer? we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, im wolf blitzer. yo youre in "the situation room." aides say the january 6th...

joins me on that. and then senator chris murphy, on a big step forward for gun safety. >> this is the most significant anti gun violence bill that congress has voted on in 30 years. >> all in starts now. >> good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. the story of the january six committee hearing so far has been, well, a lot of things. but a story about human beings facing high stakes, ethical task. very high stakes test. and how they respond to being squeezed, and pressured by the m...

some indicted, often because of their client. i say that not as shade or criticism, but as an objective legal matter. they get in trouble for the things they do for him, not unrelated legal failures, which sometimes brings up talk of the devils advocate. i will explain. our breakdown on that ahead. our top story now are the continuing clashes over the search of mar-a-lago and whether more information will come out about a path to what was an unprecedented search of an ex presidents hom...

it was illegal, the next question is, did they try to pull it off anyway? if the answer to that is yes they try to pull it off anyway, my next personal question is always, well when they try to pull it off was it occasionally hilarious? [laughs] whether or not the answer that is yes, then next obvious question is, did they get caught? and then of course the final question is, will they get in trouble for it? that is pretty simply where we are. and sort of how we know how to orient ours...

that we now know to ask. question number one, was illegal? if the answer is, yes it was illegal, the next question is, did they know it was illegal? if the answer was yes they knew it was illegal, the next question is, did they try to pull it off anyway? if the answer to that is yes they try to pull it off anyway, my next personal question is always, well when they try to pull it off was it occasionally hilarious? [laughs] whether or not the answer that is yes, then next obvious questi...

lets go "outfront." good evening. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, ramping up. the justice department is ratcheting up its investigation into january 6th. according to "the washington post" tonight, federal agents issued subpoenas on people in at least two states. part of a growing probe into how trump supporters tried to use fake electors to overturn the 2020 presidential election. at least one subpoena was delivered to the home of a georgia lawyer who signed documents claiming ...

the way here. we will be joined in a moment. >> john: but first, a fox news alert, a furious china and military on high alert. house speaker pelosis trip to taiwan is now over, as the world awaits the fallout promised by the chinese government. good wednesday to you. >> gillian: pelosi met with taiwans president and other senior leaders during her 20-hour stay in taipei. reaffirming the commitment to taiwans democracy and supporting the island militarily. critics say it does more harm ...

guy, jeff clarke. >> the january 6th committee turns its spotlight on jeffrey clarke, the critical figure in trumps corrupt plot to put the parameter on his fake elector scheme. also tonight, trump is not happy with kevin mccarthy because the january 6th hearings are completely devoid of clowning, trolling and disruptions that trump was counting on for his attempted coup. i have a special guest, cherelle griner and the wife of basketball star britney griner who has been held in russia ...

touch bringing the metaverse to life and 15 years after we first took you onboard this magic school bus, how it has inspired americas next generation of scientists >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. good evening, everyone in a trip the white house fears is fraught with risk and viewed by china as a challenge to its sovereignty, house speaker nancy pelosi is beginning a new day in taiwan, arriving overnight aboard a u.s. military vip transport to the self-gov...