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im jim sciutto in again for anderson tonight. thats how much a texas jury awarded punitive damages to the parents of a child killed during one of americas deadliest mass shootings. it comes a day after the same jury awarded $4.1 million in compensatory damages. shortly after, one of the parents, spoke to reporters about her son and spoke about the need for those lessons at this moment in time. >> care and concern is so important and we saw what happens when there is a lot of that. i ho...

executive action and take a look at how it could impact the economy. plus, with the primary election calendar winding down, we look ahead to november, and the key races that could decide control of congress. also ahead, new reporting on the communication between the government and donald trumps team before the fbi search of mar-a-lago. good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this thursday, august 25th, im sam stein in for jonathan lemire. 43 million people are in line to...

families. it helps both current and future bowers and will fax a badly broken system. and these actions build on my administrations efforts to make college more affordable in the first place. >> nbcs tom costello now with more on the plan and the mixed reaction to it. >> reporter: president biden fulfilling a campaign promise. cutting american student loan debt. >> it focuses the benefit on middle class and working families. >> reporter: but hes also stirred up a hornets nest of backla...

high-profile affidavit concerning the search at mar-a-lago. this morning, more women will not have access to abortion as new strict abortion bans are now in effect in three different states, with one law making the professional a felony with life in prison. congresswoman jackie speier will join us with that. president biden announced his plan to help 43 million americans with their student loan debt. well take a close look at how this will impact students of color. later this hou...

we should point out nbc news has not yet verified that reporting half what we do have this afternoon is new reaction from a spokesperson for mark meadows. joining me now, luke broad january broadwater, matt miller, and joyce vance. luke, who exactly could be picking up these legal fees for at least it seems a dozen witnesses testifying before the january 6th committee? >> well, there are two funds that are funding witnesses lawyers. one is the save america pac which is run directly con...

this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening there is significant movement to report tonight in the effort to bring home americans brittney griner and paul whelan, both separately imprisoned in russia. late today, secretary of state antony blinken acknowledging there was a substantial proposal on the table to facilitate their release. griner, the wnba star detained since february, who has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing vape cartridges with cannabis oil whelan, a...

>> oh, hes back. >> odonnell: out of covid isolation. in just five days, president biden is testing negative. gunmakers in the hot seat. new information tonight, as we learn manufacturers made more than $1 billion selling ar-15s to civilians. the war in ukraine. cbs holly williams is with american military veterans as they train ukrainians. >> reporter: this is a five-day course. theyre also learning battlefield first aid, and how to maneuver. >> odonnell: $1 billion jackpot. whens the...

-- >> this is day two of our coverage of the criminal investigation of the 45th president of the night states, and day two has gone exactly expected exactly as expected in investigations like this. weve learned the identity of another very important cooperating witness, with the justice department criminal investigation of donald trump, and a potential group of coconspirators that includes most prominently, trump white house chief of staff mark meadows, and attorney rudy giuliani who i...

>> ill give you this preview, the president didnt do very much, but gleefully watch television during this timeframe. we will present a lot per than that. i can only imagine, i know what i felt as a u.s. congressman and if i was a president sworn to defend the constitution and that includes the legislative branch watching this on television i know i would have been going ballistic to try to save the capitol. he did quite the opposite. s weve discussed many times on this program in the...

around while children are being murdered? joining us now, senior correspondent casey stegall with more. reporter: this was an all hands on deck scenario. the break out how many law enforcement responded to this scene of, 376 to be exact showed up here at robb elementary school. of those 149 were u.s. border patrol agents, 91 state troopers, 25 uvalde city police, 16 county sheriff deputies, and 5 school district police. the rest were u.s. marshals, dea and neighbors county deputies. su...