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federal reserve is directly contradicting the president about the main driver behind that inflation. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening to you, bret. for now rebate cards are out and the federal gas tax holiday is in. president biden's problem few democrats don't see the point. >> i fully understand that a gas tax holiday alone is not going to fix the problem. but it will provide families some immediate relief. >> president biden wants congress to suspend the federal gas tax for 90 days to br...

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...

doesn't go far enough. my conversation with the parns of austin tice. this mark marking ten years since the american journalist banished in syria. their new plea to president biden. a u.s. drone strike in afghanistan is believed to have killed one of the world's most notorious terror masterminds wanted in the deaths of hundreds including americans abroad u.s. officials say ayman al zawahir laden was successfully targeted in a weekend drone strike in afghanistan. to this day he has been on the fbi's most wanted list for his role in the 1998 bombings of u.s. embassies in tanzania a...

the capitol riot. -- this afternoon a jury in washington found the political advisor turned broadcaster guilty of two counts of contempt of congress. those charges are the result of his refusal to comply with a january 6th committee subpoena. the verdict came hours after the committee's primetime hearing that saw white house insiders paint a damning portrait of a president choosing to allow a deadly insurrection to rage unchecked. tonight, the panel called today's bannon verdict, quote, a victory for the rule of law and an important affirmation of the select committees work. despite ...

christina, let me start with you with nuts and bolt, where do things go from here and what we're seeing in the market so far. that had been a question mark. >> i guess i should reference your song. "i saw the sign." they saw the sign the fed was going to hike. the markets are reacting positively at the moment. the dow is up 1%. you're seeing the nasdaq in positive territory. the s&p 500 in positive territory. the concerning point is jerome powell, the chair fed is speak and they changed course and became more aggressive once they received the inflation data we got last friday showing...