hearing on capitol hill. fbi director christopher wray on defense over the agency s alleged preferential treatment of democrats. senior, national correspondent kevin corke joins us here in the nation s capitol. good evening, kevin. kevin: you could call it a bipartisan be down today. hobbled and pilloried by the right and left for that matter at that hearing today on capitol hill. while his opening statement offered a forceful defense of the bureau, house members wasted little time in taking aim at the director for what they called corruption. and historically poor lead leadership. you preside over the fbi that has the lowest level of trust in the npr s history. people trusted the fbi more when j. edgar hoover was running the place then you are. you don t give straight answers. you give answers that later in court are deemed not true. kevin: wray fired back saying his agency remains popular. expect in your home state of florida, the number of people trying to come work
life. reporter: eight people dead and at least seven others wounded after yet another mass shooting on american soil. we have multiple reporter: this time at an outlet mall in allen, texas, saturday about 25 miles north of dallas. the gunshots, it sounded like a war zone. it was horrifying. reporter: investigators say the 33-year-old gunman who was killed at the scene by a police officer may have been driven by right wing extremism a. senior law enforcement source tells cnn there isn t a specific motive they ve identified yet but investigators have uncovered an extensive social media presence. stephen spainhour rushed to the scene. saw a little boy about 4 or 5, he kept saying my mother is hurt. i told him everything was fine, that help was on the way. i checked him for no wounds, but he was caked with blood from head to toe. reporter: greg abbott attended a vigil for the victims said authorities don t yet know enough about the gunman to make determinations.
front of the suffragettes statue in front of the capital, or visiting the world war ii memorial. we were doing in to save our country and save our brothers and uncles unanswered whoever was working, doing all that crappy work in a factory, so they could put their lives on the line, it was worth it, to have them come back. a group proud of all they accomplished in the war, and for women for years to come. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. some genuine all american heroes are taking us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you a very good night. it s great to be with my family last week. but i love being back here with you. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight, on all in. these scenarios existed david pecker and mr. trump long before i started working for him and 2007. the unnamed witness for the trump s grand jury is revealed, and the man who ran th
at this hour officially under russian martial law. putin takes steps amidst the punishing counter offensive. we ll take you to the front lines. our reporter was feet away from incoming fire. you ll want to see this report. and also breaking this hour, we re learning trump s team is deciding whether to allow federal agents to return to mar-a-lago because they say that he still has stuff as a federal judge now says, trump lied under oath about his claim of a stolen election. and senator marco rubio pulls a total 180. he once told a parkland victim s father that he supported raising the minimum age to buy a rifle. now he s taking it back. that victim s father is my guest. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front, the breaking news. martial law. putin s martial law now at this hour is in effect in parts of ukraine just after midnight local time. russian president vladimir putin doing the move not seen from russia since world war ii. martial law. and this o
played in trying to overturn the election. just to give a historical precedence to the group and how they have radicalized was the propaganda for the keepers. let s begin with the latest on steve bannon. saying he is now willing to testify before the january 6 committee jessica schneider is outside the courthouse where the hearing is taking place this morning. the point you made last hour was it was supposed to take place nine months ago so this is the 11th hour appeal. how do we expect this to proceed in the next several hours? it is notable because steve bannon is set to go on trial one week from today so the federal judge right now is beginning to hear arguments as to how the trial will proceed. bannon s attorneys have repeatedly asked for delay and prosecutors in an overnight filing talked about the fact that they want any evidence that steve bannon has said he will testify to the committee, completely excluded from the trial. prosecutors are really saying that stev