case. and the long overdue honor for a 102-year-old world war ii veteran. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone after holding the attention of millions of tv viewers this summer, the recent pause to the january 6th hearings into the attack on the capitol have turned attention now to the department of justice and attorney general merrick garland to provide what could be the next act in this american, legal, political, and constitutional drama with outside pressure mounting for indictments of mr. trum and some of his inner circle, i sat down with the attorney general today for an exclusive interview. the ag dismissing accusations his office hasn t moved swiftly enough to build cases against those at the top of the ladder and telling me concerns over further tearing the country apart would not deter his office from holding those criminally responsible accountable. let s start off and talk about january 6th. we just watched weeks of s
a year, she lost her job. then watched her bank account eaten up by inflation. evicted from her home, her kids stayed with family while she and her partner lived in her car. this has been the worst, most challenging part of my life every day i wonder what s going to happen next am i going to be able to make it i m living paycheck to paycheck reporter: inflation effect on display in corporate results today. walmart says americans are buying more food, but fewer big-ticket items. despite high demand, supply chain kinks are forcing gm to ship fewer vehicles shopify cutting 10% of its workforce. now the federal reserve is poised to raise interest rates yet again tomorrow what s the risk that by raising rates again, the fed could push the economy into recession? there is definitely a risk that these rate hikes could result in a recession. the fed is raising rates more quickly than it has in a long time reporter: this is not just a u.s. problem.
is criminally responsible for attempting to interfere with the transfer, legitimate lawful transfer of power from one administration to the next. how is your department dealing with the pressure? every day you wake up there is a column in a newspaper talking about what you will do and when you will do it. the only pressure that i or my prosecutors or the agents feel is the pressure to do the right thing. that s the only way we can pursue the rule of law. that s the only way we can keep the confidence of the american people in the rule of law, which is an essential part of our democratic system. i caught up with the attorney general in martinsburg, west virginia as he toured the national tracing center this is where the atf tracks the firearms used in crimes a process still done using mostly paper records. today agents showed the ag how a small piece of plastic can transform a semiautomatic rifle into a military grade assault weapon.
i want to ask you about mass shootings we have seen, far too many and some of them with people with strong right wing or extremist philosophies how do you intercept those people before they shoot this is the most difficult question in a democracy. we have to respect the first amendment. we can t just troll the internet looking at what everybody in the country is doing but we have joint terrorism task forces which evaluate both foreign and domestic terrorists and domestic violent extremists including racially motivated violent extremists. but it is s frustrating that after the fact we open up these social media sites and we see the ticking time bomb that was, that has now exploded it s got to be disheartening. it is an incredibly worrisome thing. we just saw how in martinsburg, the risk that these very cheap devices that can be made at home, that can transform a
howe in racine and another chief in martinsburg. they started putting mental health units in schools, for other reasons. dealing with the psychological issues of young people that would help with other issues of young people. this can be helpful in situations like this, where the school can identify someone that s been dealing with issues. even if you try to keep him out, he will find a way to get back in that school. it s not that difficult. you ve got to identify these people soon to prevent them from committing the act or attempting to commit the act, to begin with. there s so much breaking news. that will have to be it. i appreciate it. we will have you back on next time. more on our breaking news, 17 people shot to death at a florida high school. the suspect, a 19-year-old former student.