As the US carrier group arrived in the Middle East this week, President Trump boasted about its capabilities. >> We have a lot of very big, very powerful ships sailing to Iran right now, and it would be great if we didn't have to use them. >> But some Iranians tracking the buildup of US military forces tell us they want him to use them and fast.>> If I am Mr. . Donald Trump, I don't give even one more day to Islamic Republic to recover. We spoke with five protesters who were not sharing their real names to ...

NOW I'M KRISTEN WELKER IN WASHINGTON, WHERE WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE TIED TO TWO STOG FALLOUT OVER ITS IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PREPARING FOR A TEMPORARY PARTIAL SHUTDOWN OVER ICE FUNDING. WE WILL DEVELOPMENTS IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT WE DO WANT TO BEGIN WITH THE JUST GENERAL TODD BLANCHE NOTING MILLIONS OF ADDITIONAL PAGES UNCOVERED IN DOJ'S REVIEW WERE NOT BEING WRITTEN AND INSISTING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MADE NO EFFORTS TO PROTECT PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> I CAN ASSUR ...

We have breaking news out of Capitol Hill. The Senate has voted to approve a spending package that could avert a lengthy partial government shutdown. As part of this deal, senators stripped out new Homeland Security funding so that Democrats in the White House could keep talking about potential changes to ICE and Border Patrol.NBC's uh Julie Cirin is on Capitol Hill. Je Julie, can you give us here what what what helped this detail and this deal get over the finish line. Well, I think the White House directl ...

Okay, >> tonight, new video shows first responders in Connecticut carrying out a nighttime rescue, saving a man who fell into this marina's icy waters. Officers pulling him onto the dock before he was rushed to a hospital. >> While 60 skiers in New Hampshire were rescued from a faulty lift, all part of a relentless week of brutal and deadly winter weather.The crisis playing out on the roads, too. Dash cam video captures this semi-truck veering onto a snowy shoulder in Oklahoma, then spinning out of control ...

At times of catastrophe and chaos, scenes of danger where critical evidence is at risk, or high-profile national events from the Super Bowl to inauguration day, a special kind of detective goes to work. Bravery with a bark. >> Good girl.An hour outside Washington DC in rural Virginia, a mission begins at the ATF National K9 Training Center, where months of course work bring together handler and K-9 partner. >> It's a very, very strong bond. Most police officers work 12-hour shifts where they're with their d ...

Huge protests from Texas to California, >> New York. >> Make some noise >> to Minnesota. >> We are easily talking THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.THIS PART OF DOWNTOWN is shut down. This outrage isn't going anywhere. >> In North Carolina, students pouring out of school, thousands rallying at Brown University, all demanding ICE leave Minneapolis.How furious is Minneapolis at this point. >> It's unspeakable. Like, it's just everything is tense.>> Hopes of deescalation seemingly dashed overnight when President Trump answe ...

Tonight, the death penalty now off the table for Luigi Manion. We're all very relieved. A judge in Manhattan today dismissing two of the four counts against the 27year-old who's pled not guilty to stalking and killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024.The judge acknowledging that this is violent criminal conduct under any common sense understanding, but ultimately finding prosecutor's legal arguments for why the death penalty should apply unfounded under federal law. Today's decision a major blow ...

Tonight, former CNN anchor turned independent journalist Don Lemon out of custody, but facing federal civil rights charges after covering an anti-ICE protest inside a church near Minneapolis. Appearing in Los Angeles federal court today, Lemon charged with conspiracy to deprive rights and for violating a federal law that prohibits people from interfering with the right to attend religious services. A move Lemon's attorney calls an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment.Uh just here to chronicle and to ...

Tonight, the Department of Justice releasing their final batch of files connected to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. >> Today, we are producing more than 3 million pages, including more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. >> New emails from 2012 and 2013 show billionaire Elon Musk and Epstein coordinating a possible visit to the financier's infamous island.Musk asks when the wildest party will be. In another exchange, Epstein telling Musk there is always space for you and says he will sen ...

I have spent my entire career covering the news. I will not stop now. IN FACT, there is no more important time than right now, this very moment for a free and independent media that shines a light on the truth and holds those in power accountable.Again, I will not stop now. I WILL NOT STOP EVER. Last night, the DOJ sent a team of federal agents to arrest me in the middle of the night for something that I've been doing for the last 30 years, and that is covering the news.The First Amendment of the Constituti ...