stunning new reports detail the inner workings of the trump white house, in the lead up to the riot at the capitol. nbc news has learned that the investigators have more than 700 pages that donald trump tried to keep secret. reporting from politico gives us an inside look at some of those records. politico has maintained a unsigned draft executive our order, that would have directed the secretary of defense to seize voting machines. they are now calling for a special counsel to investigate the 2020 election. the -- who is unknown's data december's -- bill barr said the justice department had found no evidence of election fraud. politico also reports the draft order reviewed would've given the defense secretary 60 days

to write a assessment of the 2020 election. that could've been a gambit to keep trump in office until at least mid february of 2021. nbc's not reviewed documents earlier on this threat -- that recalled the 2020 election, the most secure in history, had this reaction about political's report. >> there is a very clear violation of the -- act, which means that the -- you can use federal troops for law enforcement. asking d.o.d. to seize these machines is a clear violation of the law. it is pretty crazy. all that said, had it cleared the process and been signed out by the president, because the process didn't are always work in the last administration, i assume it would've been immediately, several states, including michigan, which was

likely a target of the lawsuit, would have immediately signed an injunction. and what's the presidents would've actually seen was his day at the supreme court. it truly reads to me, almost like an op-ed in newsmax or something like that. >> on january 6th, one january six committee member says the report shows that the effort to overturn the election went far behind the actions of the capitol. >> it indicates that there was one more line of possible of attack. which was something like a military coup that was being planned before january 6th. there were lots of efforts to undertake, and you may find that there were others beyond this attempted seizure of the ballot box. there was clearly, a coup being orchestrated by the entourage right around donald trump, to overthrow joe biden's election

and electoral college. to seize the presidency for donald trump. >> political also reports that the january six committee is looking at whether the trump white house and campaign were involved in efforts by state republicans to send call grace alternative states of the -- meanwhile, the justice department is charged with -- and attempted to assassinate georgia election officials. he they said he made those threats on craigslist. it came days after trump said secretary of state, raffensperger, to overturn election results. and this is all an attempt on capitol hill to avoid the repeat of what happened in the 2020 election. with democrats package of voting reforms now dead, she is now leading a bipartisan effort to overhaul the electoral count act. this is how congress counts and

certify's election results. it could include protections against threats for election workers. and today the biden administration is dealing with tensions for ukraine and russia. he will spend days with his security team. the u.s. has been trying to prevent the invasion of ukraine by russia. russia has denied trying to do this. the kremlin has positioned more than 100,000 group troops on the border of ukraine. secretary of state emily -- met with -- in geneva. blinken repeated the white house is warning that any russian military action would have consequences. >> we have been clear. if any russian military forces move across ukraine's border, that is an invasion. it will be met with swift,

severe, and the united response of the united states, and our partners and allies. i told minister lavrov, that on the security concerns that they've raised, the united states and all its partners are prepared to pursue a possible means of addressing them in the spirit of reciprocity. which means, simply put, that russia must also address our concerns. on the domestic policy front, a federal cart blocks biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers since november. they say 95% of federal workers were already in compliance, and the cdc says that the booster shots are keeping people out of hospitals. the extra doses are 90% effective of preventing hospitalization with the omicron variant. let's talk to our lead off guest on this friday night. courtney -- white house correspondent for usa today.

and a formal prosecutor in civil rights for the justice department, and re-parted -- a decorated combat of death -- in the persian golf. he is a former camber member, and a former member of the security council. good evening all of you in the sport news late. to begin with you, if since you are part of the justice department, in this action that politico is reporting on in the 700 documents that donald trump wanted to keep the january six committee from seeing, what comes to mind? >> what goes across my mind is we need to know who wrote it, we need to know who agreed with it, we need to know who had the classified information to put those executive orders. we need to know who it was hidden by, who -- and what the discussions were. it's just uncompromised and supple that they would try, that anybody would try to do this in the united states of

america. not only is it just un-american, but it is in violation of -- the and for viewers, there is an interesting history to that. the -- came about after joe grant was president and use federal troops to protect the rights of americans after the war. in order for the next guy to win the nomination, not to become president, but to behave, he agreed to pull over those troops and -- and that's where -- came from. in any events using the defense department to conceal and take the election information and the voting booth information, is a violation of -- and would never be allied at the justice department. much less approved. >> i want to talk to you about ukraine in just a moment, the

tensions on the russian border there. but let's just carry this on for a little while. the whole idea of crossing the rubicon is the idea that the roman general cannot enter rome, at the call of the troops. you cannot have the villa terry for the stuff outside. every member of the military in this country knows that. how could this have possibly, as cynthia said, got to the level where an executive order was drafted? >> well we have laws. and the regime at the white house clearly at the end of the day, what we were seeing in realtime, in public, was a coup against the united states government. we have the acting attorney general, an acting secretary, a retired you lieutenant colonel, to be the acted staffer terry of defense, along with four other incredibly uncertain labs who took over the policy

director of the department of defense. there are only two people who give orders to aren't -- but the secretary of defense, and the presidents commander-in-chief. and that was what trump was out to. he was on the verge of trying to take over our governments. i think he got such pushback from some high integrity lawful people, not just in congress and the federal court system, but also throughout the department of defense in the fbi. but we are in great danger. >> we are angry danger. and many of us did not have any idea. we knew something was a four, but we did not knows that. courtney, it was the supreme court that release those documents, or -- in a decision that they said where donald trump does have the ability to prevent them. but really was the white house that pave the way for those documents to be released. >> yeah, trump's legal battle

over the release of these documents, and that was aimed at the national archives and records, but as you said, he did this after the biden administration denied his request for executive privilege. to protect these records from the january six committee. the main issue that the white house counsel face here, was the presidential authority and executive privilege after a president leaves office. that had not been definitively protested in court. which, trump is not a legal case here, but it of course had implications for any white for once he leaves office as well. but they laid out a legal argument for why they believe that executive privilege did not apply. that is because they felt it came from unique and extraordinary circumstances

that extended beyond the typical deliberations, considering -- other presidents constitutional responsibility. and that it came pertaining to promises, examination of a result and the constitution. trump's legal team said this was all very political. the gust just report mint didn't pull reports to -- to withdraw, or to requests for some of the national security records that they had requested as evidence of a crime that was -- to protecting the office of the presidency. and what's the national archives also pointed out, is that a lot of these records that trump was trying to block from the public, were destined to be public once he left office. some of our partners --

some of these things are released by the white house like the schedules, diaries, logs, any records of the like. but as you mentioned, it was a supreme court decision that was really key here. had they decided to ripple block the release of the direct commence, it would've been -- >> cynthia, we saw a lot of things coming out of the january six committee, including subpoenas, letters, invitations even the invitation to ivanka trump was full of detail. but this was something else. this is -- do you believe that the january six committee knew it was coming their way? and now that this is, how does that affect the balance of the january six investigative body, and the criminal referrals that will have to be given to the justice department, and dispatched in that way? >> here's the thing, they don't

have to have criminal referrals for the justice department. they do not need a referral from congress to open up a investigation when i was justice we would open up a little tiny article, they do not need that. but it really does highlights, is why it's the tentacles of this conspiracy is. how difficult it is to wrap your arms around it. there is the fake electors conspiracy. there is a steal the ballot box conspiracy. there is a push the georgia election fictional's for more votes conspiracy. all these things happening in these different states, in addition to the, whatever it turns out bannon was doing, and it's not clear yet with that was. then you add the pressure from the riots to try to scare pence into going along with it. so there is all these

conspiracies. and they can come under one big umbrella in the justice department. they do not need a referral to get there. >> it is 6:15 am on the eastern border of ukraine and russian border right now. the sun is not up yet. and the world is on alert for possible invasion. the general said this earlier on the air and i wanted to get your take on it. >> i think we are basically, just on the cusp of war. i think it is all but certain in my mind that there is going to be a large european war on the magnitude of -- with air power, sea power, massive forces in offenses. my concern now is making sure that the united states is postured for that outcome. there is little to be done to avoid that. general, what do you make of that? >> well -- don't tell me about enemy

intentions, talk about their capabilities. clearly, putin has put together a package capable of seizing ukraine, from the north in the east, on a nine-day campaign. if he was willing to go all out, fight street to street in kyiv, i don't think he is. i do think he's trying to divide nato, run the u.s. out of europe. he has never been deterred in syria. the invasion of georgia, the invasions seizure of crimea. he's been bold and he's gotten russia and consider amount of trouble. this guy's economy is less than that of taxes less than that of italy. it's not a strategically significant force, but it is a massive threat to the countries that adjoin russia. particularly, the eastern european countries, the baltic

states, poland, who are concerned. nato is in disarray, the u.s. has already announced they're not going to fight. we have blundered, i think, in our public communications about what we might do, by specifying economic sanctions before -- rather than telling the russians privately. at the end of the day, putin has probably -- will take some military action the danger of uncontrolled escalation is there, there's no question about that. ukrainians are going to fight, the europeans are going to be alarmed. putin warned of unifying nato, and putting himself in a considerable amount of strategic. peril >> courtney, the secretary of state was in geneva today, in what appeared to be a last-ditch effort to negotiate with the russian foreign minister. it did not result in anything concrete. the united states, as general mccaffrey said, has warned

russia, don't do it. is that going to work? does the white house think there's a diplomatic solution to? this >> well, you know, the diplomatic track is very the preferred path. which is why we are seeing the meetings continue next week, between blinken and his russian counterpart. even as we see russia continue to build up, more troops near the border with ukraine, why we're seeing biden the huddle with his national security team and speaking at camp david. today, they even left open the possibility of another summit between biden and putin. jen psaki was asked about this today, she left it on the table, and vice president harris was asked about it tonight, at an event she. said it was a decision the president would be making. again, it's all about giving the diplomatic channels open. at the highest levels, what is question of invasion. >> thank you to the three of

you, for helping us kick off this evening. courtney subramaniam, general barry mcgraw free -- coming, up what could go down as the worst week ever for the twice impeached former president, since losing the election. two of our sharpest political experts are here to weigh the damage to him, and his party. later, history will ultimately weigh in on the current president's first year in office, we thought we'd get a jump on that, and ask our favorite historian for very early draft. for a look at how it started, and how it's going for the biden white house. the 11th hour just getting underway on a friday night. getting underway on a friday night

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documents that trump tried very hard to block. even could sent a committee request for her testimony. and the atlanta area da, wants a grand jury to investigate trump's efforts to overturn his election loss in georgia. the washington post reports, quote taken together, the event seemed to spill bad news for trump. but some who have observed him for decades or urge caution. after all, trump survived to house impeachments, avoiding conviction by the senate, as well as the investigation led by robert mueller into russian involvement, in the 2016 -- and several congressional probes of administration. back with us tonight, victoria defrancesco says go soto, dean of -- at the university of arkansas. and, msnbc political and in this, -- former george w. bush strategist, and founder of country over party, good evening to both of you. victoria, let's start with you. your evaluation of how things are going in trump world, as it relates, very specifically, to

his efforts to challenge democracy? >> it was a terrible week for donald trump and his family. hard stop. that being said, i'm firmly in the camp of urging caution, saying, okay, this is end of it for trump, and his speaking of power in 2024. he, many have said he is non lives, i think that metaphor is absolutely right. what's fair is the fact when you're trying to prove fraud, that's a difficult. trump and his family, and his organization or lawyer up the hill. the other piece of this, what we've seen over the last five years, trump is a survivor. we saw him survive two impeachments, the mueller investigation. add on to that that he does well in the court of public opinion. that public opinion of his party, of the base of the gop

that has shifted to the trump brand. put all of that together, and yes, things look very bad for him, but i'm not going to count him out. at this point, i am still waiting to see what happens, in terms of his longevity within the republican party, and his prospects in politics, looking at 2024 and beyond. >> matt, i apologize in advance for asking you and our viewers to do a little mat, but following on what victoria said, let's look at a nbc poll, that gives us interesting data. it indicates a 56% of republican voters consider themselves -- 36% of registered voters saying there are fans of donald trump. now, this is an interesting change from past surveys. three years ago republicans often said they were trump supporters first. i don't know if this some embarrassment you get one -- or something happening in which republicans are starting to separate themselves from donald trump.

>> well, i kind of look at the numbers slightly differently than most people. i think, what's happening is, the republicans have now decided that the republican party is becoming would they wanted to become. which is what trump wanted to become. i think, whatever flex, the party which is also behind the big lie, all the stuff that donald trump says and does, that party has become that. i think, with the voters in the party of the have decided, yeah our, party is finally become what we wanted to be. which is what donald trump represented, therefore, we support the republican party. that's what i think is happening. it has become the trump party, without the trump name, and they no longer need the trump name to brand themselves. >> victoria, that was a real gloomy spin on something i thought might have indicated something else. what do you make of? it that's a hell of an argument, that trump's transform the party, and now one doesn't have to separate or make that distinction between being a trump supporter and republican.

>> i agree with my friend, matthew. i think that will we've seen, a shift of the republican party. the other thing, this in happen overnight. i want to take us back to 2010, to that midterm election, to the rise of the tea party. what we saw there was really the seeds of this extremism, within the republican party. i might even take a little farther, and say in 1990, for new gangrenous. this was an effort that was building. trump was able to consolidate that movement, put his branding on it, put is -- i think that we have seen a shift, at least for the medium term, of the brand of the republican party. i'm all with matthew on this one. >> matthew, let's talk about donald trump. he had a rally weeks ago, it was ashley last weekend, in arizona bellowed very much like a campaign style rally. the only distinction is yet more conspiracy theories and

election deniers around him than typical. the pillow guy was there, but so was every offbeat, off-centre republican in arizona. is he running again for president? >> i think he's going to act like he's going to run. i think, people say he wants to be president, but -- he wants to be the center of attention, at all possible times. i think he's figured out that being the center of attention, is to keep talking like he's running. that's one thing. i don't know if he's going to run. you do a psychological on test for trump, you'd be here for days. i also think, it allows him to keep raising money for all these funds that he has, and he uses for legal funds. he uses all that, and once he says i'm not running anymore, it makes it harder for him to do that. whether or not he runs, i think he's going to act like he's going to run, all the way up until the very last minute, when he will make a decision. i think in the end he, won't

run, because i don't think he wants to risk another loss, in the manner of this. i think he's going to keep acting, and acting like he's going to run, because he served this purpose of fame. and it serves his purpose of fortune and raising money for all those committees. >> i'm much smarter after just a few minutes with you guys. if you don't mind sticking around for a few minutes, i can wrap it up, being suspended the starter. what to watch for next, after a week this avoiding large legislations butter, and die, on capitol hill.

what the president was trying to convey, we need to be clear eyed, open eyed, educated about what our rights are. he wasn't trying to predict that the elections will be illegitimate. he was trying to make clear to people, that 2020, and wept former president trump tried to do after that election, is not 60 years ago. that was listen two years ago. we need to keep talking about it, and make sure people understand what is going to be attempted out there and communities. >> the white house press secretary on the view, this morning, clarifying the presidents response this week, when asked about the impact of state level republican voter suppression laws, on the 2022 elections. as the wall street journal reports, republicans say their measures will improve elections equality and the democrats are attempting a federal takeover of elections. remember, even the former presidents own election officials deemed the 2020

election, quote, the most secure in american history, and quote. -- and matthew dowd. victoria, i want to point to will pull that republicans like the point to. it's a pew poll, that was taken in 2020. if you added the two numbers, 77, plus 17, you get 94% to -- this to me is possibly one of the greatest challenges in dealing with this decline of democracy that we're seeing. most americans don't actually believe that democracy is threatened, because they don't think that they're voting rights are threatened. >> when you see a poll number like this, you're like, 94%, there's no problem. people have that veasey access to the ballot, but the deal is, we need to take a step back and ask, who is the sample that is being asked to this question. look, i love pew, i think they do fantastic work.

they do representative -- but in terms of this questions battery, they're only asking people who voted in the elections. that means, this question is not capturing the folks who were not able to vote. who are deterred from voting, who did not have proper access to voting, who were not registered. so, we're missing a whole bunch of people who we need to consider when we're thinking about that in access. yes, technically, 94% of americans thought that when they voted it was easy, but what about the larger population of americans, of eligible voters. because we haven't even touch the topic of how difficult it is to register. i want to implore the viewers to read that fine print. look at what the sample, is before you start drawing conclusions on these numbers. look at who the sample is, and look at who they're actually

talking about. >> matt, nbc news is reporting that a bipartisan group of senators led by susan collins, is planning to meet virtually. to find a path forward on issues from clarifying the electoral count, to protecting election officials from threats and intimidation. you tweeted earlier today about the electoral college act. merely fixing the act, without fixing underlying voting problems, would be like saying we're going to make the winning pardon a poker game is accurately counted, without fixing the cheating in the actual game. tell me about that. >> what i was saying is, this is my problem, obviously, we shouldn't -- to make sure we're not going to be in this situation. if that's all we do, all we're doing is i said, it's like winning upon poker, all we did was make sure the chips were counted that were in the pot, and we didn't deal with all the people cheating around the table. that's all we have to deal with. my fear is, if we go ahead and

do this, it's going to give people who don't want to make the hard senate voting rights, and deal with the issues that we need to do with, a pass, because -- don't ask me any more questions about voting rights, when we didn't deal with the fundamental issue of this. that's my issue with that. i want to go back to something victoria said, which i completely agree with. that poll, in my view, actually makes the arguments that democrats are -- that poll was -- 2020, which allowed all these new things, like vote by mail, ballot boxes to drop. all of these new things that were established, all of which in the aftermath, -- the republicans in the states are taking away, so that poll actually makes the point, they yeah was year, in fact tory's right -- but, it makes the point like we did all these new things to make it easier, and people thought it was easier.

so, republicans are using that 's argument, they're making the democrats argument for them, which is yeah, we made it easier in 2020, that's why people felt that way. so, why are you taking it away from them? , >> because we apparently have a lot of voter fraud in this country, even the nobody can find any. thanks to both of you for joining us. we appreciate your time. a leading presidential historian on what we should and should not make of year one of joe biden's presidency. when the 11th hour continues. the 11th hour continues

with president biden entering a second year in office, is worth remembering, some of the notable moments from his first year. >> violence sought to shake the capitals very foundation. we come together as one nation. today, we are closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus. yeah!

bravo! expect the cynics, democrats our publicans, we can work together we can, get real results. we should be concerned about omicron, but don't be alarmed. the former president of the united states of america has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. the threat to our democracy is so grave, that we must find a way to pass voting rights bills. it's been a year of challenges, but it's also been a year of enormous progress. >> with us tonight, the celebrated author and presidential historian, michael beschloss, his ladies work in a bookshelf of works, presidents of war. michael, it's good to see you. thank you for being with us this evening. let's talk about this year. this big year for joe biden. the first year of his presidency. something you historians, and the, public take very seriously. tumultuous, unusual. one might argue, unprecedented,

given all of the efforts to overturn the election, that he had to take over with. would you make of this first year? >> ali, i agree with everything you said. wonderful to see you tonight. this program has been so exciting and important, i'll try not to screw it up. it's not hard because there's so much happening today. you and others have analyzed so will. here, we have biden being a guy who after one year, which modern presidents tend to be. i can tell you as a historian, the way a president looks after one year, has almost nothing to do with whether he gets reelected, or whether historians like him. franklin lows the belt, one of our greatest presidents, after, year a lot of people were saying he's gonna be a one term president. he hasn't fixed a depression. a lot of people unemployed, abraham lincoln. abraham lincoln, in 1862, was seen as a president who was not fulfilling his role, at the

beginning of the civil war, the union army was, stalled and people were saying, we should've elected somebody who's more competent. whether biden's seen is a great president in the end, will depend on a couple of things, and some of the midterms, and if he wins for reelection. number one, the economy. ten months from now could be very different. >> you know, he held a long press conference the other day, for almost two hours. bide it is a big thinker, he came in with big ideas one. of the reporters asked him whether he might be able to downsize his expectations, given what's happened. here's the exchange. >> you are only guaranteed control of washington for one more year before the midterms. do you need to be more realistic and scale down these priorities, in order to get something passed? >> no. i don't think so. we just have to make the case what we are for, and with the other teams not.

for >> michael, can you evaluate that response? it was interesting question, would you make of the presidents response? no skill and things back, do a better job of convincing americans about what he represents. >> he's absolutely right. that's where strong presidents. do they pride, and make sure that their reach exceeds their grasp. they don't just say i've got a narrow margin in the house and senate, might lose at this fall, so i better be timid, and not do anything. biden knows we've got some large problems, people are naturally frustrated by the fact that the pandemic has not ended, that the economy has not just sort of unimpeded, as many people might expect the year ago. the most important metric that'll be used to evaluate joe biden, at least in these first couple years, is do we have a democracy next year. . if we don't -- nothing else can possibly do will, matter do we have a democracy next year?

do we have. a democracy in 2025? maybe two of the most important questions facing americans right now. as you saw in the last discussion i had, in the last -- there are lots and lots of americans who agree that they cherish democracy, but don't really believe it's all that threatened. >> well, they just have to take a look at sweat is happening in state legislators and how voter suppression is being entwined, and how difficult more it is gonna be for a lot of these elections to resolve. and a victor being declared who actually run the election. some partisan planning that someone actually did not. and the other thing today, is we are looking at what i call, the push of january 6th 2021. where an effort by trump almost conquered congress and the capitol. almost conquered our democracy. >> you make a very interesting point. when we were discussing a year

ago whether that was really an insurrection, or coup, or an attempt. a lot of people didn't call it that cause it didn't succeed you didn't -- you tweeted today about the beer hole that did not succeed. and how was -- >> there is a lot of history. and this was a dark moment in 1923. with 2000 nazis that would try to stage, what we would consider an uprising, like what happened in the capital. it failed. hitler was arrested and jailed for treason. so what hitler took from that, was that, maybe an extra legal way of getting into power was not gonna work. so when he did for the next ten years, was he looked for weaknesses in the democracy. ways to game the system to get into power. which he did in 1933, he was appointed chancellor, a month

later the via parliament -- killer said, its internal enemies. jewish people and communists. we have to eradicate them by getting more power to the nazis. and after that, we will let the nazis never again in a reelection. >> stay with us, we are learning a lot tonight michael is a noted historian. we're gonna discuss democracy and other things that come out of 2022, when the 11th hour continues.

still with us's presidential historian michael, your history lesson about what happened in germany is alarming. on the other hand, you actually think that americans have some reason to hope, and be happy about the president in this very moment. >> i do, if you are an historian i think you would agree with this. instead he and american

history. american democracy was gravely threatened in the 1860 federal war, in 19 -- 1940, americans arguing about whether we should rise up to oppose that old -- and then you look at the japanese. you look at our dna, you look at us getting approvals like this. but only -- all i can say was that everyone loves the sound of our voices too much. don't be in situations where we lost our democracy in 2022. and the reason was that people who should've cared about it, we're doing other things. the voices against autocracy have yes to express themselves and the majority of americans in 2022 are not an air talker c. if this happens, it's gonna happen against the will of the people. and the other thing that you have been talking all week about is the vulnerability

about donald trump. donald trump right now is relatively riding high. but he has a lot of trouble, as you have been discussing all week, in the states, in the courts, all sorts of places that could metastasize. if trump is a real figure to his followers, and two republican leaders ten months from now, this could be a whole new bob game. because he is intimidating people like lindsey graham, and kevin mccarthy, and other republican leaders. and perhaps, when he is gone, they will be less intimidated and return to the side of people who care about democracy and want to preserve it. but what i'm trying to say, is that democracy is -- tonight. >> well, i think your message about people getting into the game as you said, applies to all of us now. to all citizens. this is not just something that

we just want to get into politicians for. i don't appreciate the. but i appreciate -- he is a noted bowl historian and his latest book is called presidents of war. coming up, a live at the white house that will set the presidents for a year to come. when the 11th hour continues. detective les zoeller this

american carnage stops right here, and stops right now. [applause] >> the last thing

before we go tonight. remembering a performance that set the tone for years to come. five years ago yesterday donald trump was sworn in as the 45th president in front of a crowd in the national hall. it's not obvious that the 2019 -- and all of that, led to this memorable performance five years ago tonight. the new president ordered his press secretary, sean spicer, to -- insist that this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. >> photographs of the inaugural proceedings were framed in a way to minimize the enormous support that had gathered on the national wall. this was the first time in our nation's history that -- we're used to -- and the fact that highlighting

any areas where people were standing, while in years past, the gas -- inaccurate numbers involving crowd size were tweeted. no one had numbers because the national park service, which -- does not put any out. we know that 14,000 people used the d.c. -- which actually compares to 317,000 that was used at president obama's last -- this with a bodies -- to recognize -- both in person all in around the globe. >> a moment that is etched into our memories with a moment from saturday night live and the lovely, melissa mccarthy. what feels like a lifetime ago today. to take us off the air. that is our broadcast for this friday night, and for this week. thanks for being with us. be sure to show -- on the half of my colleagues

from nbc news, goodnight. i this was a gruesome murder. a high-profile executive and his wife shot to death in beverly hills? we don't really think that children can murder their parents. you have to have a lot of evil and new to shoot your mom and dad. >> young, rich, handsome. -- made for hollywood, they were ready for the cameras. >> it was a first televised courtroom drama the capture the united states. it was a huge deal. >> eric and lyle menendez, convicted of murdering their own parents >> around shot my mom. >> it wasn't real.