pete williams what do you have for us? >> we are told that the man who has parked his pickup truck in front of the library of congress has surrendered to the police. it has been nearly five hours since this man drove his pickup truck in front of the library of congress, and then apparently called 911 trying to attract attention and as the police were responding began to broadcast live on facebook with a long list of government grievances. and he claimed to have a bomb, and he showed in a transmission from facebook, a device with a lump of clay and a blue button so one of the questions is if this is actually an explosive device, and so they didn't know for sure, and this is why such a large area around the capitol was shutdown. and now he is in custody, and he is maybe answering the question if whether it is a device or not, and even if he says it is a hoax, they will have to satisfy themselves that, that is the case. you are looking at pictures of him kneeling down on the ground and following the instructions to crawl away

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pete williams now with late details >> reporter: it's one of the first things president biden did after taking office ending a trump administration program known as remain in mexico it requires people seeking asylum to wait outside the country while their claims were considered. tens of thousands lingered in makeshift tent cities. human rights groups said many were attacked by criminals and drug gangs. >> people were kidnapped. people were raped. all kinds of terrible things happened to these people while they were trying to get protection under the laws of the united states. >> reporter: but lower courts ordered the biden administration to reinstate remain in mexico, and late tuesday night the supreme court refused to intervene the court's three liberals said they would have blocked the program. texas and missouri had sued to get it going again arguing that when president biden stopped it, the number of migrants trying to enter the country skyrocketed because migrants know that even though the vast majority of asylum claims are rejected most people are released in the u.s. to wait. >>

lester >> pete williams on capitol hill tonight, thanks >>> turning to afghanistan now. with tens of thousands trying to flee that country and escape taliban rule, our richard engel has a firsthand account of the journey out alongside a group of afghans, most leaving the only home they've ever known >> reporter: thousands of afghans were evacuated overnight from kabul airport they're thankful to be escaping taliban rule, but it isn't pretty to flee a war zone. we watched one group of hundreds of afghans gathered in front of the departure hall leading to the runways. they wait outside for hours until the planes arrive surrounded by trash, always under guard most arrive here already exhausted because to get here, they had to navigate through taliban fighters who control the airport perimeter and whose idea of crowd control is using guns and whips >> outside the airport, people don't let me to go in. >> reporter: did you see the taliban beating people >> yes, and they're shooting, like they run behind you with ak-47, boom, boom, boom, boom >> reporter: what do you think abo

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joining me now with the very latest nbc news justice correspondent pete williams and garrett haake, terrorism analyst and retired atf special agent jim cavanaugh and msnbc national security analyst clint watts, former fbi special agent. pete, bring us up-to-date with the latest you've learned from police. >> so this has been going on for about an hour and a half, andrea. it happened when the driver of a black pickup truck stopped the vehicle in front of the library of congress building, the main library of congress building known here as the jefferson build coming is about a block away from the u.s. capitol. he claims to have a propane tank inside the vehicle and claims to be holding a detonator in his hand. now the authorities have not actually seen any explosive material at all. they have looked in the bed of the truck, the back part of the pickup truck. they don't see anything, but they have not been able to look inside the four-door cab of the truck to see if there is actually a propane tank. that's the claim that the man is making. he is communicating with them by writing on a dry erase

nbc justice correspondent pete williams, and legal analyst lisa brown and daniel alonso, former chief assistant d.a. for manhattan and former federal prosecutor. first, tom winter, take us through the main findings of this investigation. >> right, andrea. this sweeping investigation which began in march of this year and wrapped up today, obviously, with the governor's interview just 17 days ago included 70 subpoenas, 74,000 documents, 179 interviews. 41 of those under oath, and 280 tips from the public. the investigation and the invest over 160 pages details very specifically the allegations raised by 11 women. it says what they accuse the governor of. it also goes into the governor's responses to some of those claims, some of which he refutes and paints in a different context and some of which he says he does not recall. it goes into corroborating information and in other words, what other information were they able to develop over the course of the investigation that would help corroborate the claims made by those women and as you detailed, it goes into how the governor's office han

pete williams is following this story from washington.od morning the judge has a new ruling affecting transportation of migrants in the state? >> yes, they issued an executive order saying only law enforcement officials could transport people that came into the u.s. illegally because he was concerned that large groups would spread covid. they say you can't do that, you're interfering, and if you don't we'll sue. last night a federal judge blocked enforcement of the order nor now. the order would cause irreparable injury to the united states and for those in the u.s. they are challenged with protecting those in small history. so what the governor argued here basically is the federal government depends on nonlaw enforcement personnel. volunteers and others to move people here that are undocumented immigrants around to get them to their court hearings, other places where they belong, and if they can't do this any more it forces them to stay in detention centers longer than they should. so now the judge blocked enforcement of this order and t

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on his own hours later, he was taken into custody without incident nbc's justice correspondent pete williamse, what do we know about the suspect and whatever his motive might have been? >> well, his motive was to get attention, that seems pretty clear. he parked his car not just in front of the library of congress but on the sidewalk of the library of congress, then apparently threw some cash out the window to attract people, and then called 911 and said there's a truck parked in front of the library of congress so, he wanted to generate a police response. then he told the police that he had a bomb as we now know, he didn't. that caused a huge amount of concern in washington. you know, any time somebody drives a truck near the capitol and says they've got a bomb, you're going to see a vigorous police response. but now, tyler, washington is a city, especially on edge after january 6th and with social media talk about further attacks, so they had an especially robust response here. then, of course, the fact that he went live on pacebook from inside the truck, streaming a long series of stateme

pete williams is here. pete, what do we know about this >> well, dhs says this new terrorism advisory is not based on any actual threats or plots, but says there is a rise in anti-government rhetoric some of it is opposition to covid public health rules like mask and vaccine measures some calls for violent action are based on claims of election fraud or belief that donald trump can be reinstated, and dhs says the coming 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks andhodays later this year could be catalyst for ryas issued in may. it expired today this new one says domestic extremism remains a threat priority lester >> all right, pete, thank you. >>> three days after new york governor andrew cuomo announced his resignation over sexual harassment allegations, state assembly leaders say they will suspend their investigation. they concluded they did not have the authority to impeach cuomo once he leaves office >>> now to our series "justice for all." the dramatic move today by a prosecutor known for trying to right the

our own pete williams just reported that the person in that truck is using a white dry erase board tonicate. capital police ordered the evacuation. a reminder that no members of congress are in session. the house is not in session, but there are staffers in those buildings and we will update you as we get more investigation. now to the latest in the scramble to evacuate americans and allies from afghanistan. we learned that the u.s. military evacuated more than 2,000 people in the last 24 hours. that means 7,000 evacuations so far nap is still far short of the goal of 5,000 to 9,000 day. let's go to kelly o'donnell. the president says no american will be left behind in afghanistan, does that include folks not in kabul right now or can't get there. i know he and the vice president met with their national security team. what more can you tell us? >> a big issue is are there americans not near the airport where there is a process unfolding for how they can get safe passage. and at this point, u.s. officials are saying that the process is working. there are other reports of how difficult

nbc justice correspondent pete williams has more. >> reporter: it's one of the first things presidenten did after taking office, ending a trump administration program known as remain in mexico. it required people seeking asylum to wait outside the country while their claims were considered. tens of thousands remained in tent cities. many were attacked by criminals and drug gangs. >> people were kidnapped. people were raped. all kinds of terrible things happened to these people while they were trying to get protection under the laws of the united states. >> reporter: but lower courts ordered the biden administration to leave in place the leave in state. texas and missouri had soon to get it going, arguing that when president biden stopped it, number of migrants trying to enter the country skyrocketed because migrants know that even though the vast majority of the asylum claims are rejected, most are in the u.s. to wait. >> you're going to see a reduction in the numbers. over 1.1 million people have entered the country illegally that we know of since january. we have to be able to stem

let's bring in pete williams. pete, it's not a surprise. we knew they were going to fight this. but what can you tell us specifically? >> well, what they say is that there's no legitimate purpose for congress to have these returns, that congress' stated purpose is a pretext. the committee on ways and means has said it wants to look at how the irs audits the returns of presidents. but lawyers say they have asked for his returns, not any other president's returns, they didn't ask the irs how it audits presidents, so that's just a pretext. it says ever since donald trump was a candidate the democrats have been trying to get their hands on his tax returns and that didn't diminish after he got elected. let me quote you one line from the filing. it says the chairman of the house ways and means committee sought president trump's tax returns and return information because his party recently gained control of the house. president trump was and is their political opponent and they want to use the information to damage him politically. so for all those reasons, they say the court should no

nbc news justice correspondent pete williams, along with msnbc contributor and friend of the show, joshe go to you first, josh. take us inside the testimony of the former acting ag. what did he tell the senate committee? >> jeffrey rosen testified, former act willing attorney general. he said he applied persistent, repeated pressure to question the election results and that he was filled with misinformation and that he learned that the top official in the justice department was working not through proper channels meet with former president trump and work on helping him overturn the election. he said efforts by jeffrey carr were rogue. in a meeting three days before january 6th, former attorney general rosen said he had to persuade the president not to take a path that was delineated by mr. carr that would have further challenged the election results from the department of justice. >> josh, you get the sense that jeffrey clark was more receptive to the president's claims? what's your reporting on that front? >> that's right, jeffrey clark was working with a republican congressman, as rep

pete williams, thank you very much in washington, d.c. pete, thanks for that.turn to the latest out of afghanistan where it's ironically independence day. joining me now are helen cooper and msnbc political contributor. also with us, afghan-american journalist who spent years covering afghanistan. she is now an acclaimed novelist. we heard the pentagon earlier this morning talking about the gate outside kabul airport. are they open? are they secure? but at the same time, we're getting reports from on the ground according to reuters that -- according to taliban and nato officials, 12 people were killed there by gunfire or in the rush. are we seeing scenes like this repeat more and more? i mean, we should note this video that you're seeing right now on the screen does not make clear who exactly is shooting. but what do we know about u.s. efforts to secure the airport passage for afghans? >> that's the million dollar question. i mean, the gates -- when they say the gates are secure, the gates that the airport is secure and that some gates are open. that they're tr

justice correspondent pete williams is here. this is developing this morning. does it mean? >> what they say is the congress had no legitimate reason for asking for the returns, that the democrats had been making it clear ever since the campaign that they wanted trump's taxes and came up with basically a reason they wanted to see how well the irs was auditing presidential tax returns, but they say that can't be right, because first of all, the irs has never asked for the returns of any president, former president or indeed any elected officials, nor the trump lawyers say has the committee on ways and means which asked for the records ever asked the irs how it audits former presidents. congress has no general authority to go rooting around in the private papers of individual citizens, the trump lawyers say, so without a legitimate legislative purpose, this request must be denied. now, just last week, the office of legal counsel, the justice department reversed course from an opinion it issued in 2019 and said that congress has to be respected here, coordinate br

right to pete williams for the latest. you tell us about this guy, the charges he is facing and as facebook says it is okay to live stream something like that? >> well, we don't know the charges yet. he'll be in court about 1:00 this afternoon to face the charges. but i think his motive here isn't any great mystery. he live streamed during the -- for about 30 hintminutes or so a long stream of anti-government, anti-democratic rhetoric. he had been to a pro trump rally back in november. and his family also says that he was battling some mental health problems. and at the end of the day that may be the ultimate explanation here. but he clearly wanted to attract attention. you can see there from the super i had i don't, he parked his truck not in the street but on the sidewalk in front of the library of congress to attract attention. he called 911 himself. and he said to some passing pedestrians, hey, you know, you need to tell the police to start evacuating this street. and then of course the whole thing with facebook. now,

i want to bring in justice correspondent pete williams on what this means.ure i'm understanding this and see if you can help us explain this. this decision is made by the full court and by one justice who dismissed this challenge on behalf of the court that justice was amy coney barrett, looks at cases, the challenges coming in from that region. given the politicization of vaccine mandates shall the fact she was appointed by donald trump, some conservatives were surprised by what she did. should they have so shocked? >> no, i don't think so. for a couple of reasons. first of all, the supreme court's only decision about mandatory vaccination goes back to 1905, when cambridge, massachusetts, said every adult had to get a smallpox vaccine. that was challenged in the supreme court upheld it. what the lower court said is look at what indiana is doing. it's not anywhere near as strict as something the supreme court has already upheld for a couple of reasons. number one, students can opt out of the vaccine if they can cite religious or medical reasons, justificatio

nbc's pete williams joins us with an update on that. pete, thanks for joining us. what more can you tell us? >> it's important to know this is not based on any threats. this is based on analysis. not on any imminent warning that something could happen here. the last of these terrorism advisories was issued in may. it expired today. there are several concerning factors. there is concerning grievances over covid-19 restrictions which is stirring up a lot of opposition. there is the continuing efforts by foreign influencers to try to stir up trouble in the u.s. there is the coming 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. and there are approaching religious hol dawes and the opening of schools and the possibility of school shootings. so for all those reasons, dhs says this is the terror threat picture that we face. but again, it's not a warning that there is attacks that they know of. it's more of here's the threat picture. that's why we're continuing this advisory. >> all right, pete williams, thank you for that update. still ahead, the nine house democrats are giving sp

pete williams covering a couple of stories, thank you for your reporting.>> turning to what's happening today in ohio, a democratic and republican voters, weighing in on the future of their parties in two -- >> [ laughter ] >> we'll mute pete's microphone. the democratic side mute pete's microphone there. two women are heading for fudge's old seat. and for republicans, a crowded list is putting trump to the test. i want to bring in henry gomez covering the blockbuster house races. good morning. >> good morning, how are you? >> good. let's start with the republican primary, right? this is in effect donald trump's backed candidate versus steve staoeufer's backed candidate. is all politics still local? this is a republican primary that has become quite nationalized. >> yeah, absolutely. there are 11 candidates in the race and four or five of them have substantial commitments and endorsements from local office holders throughout the district and it boils down to the proxy war with president trump endorsing one and then stiver backing another. it could be somebo

pete williams looks at what the loss means for the biden administration at 630 right here on nbc bay area. >>> former san diego mayor kevin faulconer gaining in the bay area, hoping to replace governor newsom in the upcoming recall election. his bus stopped in the east bay as he brought a crime fighting message to oakland's superior court. the leader of the crime victims united stood with him and endorsed him in this race. he says from day one he'll set the tone for a safe state. >> you're going to see a governor that supports law enforcement, that supports keeping our cities safe and a governor that is not going to loosen penalties. we have a governor that doesn't seem to believe that there should be consequences for actions. i do. >> as for the increasing covid cases, faulconer says everyone should be vaccinated. that's how california will work its way out of this pandemic. faulconer will be one of four candidates taking part in a debate tonight. you can watch this recall debate. it's coming up on cozi tv at 7:00. comcast channel 186 or over the air at 11-2. >>> the gubernatorial r

drove his truck onto a sidewalk outside the library of congress and claimed to have a bomb nbc's pete williams has the play by play of what happened >> reporter: nearly five hours after he parked his pickup and claimed to have explosives, a 49-year-old man from north carolina gave up and followed instructions to crawl away ending a tense standoff. >> he got out of the vehicle and surrendered, and the tactical units that were close by took him into custody without incidents. >> reporter: capitol police say it all began a little after 9:00 a.m. when the man floyd ray roseberry parked his black pickup on the sidewalk of library of congress, called 9-1-1, and said he had about a bomb nearby buildings were evacuated including the supreme court and the house of representatives office building. police and federal agents swarmed in including the fbi and atf and streets were shut down several blocks away. a massive response and the city still on high alert after the capitol riot and social media threats of further violence. at first police say roseberry communicated with them by writing notes on a dry-

with me now is pete williams, who covered this all day yesterday. after the homeland security warnings to police for calls on social media, is this the kind of thing investigators are looking into now? and what are the possible charges we could see the suspect face? >> i'm sure they'll look at that, though i don't think there's much mystery. he attend add pro-trump really in november. he talked a lot yesterday about his grievances against the democrats, the government, a long rambling rant before facebook cut it off. it was feeding live from his pickup truck. he'll be in course at 1:00 for his initial appearance. depending on exactly what they found in the truck, there could be potential destructive device charges, you know, disruption charges, false claims. you know, they were considering a number of charges yesterday. we'll know shortly what they are. >> does the bomb have to work to get a destructive device charge? or the fact he had possibly bomb-making materials qualify? >> it will depend on what the potential bomb-making components are. frankly

pete williams is joining us. and talk about timing here.hen do you anticipate we could get a response from the judge? are we talking a matter of hours or weeks? >> a matter of days. the judge has said them they have to respond by 9 a.m. it's the same judge in washington in may have no authority to do this. the landlord went to the court of appeals and said will you lift that stay? they say no. but four of the justices said he didn't think the cdc had the authority to do this on its own, only congress did. i think it's somewhat laughable that the landlords refer to this in their latest appeal as a court ruling. it's clearly not a ruling. if it were a ruling, the government would be in contempt of court. >> it's money that has been put aside. >> halle, the government has already allocated $46 billion to rental assistance, which is obviously what these renters and landlords need. 26 states haven't even given out 10% of that money yet. i spoke to one landlord in kansas city and here's what she said about the log jam. >> it's coming slowly. ther

nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins me now. >> this is a scheduling issue. the supreme court told us in july they would hear this appeal. now we know when, wednesday, november 3rd. one of the two biggest cases in of the term so far. we don't know yet when the court was going to hear this, it involves a state law that says anyone that wants a concealed carry permit has to show a special need and the challenges say that violates the second amendment. the supreme court said there is a individual right to have a gun at home, but the court has unless this coming term consistently ducted this issue about having a gun outside of the home. the challengers say the second amendment says there is a right to keep and bare arms. so they're going to decide what the second part means. they will hear this kiss on wednesday, november the 3rd. >> meanwhile this morning, the new daily average of cases this morning is back above 130,000. the last time we saw that many new daily cases was the end of january an the director of the national institute of health is warning that we c

nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is with us now. pete, what's the basis of this ruling, and what happens next? >> well, the supreme court really didn't say much here. it seemed to suggest that the white house could no more turn this program off than president trump could have turned off the daca program it does involve one of the first things that biden did after taking office, ending the trump administration program, the remain in mexico program it required people seeking asylum to wait outside the country while their claims were considered, and that led to tens of thousands of people lingering in these makeshift tent cities and human rights groups said many were attacked by criminals and drug gangs but the two states that sued to get it going again succeeded in the lower courts they ruled in their favor. and what happened late tuesday night is that the supreme court refused to intervene so that leaves those lower court rulings against the biden administration in place. and by the way, the court's three liberals said they would have

nbc's pete williams now with the pharmacist's arrest out of chicago. >> reporter: carl, a year ago theent was prosecuting fraud of medical supplies, fake vaccines and this shouldn't be surprising they arrested a 34-year-old physician who works for walgreens. they accused him of selling 135 authentic cdc vaccine cards. he sold them to 11 different buyers for $10 each. the cards were sold over a roughly two-week period in late march and early april. this late profile shows feedback giving positive ratings about how quickly the cards were shipped. the special agent in charge of the fbi's chicago field office said selling the cards to unvaccinated people puts others at risk of serious illness and death. in april, 45 state attorneys general urged the ceos of ebay, twitter and shopify to crack down on offers of these blank cards or counterfeit versions of them as for zao, he's charged with 12 counts of theft of government property he has not yet entered a plea and contact information from his lawyer is not yet available. carl >> meantime, in hawaii four tourists were arrested for trying to u

readable frankly riveting, hundred and ten page ruling, a ruling that nbc justice correspondent pete williams calls, blistering, the judge in this case has basically agreed with the state of michigan, and the city of detroit, and everything they were asking for. and so now all nine of these trump lawyers are facing potential disbarment. i'll read you a little bit from the. ruling you'll see what i mean by a being very revered readable in riveting. >> this lawsuit represents a historic and profound abuse of the judicial process. meaning the lawsuit to force michigan to give up its electoral college votes. to trump even though he biden won. the question now before the court, is whether the plaintiffs attorneys engaged in litigation practices that were abusive, and in turn sanctionable, the short answer is yes, individuals may have a right within certain bounds, to disseminate allegations of fraud, that are an supported by law or fact in the public sphere, but attorneys, cannot exploit their privilege, and access to the judicial process to do the same. in winona tierney has done so, sanctions ar

pete williams is following the latest developments. y in michigan. pete, what happens? >> both sides will file papers before a federal judge in washington on wednesday. this is a longstanding court case, ever since the house first asked for these documents back in 2019, and then submitted a new request this past year in the last couple of months. so the justice department is now concluded the treasury department must turn these over. this is a reversal from what the justice department said two years ago, but last week they said on second thought, we don't think this is a case where congress has to say they need a legislative reason. the statute is clear if any of the three tax writing committees ask for the documents, the treasury shall turn them over. we wait to see whether the trump administration folks, trump's lawyers now will resist this. i can't believe they won't. >> trump will fight tooth and nail to make sure that doesn't happen. what are the chances he'll prevail? >> slim to none. as pete said, the statute is very clear. it wa

i know a lot of it is pete williams' great reporting on where the investigation stands and who this suspect is. >> at some point this morning, nicolle, essentially this person drives up in front of the library of congress. there's pictures and photos of money all over the ground, so perhaps he threw money all over the ground, then picked up the phone and calls 911, as you said, according to our colleague, pete williams, he picks up the phone and engages in several hours worth of conversations with police in kind of a rambling live stream post on facebook and then ends up with this exclusive video we're looking at now, which is his surrender to law enforcement and subsequently he was taken into custody. in the course of the conversations, the person, who multiple law enforcement advise identify as floyd roy rosenberry, last known address from north carolina. apparently this individual made several statements about a bomb or explosives, multiple explosives that he had either on his possession in the car or located elsewhere in washington, d.c. he made statements that he had different types of

from a federal level as far as any potential issues for the governor there, according to pete williams, that appears to be more of a civil issue with respect to civil rights and harassment claims there. that would be the federal nexus. at this point, we have yet to hear that's something any sort of federal authority will take up, although it is important to remember this report was only released almost two hours ago. couple of things the governor contradicted himself within statements, he said he had not spoken about the investigation, yet had made numerous statements it was biased, even suggested so there. he originally called for this, said he welcomed independent investigation. now the independent investigation is out. and as you alluded to, he wants to now have a case go before a civil court, have a judge and jury decide on it there as pertains to one of the victims who has come forward anonymously. that's something to note as well. with respect to his discussions with charlotte bennett, she did text friends contemporaneously about discussions with the governor, where the governor

. >> pete williams, thank you for always with that live update. >>> meanwhile, the georgia republicans possible for the takeover of the county that delivered key wins in that election. they voted to elect three people to conduct a performance review of fulton county. fulton has long been the target of republicans who continue to push the big lie that the 2020 election outcome was the result of the lie. the crics of the review fear a republican takeover of the county's election process to open up the door to political interference in future races. >>> still ahead, they sacrificed everything to help the troops. i will speak to a former afghan translator on the dangers facing people like him on the taliban takeover. >>> and veterans speaking out about the fear and anger they fear now that people who helped them in afghanistan are trapped there. >> it was my job to go around to villages to go around to help them to make it a better place, and this just completely makes me a liar. iar. where you can pay a little less and enjoy the ride a little more. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ now, get new lower auto rates wi

nbc news justice correspondent pete williams has more from washington. >> reporter: nearly five hourser he parked his pickup and claimed to have explosives, a 49-year-old man from north carolina gave up and followed instructions to crawl away, ending a tense standoff. >> he got out of the vehicle and surrendered, and the tactical units that were close by took him into custody without incident. >> reporter: capitol police say it all began a little after 9:00 a.m. when the man, floyd ray roseberry, parked his black pickup on the sidewalk of the library of congress, called 911, and said he had a bomb. that's about a block from the u.s. capitol. nearby buildings were evacuated including supreme court and the house of representatives office building. police and federal agents swarmed in, including the fbi and atf, and streets were shut down several blocks away. a massive response and a city still on high alert after the capitol riot and social media threats of further violence. police say roseberry communicated with them by writing notes on a dry erase board saying don't shoot me at one po

joining us is justice correspondent pete williams.about the testimony and what we learned. >> first of all, all of these folks are trump-appointed, jeffrey clark, and jeffrey rosen and jack clark. so they wanted them to weigh in on the election having serious problems and there is a telephone call that the president had with jeff rosen that said why don't you say that the election is corrupt, and let me take it from there with the house republicans, and jeffrey clark drafted a letter that he wanted the attorney general to sign and send to legislators in georgia suggesting that they want to go into the special session so they could potentially issue electoral votes of their own if they had questions about the outcome of the georgia election. of course, the current and former justice department officials are not a problem for the committee to get to, because the white house has said it won't assert executive privilege over them, and the justice department has said they can testify, which is what the committee has been doing so far, and

pete williams reports that the committee can proceed with the subpoena to get documents from the accounting firm to examine the nature of trump's federal lease for a hotel in washington. the committee can also get financial records to look whether trump's income on overseas properties violated the constitution's ban on foreign email humans. let's see what happens when the committee gets their hands on that. leading off our discussion tim o'brien senior columnist and the author of trump nation, and michael j. more former u.s. attorney for the middle district of georgia, he's now a partner at a law form in atlanta. good evening to both of you. michael, let me start with you, did you work with b. j. pak, did you know him? >> i know him i was in the group that proceeded him under the obama administration, we have known each other for a number of years. he's a good guy, i think he's an honorable guy, not surprised that he would get in front of the city committee and get the straight skinny on what went on. nor am i surprised he would have the integrity to sit down as opposed to being used as a p

with that pharmacist's arrest out of chicago, here is pete williams. >> reporter: carl, a year ago, theing cases involving fraud an medical supplies, fake doses of the vaccine. this latest twist shouldn't be surprising fbi arrested a chicago pharmacist this morning, tom tom xiao he's 34 and works for a walgreen's pharmacy. prosecutors accuse him of selling 125 authentic cdc vaccination cards on ebay. the charges say he sold them to 11 different buyers for about $10 each the cards were sold over a roughly two-week period in late march and early april. this ebay profile, in fact, shows feedback from two buyers giving positive rating as the how quickly the cards were shipped. the special agent in charge of the fbi chicago field office says selling cards to unvaccinated people put others at risk of illness or even death. in april, 45 state attorneys general urged the ceos of ebay, twitter and shopify to crack down on offers of these blank cards or counterfit versions of them xiasm o is charged with 12 count s of theft of government property he appeared in federal court for a brief hearing b

nbc's pete williams reports the house oversight and reform committee can proceed with a subpoena to get documents from mezars, the accounting firm, to examine the nature of trump's federal lease for a hotel in washington. the committee can get financial records to look at whether trump's income on overseas properties violated the constitution's ban on foreign emoluments. let's see what happens when the committee gets its hands on those tax documents. leading off discussion tonight, tim o'brien, senior columnist for bloomberg opinion, author of "trump nation." michael j. moore, former u.s. attorney for the middle district of georgia, partner at u.s. law firm in atlanta. michael, did you work with b.j. pack? do you know him? >> i know b.j. i was in the group that preceded him under the obama administration. he and i have known each other for a number of years. he's a good guy. i think he's an honorable guy. not surprised he would get in front of the senate committee and give them sort of the straight skinny on what went on. and nor am i surprised he would be someone who would have the int

nbc justice correspondent pete williams has details. >> reporter: it's one of the first things presidentg asylum to wait outside the country. tens of thousands lingered in make-shift tent cities. human rights groups said many were attacked by drug groups. >> people were raped, kidnapped. all terrible things happened while they were trying to get protection under the laws of the united states. >> reporter: lower courts ordered the biden administration to reinstate remain in mexico. late tuesday night, the supreme court refused to intervene, the three liberals said they would have blocked the program. texas and missouri sued to get it going again, argue eggring the number of migrants skyrocketed because migrants know even though the vast majority of asylum claims are rejected. most are released in the united states to wait. >> it takes incentive away. you will see a reduction in numbers. over 1.1 million illegals entered since january. we have to control our border. >> their numbers are really historic. i mean overwhelming for so many people working at the border, the human, scale of the h