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Hurricane otis making landfall near acapulco after exploding from a Tropical Storm to a category 5 in just 24 hours. Forecasters calling it a Nightmare Scenario why it took so many by surprise new video, the pilot accused of trying to crash a plane, led away in cuffs. And were talking about shaft. Remembering iconic actor, Richard Roundtree. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome. Congress has a new House Speaker Tonight Ending three weeks of uncertainty and chaos that along the way crushed the hopes of a string of highprofile republicans, all seeking the job after Kevin Mccarthy was booted from the post instead, late today the republican Majority Mustering the 217 votes needed and then some to lift a relative unknown, louisianas mike johnson, to the speakers podium johnson, a hardright conservative, who in just hours was propelled from minor Party Leadership role to second in the constitutional line to the presidency the new speaker sworn in this afternoon. In his first remarks declaring, the peoples house is back in business. Our Garrett Haake has been following all of the drama leading up to todays vote and has late details reporter after three chaotic and leaderless weeks, tonight the house once again has a speaker. The speakerelect, mike johnson, from The State Of Louisiana reporter Louisiana Republican mike johnson elected on a partyline vote with the support of every republican, every democrat opposed a stunning rise for the trump ally and lowranking member of the gop house leadership team, now second in line to the presidency. The challenge before us is great, but the time for action is now. Reporter johnson is a staunch conservative on issues like abortion and government spending. He also played a key role in efforts by then President Trump to overturn joe bidens electoral victory in the 2020 election, history noted by democrats today. Joe biden won the 2020 president ial election no amount of Election Denialism will ever change that reality. Are you worried that a speaker johnson would again attempt to overturn the election . No. Reporter johnsons election caps a turbulent month for the house beginning with the ouster of former speaker Kevin Mccarthy and the elevation and withdrawal of three other gop nominees before the Party Settled on the relatively unknown johnson late last night. If you dont think the movement from Kevin Mccarthy to maga mike johnson shows the ascendance of this movement and where the power in the Republican Party truly lies, then youre not paying Attention Reporter the eight republicans who led the effort to remove mccarthy declaring victory. The only way to Change Washington is to change who is leading washington, and that is what we did today. Reporter Johnson Jolting The Chamber back into action i believe were going to be able to get this team to work together. Reporter with the house voting hours after his election on the first bill of any kind in nearly a month, a resolution supporting israel, which passed with overwhelming bipartisan support so, garrett, whats on the new speakers plate now . Reporter well, lester, the thorniest issue will be funding the government, the same issue that ultimately cost Kevin Mccarthy his job. Government funding runs out in a little more than three weeks, and the house has wasted the last month, so the new speaker will need to put a plan in action soon to avoid a shutdown just before thanksgiving. Lester. Garrett haake at the capitol, thanks. And im joined now by kristen welker, the moderator of meet the press. Kristen, you have new reporting about how all this came together. Lester, thats right. The newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson is the son of a firefighter, a cultural conservative, as you just heard garrett say, definitely not a household name, but, look, he won support from gop moderates in part because they were under so much pressure. As one told me this afternoon, you cant let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Johnson will likely have a steep Learning Curve as someone who has never been in a top Leadership Position he represents a Ruby Red District in louisiana and now has to hold together this razor thin republican majority, so its going to be tough. Before i let you go, a headline of former President Trumps civil trial today. What happened . This was a dramatic turn of events, Lester Former President Trump stormed out of a manhattan courtroom after a tense day after the judge refused his attorneys request to dismiss the case the judge in this Civil Fraud Trial also called mr. Trump to take the Witness Stand to explain disparaging comments he made in the hallway about the clerk. The judge said, those comments violated a gag order barring mr. Trump from making personal attacks the republican frontrunner was fined 10,000. Outside court mr. Trump insisted he has done nothing wrong. And, kristen, a little news of our own to share with folks. You and i will be moderating the republican primary debate on wednesday, november 8th, live from miami hugh hewitt will join us as well, and, kristen, there will be, i suspect, a lot to discuss. A lot to discuss. Looking forward to it. Absolutely. Thanks very much. The israel hamas war will be one of the many major topics in that debate, and today President Biden pressed israel to protect civilians in gaza chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel has late details. Reporter The Middle East tonight is on the edge of Disaster Gaza is being flattened. Horrific images are stoking rage across the muslim world tonight, President Biden tried to pull the region back from the brink saying, israel has a right and responsibility to target hamas, but that it has an obligation to protect palestinian civilians. Israel has to do everything in its power, as difficult as it is, to protect innocent civilians, and its difficult reporter he condemned hamas for using civilians as Human Shields and says he has no confidence in claims from the gaza run Health Ministry that 6,500 palestinians have been killed in the last 2 1 2 weeks. I have no notion that palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed im sure innocents have been killed, and its the price of waging a war reporter israels allies in The Middle East were more blunt Jordans King Abdullah saying, stopping the war on gaza is an absolute necessity and that the conflict can lead to an explosion in the region. The president of egypt, the first country to sign a peace accord with israel, delivering the same message, alongside french president macron in gaza today, our crew filmed building after building destroyed by israeli air strikes. Israel today said, its targeting hamas tunnels that run under homes, schools, and hospitals. In one building, we saw this little girl inside of whats left of her apartment Rescue Workers tell her to stay calm, that theyre nearly done removing debris. Her leg is trapped under concrete they try to free her without collapsing the pocket shes in, and finally shes safe hamas backer, iran, today blamed the United States for whats happening in gaza four iranian militias have already carried out probing attacks against u. S. Bases in syria and iraq today hezbollah in lebanon released this ominous photograph of the groups shadowy Leader Meeting with senior members of hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad in front of a photograph of irans supreme leader. President biden had a message for him. My warning to the ayatollah was that if they continue to move against those troops, we will respond, and he should be prepared. And, richard, President Biden also making Headlines Today with some pretty blunt criticism of Israeli Settlers on the west Bank Reporter this was a different speech than weve heard from President Biden since the start of this conflict he said hes alarmed by extremist settlers attacking palestinians in the west bank, and he called for a return to the Peace Process based on a twostate solution, lester Richard Engel, thank you. As weve been reporting, hospitals in gaza are struggling to care for all the wounded, and many palestinians are looking for a safe haven. The gaza Health Ministry says the entire system is collapsing Ellison Barber has that Story Reporter this is the scene inside announcer this is an nbc news special report. Central maine Medical Center, obviously the biggest hospital there where they have the training for the Trauma Center announcer this is an nbc news special report. Heres lester holt. Good evening, everyone. Were coming on the air with Breaking News out of maine, where at least 15 people were killed and dozens more injured in multiple shootings in the City Of Lewiston. Police say the shooter is still ton loose, after going on a rampage at multiple locations. Police have released photos of a man with a rifle with a caption, suspect for identification. A local Medical Center is responding to a mass casualty event. A shelterinplace order is in place, while police ask people to stay inside and off roads while they search for a manhunt for the shooter. Well have much on nws news thank you for watching and good evening gazas main morgue, even the shrouds used to cover the dead are running out. Ellison basher, nbc even the shrouds used to cover the dead are running out. Ellison barber, nbc news, the israel gaza border. As the world debates the military response, 19 days since the worst Terror Attack in israeli history, its leaders are trying to frame the stakes, today laying bare the brutality in graphic detail heres raf sanchez reporter it felt like there couldnt possibly be new horror left to see, no brutality that hadnt already been shared or livestreamed, but tonight with global attention turning to the spiraling death toll in gaza, israels military trying to keep the focus on the massacre that sparked the war, inviting nbc news and other journalists to a screening of raw video from the October 7th Hamas Terror Attack. I have some sense of whats in this footage, and ive been trying to prepare myself, but im still anxious about what were going to see for 46 minutes we sat in stunned silence watching video filmed by hamas and filmed by their victims. Much of it had never been seen before, and while israels military is not releasing the clips, because theyre so graphic, they allowed us to describe what we saw, including a terrorist throwing a grenade into a bomb shelter where an israeli father is shielding his two young sons the blast kills the father and wounds the little boys. One of them howls, why am i alive, and tells his brother, i think were going to die a hamas gunman stands over them drinking coke from their fridge its not clear what happened to the boys im sure you can figure out that they are worse than isis, the way they behaved reporter the military released this video from a hamas dash cam exclusively to nbc news saying it shows the terrorists using a Heavy Machine Gun to mow down survivors fleeing from the supernova music festival. They knew, like, how to survive, you have to run. Reporter this woman was among those running for their lives. When i was growing up, there was this movie about the holocaust. There is this scene that they are running, and there is people shooting at them, and there is also, like, bombs on the ground, and i remember really thinking about this scene, because it was so similar reporter she hid in a bush with friends for hours waiting for rescue i dont know who i am, and i feel like a ghost most of the time raf, its a lot to take is there a sense this video could be seen eventually by a wider Audience Reporter yeah, lester, this video has only been shown to journalists so far, but many ordinary israelis are saying, it should be made public for the whole world to see lester raf sanchez, thank you. Now to some late Breaking News just in, and lets get right to liz kreutz, who has the very latest for us liz. Reporter lester, we are following Breaking News. Maine state police are investigating an active shooter situation right now. This is happening in the City Of Lewiston, about 45 minutes north of portland, maine Police Sources say 22 people have been killed and dozens more injured. The central maine Medical Center says its reacting to a mass casualty event. Police released this photo of a suspect you can see a man there holding a rifle, Law Enforcement say a shooter went to three different locations. The gunman is still on the loose, a manhunt is under way the City Of Lewiston and surrounding areas have issued a shelter in place order residents are on lockdown and have been told to stay inside with their doors locked now, according to a senior white house official, President Biden has now been briefed. Maines governor also says she is aware of the situation and closely monitoring, again, we know at least 22 people have decided in this mass casualty event this is a rapidly evolving situation unfolding right now, and we will continue to monitor lester in 60 seconds, the unexpected impact of hurricane otis, the strongest storm ever to hit mexico surprising everyone by how quickly it blew up to a category 5 storm right after this im hearing different ways for me to screen for colon cancer. Its time to use my voice, ive got a choice, more than one answer. I sat down with my doc. We had a talk. Knew just what to say. I asked for cologuard and did it my way. Cologuard is a oneofa kind way to screen for colon cancer thats effective and noninvasive. Its for people 45 plus at average risk, not high risk. False positive and negative results may occur. Ask your provider for cologuard. I did it my way im adding Downy Unstopables to my wash now. Ill be smelling fresh all day long. 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In just 24 hours, a Tropical Storm with 50mileperhour winds explosively intensified into a cat 5 packing 165mileperhour winds and 26,000 lightning strikes. With an increase in rapidly intensifying storms often linked to climate change, the hurricane caught most by surprise. Louisa pena says, all i could ask for was one more chance. I hid in my closet and prayed with hundreds of thousands in the dark, landslides have cut off supply roads, and now a 4. 4 earthquake has struck the area. Tonight, amid a National Plea for help, the storm is weakening, but not before leaving behind a trail of destruction and misery Miguel Almaguer, nbc news and up next, the very close call as two planes collide in houston. Is overwhelming. But i never just found my way; i made it. And did all i could to prevent recurrence. 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We get more from tom costello reporter on the ground at houstons hobby airport, evidence of a very close call, the tail end of a private cessna severely damaged while landing. The faa says it happened when this Twin Engine Hawker took off without permission, its wing tip striking the cessna in air. Radio traffic captured the confusion. You guys cleared somebody to take off or land, and we hit them on the departure. Reporter fortunately, no injuries with pieces of both planes littering the runway, hobby closed for three hours. Were stopping all aircraft, and were stopping all arrivals. The airport is shut down at this time. Reporter arriving planes forced to divert to other airports, departing flights delayed or canceled now, an ntsb team is leading the investigation. On twitter writing, a Hawker Airplane was instructed by air Traffic Control to line up on runway 22, but the hawker started a takeoff roll, and its wing collided with a tail of a cessna the hawker continued its takeoff, but returned and landed. Its the latest in a year of close calls on the nations runways and in the air last week over portland, an Alaska Airlines flight aborted its landing in heavy wind and mistakenly turned into the path of a departing skywest flight, only turning away after repeated instructions from controllers. All that drama, tom. Youve got an update on the offduty Alaska Airlines pilot charged with trying to bring down a regional jet. Reporter yeah, thats right his attorney today Attorney Says joseph emerson, quote, would never intentionally said joseph emerson, quote, would never intentionally hurt another person and was not under the influence of any intoxicants when he boarded that Plane Emerson allegedly told police he was depressed and using psychedelic mushrooms 48 hours before the flight, lester all right, tom costello, thank you. Well remember actor Richard Roundtree, the barrierbreaking star of shaft and so much more, when we come back back. Why dont i have one . You need to go to tmobile. Where new and existing customers can get iphone 15 pro on them. Hmmm. I do need to switch to tmobile. You are very wise reflection common and youre very handsome real common. You dont need hair. Yeah, hair is for suckers at tmobile, get the new iphone 15 pro with titanium on us now and the freedom to upgrade every year. 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Thank you, and goodbye reporter in the groundbreaking Tv Miniseries roots, he played sam opposite leslie uggams. Aint going to come around here knocking on your door anymore reporter starred with Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds in city heat. A symbol of black masculinity, roundtree was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 1993, undergoing a Double Mastectomy and sharing his story. Early detection can save your life, and that is why im standing, sitting before you right now reporter in 2019 he reprised his iconic role alongside samuel l. Jackson in the remake of shaft. Praising his idol, jackson thanked roundtree for making us feel real good about ourselves. Shaft, right on reporter forever the cat who wont cop out. Anne thompson, nbc news a bad mother shut your mouth Richard Roundtree was 81 thats nightly news for this wednesday thank you for watching im lester holt. Please take care of yourself and each other. Good night good evening. Im raj mathai. We want to start with our Breaking News. Another Mass Shooting in america. This is happening in the state of maine. 22 people at least have been killed after a man opened fire in maine at three different locations. Were going to toss now to a special report. Lester holt joins us in new york. 3 people were killed, 50 to 60 more injured in lew