Bill thats a scene a short time ago as Israel And Hezbollah are on the brink of an allout War Prompting the u. S. To send more troops to the Middle East and casting a shadow over President Bidens final u. N. Address scheduled in an hour. Big doings here. Im bill hemmer. Dana im Dana Perino and this is americas newsroom. I imagine this is not at all the speech that biden thought he would be giving at this point. Well track that for you. Were also tracking an eruption of intense fighting across the israeli lebanon border. Idf is going on the defensive. The worst Fighting Lebanon has seen in decades and could plunge the entire region into chaos. Bill the black drop of the bloodshed for the u. N. General assembly. It was supposed to be a Victory Lap for President Biden. Now addressing a failure of u. S. Foreign policy. Rich edson reports from the u. N. Nate foye from Tel Aviv and lets begin in israel with the conflict there. Nate, hello. Good morning. Breaking into within the past hour wer
The white house announcing 300 million in new weapons for ukraine despite the gridlock in congress where is the money coming from . Haiti in chaos the Prime Minister saying hell resign, after armed gangs overrun the capitol. So who is in charge now . Inside the crackdown on retail theft. The mansion police say is the headquarters of a Ring Selling Stolen Goods on amazon. And months after i spoke with his father, we finally learn what happened to a 19yearold israeliamerican soldier believed kidnapped by hamas announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening and welcome. The Special Counsel who headed the investigation into President Bidens handling of classified documents stepped into the middle of a partisan firestorm today. Robert hur buffeted from both sides as he testified before the House Judiciary Committee for several hours. And defending his decision not to prosecute the president , despite finding he willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after hi
Hur defending his yearlong investigation and saying he did not exonerate the president. Democrats blasting hur for disparaging President Bidens memory in his report. Republicans demanding to know why he ultimately chose not to charge the president. Our team at the capitol. Also this evening, the massive explosion destroying a home in pennsylvania. Two people killed. What caused it. The whistleblower who raised Safety Concerns about boeing found dead. What authorities are saying. It comes as we learn new details about that boeing plane flying from australia that suddenly plunged in midair. The white house announcing 300 million in new weapons for ukraine despite the gridlock in congress. Where is the money coming from . Haiti in chaos. The Prime Minister saying hell resign after armed gangs overrun the capitol. So who is in charm charge now . Inside the crackdown on retail theft. The mansion police say is the headquarters of the ring Selling Stolen Goods on amazon. And months after i sp
And Demolition Man . Our reporters are following the latest developments. Lets begin with nbcs katie phang who has more. What happened and where does it all go from here . Reporter yeah, so now that the dust has settled a bit and weve had a chance to look at the order that judge mcafee ordered this morning, i want to start by saying to viewers this is not a ruling on the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney fani willis. What it is is something that happens in common course in any type of case, civil or criminal. In this particular instance, when the District Attorney gets an indictment, the defense can seek to dismiss certain counts on legal grounds. What judge mcafee has done in Fulton County has said that because the state says in its indictment that certain of the defendants including donald trump relied upon violations of the United States constitution and the georgia constitution, because theres so many different clauses and so many different amendments that are con
quote. for nearly a decade, we have watched donald trump destroy our political institutions and make a mockery of the constitution. he has breached every tradition and norm, even the peaceful transfer of power that s kept this country stable from one generation to another. from one administration to the next. you ve done it all, with almost a complete impunity, because the republican party has protected him from experiencing and the real consequences for his actions. it s still a question in the back of some people s minds about whether a trump might barrel through the justice system, the same way candidate trump has barreled through and destroyed our politics. trump continued to attack and spread lies about carroll after the first trial, and continue to do so throughout his second which begs the question. can any sort of penalty or punishment actually stop him? as roberta pl said in the jury during closing arguments, quote, this trial is also about something much more profou