on this tuesday night. good evening everyone. i m ayman roy dean, in for stephanie ruhle. donald trump has tried almost everything to slow down the government s investigation into the classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. now he s taking his course to the supreme court. today, trump made an emergency request, asking the court to overturn a lower court ruling that prevented the special master from revealing the roughly 100 classified documents taken during the search from his florida club back on august 8th. you may recall that the 11th circuit of appeals agreed with the justice department, which had argued that there was no legal basis for the special master to conduct his own special review of that records. trump s appeal was directed to justice clarence thomas because he oversees the 11th circuit court, and tonight the supreme court ask the doj to file its response to trump s request by 5 pm october 11th. just a short time ago, one legal expert reacted to trump
intercept an asteroid. was it a success and remembering a beloved tv sleuth, the legendary angela lansbury announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening it is really anybody s guess what the russian strategy is tonight after vladimir putin s military trained its missiles and lethal drones once more today on ukrainian cities, a follow-on to yesterday s long-range attacks that killed at least 20 people and knocked out power in several regions. russia says the strikes have been aimed at critical infrastructure but new images of the attack appear to show missiles impacting in civilian areas russia s long arm hitting at least 12 regions across the country. ukrainian officials say russia has fired over 100 cruise missiles and dozens of armed drones many, it claims, were shot down by ukrainian forces today president zelenskyy anxious for advanced air defense systems from the u.s. and western allies to blunt the russian aerial assault our richard engel is
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. high stakes political drama unfolding today. in two of the closest senate races in the country with two embattled candidates trying to keep their shot at victory from slipping away. this georgia republican nominee herschel walker is tripling down, maybe quadrupling down on his denials about an ex-girlfriend s abortion. flat out denial a lie. and democrat john fetterman giving his first in-person interview since suffering a stroke to nbc. he claims he s good to go, but he won t release his medical records to prove it. we ll have live reports from both states, show you that interview and ask pennsylvania democrat whether she thinks voters deserve more. plus will there be a smoking gun at the investigation on capitol hill the answer just 24 horse away. and finally it turns out intentionally slamming a $330 million spacecraft into the side of an asteroid is a good thing. how nasa s grand experiment tha
as we come on the air, new details coming in about the ninth and maybe last january 6th hearing, now less than 24 hours away. what new evidence the committee is planning to share. who they ll hear from, who we won t, and how the committee might use all of those eternal messages that they have their own internal messages that they have their own hands on. a member of the far right militia group oath keepers is on the stand as we speak, what he told the jurors about the massive stockpile of weapons the group was stashing at a virginia hotel on january 6th. how the abortion controversy is changing the play for the race for senate or not. and spoiler, more not. we re live on the campaign trail. i m hallie jackson in washington. good to be with you. with me is nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and former attorney and former cia official chuck rosenberg. let s start with what we know what we think is the last hearing and we have to caveat a little bit. first, al