good evening, i am abby phillip in washington. tonight, just one sentence from the supreme court may trigger eight train reaction for jack smith, donald trump, and every single voter in the 2024 election. the nine justices only required 11 words to turn down special counsel s request to rush and provide an answer to any central question. is donald trump ultimately immune from prosecution? the high court s decision to take special counsel case off the fast track ushers in a world of uncertainty. the special counsel now must go through the regular process. he and trump s lawyers will make their arguments before the d.c. circuit in january. on january 9th, just six days before the iowa caucuses. now, today s choice by the justices almost certainly guarantees that the trial, scheduled for march 4th a day before super tuesday, mind you will like and are we on schedule. and if the supreme court decides to take the case, and no one knows of course right now if that will ha
have they zeroed in on a suspect? after failing twice to elect a speaker the house gop meeting behind closed doors tonight. the nine new candidates battling it out. the massive pileup in louisiana about 100 vehicles involved was it caused by so-called superfog and the children of war the boy marking his ninth birthday as a hostage. his family s message to the world announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening there are breaking developments tonight on the hostage front two elderly israeli women, the latest hamas captives to be freed. the group says nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz were let go for compelling humanitarian reasons the two women seen tonight in this egyptian tv video clip as they were handed over to israeli officials. their release and that of two americans on friday raising hopes for the families of the other nearly 200 including as many as 20 americans that may be held hostage. against that backdrop israel today stepping up it
the israel hamas war. and, it has been nearly three weeks without a speaker of the house. they are now in the rink and what this delay means for some key legislation, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, i m stephanie ruhle live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. we begin this evening with new developments in the israel-hamas war. earlier today, two more hostages were released by hamas. my colleague richard has more on that story. it was two americans, now to israeli hostages are freed, taken out of gaza and loaded into ambulances tonight on the egyptian side of the border. hamas freed nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz. their release, like with the american mother and daughter last friday, was facilitated by the red cross. before hamas began to release hostages, we spoke to a senior hamas official, who said the group was willing to free civilians. , [inaudible] tonight, we interviewed him a b again. he told some of us wants to talk,
hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening, i m stephanie ruhle live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. we begin this evening with new developments in the israel-hamas war. earlier today, two more hostages were released by hamas. my colleague richard has more on that story. it was two americans, now to israeli hostages are freed, taken out of gaza and loaded into ambulances tonight on the egyptian side of the border. hamas freed nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz. their release, like with the american mother and daughter last friday, was facilitated by the red cross. before hamas began to release hostages, we spoke to a senior hamas official, who said the group was willing to free civilians. , [inaudible] tonight, we interviewed him a b again. he told some of us wants to talk, and is open to negotiations. where do we go now? [inaudible] open the borders. [inaudible] opening the borders, discussing our rights to get rid of the siege and occupation, a
in gaza over the last 24 hours. and the rise in attacks on u.s. forces in the middle east. what the white house says about the possibility iran is involved. our richard engel is in israel for us. also tonight, the terrifying moments in the cockpit of an alaska airlines plane. an off-duty pilot accused of trying to shut down the engines mid-flight. the pilots who subdued him. you ll hear the call to the tower. the 83 counts of attempted murder he now faces. new details in the fatal stabbing of a synagogue president in detroit. police today saying they don t believe it was motivated by anti-semitism. have they zeroed in on a suspect? after failing twice to elect a speaker the house gop meeting behind closed doors tonight. the nine new candidates battling it out. the massive pileup in louisiana. about 100 vehicles involved. was it caused by so-called superfog? and the children of war. the boy marking his ninth birthday as a hostage. his family s message to the world.