Combat it is given only to the bravest of the brave the Service Members you are about to meet are real life heroes tonight we welcome Master Sergeant matthew williams, United States army, who served in afghanistan Staff Sergeant david bellavia, United States army, who served in iraq. And Corporal Hershel Woody Williams United States marine corps, who served in world war ii these brave servicemen have all been awarded the medal of honor for outstanding acts of valor in service to their country. I am beyond humbled to stand beside you, and thank you for your sacrifice tonight our entire audience is made up of veterans and their families and friends the tonight show [ cheers and applause salutes you all. Now lets start the show [ cheers and applause steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests Michael Shannon, Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush, musical guest pete yorn, and fe
also tonight, another deadly shooting rampage across two texas cities. six people killed. a 34-year-old army veteran under arrest tonight. the dramatic rescue. a chopper pulling people from floodwaters as an atmospheric river drenches the northwest with more rain on the way. the fighting raging in gaza. our new reporting. is israel preparing to flood hamas tunnels with seawater? the u.s. charging four russian soldiers with war crimes. the horrific things they re accused of doing to an american. two months after he was ousted as house speaker, kevin mccarthy making a big announcement about his future. donald trump revealing what he d do if he wins the white house again. what he said about dictatorship as his gop rivals meet on the debate stage tonight. and from all in the family to sanford & son to good times, remembering sitcom genius norman lear. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. breaking tonight, police in
this is the fourth debate, the fourth debate that you would be voted in the first 20 minutes as the most on obnoxious blowhard in america, so shut up. 25 minutes into the debate, he has insulted nikki haley s basic intelligence. not her positions, her basic intelligence. she doesn t know regions. she wouldn t be able to find something on a map that his 3-year-old could find. look, if you want to disagree on issues, that s fine. nikki and i disagree on some issues. i ll tell you this, i ve known her for 12 years, longer than east even started to vote in a republican primary. while we disagree with issues and disagree about who should be president of the united states, what we don t disagree on, this is a smart, accomplished woman, and you should stop insulting her. republican presidential candidate chris christie saying i think what everyone is thinking, attacking one challenger while coming to the defense of another. we ll have more from the fourth gop debate, the final o
about is ridiculous. i m in this race because the truth needs to be spoken. he is unfit. this is a guy who just said this past week that he wants to use the department of justice to go after his enemies when he gets in there. i mean, the fact of the matter is he is unfit to be president, and there is no bigger issue in this race than donald trump, and those numbers prove it. that s republican presidential candidate chris christie addressing the lack of direct criticism for donald trump at last night s gop debate. we ll have much more from that heated yet perhaps not relevant event straight ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill senate republicans are stalling a critical aid package, which includes billions of dollars in funding for ukraine. we ll explain why and what could happen next. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest from gaza. israel says its forces are closing in on the hamas leader is believed to be the mastermind behind the october 7th terror attacks. good mo
Theres this sense ofns machismo in the mexicanxi cultural, and machismo is the belief that you need to be a ma being a man is providing for your family. Ifill all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial futuren and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Td thank you. Ifill Hillary Clinton is still on the sick list tonight, but shes gotten a political shot in the arm. It came today from the man she once battled for the presidencyt and now hopes to succeed in the white house. An hes the biggest surrogate an ailing Hillary Clinton could have called on, at a moment the candidate most needed it. Obama obama ifill in philadelphia todaya president obama offered a rousing defense of his former secretary of state. Shes been