trapped for more than a week and the new winter threats we re tracking. protesters and police clashing in atlanta. nearly two dozen now facing domestic terror charges. the ntsb investigating after another norfolk southern train derails in ohio. our one-on-one with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. we asked should the company be forced to pause operations? jurors in the alex murdaugh double murder trial breaking their silence. what they say about his decision to take the stand. and he was the last original member of a legendary rock band. remembering guitarist gary rossington. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. and thank you for joining us. chilling images tonight appear to show four americans kidnapped at gunpoint moments after crossing from texas into mexico on friday. tonight the fbi asking for the public s help, offering a $50,000 reward to help locate the americans who were attacked by armed men after crossin
did you murder paul? i would never hurt paul. court adjourned late today capping a stunning week by my measure. so what was it like in court today? well anderson, this was the first time we got to see the prosecutor question alex murdaugh about the night of the murders. he asked him what time he got to the kennels where the murder took place. and he asked them these questions repeatedly presumably to try to trip him up. but he kept coming back to the same theme. don t believe what alex murdaugh tells you. i have lied well over a decade. reporter: that is what he was trying to propose on the stand. i told a lie about being down there and got myself wed to that. reporter: waters tried to box murdaugh into a corner using cell phone data and time line evidence from the night of the murders. i m still not absolutely certain how they ended up at the kennel. reporter: murdaugh told the jury he drove his golf cart to meet his wife and son at the kennels. he said t
print we are the back tomorrow night at 5:00 p.m. eastern, good night. the videos are disturbing. their names are well known. traffic stops where drivers pay the ultimate price. quick shots fired subject is down too. in a system fraught with bias. with a black man four times more likely that a white man to be searched. how did we get here? are you training traffic stops or the most dangerous things that could happen? you are because they actually are. these stops can exact a huge cost on the black community. physically. what has is done to you? i can only move my arm this far for. emotionally. it is the humiliation and financially. how much money have you paid in fines and fees? over 10,000 dollars. tonight the problem and some controversial reforms. i don t believe you need somebody with the gun to pull someone over in a traffic stop. unarmed citizens during traffic stops. horrible idea. cnn special report, traffic stop dangerous encounters.
i could see his brain all and i ran over to maggie and actually, i think i tried to turn paul over first. alex mourmurdaugh. double murder mystery. the evidence will show he was there. he would be covered in blood. there was no blood. for the first time, those closely tied to this shocking st story sit down together. every lawyer at this table is on trial. it s a good feeling to be connected to the power. until it comes back to bite you. powerful family. series of unsolved killing. how many families do you know that have five dead bodies in their orbit? murdaugh s housekeeper died in 2018 in a slip and fall at murdaugh s home. he used gloria s death to enrich himself. 19-year-old stephen smith was found dead on the side of a road. i want justice. good evening. i m randi kaye. tonight, for the first time, alex murdaugh s victims and alleged victims, their lawyers, and local reporters who for years have been covering every detail of this ca
richard engel is in ukraine as the country prepares to mark one year of war. reports tonight that donald trump s daughter ivanka and son-in-law jared kushner have been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating january 6th. it comes as mr. trump visits the site of a toxic train derailment in ohio. how he attacked the biden administration s response. will alex murdaugh take the stand at his double murder trial? what his attorneys signaled today. the newly revealed image taken by an american pilot of that chinese spy balloon as it overflew the u.s. and the surprise in space. new images of distant galaxies captured by the webb telescope. why they left scientists stunned. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. it is massive, it is powerful, it is historic. tonight much of the northern half of the country is feeling at least some of the effects of that coast-to-coast storm with more than 100 million people under winter alerts, wind a