out front next, trump s courtroom campaign. the former president lashing out as he appeared at his fraud trial in new york. now he s preparing to take the stand in his own defense. former trump white house counsel ty cobb is out front tonight. federal prosecutors have filed a new case against hunter biden. details ahead. kamala harris s husband doug emhoff lashing out about anti-semitism and genocide. al franken is out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. trump s court campaign. the former president was in new york to attend his new york fraud trial today. he s been at that one a lot. once again seizing the opportunity to make this about the election. this is a political witchhunt. this is meant to influence an election. this is third world country stuff. this is banana republic stuff. i should be in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. i should be city shouldn t be sitting in a courthouse. it s all a distraction even though he did choose to skip another deb
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
vegas with at least three dead on the unlv campus. a long list of questions for investigators and new details on the deceased shooter. this hour, donald trump returns to the courtroom in downtown manhattan, one day after his primary opponents unload on each other in a fiery debate. nikki haley, she caves any time the left comes after her. the only person more fascist than the biden regime is nikki haley. i love all the attention, fellas. thank you. i have these three guys who are seemingly competing with he who shall not be named. this is the fourth debate you would be voted in the first 20 minutes as the most obnoxious blowhard in america. so shut up for a little while. dysfunction on capitol hill. republicans and democrats are stalemated on funding for israel, ukraine, and the border. i will speak to two key lawmakers, mark warner and ken buck. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in new york. las vegas mourns the lives of three people killed in the mass
we start this hour of cnn news center with a touch of drama. the donald trump s civil fraud trial today in new york. his expert witness going after a lawyer for the new york attorney general. telling him, quote, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. some fireworks here. trump attending these proceedings to take a. a lot of attention on these. he is expected to take the stand next week as the final defense witness. cnn s kara scannell live for us outside of the court. tell us, kara, who is this expert witness for the defense? why did he get so upset? reporter: boris, breonna, this is an expert witness, the final expert witness that the trump team called on his defense. and accounting professor from new york university. professor eli bartov. he was asked questions, he had been testifying all morning on this. the lawyer for the attorney generals office subjected to one of the lines of questioning saying the accounting professor is not a banker, so he is not qualified to answe
captivity, they used to sing my songs to ease the pain. and what a joy for all of us to see those girls home with their parents. thanks for joining us. thanks for joining us. ac 360 starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight on 360, we are about to hear from authorities, after a gunman, who s now dead, opened fire on the campus of the university of nevada in las vegas, killing three. claiming with the facts. and a cnn investigation into the cover-up of sexual misconduct in the coast guard, the action it prompted from the coast guard today. we begin with breaking news in las vegas, the press conference by authorities is starting. let s listen. first, i would like to reiterate to all of you that there is no more ongoing threat to our community here in las vegas. i d also like to tell you that we do know the identity of the suspect in this case, but i will not be releasing his name tonight until after the next of kin notification. as y all know, of c