the breaking news just as we come on tonight. the aerials now coming in. the fire burning outside dallas where there have been record high temperatures for days. 104 degrees in dallas as we come on tonight. and in the west tonight, the emergency playing out near yosemite. nearly 17,000 acres destroyed. 6,000 people forced to evacuate. and ginger zee is in the first zone. tonight, president biden rcovering from covid. what the president said today working from the residence. and what his doctor has now revealed. tonight, the new video released by the january 6th committee. what it shows the former president unwilling to do, one day after the u.s., the world, witnessed the attack on the u.s. capitol. a copy of former president s trump original speech. which lines were crossed out? and what his own daughter ivanka trump told the committee. the world health organization now declaring monkeypox a global health emergency. cases in the u.s. doubling. two children now among t
At least eight are dead, dozens injured. Now the truck driver accused of dui and facing charges. Just out, the First Ntsb Report on that baltimore bridge collapse. What happened on that ship before impact . President biden announcing sweeping new tariffs on chinas goods, including raising the tax on their electric cars to 100 . Nbc news investigates the battle between the church and a library in a place known as the hometown of superman. And superstar Caitlin Clark making her pro debut as the new wnba season tips off. Announcer this is ester h. Nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. The gloves came off today in the criminal trial of donald trump, as the defense got its chance to question former trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen. Trump attorney todd blanche confronting cohen with his history of lies, peppering him with questions designed to expose potential holes in his credibility, painting him as a disgruntled former Employee Bent on revenge. Cohen is a key wi
Confronting him about his own social media attacks on mr. Trump. The tense questions coming after cohen detailed a 2017 white house meeting when mr. Trump allegedly agreed to reimburse him for the Hush Money Payment to Stormy Daniels. The jury seeing the checks. Also, the Pressure Cohen says he felt from the former president not to flip on him, and how cohen says his family finally convinced him to turn on his old boss. Also tonight, the Horrifying Crash in florida. A Bus Carrying Farm workers colliding with a pickup. At least eight are dead, dozens injured. Now the truck driver accused of dui and facing charges. Just out, the First Ntsb Report on the baltimore bridge collapse. What happened on that ship before impact. President biden announcing sweeping new tariffs on chinas goods, including raising the tax on their electric cars to 100 . Nbc news investigates the battle between the church and a library in a place known as the hometown of superman. And superstar Caitlin Clark making h
Who would want to murder you . And i just kind of looked at him like, what . I couldnt believe it. Was he watching me . That fire was set. Very calculating. Years before his wife killed herself. Yes. He claimed she committed suicide days before she was due to give birth to her first child. She was extremely excited for that baby. She wanted to be a mom. This wasnt somebody thinking about suicide. Exactly. It made me wonder was he a murderer . You are trying to prove a very old murder with pretty much no evidence. Correct. Is he kind of gloating he got away with it . He is thinking, well, catch me if you can. We are going to do her and her family justice. We are going to solve this murder. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Meg purk was a young mom to be, over the moon to be having her first child. Then, just days before her due date, she died of an apparent suicide. Her family struggled to understand why, but in a strange twist, a house fire set decades later would point to a possible ans
at them like what? i could not believe it. was he watching me? that fire was set to throw us off. he was very calculating. years before, his wife killed herself. yes, he claimed she committed suicide days before she was due to give birth to their first child. she was extremely excited for that first baby. it made me wonder okay, is he a murderer? so, now you are trying to prove a very old mother with pretty much no evidence. is a kind of gloating that he got away with it? he is thinking well, catch me if you can. we re going to do her and her family justice. we re going to solve this murder. hello, and welcome to dateline. meg purk was a young mom to be, over the moon to be having her first child. then, just days before her due date, she died of an apparent suicide. her family struggled to understand why, but in a strange twist, a house fire sat decades later would point to a possible answer and put investigators on the trail toward the truth. here is josh m