christian school in nashville. police say the shooter was a 28-year-old transgender woman armed with two assault-style firearms and a handgun. how officers took the ok shooter down. the disturbing evidence police have found and the suspect s link to the school. also tonight the deadly path of destruction in the south. at least 22 people killed. entire towns destroyed. the powerful ef4 3r tornad1 for nearly 60 miles. the harrowing stories e1 of survival and the new threats on the move right now. al roker is here. new testimony in e1e1 the donald trump hush money investigation in new york.xd the tabloid king the grand jury heard from today. israel in crisis. tens of thousands protesting in the fá streets over a controversial plan from prime minister benjamin netanyahu. what he has now agreed to do. and the real-life ahe riveters.e1ç■ @&h(lc& the special honor today for the women who played a critical role during world war ii. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with
what his doctor said today about his recovery. new details on a 6-year-old student accused of shooting a teacher in virginia. how police say he got the gun. the former president of brazil reportedly hospitalized in the u.s. a day after his supporters stormed the country s capital in echoes of january 6th. the major crackdown. more than 1,000 detained. the new bombshells from prince harry. the accusations he s leveling at his stepmother, camilla parker-bowles. the grim discovery in the massachusetts home of a missing mom as her husband appears in court. and how a tiktok video led to the gift of a lifetime for an 82-year-old veteran. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. in california nature s floodgates are wide open tonight. that series of atmospheric rivers still flowing and bringing jaw-dropping rain and snowfall totals leaving many without power, others forced from their homes. the conditions forcing high water rescuers into ac
in spirit. plus, celebrating orthodox christmas in ukraine. no cease-fire, but new american firepower heads to the front lines. i m ian lee in kyiv with ukraine being promised heavy weapons that the pentagon says can change the battlefield. weekend journal, a minnesota cancer survivor pays it back by sharing her hair. wow! and later, double duty on capitol hill. the four-day stalemate complicated lives and child care. challenging, but it s been fun. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. it took 15 ballots and heated moments, but tonight congress finally has a new house speaker. kevin mccarthy won early this morning, putting an end to days of raucous debate and a historic standoff with emboldened hard-line republicans. the gop s strife playing out for all to see and ending with arm twisting, flaring tempers and phone calls from former president donald trump. cbs christina ruffini leads us off with what happen
not done yet the same weather system that brought a drenching thousand-year storm to the dallas area this week now threatening the same in the southeast. pummeling central and southern mississippi with near historic rain amounts, since this morning 6 to 12 inches have fallen across the area, triggering dangerous flash floods, cutting off neighborhoods and requiring evacuations, including dozens of residents escorted from an assisted living facility tonight some 5 million people across the southeast are under flood watches. blayne alexander reports. reporter: tonight in parts of central mississippi, the scenes are dire a desperate evacuation, dozens of elderly residents rushed from a nursing home as floodwaters rush in. we did have full saturation of the ground, so we knew we might have some flash flooding. reporter: so far more than 100 rescues across central mississippi, including this day care center in florence where dozens of children and employees were rushed to sa
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