thursday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now, good evening, alex. alex wag chris, domestic polin israel, netanyahu s ability to survive are just a dimension address that never ceases to stop me. it does seem like particularly with the war effort right now, andy fractiousness and the rage s government, even some of it beforehand, but in the aftermath, there is pressure building up in the chamber. we ll see where that goes. we will. thank you, my friend. thank you at-home for joining me this evening. if you missed it, this is what it looked like when robert f. kennedy junior officially announced that he would run as a third party candidate for president. [crowd chanting] [applause] i need my speech. [laughter] you can t read anything. you can t read anything. what? [crowd chanting] it s upside down. it s upside down. it s upside down. that is how rfk junior began his independent bid for the presidency last month, and that is kind of how it s been the whole time
flight attendants seen pouring bottles of water over it as passengers evacuate. what officials believe caused it. and remembering a hero astronaut after disaster struck the apollo 13 mission, the key role he played in saving the crew announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we begin with the united states and israel tonight at odds over what next in the war in gaza as civilian casualties mount. the u.s. call for a humanitarian pause getting a firm thumbs down from prime minister benjamin netanyahu who told secretary of state antony blinken, we are continuing full force, appearing to reject secretary blinken s plea to do more to protect palestinian civilians. israel s government pending any kind of a pause to the release of hostages held by hamas. but the unsettling image of civilian casualties and damaged hospitals in gaza, continue to draw widespread condemnation of israel s siege in its defense, israel providing pictures of hamas tunnels it
israel and gaza. also tonight, president biden visiting maine in the aftermath of the mass shooting that killed 18 people, meeting with survivors, victims families, and first responders. his message to a grieving community. the security scare at a nuclear plant in south carolina. a man driving through the gate, ramming the barricades, the urgent man-hunt tonight. the one-time crypto king sam bankman-fried found guilty on all counts in his fraud trial. why his legal troubles aren t over yet. the explosion aboard a jet blue plane. a backpack bursting into flames. flight attendants seen pouring bottles of water over it as passengers evacuate. what officials believe caused it. and remembering a hero astronaut. after disaster struck the apollo 13 mission, the key role he played in saving the crew. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we begin with the united states and israel tonight at odds over what next in the war in gaza as civilia
bare his dark history of drug abuse. we re live at the courthouse. plus, a new look at the raid that freed four hostages in gaza, the blistering cross fire and mishap with the get away car before a final dramatic escape by helicopter. we ll have those details. and when a former president meets his probation officer, donald trump faces questions on everything from his mental health to his living situation. what we know about his presentencing interview today. plus, what you haven t seen from the day of the insurrection. the new video obtained by msnbc of the chaos and confusion on january 6th, including the questions congressional leaders were asking in realtime about why the national guard hadn t shown up. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. but we begin with nbc s mike memoli outside the courthouse in wilmington. mike, the defense has argued that hunter biden s state of mind is critical when considering the charges against him. what are
that s tonight on newsnight good evening. i m abby phillip in new york tonight. donald trump loves to be worshiped that much has been clear since he came down those golden escalators. but this week was especially notable because it gave us a mountain of new evidence that he remains idolized by evangelical voters even after 34 felony counts for crimes associated with hush money payments to an adult film actress. the support is ironclad, 80% of evangelical say they support him today let s start with what happened last night in arizona. donald trump held a town hall in a phoenix mega church. now the opening homily called for the crowd to pray over the presumptive nominee, but it was the smite die enemy s message that really rang out loud and clear. listen we do pray for our leaders. but father, if our leaders will not turn to you, if he will not turn to your word, if he will not return to justice, we pray that you would bring those leaders down. all of those people, all those in