friday, calling smith a fascist tyrant, maniac and other derogatory names even calling bill barr a gutless tig. if even half is true, then he s toast. he s not a victim here. he was totally wrong. this as most of the 2024 republicans and trump senate allies fell into line behind the former president despite the implications for national security. he did not commit espionage. he s not a spy. he s overcharged. and joining us today, democratic virginia congresswoman and former cia officer, abigail spanburger. former nato commander and michael beschloss. meanwhile, russia has arrested another american, accusing michael travis leak on charges of drug dealing. accusations he denies. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. a defiant former president trump on the attack against his accusers before heading to court tomorrow if his schedule holds. first, he needs to name a new florida attorney. at the arraignment, he s supposed to hear the charges against him, have his f
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hosted by billionaire ceo elon musk on twitter. but is this state big enough for two candidates? plus, how florida is about to become center stage for presidential politics. also tonight, the security scare in the shadow of the white house. new details out tonight on the man accused of ramming a rented u-haul truck into security barriers over and over. the 19-year-old suspect making threatening statements. police say before his arrest, a nazi flag seized. the latest in a growing number of threats aimed at governmentnt officialsls. the e clock tickcking away on a possible government default just nine days away from now. insiders indicating there is still a long way to go. we pressed the house speaker. the airlines facing their biggest travel test in years. plus, the fight over what carriers have to pay you if there are problems after the summer chaos one year ago. the fake image seeming to show an explosion near the pentagon, racing around the world and on twitter and
government default just nine days away from now insiders indicating there is still a long way to go. we pressed the house speaker. the airlines facing their biggest travel test in years plus, the fight over what carriers have to pay you if there are problems, after the summer chaos one year ago. the fake image seeming to show an explosion near the pentagon racing around the world and may have briefly spooked the markets. how did it happen, and are we prepared? netflix cracking down on sharing passwords. what you need to know. and a record-breaking pilot teaching kids here in miami to soar. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight live from miami good evening and welcome from florida, where the center of gravity in the race for president is about to undergo a dramatic shift. governor ron desantis expected to declare his candidacy for the republican nomination tomorrow evening but nbc news has learned the long-anticipated announcemen
giddy up. the producers were right, that is quite some video. thank you for being with us thank you for being with me, you can sleep in tomorrow. yay. at 9:00 cnn news central starts right now. arrested for threatening to kill, kidnap or inflict harm on a president. a man crashes a u-haul into gates right outside the white house. new details this morning, including video that seems to show a flag with a swastika and we just learned the man s identity. back in court, evan gershkovich has now been wrongfully detained in russia for nearly eight weeks. his case today is back in front of a judge. what s in question today and what it means for his freedom. this is cnn news central. a man is under arrest this morning for crashing a u-haul into barriers right in front of the white house and we are getting chilling new details about what he appeared to have with him. officials say at about 10:00 p.m. the truck drove into security barriers on the north side of lafay