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
with less than six weeks until the iowa caucuses four republican hopefuls not named trump try to set themselves apart. good evening from new york. hello from the spin room here on the campus of the university of alabama in tuscaloosa. site of the debate, 2024. it is wrapping up. chris christie, ron desantis, nikki haley and vivek ramaswamy once again the former president did not take part. nikki haley, who has been rising lately as a contender in some polls and in the eyes of some campaign watchers and certainly in the eyes of some big donors came in for she had a lot of criticism heading towards her tonight from desantis and ramaswamy. no doubt that. i know you will be speaking with some of the debaters tonight. look forward to that. pamela brown is checking the facts. gary has his focus group of voters in iowa. and our political panel here. first, a moment from the debate stage. a clash between chris christie a vivek ramaswamy with nikki haley it in the middle. you
with less than six weeks until the iowa caucus, the four republican hopefuls, trying to set themselves apart from him, and each other. good evening from new york. and anderson, hello from the room here at the university of alabama tuscaloosa, site of the fourth primary debate of the election season 2024. it is just wrapping up. chris christie, ron desantis, nikki haley, and vivek ramaswamy once again the former president did not take part. nikki haley who has of course been rising lately as a contender in some polls, and in the eyes of some campaign watchers, and certainly in the eyes of some big donors, she came in she had a lot of criticism heading towards or tonight from desantis, and ramaswamy. no doubt about, that know you will be speaking looking for to that. cnn s panel is checking the facts on what they said. cnn s gary tuchman is back with a group of voters who watched an hour tonight, also our political panel, here and from the debate, stage a clash of chr
war crimes charges connected to the war in ukraine. u.s. officials announcing gruesome details about what russian soldiers did to an american living in ukraine. in gaza, israel says its troops are engaged in the most intense fighting of the two-month war so far. battling hamas in the heart of gaza s main city. meanwhile, nbc news exclusive, we ll talk to our reporter who has reviewed evidence suggesting hamas raped or mutilated dozens of israeli women on the 7th of october. back at home, dictator for a day, we ll play for you what former president donald trump says he ll do on day one if he s re-elected. and breaking overnight, a suspect in custody after police say he went on an eight-hour shooting spree killing six people. ght-hour shooting spree killing six people and we begin this very busy hour with breaking news from the justice department where last hour attorney general merrick garland announced the doj filed charges against four russia affiliated personnel for
also this evening, the deadly shooting rampage in austin, texas. multiple locations. the rampage lasting eight hours. several dead tonight, and the wounded. matt rivers reporting from texas with late news on the suspect under arrest. slammed with a series of storms tonight, the u.s. coast guard rescuing families from their flooded homes by helicopter, amid raging floodwaters in the west. several states on alert with two more storms coming. and in the northeast, heavy rain and snow on the way. rob marciano is here. the israel-hamas war. tonight, the israelis say they have hamas leader surrounded now in an underground bunker. and this evening here, the leaked audio revealing the anger in a meeting with benjamin netanyahu. families of the hostages furious. james longman in israel. back in the u.s., the justice department tonight charging four russian soldiers with war crimes, accused of torturing an american in ukraine near the start of the russian invasion. amid donald t