new images from florida. the devastation from hurricane idalia as the long recovery begins. the worries tonight about financial aid for storm victims. will the federal government run out of money before peak hurricane season? the dramatic body cam. police fatally shooting a pregnant black woman in ohio. the woman in her car accused of shoplifting, appearing to accelerate towards the officer who fires one fatal shot. what her family is now demanding. the manhunt in pennsylvania 48 hours in after an extremely dangerous murderer escaped from a prison near philadelphia. how did he get out? the proud boy who smashed a capitol window with a riot shield and another who helped plan the attack sentenced. how long they ll spend in prison. and going the extra mile, the vietnam vet who uses his daily walks to help those wounded by war. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight. as we kick off this holiday week
that he defamed two georgia election workers. will that have any impact on multiple investigations of 2020 presidential election interference? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with all the tension and the drama during hunter biden s court hearing today and the surprise twist at the end, his plea deal put on hold. cnn s kara scannell and marshal cohen were both in the room as the agreement unraveled. they re now outside the courthouse in wilmington, lakara, let me start with you. after everything that happened today, where do things stand for hunter biden tonight? reporter: wolf, as you said, this plea deal that he came into court today thinking he was going to enter into is now on hold. and the first snag emerged when the judge was questioning the scope of the terms of the deal involving these two tax misdemeanors biden was set to plead guilty to. the judge quest
forces from moscow and kyiv are trading new attacks and threats. and the ukrainian ambassador to the united states will join us live this hour. cnn is learning about the special counsel s plans to call more key witnesses. the january 6th grand jury wrapping up its secret work for the day as a potential indictment of donald trump looms. and house republicans put the spotlight on a controversial democrat who s challenging president biden, robert f. kennedy jr. testified in a heated hearing and trying to rewrite the history of his remarks that have been condemned by his party and his own famous family. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin the night in the key port city of odesa as residents there prepare for a fourth consecutive night of russian attacks. cnn international correspondent alex marquardt is on the ground there. you ve witnessed these attacks up close since the first
notice to report to the grand jury. an attorney says no one has to appear before the grand jury. if you re a target, you do not have to appear. later today, in a separate case, lawyers are set to appear in court, alongside the special counsel s team, for the first pretrial hearing in the classified documents case. joining us are garrett haake, lauren jaret, ken delainen and barbara mcquaid, former u.s. attorney. and danny cevallos. gary, what do we know so far at this hour? the former president scooping his antagonist and suggesting he believes his indictment is imminent if he does not appear or if he does before the grand jury, in the next four days. now, we have confirmation from law enforcement sources. jack smith, sent this target letter to donald trump. we ve been referring to this as the january 6th probe. but it s much bigger than that. we don t know if there s specifics about the charges mr. trump might face. we don t know if anyone else has received other target le
special counsel has informed donald trump that he is a target of the federal investigation, the target letter as it is known is the clearest sign to date that the former president could be indicted and also the first time in history the former president has received a letter regarding overturning election. plenty of presidents wanted to stay in power, none of been accused of taking the actions this man did, we should point out it is not the first time a former president has received a target letter, it has happened once before, and the former president it happened two is also donald trump, he received that target letter almost 2 months ago, may 19, involving special counsel jackson instigation into the mishandling of classified documents and that led to an indictment 20 days later. more news today, a court hearing in florida attended by an indicted aid, walter not, but not the president himself. walt not to. meeting at any time. nauta. and suggesting the trial might not be