the attack, nancy pelosi saying she wanted to punch mr. trump out. our nbc news exclusive with dr. mehmet oz, gop senate candidate in pennsylvania. does he stand by his campaign s attacks on the health of his democratic rival, john fetterman? does he support a federal ban on abortion? and his anti-crime message. the holiday shping season, why it s off to an early start, where to get big bargains right now. it s america s fastest-growing sport with fans like tom brady and lebron james, how pickleball is going pro. and remembering the actor who brought a beloved harry potter character to life. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, we are going to begin with the tragic and frightening story that was breaking in north carolina as we came on the air here last night. we now know five people died, allegedly at the hands of a teenage shooter who held a raleigh neighborhood in fear, forcing residents to barricade themselves inside their ho
control called a scrub for the launch attempt today. this is a huge disappointment for nasa. this is part of the space business. we ll g wheo when it s ready nothing coming out now. another day in jackson, mississippi, another day of a water crisis for residents here. scary, it really is not knowing whether you going to have enough water for one day to another. we re in for another hot day across california. 40 million under some sort of heat alert. 155 plus potential high records expected. it s pretty cycling, even our a.c. at home can only do so much in the triple digits. hi, everyone. i m jessica dean in washington. pamela brown has the night off. you re in the cnn newsroom. a pilot threatens a miss mim mississippi community for hours and lands. before dawn the pilot of the stolen plane called 911 and threatened to crash into a local walmart. cnn pete followed the five-hour drama to the peaceful ending. jessica, this is the best possible outcome
hello, good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to what he described as constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of the house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state. a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour, but the last leader of the soviet union had not been honoured with a full state funeral. a sign that today s kremlin has little interest in guarding mr gorbachev s legacy. many russians blame gorbachev for the fall of the ussr, the collapse of their superpower. yet out on the streets muscovites were queueing up to pay their respects. gorbachev had given many here their first taste of freedom and democracy. in
the january six committee, prepping a hearing for tuesday after landing a major witness. trump s white house counsel, pat cipollone, testifying for eight hours friday. and a videotaped and transcript closed-door interview. now remember the committee said that cipollone did not contradict testimony of other witnesses, and a source told nbc news that he was cooperative, quote. cipollone was inside the white house and the days leading up to the insurrection you may recall, including a white house meeting with discussions about seizing voting machines and sending false letters to state officials about election fraud. and he was also in the west wing on january 6th, during the eight hour testimony he was likely peppered with questions about bombshell testimony invoking his name. watch. presidents white house counsel s pat cipollone was also present. do you remember what his position was? pat was very supportive. pat cipollone throughout these conversations was extremely suppor
eight hour has to money he was likely peppered with questions about bombshell testimony invoking his name. watch. presidents white house counsel s pat cipollone was also present. do you remember what his position was? pat was very supportive. pat cipollone throughout these conversations was extremely supportive of the justice department. i saw mr. cipollone right before i walked out on the west exact that morning, and mr. cipollone said something to the effect of please make sure we don t go up to the capitol capacity, keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable. our committee is certain that donald trump does not want mr. cipollone to testify here. indeed, our evidence shows that mr. cipollone and his office tried to do what was right. we think the american people deserve to hear mr. cipollone personally. so this important testimony is likely to be revealed this week and we will also hear from another key witness it seems, sarah