women the recognition they deserve announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening in a year defined by some of the most extreme heat we ve ever seen, along with one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the u.s. mainland, tonight making headlines for unseasonable cold and early snow in the east, autumn interrupted by a sudden and dramatic detour into winter a climate change whiplash leaving 86 million people currently under freeze alerts from the northern tip of texas across the south and up into the northeast. more than 40 record lows possible this evening across 18 states several cities in the south could see their earliest freezes on record al roker will lay it out for us in a moment but first let s go to maggie vespa, feeling the big chill in michigan. reporter: less than a month into fall, a frigid blast blanketing swaths of the midwest in white. did you have to dig out the winter coat? we did. we went for a walk tonight and got them on repo
Welcome to all of you watching us here in the United States, can about da, and All Around The World as we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Im kim brunhuber. Its 5 00 a. M. Here in atlanta, noon at gaza city where a Safe Passage Corridor has been established for palestinians to evacuate to Southern Gaza as israel has ordered them to do. Is rah i will military opened it about an hour ago and it will remain open another four hours. Once they get to gaza, theres nowhere to go. Meanwhile israel had announced it killed the senior hamas commander whos supposedly the mastermind in last weeks Terrorist Attacks. An unknown number of americans are known to be with others in captivity. On friday President Biden said the u. S. Is doing everything to find their loved ones. I say were going to to everev everything in our power to find them. Im not going to go into detail on that, but were working like hell on that. They have to know the United States of america cares deeply about
have the emotional reunions as 24 hostages, including 13 israelis, ten thai nationals, and one filipino, have been released as part of a temporary truce between hamas and israel. and more hostages could be set free at any moment. we re going to take a closer look at who s been released, and at the 49 palestinians that were also released as part of the steel. holding out hope. i ll talk to a man waiting to find out if his cousin and his cousins wife will be among the next group of hostages released by hamas. why he wants his loved ones to know this morning. and later, no holiday for donald trump s legal woes. the doj s thanksgiving day court filing spelling out just how dangerous trump s rhetoric can be, and why it s critical a gag order remain in place for the twice impeached, quadruple indicted, wonder of ex president. all of that and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you all, i m katie phang. we begin today s coverage with the shaky and temporary truce betwe
The State Department. Putting iran on notice, is this trumps new red line . Hi, erin. Definitely being presented as a hard line on iran. Maybe somewhat blurry one at this point. But the white house is saying that it is dedicated to Holding Iran Accountable after this latest Missile Launch. And it is considering a whole range of options in a response and, yes, that does include a military one. A tough line on iran at the white house today. As to have day, we are officially putting iran on notice. Reporter National Security adviser Michael Flynn offering a cryptic warning after iran tested another Ballistic Missile sunday. The Obama Administration failed to respond adequately to tehrans malign actions including weapons transfers, support for terrorism, and other violations of international norms. Reporter the new administration making its clear it believes the Missile Launch violated a u. N. Resolution. Flynns comments today follow
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Indonesia secured a permanent seat in the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a money laundering and terror financing watchdog, after member states accepted .