messages of hate. the gruesome rampage at a texas mall killing eight people. our brand new reporting on the gunman s racist and right-wing posts on social media. why the army would not allow him to serve and how he bought his arsenal. this as we learn more about the remarkable efforts to stop him and help the victims. also tonight the suspect in the crash that killed eight migrants at a texas bus stop, charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault. authorities trying to determine if it was intentional. and his extensive criminal record. closing arguments in donald trump s civil trial. a writer saying the former president raped and defamed her. plus mr. trump s stunning video deposition and what both sides said today. alex murdaugh s admission he lied about the death of his long-time housekeeper. what s next in the case and why millions of dollars are at stake. as the summer travel season kicks off, could a new rule make airlines pay you when it s their fault that f
life. reporter: eight people dead and at least seven others wounded after yet another mass shooting on american soil. we have multiple reporter: this time at an outlet mall in allen, texas, saturday about 25 miles north of dallas. the gunshots, it sounded like a war zone. it was horrifying. reporter: investigators say the 33-year-old gunman who was killed at the scene by a police officer may have been driven by right wing extremism a. senior law enforcement source tells cnn there isn t a specific motive they ve identified yet but investigators have uncovered an extensive social media presence. stephen spainhour rushed to the scene. saw a little boy about 4 or 5, he kept saying my mother is hurt. i told him everything was fine, that help was on the way. i checked him for no wounds, but he was caked with blood from head to toe. reporter: greg abbott attended a vigil for the victims said authorities don t yet know enough about the gunman to make determinations.
stunning video deposition and what both sides said today. alex murdaugh s admission he lied about the death of his long-time housekeeper. what s next in the case and why millions of dollars are at stake. as the summer travel season kicks off, could a new rule make airlines pay you when it s their fault that flights are canceled or delayed? when you could start seeing that cash and after this winter s massive storms, the runoff unearthed a glittering prospect in the mountains. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and thank you for joining us the news that came out of texas over the weekend was almost too much to take, especially after a series of grim headlines of mass violence that have rocked the country recently we don t know what caused a driver to plow his suv into a crowd of migrants waiting at a bus stop in brownsville on sunday, killing eight, but tonight he has been charged with eight counts of manslaughter the suspect describe
a 13-year-old in his history class in serbia. the first school shooting in that country s history. what the president of serbia is already proposing tonight. our chief foreign correspondent ian pannell in belgrade. here at home tonight the suspect accused of killing five neighbors including a mother and her nine-year-old son now captured. his partner arrested too. they say she helped him evade authorities and where he was hiding. former president trump ozzie attorney say he will not testify at the sex assault and defamation trial against him. instead today e. jean carroll s attorneys playing drum positive videotape deposition for the jurors. the parts they played and aaron katersky is at the courthouse. news tonight on tucker carlson the new york times obtaining a text message that network executives had apparently learned about. terry moran reporting tonight. convicted murderer alec murdoch sentenced to life for killing his wife and son. what he is now saying about t
the yellow mendoza was in the fourth, her sister sophie was a second grader. rays of sunshine, that s how they re school principal describe them in a letter to other parents, their mom was critically wounded. it s not a good evening when this woman s family is now making plans to return her family to india for a funeral. her name was aishwarya thatikonda, she came here some five years ago to pursue a masters degree and she was at the mall with a friend who is also wounded. nor is it a good evening when a security guard christian lacour is remembered in death as the kind of person who would light up the room instead of celebrating life for him. and, all eight people were murdered saturday. the killer wounded seven others before he was shot dead. 128 years into the year, it was the country s to 122nd mass shooting. 222 incidents where people were wounded or killed. 222 opportunities as a society to actually do something to honor the victims of gun violence to make them the last