About its main Graduation Ceremony after weeks of protests and dramatic arrests. The frightening moments during a livestreamed sermon. A man pulling a gun on the pastor. But it fails to go off. How he was stopped. The final countdown after years of delays. Tonight boeing is set to launch its first crewed flight of its starliner capsule. And a historic battleship like youve never seen before. Visitors flocking for a rare glimpse as it gets a makeover. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. The news traveled fast in gaza tonight, where celebrations broke out after word began to spread that hamas had accepted a deal to end hostilities in gaza. But hopes of a pause in the fighting were just as quickly shattered when israel declared the deal hamas was embracing was far from israels essential demands. And so instead of a deal tonight israel is raising the stakes, pressing forward on its threatened Military Operation in rafah, potentially displacing 100
The emergency, First Responders and hundreds of water rescues. Also breaking as we come on tonight, israel now launching dozens of air strikes on the Southern Gaza city of rafah. The israeli war cabinet approving plans to launch a Ground Attack. It all comes just as hamas now says it has agreed to a potential ceasefire, though different terms from what was offered in recent days. So, what both sides are saying at this hour. Here at home tonight, the protests on College Campuses over the war. Tonight, columbia now canceling its main commencement ceremony. And more than 100 arrested in california. Tonight, the news coming in, an american soldier has now been detained in russia. Martha raddatz standing by with late reporting. Tonight, the drama in court. President trumps criminal trial. The judge telling trump, the fines against him are not working, telling the former president , jail is now a possibility. The judge telling trump, at the end of the day, i have a job to do. Tonight, the he
Southern gaza city where it told nearly 100,000 people to evacuate. The uncertainty tonight. Also this evening, donald trump found in contempt again at his Hush Money Trial for violating his partial gag order. The new threat from the judge to send him to jail. Severe storms on the move. Millions in the central u. S. Under a rare high risk for tornadoes. After the flooding in texas that left a 4yearold boy dead. The u. S. Soldier detained in russia. The crime hes accused of committing. Columbia university making a major announcement about its main Graduation Ceremony after weeks of protests and dramatic arrests. The frightening moments during a livestreamed sermon. A man pulling a gun on the pastor. But it fails to go off. How he was stopped. The final countdown after years of delays. Tonight boeing is set to launch its first crewed flight of its starliner capsule. And a historic battleship like youve never seen before. Visitors flocking for a rare glimpse as it gets a makeover. Announc
Flooding. The emergency, first responders, and hundreds of water rescues. Also breaking as we come on tonight, israel now launching dozen office air strikes on the Southern Gaza city of rafah. The israeli war cabinet approving plans to launch a Ground Attack. It all comes just as hamas now says it has agreed to a potential ceasefire, though different terms from what was offered in cent days. So, what both sides are now saying at this hour. Here at home tonight, the protests on College Campuses over the war. Tonight, columbia now canceling its main commencement ceremony. And more than 100 arrested in california. Tonight, the news coming in, an american soldier has been detained in russia. Martha raddatz standing by with late reporting. Tonight, the drama in court. President trumps criminal trial. The judge telling trump, the fines against him are not working. Telling the former president , jail is now a possibility. The judge telling trump, at the end of the day, i have a job to do. Ton
about the fact that they found extended ammo on a glock, that that could have facilitated the gun jamming and perhaps saved more lives. the fact is, martha, he was caught with that bag with more with more fireworks and with the grenades and who knows what he intended to to. the reality is, he had a chance to do more if he wanted to. he left his supplies. that is part of the investigation, trying to figure out where he was between 9:15 and this afternoon. martha: thank god he didn t do more damage than he did. we ll see what his state of mind was. thanks, bryan llenas reporting from the scene. with that we bring in bill bratten. great to have you with us as always. what is your take on this arrest this afternoon? like everybody, pleased that this has come to a quick