overcome and inspiring a new generation announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. for the defense, accused murderer alex murdaugh taking the witness stand today in south carolina dramatic and at times tearful testimony from the man at the center of the country s most closely followed criminal trial murdaugh under questioning from his lawyers saying i didn t shoot my wife or son and addressing what has appeared to be some of the prosecution s strongest evidence murdaugh from the witness box admitting he lied about his whereabouts the night his wife and 22-year-old son were shot to death. chalking up the lies to opioid addiction and paranoia under cross-examination, murdaugh, a former lawyer, also admitted to stealing from clients. the prosecution has maintained the murders were part of murdaugh s attempt to escape accountability for financial misdeeds we begin tonight with catie beck reporting from walterboro, south carolina. reporter: after ne
survivors sifting through the rubble in a devastated gaza strip where internet and power cut off by israel friday night has now been partially restored after pressure from the white house. president biden also pressing prime minister netanyahu to safeguard americans trying to get out and allow substantially more humanitarian aid into gaza including fuel that israel warns would end up in the hands of hamas. the reason those trucks are moving is because of president biden s leadership. that flow of trucks needs to increase and increase substantially so that there is enough food, water, and medicine to get to innocent people in gaza who are badly in need of it. and as the fighting rages on, there are growing concerns for the safety of hundreds of hostages. some of them american. held by hamas for more than three weeks. e weeks. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington as israeli forces advance a war effort they say will be long and difficult with infantry, tanks
multiple gunshots in the hialeah area. reporter: the first killing happenin wednesday morning where authorities found 38-year-old nathacha augustin dead from a gunshot wound officials say the victim was an acquaintance of the suspect. hours later, a news crew covering that incident was ambushed in their car, deputies say. the gunfire killing 24-year-old spectrum news 13 reporter dylan lyons and critically wounding cameraman jesse walton just happened to catch a bullet but he kept shooting at me. i ducked behind the wheel of my car, and he walked forward and shot into my car and ended up striking our reporter reporter: authorities say the suspect then fled the scene and entered a nearby home. i ve got two more victims, 9-year-old female. reporter: deputies say he then opened fire again, killing a 9-year-old girl and critically injuring her mother the suspect was
you know, orangeburg is home to one of the worst things that ever happened in terms of civil rights in south carolina. students were protesting for the integration of the local bowling alley. hearing violence the governor sent in the south carolina highway patrol. one night the patrol broke out in gunfire killing three students and injuring 28 others. it was 50 years ago, but that s not something that people in town have forgotten. it s kind of like the shadows of a dark era are constantly on you. and i think some people just don t want to think about the confederacy or think about what it means or what it meant.
dang, that s too much for 15 seconds. after 20 years, we re only one month away from a full withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. the u.n. and main afghan compound was tacked by officials say are anti-government elements. they used grenades and gunfire killing at least one afghan guard. meanwhile, the first wave of evacuated afghan interpreters reached virginia today, fleeing the taliban as a rapidly gains ground and targeted american allies. about 200 interpreters and their families flew from kabul to the u.s. then boarded buss to begin their temporary stay at ft. lee. joining me now is a former interpreter in afghanistan. a special immigrant visa ambassador with no one left behind. great to have you with us. i know you came to the u.s. after four years after a