i m julián castro, in for alicia menendez. welcome to american voices. we begin with paying a hefty price for pushing a big lie. on friday, trump s former personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, was ordered to pay a whopping hundred 48 billion dollars for defaming to georgia election workers. elie freeman and her daughter shaye moss. by repeatedly and falsely accusing them of election fraud, during an emotional testimony on wednesday, freeman said those lies unleashed a mob of angry trump supporters after them. she was flooded with racist and violent threats. forcing her to moveut of her home. many of those messages were shared with the jury. and they listened. the jury unanimously decided giuliani was liable for defamation. intentional affliction of emotional distress, civil conspiracy and punitive damages. after the verdict, freeman and moss said their lives will never be the same again. the flame that giuliani lit with those lies and passed so many others to keep that flame b
also tonight, the major storm taking aim first slamming florida and then all the way up the east coast. we re tracking it. tragedy in gaza. israeli forces acknowledging they killed three hostages with friendly fire after mistaking them for a threat. our richard engel in jerusalem. the urgent warning from the cdc as cases of covid, flu, and rsv surge around the nation. our nbc news exclusive, the kremlin s top spokesman on the 2024 election. what he said about vladimir putin and donald trump. america s fentanyl crisis. inside the unauthorized clinic risking trouble with the law to save people. the bond between two boys, one american and one israeli we first met in the wake of the hamas attacks. how their friendship brought some hanukkah joy to children of war. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. breaking late today, a devastating legal blow for former new york mayor rudy giuliani. a federal jury in washington
Surface temperatures dipping close to freezing. Lets get to Veronica Johnson. The National Weather service issuing Winter Weather advisories as we get ready to get the first snow of the season. Calverto stafford and under the advisory. It starts at midnight and runs through 4 00 saturday. We could see one to two inches of snowfall. The high is 42. We will have more, coming up. On the roads, lanes are open. This crash is gone as you approach powder mill road. Delays are improving quickly for those traveling out of laurel. All lanes are open. Ride virginia, a 19 minute on the northbound side. The earlier crash we had southbound in dumfries has cleared. To the update the ride west on 66 in 10. Yournna we are always on side with traffic alerts. Get the latest sent to your phone. Inria a massive response just the. More than 50 firefighter more firefighters are putting out flames at a hotel. It was put out quickly. No one was hurt. Adrianna we are watching the developments in the fight again
Neighborhood but didnt take much muscle to clear cars of a few inches of snow. Lets get get to meteorologist Melissa Magee, a little warmer but gusty wind did make it feel cold at times we had wind in the 20 to 25 d even though our high was in philadelphia 40 and it certainly felt colder then that throughout the afternoon. Right now in philadelphia we are coming in at 37. Thirtyfour for allentown. Same thing in reading. Poconos 26 degrees. Down in cape may 38, 33 degrees in dover. Now factor in the winds and wind chill and it feels like 28 in the city. Teens in the poconos. Sixteen. Feeling like 28 in dover. Currently wind chill number in beach haven in at 32. Satellite six with action radar showing we have got mostly cloudy sky across the region. We are tracking lake effect snow down wind of the lake, and eventually a weak upper level low will ride on through , as we go throughout the rest of tonight and there could be light precipitation, well north of philadelphia up in the mountain
Story on action news at 5 00. Wasnt bad today, brace yourselves, arctic blast heading our way this week. Lets begin with meteorologist Melissa Magee, melissa. Czar and rick we have had changes for start of our weekend on saturday with plenty of snowfall, first snowfall of the season not as that cold is settling in cross the delaware and lehigh valleys. High today in philadelphia 40 degrees. Right now in the city 37. Thirtyfour for allentown and reading. Same thing in lancaster. Poconos 26. 39 degrees in cape may. Now to factor in wind chill we have had wind gusting at 25 miles an hour, throughout the day, so you factor that in on your skin and feels like 28 in the city. The teens in the poconos. Thirtyone in trenton. Current wind chill in millville is 27 degrees. Satellite six with action radar showing you that storm we have had yesterday is well out to, well away from new england, as well in the atlantic and we are tracking a clipper system producing lake effect snow showers down wind