emergency in the northeast. rescuers pulling families from flooded homes. no power, and the water still rising. as the west now gets slammed tonight, just as millions travel for the holiday. ginger zee times this out. and tonight here, the christmas forecast, as well. will there be a white christmas anywhere? also tonight, the high stakes prisoner swap between the utz and venezuela. ten americans freed, including six people wrongfully detained. and one person released tonight the u.s. was after. mary bruce at the white house. the horrific mages just in tonight. the newly released police video showing police responding to the deadly shooting at unlv. the professor who was turned down for a job opening fire, and now the images tonight of what authorities and those students were up against. 24 hours after colorado s supreme court determined donald trump should not be on the ballot in colorado, what donald trump is now doing. president biden weighing in tonight. and the rep
battlefield. now after a year of war, their powerful tributes announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank you for joining us tonight alex murdaugh s sometimes failing memory, glaring contradictions and courtroom admission that he had lied to police were all fertile ground for prosecutors today as the accused double murderer spent another day testifying in his own defense. at moments displaying flashes of anger murdaugh on trial for the murders of his wife and 22-year-old son facing more cross-examination today. the prosecution digging into the heart of its case against him. the time line of his actions around the time of the murders. confronting the former attorney with cell phone records, his own words from his initial interview with police, even the number of steps recorded by his smartphone leaving murdaugh at times struggling to provide full explanations. catie beck is covering the trial for us in walterboro, south carolina. when
off. norah: our exclusive reporting about the u.s. navy s mission to stay prepared. this is not a 9-to-5 job, is it? no, it s not, it s around-the-clock. the prosecution is trying to understand, when did you decide to lie about your whereabouts? i don t know exactly when i made the decision to lie about that. a brutal winter storm rips across the country, including parts of california under blizzard warnings for the first time in history. norah: and a temple university officer is laid to rest. chris is physically gone, but his spirit, love, and laughter will live on through all of us as we continue his legacy. announcer: this is a special edition of the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from the uss nimitz. norah: good evening, and welcome again, from here in the western pacific ocean, where we are on vulture s row, the commander s observation point high above the busy deck of the uss nimitz that has just returned
haven t seen a yet, but i don t anticipate a major initiative on the part of china providing weaponry to russia. if they did, would that be crossing the line for you, mister president? it would be the same line everyone would have crossed. in other words, we will post severe sanctions on anyone who has done it. meanwhile, a group of media organizations, including nbc news, have asked house speaker kevin mccarthy to share 44,000 hours of security footage from january 6th. and at the request comes after fox news host tucker carlson says he has been given access to the videos. democratic congressman j.d. raskin expressed a concern to msnbc of this video being named a public. we have security concerns about turning over the location of security cameras in the u.s. capital that that police used. we have concern about the could escape and evacuation routes that were used on that day. we don t want to just, you know, there are hands up and say we will let everything go. and
fighter jets as of yet. despite the ask, the continued asks over the last year from president zelenskyy that they in fact do. well, what i will tell you is that, no disrespect to the president. my assessment is, if you want the ukrainians to defeat the russians today, then we have to give them all the equipment that they need. that means attack helicopters, air defense, missiles, long-range artillery. and, if you want to go after those rockets that are being fired on the key infrastructure and the people, f-16s are perfect for doing that, they re also perfect for destroying villages sticks have of the russians. they are perfect for destroying the communication centers of the russians. and so, my assessment is they need the f-16s. the other thing that is key about this conversation is, of course the ukrainians will need training. they are going to need equipment to repair parts for these f-16s. it takes somewhere between 8 to 10 months to train a pilots on flying an f 16. so