His first classified briefing and his historic picks as he staffs up his administration the injury over the weekend hes recovering from and the two battlegrounds delivering a new blow today to President Trumps legal fight. Severe storms barrel through several states, tornadoes, strong winds, heavy rain al roker is here. Cyber monday expected to be the biggest ever how to score deals all week long. Plus, the shipping alert you need to know about. The man clinging to a capsized boat 86 miles off the coast. Tonight how he survived messages to santa in the pandemic. What kids are really asking for this year this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, everyone the specter of a covid surge on top of a surge is almost too much to imagine. But its exactly what Public Health officials believe we may be in for as millions of americans return to their lives today, some likely bringing home from thanksgiving gatherings more than just family memories officials urging travelers to take
Stuffing and Everything Else going. Good morning emily and jason. Emily good Morning Griff and jason. Happy thanksgiving for you both. Im so thankful to be here filling in for ainsley and happy to be here with you two. We have a great morning in store for you. Jason this is fun. I love turkey day. I dont know if you think i delayed my start to turkey day. I have already had a little stuffing and the cranberries. I dont wait until 5 00 in the afternoon. You dont get a belly like mine by waiting for, you know, the starting bell. You sneak into the kitchen and grab what you can, especially at 2 15 in the morning my wife was just going to bed. I was just getting up and, you know,. Griff fair point, jason, i bought four pies for my family and at least one of them is half gone. I think you win that conversation. Send us your by the way, send us your what you are doing. Jason has already got things started. Emily, you have got to tell us what you have already done its friends foxnews. Com. We
about the alleged shooter, armed with an ar-style rifle and wearing body armor. and the urgent manhunt for suspects at this hour in texas, wanted for killing three people and wounding eight others after a holiday event in fort worth. mona kosar abdi is in philadelphia. also on this fourth of july, millions of americans are on alert for severe thunderstorms and dangerous heat. one person struck by lightning at new york s coney island. the storm interrupting the famed hot dog eating contest. and record temperatures hitting triple digits. heat alerts sketch from washington state to florida. overseas tonight, israeli forces launch a new round of attacks on the west bank, taking aim at what they say are terrorist targets. israeli fighters firing tear gas into a hospital. the violence spreading. at least eight people injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack in tel aviv. and the new move by israel tonight. the concerning discovery inside the white house. multiple law enfor
the election, the lead starts right now. we have a brand-new cnn report revealing how trump operatives drew fake elector ballots to d.c. in a last-ditch effort to overturn the 2020 election, we will bring you those details and audiotapes delay detailing their plot, nikki haley under scrutiny over controversial comments she made on the campaign trail, the exchange she had with one man in new hampshire and how her campaign is responding today, taking you on the road. the house were four university of iowa students were demolished just hours ago, why some of the victims families were pushing for it to be torn down after the suspect trial. welcome to the lead, everyone, i m in for jake tapper, we start for breaking news, cnn has revealed a chaotic last-ditch effort by former president trump s campaign to get fake elector ballots to d.c., they were trying to get the fake ballots to former vice president mike pence and a final push to overturn the 2020 election, it involved a hap
efforts to keep donald trump in office. recordings detailing how trump operatives scrambled to get fake elector ballots to washington in time for january 6th. also this hour, republican presidential candidate nikki haley trying to clarify her comments about the civil war after she failed to mention slavery as a cause for the conflict. the backlash to benight is grow as our republican opponents are pouncing. also tonight, paul whelan speaking exclusively with cnn as he marks five years of being wrongfully detained in russia. he s now pleading for the president to do more for his release as if he were the president s own son. i m kaitlan collins and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. and i want to get right to the breaking news tonight because we have extraordinary behind the scenes details of the trump team s efforts to carry out a fake elector scheme as then president trump was trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and hold on to the white