coming up this hour, home free. the emotional homecoming as the first group of hostages released by hamas are united with loved ones. a second set of hostages is expected to be released any moment now. we will have a live report of what is happening in the region and whether this fragile truce between israel and hamas can continue to hold. shock and awful. congress prepares to return next week, and nearly reach revealed interview highlights the extreme and shocking views of knew how speaker, mike johnson. even comparing abortion to an american holocaust. we ll have more on that in his mar-a-lago meeting with donald trump. later, sounding the alarm. a call for conservative leaders to stand up for donald trump s assault on the constitution. judge michael bedyk joins me live to a new legal movement to counter the danger of a second trump presidency. all of that and more is coming up. any moment now we are expecting news of yet another release of hostages by hamas in exchange for
great thanksgiving. we ve got a couple of great hours on tape for you of some of our recent, top interviews and great discussions. we begin with the new inside account of working in the trump white house from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson, whose testimony before the january 6th committee last year revealed what went on within trump s inner circle leading up to and during the attack on the capitol. as the president had gotten into the vehicle with bobby, he thought they were going up to the capitol. when bobby had relayed to him, we re not, you don t have the assets to do it, it s not secure, we re going back to the west wing, the president had very strong, very angry response to that. tony described him as being irate. the president said something to the effect of, i m the f-ing president. take me up to the capitol now. to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at
there for the first one. i was too young to make it up. these birds have a new appreciation of the words, let freedom ring. president biden with some age jokes during the turkey pardon at the white house. meanwhile, his campaign is facing calls from democrats to become more active and aggressive against donald trump. speaking of the former president, we have a lot going on this morning. we ll explain what happened yesterday in the gag order hearing for his federal election interference case. plus, republican senator tommy tuberville s latest outlandish reason for blocking oh, my gosh. hundreds of military promotions. he can t help himself. he intellectually degrades himself every single day. stop him before he humiliates himself again. please, don t double down on dumb. also ahead, we ll have the latest on the hostage negotiations between hamas and israel, which appears to be centered on the pause in fighting in gaza. we ll have the very latest on that
secretary of state blinken. we ask is there clear evidence to support israel s claim that hamas has a hidden command center on the hospital grounds. also tonight, the death of a jewish protester near los angeles. the professor now under arrest as wild protests erupt in san francisco and washington. the verdict in the federal trial of david depape for breaking into nancy pelosi s home and beating her husband with a hammer. the scathing house ethics report on congressman george santos, finding the republican blatantly stole campaign funds to pay for things like botox, only fans access, luxury items, and trips. what he is now saying about his future in congress. hip-hop mogul sean diddy combs accused of rape and abuse. the new lawsuit filed by his former girlfriend. and golf superstar rory mcilroy, the one in a million shot landing right in a spectator s lap. how this all played out. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome.
president biden s meeting with chinese president xi jinping. what the two talked about in hours-long meeting. did they reach any agreements? and what s at stake if they did not? good news, the price of turkey is down this season, but other thanksgiving favorites could cost you more. we will explain why and how you can save. 9 to 5 norah: and our conversation with the queen of country. what the future holds for dolly parton. i m always dreaming, and i hope to do that till the day i die, which i hope is a long time from now. [laughter] norah: good evening, viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we begin tonight with the war between israel and hamas escalating around the besieged al-shifa hospital in gaza city. israeli troops stormed the hospital in what it calls targeted raids in a search for hamas militants. israel defense forces interrogated people inside, but say they have not found any members of hamas and found no e