seen nearly a week ago and remembering a two-time member of the rock n roll hall of fame, the legendary david crosby announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening the world of movie making illusion became horribly real 15 months ago when mother and cinematographer halyna hutchins was shot to death by a prop gun on the set of the western themed movie rust in new mexico tonight the man who held the gun actor/producer alec baldwin stands accused of involuntary manslaughter the santa fe county da office announcing the office will file criminal charges against both baldwin and the film s weapons handler hannah gutierrez-reed. the d.a. declaring no one is above the law, rejecting baldwin s public claim that he did not pull the trigger baldwin s attorney calling the decision a terrible miscarriage of justice gutierrez-reed s attorney also denying the charges. miguel almaguer is in new mexico now with late details. reporter: with prosecutors calling
why the nichols family is criticizing the investigation. plus, we re talking to troy carter. dangerous weather across the south and midwest being blamed for at least one death in texas. we re live with what s expected to be a multi-day ice storm and where it s headed next. the high-stakes meeting today between secretary of state antony blinken and the head of hamas. and an exclusive interview with homeland secretary alejandro majorca. it s my hope they take that problem and they fix it. we begin this hour in memphis where more first responders are facing disciplinary action over the tyre nichols death. the memphis police department now says two more officers were relieved of duty after the brutal and deadly beating of nichols which was captured on video. one of the newly named officers preston hemphill was involved in the initial traffic stop and used a taser on nichols before he fled from police. his lawyer says he was never present at the second seen. lawyer
national university. supporting the whole you. happening now, breaking news. more fallout from the fatal police beating of tyre nichols. the memphis fire department just revealed that three employees who responded to the scene have been fired. i ll get reaction from an attorney for the nichols family. also tonight, president biden warms up for a state of the union address touting the benefits of his signature infrastructure law. this as former president trump is trying to jump-start his 2024 presidential campaign by hitting the trail and by taking shots at potential gop rival ron desantis. and in jerusalem, an urgent appeal for calm by america s top diplomat. secretary of state antony blinken trying to turn down the temperature between israelis and palestinians amid a new outbreak of deadly violence. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. and let s get right
Deadly crash. A Security Camera captures the moment a plane hits a home in new hampshire. Power struggle in los angeles. Im Mark Strassmann. L. A. Is outraged. Two City Councilmembers recorded in a racist Conversation Refuse to resign. Later, dino delivery. Why these Airline Workers gave this unique passenger the vip treatment. Good evening. Its not even november, but turnout for the crucial 2020 midterms is already strong. Election day is still 17 days away, but several states have seen a surge of voters casting early ballots. This is clark county, nevada, where inperson voting began today. There is a lot at stake, including control of congress and the future of President Bidens agenda. Cbs Christina Ruffini is at the white house with more. Reporter across the country, more than 7 million americans have already cast their ballots as the candidates and the white house make their closing arguments. The polls have been all over the place. I think that were going to see one more shift bac
next time you get in trouble, call a crackhead. we re going to get into this. we re in the midterm homestretch. what you see from senator kennedy is not actually an aberration at this point. many republicans are turning to fear tactics, tropes, racial references, and sometimes outright documented racism in this part of the final weeks of this campaign. some candidates are used in the past racial dog whistles. that s the tactic where you re signaling a type of racism to one audience while preserving your deniability. but lately the right wing relied on social sirens than any dual whistling. crime is up in america and that could be a valid issue for campaigns but some republicans are literally campaigning on the false racist accusation that black americans would be the cause of all american crime. and i m going to show you exactly the quote so you can decide for yourself what you re hearing. but i want to you know up front, this is not like a fringe or rookie candidate. in th