and president biden on the road, celebrating his economic winds, plus a remarkable story of perseverance, and the most special way to end our thursday night. you do not want to miss this. the 11th hour just getting underway, right now. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we have a lot of big news tonight, including the scathing federal report about the massacre in uvalde, texas. we will have more on that in a few minutes. but first, this evening, let us head to capitol hill, where congress passed another short term funding bill to prevent a partial government shutdown. this is a third stopgap bill to kick the can down the road since we have had in meanwhile, president biden is talking about donald trump s big win in iowa. and he does not sound impressed. i don t think i would means anything. the president got 50 some thousand votes, the lowest number who has any way he wants. but while we wait for a federal appeals court ruling on trump s argument that
ruhle with starts now. ow tonight, our government shutdown avoided, for now. congress kicking the can down the road on long term funding until march. donald trump takes his immunity claims to social media. then, the scathing report from the doj on the response for the school shooting in uvalde, texas. and president biden on the road, celebrating his economic winds, plus a remarkable story of perseverance, and the most special way to end our thursday night. you do not want to miss this. the 11th hour just getting underway, right now. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we a lot of big news tonight, including the scathing federal report about the massacre in uvalde, texas. we will have more on that in a few minutes. but first, this evening, let us head to capitol hill, where congress passed another short term funding bill to prevent a partial government shutdown. this is a third stopgap bill to kick the can down the road since we have had in meanwhile, presi
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening from los angeles, where picket lines went up today in front of major film studios the people who write the plots that enthrall and entertain millions of american tv and film watchers sidelined tonight by a writers strike 11,000 writers off the job after talks with producers reached an impasse overnight. at the root of the dispute, some of the very things that have transformed how all of us watch our favorite shows. think streaming. the impact of emerging technology think virtual reality. tonight t the writerers and d productionon cocompanies, i including our parentnt company nbnbcuniversalal, appear toto be far apapart, virtually y guaranteeieing reruns wilill be comining to scrcreens as productitions grind d to a haltlt for some s shows, the e impact wilill be felt t immediately. miguel almaguer has the latest what do we want a fair contract reporter: off the job and on to the picket line from co
charges he faces. the new storm threat taking aim at california with an untold number of residents still trapped by record snow. we re tracking it. the crash that killed a norfolk southern conductor, the company s third accident in ohio in just over a month after those two derailments. and the special investigation, the ntsb announced today into the company. my report tonight on how a letter from a prisoner led to a 20-year-plus search for the truth is now the subject of a hit nbc news podcast. and the bluegrass star and the obstacles he overcame to become one of the best fiddlers in the world. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for joining us. a violent kidnap drama that targeted a traveling group of four americans in matamoros, mexico, is over, sadly with word two of them were killed. the others recovered alive in what may have been a case of mistaken identity in an increasingly lawless area near the texas bord
starting to get new signs. trump realizes he could beat some serious trouble as he meets resistance in the court a law. new reporting in the hill frames quote, trump scored an initial victory before us court judge in florida granted his request to appoint a special master to review more than 10,000 government documents seized at his home. this case works its way through the court system. other judges seem more hesitant to grab trump s requests. last month, appeals court lifted up lower court ruling justice department from using classified documents seized from mar-a-lago and it s criminal investigation. trump s team now asking the supreme court to allow the special master to review the documents. my colleague, maggie haberman about trump s mounting leaguer associates today on meet the press. do you think that donald trump understands how much legal jeopardy he isn t? i do. i think he understands what legal jeopardy get season. then he convinces himself it s not that b