also on the programme. in beijing, the chinese communist party congress continues, but some parts of the city are back under a covid lockdown. and a jury in new york clears the actor kevin spacey of making unwanted sexual advances on a iii year old. hello and welcome to the programme. the uk is set to get a new prime minister by the end of next week, after the conservative party announced details of a fast tracked contest to choose its leader following liz truss s resignation. she stepped down afterjust six chaotic weeks in the job, by far the shortest tenure in british history. her leadership foundered when the markets took fright, the pound crashed, she sacked her chancellor kwasi kwarteng and was forced into a humiliating series of u turns. we start our coverage with the bbc s political editor chris mason. lunchtime in downing street and the lectern is back. six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind it as she became prime minister, she was back too this time
phone message sent to parents by the school district while the shooter was still in the school. we ve also just learned that this man, pedro pete arradondo, chief of police for the uvalde school district who was incident commander that day, meaning the person authorities said made the decision to not have officers immediately go into that classroom and stop the shooter even though he knew it was an active shooter situation, he, according to our reports, has not responded to state investigators for two days. so keep that in mind as you listen to this recording obtained by affiliate ksat. it went out at 12:20 local time, in other words, as the shooting was happening and as police were standing nearby in a texas town for a tactical team to arrive, assemble, gear up, and then go in. no one was confronting the shooter during that time. police were standing outside. adjoining classrooms where kids were wounded, possibly dying still and others were hiding, smearing themselves with b
And, newly in love. The whole world ahead of them. He grabs my chin. And pulls me up. And he just gives me this measurable kiss. But their romance would lead to something shattering when christian vanished. Oh god. My young life went out the window. It was tense. We were nervous. We were scared. Im starting to believe that there might be more to this than just a missing person. Where was he . Did someone have something to hide . There was notes under the car. A lovers triangle, a circle of friends. Was one of them a killer . This was planned. This was on purpose. How could you do something so horrific . Hello, and welcome to dateline. Highschoolers erika freeman, pedro, and Christina Aguilera were like three peas in a pod. After graduation, they even picked colleges in the same city. Then, one of them went missing. Last seen in a dangerous area of town. As the hours passed, the mystery deepened. Then, investigators uncovered a hidden truth. One they believed might be a motive for murde
presumptive republican nominee, defiant tonight, proclaiming his innocence, calling the process rigged, and accusing president biden of backing a political persecution as he addressed cameras outside the courtroom. the biden campaign saying, quote, we saw that no one is above the law. and how will a nation driven by political division react? our complete historic coverage, coming up. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. guilty on all counts. donald j. trump, the 45th president of the united states, was found guilty late today in a new york courthouse on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal payments to a porn star just before the 2016 election. the stunning verdict was delivered by a manhattan jury of seven men and five women, who deliberated for two days, making mr. trump the first former american president to be convicted of a crime. he remains the presumptive republican nominee in the close race for preside
donald trump convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records after a manhattan jury deliberated for 9 1/2 hours. will the former president face prison time or just probation for the low-level felonies in the hush money case? and how will the judicial system handle the unprecedented case of a former president with secret service protection? the political fallout. how will this impact donald trump s campaign for the presidency. the real verdict is going to be november 5th. mr. trump, the presumptive republican nominee defiant tonight, proclaiming his innocence, calling the process rigged, and accusing president biden of backing a political persecution, as he addressed cameras outside the courtroom. the biden campaign saying, quote, we saw that no one is above the law. and how will a nation driven by political division react? our complete historic coverage, coming up. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone. guilty on all cou