First time since withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics and do you have your tickets more than a billion dollars up for grabs tonight. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. We start tonight with breaking news. Police in new york city restoring calm tonight after a riot broke out in manhattans union square neighborhood. A crowd estimated at 2,000 people descended into the area after popular social Media Influencer kai cenat advertised a video game giveaway. The crowd appearing to be mostly young people turned restless and then unruly, surging into the streets, some throwing objects, others climbing onto vehicles, as well as the roof of a major subway hub all of it paralyzing travel at the height of the evening rush. Police quickly moved in en masse working to regain control block by block ron allen is in Downtown Manhattan now with the very latest reporter tonight, mayhem in manhattan where police say a least 2,000 people mobbing union square, getti
Some throwing plywood, chairs and other items. Subways bypassing stations. As many as 1,000 Police Officers rushing in to restore order. Some in riot gear pelted by bottles. Several officers reportedly hurt. Trevor ault on the scene tonight. As we come on the air, severe storms taking aim at the northeast. Millions on alert from pennsylvania to maine. In the south, powerful storms bringing torrential rain. At least ten people hurt in alabama. And dangerous heat returns. Alerts from california to florida. Rob marciano timing it out. Former President Donald Trump one day after his historic arraignment in washington, entering a not guilty plea for the second time in as many days to the new charges in the classified documents case. The new abc news ipsos poll that shows a majority of americans say the special counsels Election Charges against trump are serious, while a significant minority say the case is politically motivated. Trump now juggling growing legal battles with his campaign for
Donald trumps legal team is prepared to go back to court later this month, and the many deflections they are testing out in public. A dramatic attack in a russian port overnight. It shows an unmanned drone seriously damaging a russian warship. And the update of the gilgo killings. Sara is off today. Im kate bolduan with john berman, and this is cnn news central. A new month of job growth extending Employment Strength in the u. S. Economy. 187,000 jobs were added in july and the Unemployment Rate ticked down to 3. 5 , and now the 187,000 jobs added were lower than what economists were expecting. Joined now by acting labor secretary julie sue, and thank you for joining us, and economists were expecting more jobs added and what do you think of that . Well, this is the stable steady growth that the president predicted a year ago. We were hopeful that we would go from the recordbreaking numbers of jobs created on the numbers created coming out of the pandemic, and now over 13. 4 million job
Espionage two navy sailors accused of sending china u. S. Military secrets. We will speak to a member of the House Intelligence Committee about the possible impact this could have. Police have not identified another victim found on new yorks gilgo beach. The jane doe finally has a real name. After almost 30 years. We are following these major developments and many more come all coming in right here to Cnn News Central. Right now, President Donald Trump is the clear frontrunner in the republican president ial primary. When the first debate takes place for the gop later this month, we do not know if you will be on the stage, but we do know five days later, there is another hearing related to his it might mean for trying to overturn the 2020 election results, one of many legal challenges that he is facing as he attempts to return to the white house. Trump also has a looming federal criminal trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents and he will stand trial in new york for allege
In his third indictment. Then Police Identify another Murder Victim 27 years later in the Gilgo Beach Killings so why wasnt the Serial Killer charged in connection with her death. Plus back on the mat. Samone biles returns since the First Time Since the toke olympics. Could she be eyeing a comeback at next years games in paris . Welcome to the lead. Im Bianna Golodryga in for jake tapper. We start with the Law And Justice lead and the aftershocks of Donald Trumps third arraignment. Today the former president called on the Supreme Court to get involved in the case. It is not clear exactly what mr. Trump is asking the high court to do. But the former president claims that the charges against him are, quote, election interference. Trump pleading not guilty yesterday inside of a washington, d. C. Courtroom. And his next hearing is scheduled for august 28th. Lets get straight to cnn just justice correspondent Jessica Schneider with more on this. Lets start with the new trump request. Is thi