Help now and officials working to identify the victims. Among the dead, a 68yearold man, who died shielding a Golden Retriever. Our team in the fire zone north koreas new claims about detained u. S. Soldier travis king. What he supposedly said about his reason for crossing into the country. Severe thunderstorm watches on the east coast, on the heels of Flash Flooding in the midatlantic were tracking it all. The mother of a 6yearold virginia student who shot his teacher. What she pleaded guilty to today. And the Superstar Surfer who jumped onto his jet ski to help after the fires that devastated his native maui announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome. Already facing a Dizzying Crossroads of nearly unprecedented legal and political challenges, Donald Trumps trail of criminal indictments has grown longer the newest handed up late last evening by a Fulton County, georgia, grand jury. Mr. Trump hit with 13 charges, accusing him of being part of a consp
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this morning on world news now, drug scandal. the congressman from florida busted on cocaine charges pleads guilty and pleads for forgiveness. i m sorry. i have no excuse for what i have done. trey radel s late-night news conference full of apologies. in flight fright. the emergency chute inflates on an airliner. the scare for passengers and the safety questions and the investigation. and biblical uproar. a pastor discovers the bible sold at costco as a book of fiction. our ceo is a devout catholic. he obviously loves the lord and this isn t something that he is purposely trying to do. it was a mistake. reporter: is the apology enough for the most faithful customers? it is thursday, november 21st.
tonight on special report, the republican presidential candidate tells wealthy donors nearly half of americans are dependent on government. 47% don t pay federal income tax and believe they re victims. late night news conference last night, concedeed the comments were not elegantly stated. the obama campaign pounced. romney talked to neil cavuto today and pushed back. new polls out show a virtual dead heat in race. gallup has the president up one. rasmussen has romney up two. president obama and his people are facing scrutiny whether they were warned ahead of time about possible attacks on american interests overseas, including the storming of that consulate in libya that left four americans dead. liberal website teams up with a justice department to go after some segments of the media, including fox news. special report from washington starts at 6 zephyr 60 eastern. now back to new york and five five.
anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, u.s. intelligence officials are uncovered a new terror threat and describe it as specific credible, but unconfirmed information about a potential al qaeda plot. it s believed to involve three individuals and explosives such as a truck or a car bomb. washington and new york are cited as possible targets. we are covering this from all angles. fran townsend is in washington and susan candiotti in new york and barbara starr at the pentagon. fran, let s start with you. specific, credible, but unconfirmed? tell us exactly what that means. i think it s most important to work backwards. unconfirmed is the key thing and driving all of the intelligence and law enforcement community. specific that you re hearing that word because, yes, they think it s a car bomb in either new york or washington. they do have some information that three individuals entered one being united states sit he send. they believe. the credible goes to where the source of