insurrection. the questions tonight, could it happen in other states, and will the supreme court weigh in? also tonight, the grim milestone in gaza. an estimated 20,000 now dead just as hopes grow for another cease-fire. the deal to free ten americans in a prisoner swap with venezuela and who the u.s. released in return. the powerful storm slamming the west coast while in the northeast, new rescues and evacuations days after that deadly storm. the christmas travel rush kicking off inside the tsa as they brace for massive numbers. our nbc news exclusive, the warning china s president gave to president biden at their summit last month about taiwan. nbc news investigates why patients are dying when they are not properly monitored. the lapses one woman says led to her husband s death. and the touching tributes at the secret christmas tree in central park. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. even as they tr
him from the presidency, the leader starts right now. any moment, we are expecting team trump to appeal the ruling by colorado supreme court that he disqualified by engaging in insurrection, former u.s. attorney chan general who is a critic during his desperate attempt to hold onto power is here to discuss plus signs from both israel and hamas that a temporary pause might be on the table, 40 hostages are held by hamas, breaking this hour, the deal brokered between u.s. and venezuela who they were deemed lawfully detained, who will the u.s. give up, in this latest swap. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper and we start with a stunner, the legal and political shockwaves reverberating around the country after the colorado supreme court last night ruled donald trump s engagement in insurrection disqualifies him for presidency. the colorado judges say he should not be on any state balanced ballots which reads in part quote, no person shall hold any office who have previously t
stream of threats after ruling former president trump should be taken off the state s primary ballot. we re following breaking news overseas, in prague, authorities say an unspecified number of people are dead after a shooting at prague university. at the border, we re live in eagle pass, texas, where agents are trying to process thousands of migrants at the bridge crossing. plus, why the governor of texas chartered a plane to fly migrants to chicago. breaking overnight, ten americans jailed in venezuela are now back on u.s. soil after the u.s. frees a major maduro ally. we begin this very busyour with the aftermath of the colorado supreme court s bombshell decision to bar former president trump from the state s primy ballot next year. afr the ruling, threats aimed at colorado s justices flooded social media, according to a report nbc news obtained exclusively from a nonprofit organization that conducts public interest research. it says some of the threats came directly
and the diplomatic effort to bring a pause to the fighting with negotiations continuing for a fourth day to attempt to secure a unanimous un security council vote on the suspension of hostilities in gaza. meanwhile separate talks are understood to be continuing to arrange another exchange of hostages held by hamas, for palestinian prisoners detained in israel. egypt and qatar are thought to be trying to broker a deal and the leader of hamas which is considered to be a terrorist organisation by the us and many other countries ismail haniyeh, has travelled to egypt, to meet the country s intelligence chief. he s already held talks in iran, which is one of the closest supporters of hamas. israel has released footage of what it claims to be tunnels dug by hamas under gaza city, in the north of the territory. it says the structures, which cover a large area, were used as a base by hamas leaders. the fighting continues inside gaza, where the un says israel has issued evacua
donald trump is vowing to fight the seismic ruling by colorado s supreme court that would remove him from the gop primary ballot there deeming him and eligible to run for president. trump posting on troop social after the ruling, a sad day in america. the colorado supreme court said if trump appeals to the us supreme court by jan fourth, which his teams says that they well, the decision to kick him off the ballot will be paused until the nation s highest court decides if it will take up the case. remember january fourth is one day before state law requires the colorado secretary of state to certify the list of candidates for the march 5th presidential primary there. so if the justices take this up, they have a complex argument to review. the colorado supreme court found here, 4-3, that trump engaged in an insurrection and that he incited violence on january 6th 2021, when he was still in office. they actually affirmed a lower court s ruling that trump s january 6th speech wa