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also tonight, another deadly shooting rampage across two texas cities. six people killed. a 34-year-old army veteran under arrest tonight. the dramatic rescue. a chopper pulling people from floodwaters as an atmospheric river drenches the northwest with more rain on the way. the fighting raging in gaza. our new reporting. is israel preparing to flood hamas tunnels with seawater? the u.s. charging four russian soldiers with war crimes. the horrific things they re accused of doing to an american. two months after he was ousted as house speaker, kevin mccarthy making a big announcement about his future. donald trump revealing what he d do if he wins the white house again. what he said about dictatorship as his gop rivals meet on the debate stage tonight. and from all in the family to sanford & son to good times, remembering sitcom genius norman lear. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. breaking tonight, police in
the fbi and atf now responding. [gunfire] fighting between the israeli army and hamas intensifies, as most of gaza becomes a battlefield. israeli forces are hammering targets behind me. they say they are now operating across the gaza strip. norah: record floods hit the northwest. the rescues underway with more rain in the forecast. meta is facing a disturbing new lawsuit. the social media giant accused of enabling the exploitation of children. the alarming details in our exclusive tonight. norah: and remembering legendary producer norman lear, who brought us iconic sitcoms. [singing] [applause] norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for being with us. we want to begin tonight with new developments in a shooting on a college campus just hours ago. we are just learning from law enforcement that multiple people were killed after a gunman opened fire inside the business school at the university of nevada, las vegas. tonight, we have new re
assaulted in the library by a fellow student while i was wearing an american israeli flag and having my attacker roam freely throughout the campus. bill: remarkable testimony. jewish students accusing colleges of ignoring rampant anti-semitism. the presidents of three american universities trying to defend themselves on the hill. lawmakers not buying it. that s where we start today midweek. it s wednesday, bill hemmer. good morning to you. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. good to be with you again. a lot half en yesterday. the hearing was in response to a surge of pro-palestinian and anti-israel protests erupted on campuses in more than two dozen states and some turned violent. [shouting] bill: some protestors calling for the mass murder of jews. lawmakers grilling the president of harvard on that very issue asking whether or not she was okay with hate speech. doctor, a harvard student calling for the mass murder of african-americans is not free
also this evening, the deadly shooting rampage in austin, texas. multiple locations. the rampage lasting eight hours. several dead tonight, and the wounded. matt rivers reporting from texas with late news on the suspect under arrest. slammed with a series of storms tonight, the u.s. coast guard rescuing families from their flooded homes by helicopter, amid raging floodwaters in the west. several states on alert with two more storms coming. and in the northeast, heavy rain and snow on the way. rob marciano is here. the israel-hamas war. tonight, the israelis say they have hamas leader surrounded now in an underground bunker. and this evening here, the leaked audio revealing the anger in a meeting with benjamin netanyahu. families of the hostages furious. james longman in israel. back in the u.s., the justice department tonight charging four russian soldiers with war crimes, accused of torturing an american in ukraine near the start of the russian invasion. amid donald t