city hall. jamming with none other than rocker john fogerty. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening from los angeles, where picket lines went up today in front of major film studios the people who write the plots that enthrall and entertain millions of american tv and film watchers sidelined tonight by a writers strike 11,000 writers off the job after talks with producers reached an impasse overnight. at the root of the dispute, some of the very things that have transformed how all of us watch our favorite shows. think streaming and the impact of emergiging technonology thinink virtual l reality. tonighght the writiters and d productionon cocompanies, i including our parentnt company nbcuniveversal appeaear to be farar apart, virtually y guaranteeieing rereruns will l be coming g to screens as productions grind to a halt for some shows, the impact will be felt immediately. miguel almaguer has the latest what do we want a fair contract re
grief and despair for one texas community after five people were shot and killed, including a 9-year-old boy. the accused killer is still on the run. hundreds of officers are searching now for this man, who had just been we learned deported four times after entering the u.s. illegally. what more we re learning about the manhunt. and a federal judge denies donald trump s motion in a civil battery and defamation trial. e. jean carroll, who is suing the former president, is back on the stand for cross-examination. we are live outside the courthouse. plus a cnn exclusive never before seen images of a 100-foot-long blimp captured in northwest china. experts describing it as a submarine of the skies. we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. a source tells cnn that the target of a massive manhunt this hour was deported at least four times from the united states. francisco oropesa, wanted for allegedly gunni
austin johnson with a spot-on impersonation of donald trump, and interrupting the last supper nearly a week after trump s historic arraign marraignment, s showing more americans agree with the charges. up 5% this week. his former attorney general is predicting another indictment for the former president we ll get into that straight ahead. we re also going to dig into the competing rulings from federal judges on a commonly used drug for medical abortions. the impact on women s health care and the political impact on the republican party by the way, mika, you know let s just say, it s not good. based on conversations we ve had with friends and others that have voted for donald trump, this is really it s more bad political news, obviously, for women s rights, but especially for republicans i ve got to say, i was really taken, and i ve been taken over the last week especially, of people who have been trump supporters for a long time. yeah. who you start talk
how do i have my kids here? how do i have my elderly mother live here where i carry her out of her house? a powerful storm in the west dumping a dangerous am of rain on millions of residents putting dozens of california communities under a state of emergency. we ll take you there and cnn weather center for the latest. and republicans descend on iowa. a stop on the road to the white house. ron desantis had to say to keep voters there. who wouldn t like to work a four-day workweek. how it s working out. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin this hour with a deadly storms pounding california. millions are under flood alerts as heavy rain and melting snow combine in the latest round of intense winter weather in the result of another atmospheric river. officials issued evacuation warnings. more evacuations were ordered in the past hour. the sheriff is urging residents to stay clear of waterways and avoid all unnecessary travel. they worn o
that ensures bank deposits and overseas financial institutions. the agency says all insured depositors will have access to their deposits no later than monday morning. the fdic ensures deposits of up to $250,000. why did this bank fail so quickly? it is an old school bank run in a modern economy. you can point to two reasons. the first is that the fed has been increasing interest rates since 2022. that has an effect on thing bank s assets, which means its unrealized bonds were worthless money. those increased interest rates has had a devastating effect in the tech sector at large. the tech sector has seen layoffs and funds been sold off. that has led to panic. that s led to group chats of founders of vcs all abuzz with what to do with svp. that led to panic. nobody wants to be the last customer held at a bank. help break down all those affected. svb was the premier bank in silicon valley. we ve seen tech companies banking at svb as kind of a badge of honor. right now we