closing in out. we have to send a great signal and then maybe these people just say, okay, it is over now. trump tries to finish off his gop rivals with nikki haley rising in the polls, is there still time to take him down. plus balancing act. president biden is heartbroken by civilians deaths in gaza. but that it is still not time. they plan on attacking israel again. is he out of step with most democr democrats. and out of order. a new republican speaker grapples with the house in disarray. what could the gop get done. i want my republican colleagues to give me one thing that i could campaign on and say we did. good morning and welcome to inside politics sunday. i m manu raju. everybody could go home. the 2024 primary race is over. that is the message that former trump had for his republican challenges yesterday in iowa. the first in the nation contest is still about two months away. but the runway front-runner said he s ready to ramp it up there and move
standing by. also, the stark warning our fbi chief telling congress, that hamas attacks could inspire the biggest terror threats in the u.s. since isis. anti-war protesters, their painted red, removed by police amid threats to jewish students at cornell. the suspect now in custody. the search and arrest warrants just revealed for the suspect in the maine shooting. the record cold this halloween across the country. first the fall snow, the danger on the roads. we re tracking it. newly revealed body cam from the deadly maui wildfire. what it shows. the dramatic rescue after a plane crashes into the everglades. and our nbc news exclusive. the creators of friends speaking out. the last conversation one of them had with matthew perry before his tragic death. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. israel s push into the heart of embattled northern gaza is not coming without a deadly cost, and the images of suffering are n
lead evaporating in florida and gone nationwide. it shows a virtual romney-gingrich dead heat, a sharp change this last week before the south carolina blowout victory. those numbers could and certainly will change. for now, the trend is so worrying to romney forces, they re doing what they rarely do, taking the challenger, not through super pacs but directly. while florida families lost everything in the housing crisis, newt gingrich cashed in. gingrich was paid over $1.6 million by the scandal ridden agency that helped create the crisis. that new ad was straight from the romney campaign, this earlier today was straight from the stump. i m calling on speaker gingrich to do two things, release all the work product associated with his work at freddie mac and return the funds he made from freddie mac. i wouldn t have normally suggested that other than he was the one that said if you made money on this failed model you ought to return that money. within hours of that, the
a judge speaks out abtd four people trying to get on the virginia ballot. what s next for them. a mother fed up with her son s run-ins with the law forces him to wear this sign. did she go too far? we give you a chance to weigh in this morning. we start with former mississippi governor, barbour, defending his decision to pardon 200 people. among the myrrherered set to release from prison. a judge put a halt on prison releases. the legislature is considering changing the constitution to take pardon powers away from the governor. what is barbour saying now? in his first public comments since issuing the pardons. listen. the power of gubernatorial to pardon felons is rooted in the christian idea of giving second chances. i m not saying i ll be perfect that nobody who received clemency will ever do nothing wrong. i m not in fallible and nobody else is. i am very comfortable and totally at peace with these pardons, including those at the mansion. you heard him mention the
sentenced. we will let you know as soon as the sentence comes down. the new york district attorney investigating claims against former associate basketball coach bernie fine says the allegations are credible but no charges will be filed because the statute of limitations has expired. two boys accused fine of molesting them 20 years ago. bobby davis told the district attorney in 2002 that fine had molested him. fine denies all allegations. gave a rare tv interview to walters on tv where he said that some troops may have gone too far. nobody killed no government in the world kill its people unless it s led by crazy person. i became president because of the public support. it s impossible for anyone in this state to be ordered to kill. do you feel guilty? i did my best to protect the people. i cannot feel guilty when you do your best. the u.n. estimates more than 4,000 sirians have been killed since the uprising started in march. one by one, they are speaking tod