donald trump. the new bomb cyclone targeting the west and the urgent relief effort in the south after that deadly tornado outbreak. our team in the storm zone with families who have lost everything. the deadly fire at a migrant center near the u.s.-mexico border. dozens killed. was it started as a protest? allergy season off to an early start. why it s getting longer and stronger, and how you can get relief. and the photographer who teamed up with young engineers to keep chasing his passion. he is inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, and welcome. as families grieve the lives of six people murdered in a nashville private christian school, we re getting a chilling look into the heart-pounding moments when the first responding police officers braved gunfire, entered the school, and advanced from room to room, locating and fatally shooting the suspect. newly released video of the attack just part of a tro
16 million citizens with 20 million weapons of war. the people in power acknowledging that change isn t in the cards right nowment so do we have to wait for a whole new generation before kids are safe in their classrooms? music lovers at a concert, or shoppers at the grocery store, and if we have to wait, how many more americans will die between now and then? plus, gut wrenching claims in missouri where residents who lost everything in those devastating tornados say they had warning sirens set up, but they never went off. so why not? and former vice president mike pence testing the campaign waters in iowa, but he can t escape questions about his looming legal issues in d.c. what he s saying now about the court order to force his testimony against former president trump and about his plans for 2024. but we start with those weapons of war, the ar-15 an estimated 20 million of them stored and stashed across the country as republican lawmakers refuse to address or even ackn
national security advisory jake sullivan at any moment from the white house. and the terror investigation underway after a deadly attack with a knife and a hammer near the eiffel tower. what police are saying about the islamic radical that is under arrest. and here at home, is it real or revenge? the move by republicans that the white house says will be throwing red meat to the right flank of the house. plus, the vote happening right now over the deal reached between actors and studios after that historic strike. the talk behind the scenes, and why some expect this vote could be a close one. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we start with the latest inside gaza. nbc s david noriega is in tel aviv for us. david, the israeli military says the main road in gaza that s being used as a humanitarian corridor for those evacuating now constitutes a battlefield. what more are you hearing on the ground? reporter: chris, the biggest development
house sent him packing. the supreme court hearing arguments in a high-stakes case on perdue pharma and the opioid crisis. could scotus unravel a deal that protected the sackler family from civil lawsuits? hi, everybody. good morning to you. i m yasmin vossoughian. it s 10:00 a.m. in the east, in for ana cabrera. we begin with breaking news out of the israel-hamas war. israel expanding its assault to include the entire gaza strip. the idf dropping leaflets overnight telling civilians to evacuate, warning of a large-scale attack, saying these are the last hours to evacuate. a senior u.s. military official telling nbc news he was taken aback by the ferocity of the refluid campaign. i want to get to raf sanchez on the ground in tel aviv. what have we learned about this new assault? reporter: israel now says it is operating in every part of the gaza strip after launching this new ground offensive into the south. this focus on the south began pretty much minutes after the cea
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