rolling out a new lawsuit to protect abortion access. why that is a significant moment for this administration. we ll go live one-on-one with one of the top homeland security advisers on that drone strike that killed a top al qaeda leader. we have a lot to get to in the next 60 minutes. let s start off in washington. with our team of responds following every move as voters are voting. vaughn hilliard is in phoenix, and shh keel kweel brewster is out there. we have so many people looking at arizona. this is a thing that everyone will be talking about tonight. is dlt dth going donald trump going to be able to sweep in arizona? s tell me what you re seeing on the ground. reporter: the polling right now indicates that kari lake, finchom for governor and attorney general are top front runners. but the big question is from both camps on every one of these campaigns i have talked to is there are a lot of questions about who ultimately shows up here in this final 24 hours. there
harry smith on the entrepreneur bringing a long lost tradition back to his city announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. i m kate snow in for lester tonight for four hours today, former president trump was deposed inside the offices of the new york attorney general, called to answer questions in a civil probe looking at trump organization s business practices and whether it exaggerated their finances but mr. trump answered only one question his name his lawyer saying he invoked his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination over and over again. the deposition separate and apart from the fbi search of trump s mar-a-lagoeek of scru home is the latest chapter of intense week of scrutiny for the former president as he contemplates another run for president, stirring outrage among his supporters and complicating matters for investigators. kelly o donnel starts us off from washington reporter: deposition day in new york for former president
to speak at any moment about the latest in his state. some of the hardest hit areas aren t out of the woods yet. another strong line of storms is forecast to move in later this evening. that is expected to compound the challenges for first responders and those who still have no homes. hotels and motels are full. so are shelters, which are forcing some people to sleep in their cars now. in perry county, one official said more than 50 bridges have been washed away. let s begin in eastern kentucky. cnn s evan mcmorris-santoro is in the town of hazard. we spoke to you last week. things look pretty bad. as the waters recede, you really see the extent of this devastation. reporter: that s right, jim. not only do you see what came before, you can get a look at how hard it s going to be to get everything back together here. you talk about bridges in perry county. i m in perry county and i m along highway 28, an important road here. i can explain to you exactly what went on when it
taiwan, despite these warnings we have been discussing from beijing. the biden administration showed support for her decision. we want to make sure that when she travels overseas, she can do so safely and securely. we ll make sure of that. there s no reason for the chinese rhetoric. there s no reason for any actions to be taken. it is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to taiwan. it is very much in keeping with our policy. our will ripley is in taipei, the capital taipei, taiwan, this morning. and will, i wonder, we ve heard, as we discussed, rhetoric like this, inflammatory rhetoric often from china as it regards taiwan. they amped it up, but i wonder what taiwan is feeling about this visit, particularly from such a high level? reporter: well, there s certainly a difference probably what they re feeling at the president s office versus what we would be observing evidence folks, this is pretty universal, don t care much about it. they re not following it
reid. we begin with more on the search at donald trump s mar-a-lago home. while trump and his allies have been raging the fbi and the justice department have remained conspicuously quiet. here s what we have learned. according to authority the federal authorities drew increasingly concerned that the man, i don t know, known for skirting the law for the last 40 years and his lawyers, have not returned all of the classified material that he carted off with him when he went scurrying down to florida after being booted out of office by joe biden. i a cording to the washington post officials, quote, blame, suspicious became suspicious that when trump gave 15 boxes of items to the national archives about seven months ago, either the former president or people close to him held on to key records. trump attorney christina bobb, the former oan reporter who helped spearhead the recount said trump s legal teams were in discussions with the justice department this spring about record