in the sky whwhy the pentagon s warning tonight is not about alien life the severe weather threat across the plains millions facing high winds and large hail in the middle of the country. our series, climate challenge, the threat facing some endangered gentle giants of the sea, but also signs of hope and the official end of a bygone era, streaming giant netflix pulling the plug on its dvds by mail announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. they are the things that happen all the time, a mixed up address, pulling into the wrong driveway, or confusing one car from another, yet remarkably for a third time in a week, seemingly innocent moments of confusion have led to bloodshed from kansas city where a teen who approached the wrong doorstep is recovering from two bullet wounds, to new york state where a 20-year-old woman was fatally shot after the car she was in accidentally drove up the wrong driveway, and now in elgin, texas, a h
a suspect now in custody. in missouri, the 84-year-old man who shot a black teenager who mistakenly rang his doorbell today pleading not guiltlty. and in upstate new york, a young woman shot and killed when the car she was in made a wrong turn in a driveway. the shooter denied bail. plus, the arrests in the deadly weekend shooting at a sweet 16 party in alabama that injured dozens. the latest on the cases and the state of gun violence in america. also tonight, the airman accused of leaking top secret intelligence documents in court. the blowback on capitol hill. the hearing in congress aboutut unidentified objectsts in the sky. why the pentagon s warning tonight is not about alien life. the severe weather threat across the plains. millions facing high winds and large hail in the middle of the country. our series, climate challenge, the threat facing some endangered gentle giants of the sea, but also signs of hope. and the official end of a bygone era, streaming
84-year-old man expected before a judge accused of shooting a black teenager after he mistakenly went to the wrong house and rang on the man s doorbell how the community is rallying around the injured teen. and in texas, a man under arrest accused of shooting two cheerleaders after one in their group mistakenly got into the wrong car. one of the girls being treated in the icu new this morning, a hearing for a massachusetts air national guardsman accused in a massive leak of classified intelligence documents. that hearing delayed but now new details about what those documents reveal it is one of the largest defamation payouts in history. a huge settlement between dominion voting systems and fox news, but fox s legal troubles are not over in florida, governor ron desantis feud with disney heating up today as he faces new criticism from his potential presidential rivals. and we begin this morning with what appears to be yet another tragic incident of gun violence this tim
them coming up plus, ron desantis bid to make a splash in washington barely made a ripple now with red flags for the campaign piling up the governor heads to south carolina but the poll just as tough by donald trump beating him by 20 points and fox news is on the hook for that $800 million settlement no question, it s a hit to their bottom line, but will it change the way they do business but, we start with this, in a country where guns outnumber people, a sickening pattern is emerging more americans doing what we all do all the time, going to the wrong house, getting lost on the road opening the wrong car door making simple mistakes but now, getting shot over them it happened again early tuesday morning in texas when a houston area teenager traveling with members of her cheer squad thought she was getting into her own car before realizing it was someone else s, she tried to walk away, but it was too late i was trying to apologize to him for accidently getting to the
money payments to stormy daniels. remember that? now, that could come back to haunt him. his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, says trump can t hide from the paper trail. calling the new grand jury convened by the manhattan d.a. his biggest legal threat yet. and there are many. meanwhile, the former president is suing journalist bob woodward for $50 million. we ll explain what that is all about. plus, more fallout and firings in the aftermath of tyre nichols death. we ll go live to memphis for the latest in that case. for the second time in three years, lawmakers on capitol hill are talking about police reform following a high-profile murder case involving officers. we ll look at whether these discussions have a real chance at being successful. and president joe biden announces a major policy shift on covid in response to strong opposition from house republicans. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 31st. joe will be back tomorrow.