sustained attack on shipping vessels by iran-backed houthi rebels in yemen. more worrisome right now is whether the u.s. destroyer itself was a target. the defense department says it does not believe so, but it is not ruling it out. former cia director john brennan is here to walk us through what the u.s. can do and what iran is trying to do. the region could be just a few missteps away from a catastrophe. since october 7th, the u.s. has brought down missiles and drones believed to be headed toward israel and american troops have been seriously injured in syria and iraq from repeated rocket and drone attacks. 76 attacks on american forces and installations in just seven weeks. a major uptick in hostilities. and now that the cease fire has ended and the idf moves into southern gaza, the question is do those provocations get even worse? here s courtney kube with the reporting from the pentagon. reporter: houthi rebels made good on their threat to attack commercial ships launc
at the u.s. military in the middle east. u.s.s. mason off the coast of yemen had two ballistic missiles launch evidence its way that notified. they responded to a distress call from a tanker nearby. we ve seen more than 70 attacks on u.s. military forces since mid october. more shortly coming up here. first the emotions running high in israel. [chanting] bill: these are some of the scenes in israel and the west bank as they see newly freed prisoners. a four-day cease-fire about to run out and find out whether or not the cease-fire is extended. hope you had an awesome thanksgiving. i m bill hemmer in new york. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. an emotional weekend. a 4-year-old israely american girl abigail edan is free but saw her parents murdered in front of her. hamas let go 58 people. israel released 39 palestinian prisoners in exchange. bill: the front page new york post. safe at last. for some that is true. many more still are left behind. p
closed-door fundraiser. he said, we have not stopped winning and he hasn t stopped losing. there are liberals who are not so sure. the biden-harris coalition could be called humpty-dumpty coalition. the black vote and youth vote on the ground, this is not good. the biden campaign is pushing back on that, we have seen coverage from media coverage, political prediction tend to be different a year later. joe biden has been counted out time and time again. his problems are laid out in this new york times poll. georgia trump plus six, arizona trump plus five. michigan trump plus five. pennsylvania trump plus four. new york times columnist says among demographic groups he must win. i sense dissatisfaction and the war in gaza is making it worse. we had a chance yesterday to ask the president about exactly this. peter: why do you think you are trailing trump in swing state polls? president biden: you don t read the poles, 10 polls, eight i m beating him. you guys only do
hamas hitting a tent camp, killing dozens of palestinians. prime minister netanyahu calling it a tragic incident. the global outrage tonight. the urgent search for survivors in papua-new guinea. a catastrophic landslide hitting in the middle of the night. more than 2,000 feared buried alive. the horrifying rampage inside a u.s. movie theater. four girls stabbed but surviving. three of them sisters. their mother speaking out. the mid-air scare for boxer mike tyson. the medical emergency he suffered on a cross-country flight. remembering nba hall of famer bill walton. he was a legend on the basketball court and in the broadcast booth. and on this memorial day a final salute to a pearl harbor hero more than 80 years in the making. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening on this memorial day. i m tom llamas in for lester. we begin tonight with the severe storms slamming the east coast. just as millions of americans are returning home
this holiday weekend. at least 23 people killed. entire neighborhoods leveled. a gas station collapsing as 125 people were sheltering inside. tonight more than 60 million at risk from texas to new york. major cities in the path. tornado watches in multiple states. and washington, d.c. we re tracking it all. it comes as a record number of americans are traveling right now. the weather delaying thousands of flights. also tonight, the general hospital star shot and killed during a suspected robbery. the search for the gunman. an israeli airstrike targeting hamas hitting a tent camp, killing dozens of palestinians. prime minister netanyahu calling it a tragic incident. the global outrage tonight. the urgent search for survivors in papua-new guinea. a catastrophic landslide hitting in the middle of the night. more than 2,000 feared buried alive. the horrifying rampage inside a u.s. movie theater. four girls stabbed but surviving. three of them sisters. their mother speak