the u.s. turns up the pressure on israel. defense secretary lloyd austin in tel aviv. what he said about protecting civilians as gaza s reported death toll nears 20,000. the major shift from pope francis on same-sex couples. what the vatican announced today. the governor of texas signing a controversial new border bill, setting the stage for a major showdown with the federal government. the verdict in the trial of marvel star jonathan majors, charged with assaulting his former girlfriend. new developments in the investigation into lead-tainted applesauce that sickened dozens of children. was it done on purpose? and harry smith on the tradition dating back more than a century in a place they call the christmas city. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone. much of the east coast recovering tonight from a massive storm that brought heavy rain, coastal flooding and high winds from florida to maine, killing at least
of blockbuster testimony, donald trump s civil fraud trial in new york is almost over. closing arguments are set for next month. what could it mean for the business empire of the quadruple indicted, twice impeached disgraced former president? profiles in courage the georgia election workers who stood up to rudy giuliani and the lies he told about them. one of the attorneys for shea moss and ruby friedman joins me live to discuss their epic victory and what is next. baseball s 700 million dollar man, shohei ohtani s stunning contract with the l.a. dodgers and how his structured payout is poised to change the game. we will go inside the biggest deal in sports history. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you all. i am katie phang. we begin today s show with the latest in the new york attorney generals 250 million dollar civil fraud trial, ju o of the cases in donald trump s expensive portfolio of legal troubles. on wednesday, we saw the last day o
right now. good evening,. alex alex thank you my friend for essential conversation with a very important voice. thank to you at home for joining us this hour. it is a three bedroom, three bathroom apartment with a living room, dining room, a dining room that allegedly secrets 40 people, i don t know about that, but a library, a gallery, a dining out cove, butlers pantry, a staff room, a kitchen and laundry and unit. it is on the upper east side of manhattan on the corner of madison and 66 street. it is one block from central park. it is currently on the market with an asking price of six point $1 million. this luxury slice of real estate is owned currently by former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani. that property, or the money from that property to be more specific may soon be in the hands of former fulton county election workers and sheamus. you likely remember ruby freeman and shaye moss for their incredibly emotional testimony before the house january 6th committee,
good night and i am symone sanders townsend in for stephanie ruhle. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. the capital of the great state of mississippi is of course jackson. the airport in jackson, mississippi is called jackson medgar widely evers international airport. that airport in jackson is named after medgar evers, the civil rights leader. he was a decorated u.s. army veteran in world war ii. after he came home from the war, after the united states supreme court ruled on brown versus the board of education. in may 1954, segregation, racial segregation was of course supposed to end in american public schools. as you know, it did not. six months after brown v. board, the naacp named medgar evers its first ever field secretary in the state of mississippi. they named him field secretary in mississippi so he could lead their efforts in that state to organize against segregation, to organize for civil rights. and in 1
i want to begin tonight by throwing it back to june 16th, 2015. i day that most americans, and most around the world would probably remember. then businessman donald trump came down to the golden escalator in trump tower to announce that he was running for the republican nomination for president. i want to warn you that we will be playing a couple of moments from the former president tonight, which is not typical an american voices. tonight is an exception. it is important for you to be reminded of exactly what donald trump said that day. specifically, this about mexican immigrants. they re bringing drugs, they re bringing crime, they are rapists, and some, i assume, they were good people. trump s racist opinions were well known before that moment, his role as lead against barack obama, the tax on the exonerated five before that. as a candidate for president of the united states, saying people who come to our country that was built by immigrants are rapists, well, that