boosters this week? hurricane lee just forming in the atlantic will it impact the u.s. al roker is here with the latest track the dangerous september heat wave breaking records from the south to the northeast. schools forced to make tough choices. the video of a russian missile strike on a ukraine market happening just as secretary of state tony blinken made a surprise visit to kyiv. and the young americans shining at the u.s. open. they ve already made history. can they win it all? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome, everyone. how did a convicted killer simply walk free from a pennsylvania prison? apparently horizontally that s what just released security video of danelo cavalcante s escape a week ago appears to show the five-foot, 120-pound inmate suspended face down between two walls quickly walking himself to the roof of the chester county prison where he made his getaway, unseen by a guard in a nearby tower. a vul
the u.s. supreme court will decide, can donald trump be prosecuted for the things he did as president? the lead starts now. it s an extraordinary move, special counsel smith taking his case against donald trump straight to the highest court in the land. his question, does mr. trump get immunity or not for alleged cr president plus time is running out, as this humanitarian catastrophe worsens. critical aid into gaza delayed at one crossing, completely cut off at another. what is being done by president biden and others to alleviate the suffering and, where is alexei navalny , the opposition leader in russia seems to have just managed vanished from a prison in russia. we start today with our law and justice lead and a major development on whether donald trump or any president, really, has to face accountability for alleged federal crimes while in office. it s a basic test, are we in fact, a nation of laws. this afternoon special counsel smith filed a brief urging the supr
emily was at a sleepover at a friend s house in the kibbutz when she was abducted, without any family with her. other children freed include hila rotem, aged 12. she was taken captive with her mother, raya, who was not released with her daughter, and remains a hostage in gaza. this is shiri weiss, an accountant, a hostage released along with her 18 year old daughter, noga. maya regev was also freed. also among the women and children released on saturday was shoshan haran who was taken from her home in kibbutz be eri on october 7th. shoshan haran s daughter, adi, her children eight year old son, nave. and her three year old daughter gani yahel shoham, were also released on saturday. the hostages were freed in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails also women and children. here they are being welcomed back on the west bank. this report is from our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega. reunited at last, nine year old irish israeli emily hand and he
. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m laila harrak. it s now 10:00 a.m. in gaza, the second day of a four-day truce between israel and hamas that appears to be holding. israel says it has received a list of the israeli hostages that should be released sometimes today and has notified their families. according to an israeli source, several children are on today s list. day one of the truce saw hamas release 24 people who had been held hostage since october 7th. 13 of them were israelis and 11 were foreign nationals. all of them were taken to tel aviv area hospitals for medical evaluations. and doctors describe all 13 israelis as good and stable. among the non-israelis were 10 thai nationals and 1 filipino. the thai government estimates that 20 of its citizens are still being held hostage by hamas. and as part of the deal on friday, 39 palestinian women and minors were released from three israeli prisons and returne
united states and all around the world, we have reports from rome, berlin, the white house and tokyo. this is early start, i m laura jarrett. good morning, i m christine romans. we begin in europe, it s cheaper, simpler to deliver and is being pulled off the market, some countries in the last few minutes halting use of the astrazeneca covid vaccine after a small number of patients experienced blood clots. it s another blow to the eu s sluggish vaccine rollout. in vaccine is not authorized in the u.s. yet but it is being counted on to fight the uk variant spreading around the world. all this comes at a really difficult time. a third wave of infections is sweeping across europe and forcing renewed restrictions, hospitalizations on the rise in france, germany seeing a spike in cases and italians back under lockdown. that s where cnn s melissa bell is live for us this morning, she s in rome. melissa, good morning. what can you tell us? reporter: good morning, lawyer rachl