Here is the week that was. The devastated is mountain one week after Hurricane Helene made death landfall. The Death Toll has a past 200 acrostic states. I hear you, i agree with you and i promise you we have your back around 200 i run a ballistic missiles from iran rained out across israel this evening. No one in beirut had a quiet night. Building shook across the city as israeli warplanes carried out at least 10 strikes springfield, ohio, has a large number of haitian migrants who have legal status. Temporary protected status. The rules were the economy did he lose the 2020 election . I am focused on the future. The Kamala Harris Sensor americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 covid situation . That is a not answer. Smith tailoring his criminal case to survive the Supreme Court ruling. Writing that although trump was present during the charge conspiracies, his game was of fundamental the private one. I never voted for democrat but this year, i am proudly casting my
i m bret baier. we are just a weekend away from the first voting in the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will check in on iowa ahead of monday s caucuses. and we ll speak with iowa senator joni ernst. plus, how iran s so-called ghost armada is helping skirt sanctions as americans endure a tax from iranian taxies. and plenty of complaining from congress after uneventful briefing on ufos. but, first, breaking tonight, president biden says iran backed houthi rebels are terrorists. this goes against current u.s. policy changed by the biden administration. the houthis have already responded to yesterday s airstrikes against facilities in yemen with new attacks today. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight life from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. pentagon officials believe there will be some sort of retaliation for last night s strikes. we know the houthi rebels have already launched at least one ballistic missile toward
life-threatening cold. we re tracking it all. also tonight, the january 6th committee s final report recommending donald trump be barred from holding office ever again. how the former president is responding. the new numbers from the cdc. will the holidays lead to another spike? the crash caught on camera. a plane slamming into the beach in santa monica. the warning from fedex and u.p.s. for last-minute shoppers. will your holiday packages arrive on time? and celebrating christmas in wartime. st. nick bringing holiday cheer to children in ukraine. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and a good friday evening to you. i m craig melvin in for lester. for many tonight, mother nature has decided to be quite the grinch. this is going to be the coldest, wettest, snowiest holiday in recent memory thanks to a once in a generation massive winter storm that s disrupting plans for millions. for some it s the really strong wind gusts already knocking out
middle east region for several months now without any retribution coming from the united states. as well as hughes are targeting other carriers international shipping carriers and it has become a very dangerous situation in the red sea. so, again, these strikes are long overdue but i will remind everyone this is retaliation for strikes against our own people and innocent civilians that are operating shipping carriers and it was an international effort as well so i m glad the biden administration finally moved on this. so, we ll see what happens next. but, we need to show leadership and we haven t seen that in the past from this administration. and you are saying it s long overdue and there are obviously a lot of people in congress that feel that way and have been talking that way. there are others, democrats and some republicans.
four boxes, craig. sam brock for us, sam, thank you. meanwhile, that gift may not make it in time for christmas. that s the new warning tonight from fedex and u.p.s., and it s all because of that wicked winter storm. emilie ikeda joins us now with more on that and the last-minute holiday shopping rush and, emilie, it looks like the crowds are out tonight. reporter: craig, behind me the final flurry of shoppers scooping up last-minute deals in what they anticipated to be the second busiest shopping day of the year. retailers are slashing prices to lure in cost conscious customers. meantime, shipping carriers up against severe weather. data firm ship matrix estimates 15% of last-minute deliveries experienced delays causing a backlog of packaging that could linger through next week. usps closed offices in five states thursday because of weather and u.p.s. and fedex warned of service disruptions at several shipping hubs. if you are in a bind