u.s. believes that china may give the go-ahead on lethal aid to vladimir putin. taking a question from our own peter doocy about how biden is viewed by xi and putin. specific to these two leaders, you think putin and xi fear president biden? you d have to ask them whether they fear or not. it is not about fear. it s about president biden advancing our foreign policy goals around the world. it s about president biden revi revitalizing partnerships. that s what we re focused on. martha: with that, we bring in republican senator marsha blackburn from tennessee. she s traveled to taiwan in the past. she was there in the past. always a bold move for a u.s. lawmaker to travel to taiwan. your thoughts on what we watched in this briefing and john kirby s explanation as these two meet. perception is reality. when they look at joe biden, they see someone who is weak, who i think they believe is compromised. he is not going after them. he doesn t go after them on great power com
horses today. will china help russia in the war in ukraine? what the white house said about that today, given this meeting. tom soufi burridge in kyiv. here in the u.s. tonight, the deadly school shooting today. a teenager charged with capital murder. the powerful storm set to hit the west and move right across the country again this week. california to texas to the northeast. ginger zee timing it out. the alarming new report tonight on climate change, among these extremes we re witnessing. the u.n. calling it a time bomb. police in colorado tonight investigating what they re calling a complex and calculated murder. a dentist accused of slowly poisoning his wife, revealing the text messages his wife sent to him in the days before she died. the other case making national headlines, after his father was sentenced to life in prison, the surviving son, buster murdoch tonight, breaking his silence, involving another suspicious death. one of his own classmates. that stude
donald trump is claiming authorities will arrest him tomorrow relating to alleged hush money payments made to an adult film start stormy daniels. while a decision from a grand jury not far from right here where i m sitting could still be days away it. would make him the first former president indicted in our nation s history. what we know, what we don t, and the potential political impact here is our lead story. correspondent david spunt joins us now from the justice department. good evening, david. bret, good evening to you. late this afternoon, perhaps the final grand jury witness in a year s long investigation involving alleged hush money payments between the former president and an adult film address. two heavy hitters in manhattan court this afternoon, former trump fixer michael cohen and robert costello, cohen s one time confidante who rebuffed cohen. now is he on the revenge tour. i tonight condone it. i went in there to tell these people the truth about hot real
the deadly shooting at a texas high school. one student in custody. what police are saying tonight. our nbc news exclusive. the teacher shot by a 6-year-old student speaking out for the first time. her difficult road to recovery. the rally on wall street after two troubled banks found new owners. what it means for your money. the u.n. warning humanity is on thin ice. what a new report says must be done now to avoid the worst of climate change. buster murdaugh breaking his silence. what he now says about the death of a high school classmate. and the powerful connection these girl scouts share that s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and thank you for joining us. we are on somewhat of a legal watch tonight involving former president donald trump. somewhat in that the growing sense of expectation has been fueled mainly by mr. trump himself with his unverified claim over the weekend that he would be arrested on t
right now we re watching the manhattan d.a. s office where we believe a grand jury will hear today from robert costello, a former legal adviser to michael cohen, and heightening the interest today, he s potentially the final act before a decision is made about whether to issue an indictment against donald trump. costello was called in at the request of trump s attorneys, leading many to believe his testimony will be aimed at undermining cohen s credibility. cohen himself is also there, he says, as a rebuttal witness. i want to bring in nbc s garrett haake outside the d.a. s office. legal analyst glenn kirschner joins us as well. garrett, what have you seen or heard today, if anything, of the comings and goings? what s the very latest? reporter: chris, we re all operating on the same scraps of information. no signs of costello or cohen yet. that shouldn t be a surprise. the grand jury typically meets in the afternoon. we would expect to potentially see them sometime here in