our nbc news exclusive. a mississippi man reported missing turns out he was hit and killed by a police car. why didn t they tell his mother for six months what she is demanding. and remembering matthew perry. the beloved friends star dying tragically at 54. new details about his final hours. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening tonight much of the world is holding its breath, watching israel s ground operation against hamas in gaza unfold and wondering whether it could spread to other parts of the region tonight the country s prime minister rejecting calls for a ceasefire. benjamin netanyahu saying we cannot give up the fight. his comments coming on the same day we learned an israeli soldier held by hamas has been rescued by israeli forces the concern for the fate of other hostages taken from inside israel is building as the ground war intensifies. hamas playing to those fears, releasing a new propaganda video showing some of the hosta
into a u.n. aid warehouse, desperate for supplies. the chilling images emerging around the world, that mob storming the tarmac, searching for passengers who are jewish. ian pannell in israel tonight. here in the u.s., the fbi investigating grows threats at home, including threatening posts targeting jewish students at cornell university. stephanie ramos reporting. the alarming discovery at a theme park in colorado. police say the body of a man was found inside the park, heavily armed, carrying explosive devices and wearing body armor. was there a warning before the mass shooting in maine? a sheriff reportedly sending an alert to all law enforcement in the state weeks before the attack. tonight, the six-week strike against the big three american automakers is now over. what the workers will now get. in colorado tonight, the trial begins. will former president trump be kept off the ballot there? a group arguing his role on january 6th disqualifies him from holding off
today on inn sighed politics, a rapid escalation of war, israeli troops push deeper into gaza as the ground assault intensifies. they say they ve killed dozens of terrorists who were barricaded in tunnels and buildings, but what does this mean for the more than 230 people believed to be held hostage by hamas? plus, hunting for jews. a mob at a russian airport storms the tarmac searching for israelis on a flight arriving from tel aviv. this as anti-semitic incidents surge globally and right here in the united states. and then there were eight. mike pence is out of the 2024 race as a new poll shows trump more than doubling the support of his nearest rival in iowa, nikki haley is gaining ground, but can she or anyone else catch up? i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we begin with israel s war against hamas terrorists. the new round of air strikes lighting up the sky in gaza as the idf says it s stepping up operations on the ground and sending
calling this, quote, a time for war. also, the mob storming an airport in russia searching for passengers on a flight from israel. the surge in antisemitism and islamophobia around the world. and here at home the threats putting cornell university on edge. after six weeks of strikes the united auto workers reaching a tentative agreement with gm. the last of the big three still holding out. what s in the deal? a chilling discovery near a colorado amusement park. a man found dead with multiple guns and explosive devices. what was he planning? our nbc news exclusive. a mississippi man reported missing. turns out he was hit and killed by a police car. why didn t they tell his mother for six months? what she is demanding. and remembering matthew perry. the beloved friends star dying tragically at 54. new details about his final hours. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. tonight much of the world is holding its breath, watching israel s groun
civilians. a photo shows over 600 people, mostly afghans, packed inside a c-17 transport late sunday, all of them desperate to get out of a nation now under taliban control. this world witnessed the panic in kabul as people tried to escape the insurgents closing in on the city. the end of the afghanistan we knew and fought for came quickly in the end. nbc news veteran chief foreign correspondent richard engel is on the ground in afghanistan for us tonight. reporter: tens of thousands of afghans swarmed into kabul airport, desperate to leave at any price. they burst through security, climbed over walls, and spilled onto the tarmac searching for any airplane that would take them far away from afghanistan, away from the taliban.