Guard in cross examination over the payment to Stormy Daniels. How cohen responded to it all. Kicking up controversy. The growing backlash by the star kicker of the kansas city chiefs. Over 100,000 people calling on the chiefs to give him the boot. At long last, harmony on the hill. New legislation targeting hidden fees for concertgoers. And putting the a. I. In after life. How a man with terminal illness plans to live on in his familys memory for years to come. And the timberwolves make a meal of the nuggets, while the rangers skate into the eastern conference finals. All the action as playoff season heats up. Its friday, may 17th. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im frances rivera. Breaking overnight, parts of the south battered by another round of deadly storms. Waterlogged texas facing torrential hail and flooding. At least four people are dead in houston. The mayor saying the city was blasted by hurricanestrength winds reaching up to 100 miles per hour. The gusts tearin
Hi there, everyone. Its now 4 00 in new york. We have major developments both here in the u. S. And abroad. In just a few hours, President Joe Biden will deliver an address to the nation from the oval office about the hamas Terror Attacks in israel that killed more than 1,400 people as well as the ongoing war in ukraine. It is his second address from the oval office since becoming president , and it is part of his push for a 100 billion aid package. Well have much more on that later in the broadcast, but we begin with the dam breaking and perhaps the most criminal prosecution of the expresident s alleged criminal enterprise, that plot to overturn the 2020 election. This morning in a courthouse in atlanta, georgia, trumps attorney, peddler of the big lie and importantly trumps codefendant Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to six Misdemeanor Counts in that sprawling rico case brought by Fulton County District Attorney fani willis. Here is that moment. How do you plead to five counts of conspi
How cohen responded as he faced another day on the stand. Also tonight, President Biden asserting Executive Privilege over recordings of his interview with the Special Counsel who ended up criticizing his memory. A rare high risk alert for life threatening flash floods in the south. The dangerous storms being called a nightmare scenario. Just in, the man convicted of murdering a black lives matter protester. Why the Texas Governor just pardoned him. A florida neighborhood terrorized. Gunmen with highpowered firearms unleashing a barrage of bullets. A search for answers. The Kansas City Chiefs Kicker Under Fire for his commencement speech, urging women to be homemakers, and blasting the lgbtq community. What the nfl is now saying. And after thieves made off with a beloved Jackie Robinson statue, the Community Coming together to help a legend rise again. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. A grueling day for donald trump accuser Michael Cohen as
Together at the u. N. General assembly discussing plans to improve relations between israel and arab neighbors. Dana today israel is at war with hamas and the region is raging with anger and violence. Protest underway now near the u. S. Embassy in beirut. Demonstrators setting a guard house at the embassy on fire and the u. S. Military intercepting two drones targeting troops in iraq. Gillian while the ground President Biden making it very clear the u. S. Stands shoulder to shoulder with israel. President biden i want you to know you are not alone. You are not alone. As i emphasized earlier, we will continue to have israels back as you work to defend your people. Dana rich edson at the pentagon. Lets go to mike tobin live in Southern Israel. How are things where you are today, mike . Dana, despite all the rage in the region, the activity here at the gaza strip has been kind of light. The rocket fire coming out of gaza has been light relative to previous days. We saw an air strike go in
Hi, everyone. Happy friday. Were monitoring the ongoing criminal trial of donald trump. Were on day iegt eight of of this election Interference Hush Money Trial. Today brought the introduction of websites number two and three for the prosecution. Right this moment, the prosecution is questioning gary farro. He was Michael Cohens banker at First Republic bank. He set up the Home Equity Line Of Credit through which Michael Cohen paid stormy and was reimbursed by donald trump. Its the financial transaction thats at the heart of all of this. The second witness was a woman by the name of rona graph. You may not know the name, but she was in the room for jirs about everything. Shes Donald Trumps longtime assistant. She worked at the Trump Organization for 34 years. She also noted that she was on the stand because she had been subpoenaed and that the Trump Organization is paying for her attorneys. In a very brief line of questioning from the prosecution, alvin braggs team had her authenticate