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fire. intense earthquake activity before this. it is, wow, magnificent to see. thanks very much for joining us. ac 360 starts now. tonight on 360, is the gop okay with their presidential front-runner borrowing a notion and the words from hitler? some answers from 2023 not 1933. keeping them honest. also tonight, breaking news. a legal setback for his former chief of staff, mark meadows and rudy giuliani, who s getting sued again for repeating lies. later, more fallout in the case of the florida republican party chairman, his wife, the accusations of rape, a threesome and hypocrisy. good evening. pamela brown tonight. we begin with a return of the mostly tepid reaction to outrageous statements the former president makes that have slowly been returning within the republican party since the shock of january 6th wore off. specifically reaction to this from over the weekend about undocumented migrants. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve don
weeks away, donald trump is taking his campaign rhetoric to dark extremes. we re getting new reaction to trump s immigrant-bashing that s invoking comparisons to nazi germany. the gop governor of new hampshire chris sununu joins us live this hour. also tonight, two former georgia election workers are su su suing rudy giuliani again after he was ordered to pay the women nearly $150 million in damages. we re going to tell you what they want now. and hamas releases video of three elderly israelis it s holding captive in gaza. the u.s. is playing a role in restarting negotiations aimed at freeing the remaining captives amid pleas from hostages. i m wolf blitzer. you re in t the situation room. exactly four weeks from tonight, the first votes of the 2024 presidential election cycle will be cast in iowa. and gop front-runner donald trump is trying to fire up supporters with ugly and very chilling new attacks on immigrants. cnn s omar jimenez has more on trump s rhetoric and t
the white house pushing israel to adjust rules of engagement after the idea of accidentally killing three hostages the idf. new gripping accounts from hostages formerly held by hamas, their horror while in a captivity including dodging airstrikes from israeli forces, plus in america targeted again, more than 200 eight bomb threats and swat calls, swatting calls in one week alone. what law enforcement sources are telling cnn about what is being done to track down those responsible. as donald trump claims immigrants are poisoning the blood of america, cnn s underthings trumps defense of a man convicted in election interference crimes once best known on twitter for racism, anti-semitism, homophobia and worse. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start, top biden administrators suggesting israel needs to change its approach, more than 10 weeks into the war. u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin met with his counterpart and israeli prime ministers benjamin netanyahu d
theme you re listening to right now on making history at this year s oscars announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we re glad you re with us tonight a double murder case that has drawn national attention with a prominent south carolina family at its center is inching toward its conclusion tonight with the prosecution resting its case against alex murdaugh, but not before the jury saw for itself the family property where the former attorney allegedly shot and killed his wife and son. the jury driven to the crime scene. later in the courtroom the lead prosecutor delivered his closing arguments telling jurors murdaugh was the only one with the motive, means, and opportunity to commit the murders, and painting murdaugh as someone whose financial misdeeds were about to be exposed and killed his wife and son to buy time to figure a way out. murdaugh has denied committing the murders. catie beck has more for us tonight reporter: alex murdaugh was l