hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. italians have just one hour left to vote in a general election that could see the country choose its most right wing government since the second world war and pave the way for giorgia meloni to become italy s first woman prime minister. a right wing alliance led by her brothers of italy party appeared set for a clear victory when the last opinion polls were published two weeks ago. let s cross live now to rome and mark lowen. thank you very much indeed. the last hour of voting before polls close and an exit poll will come out which will suggest whether or not she has done it, all the opinion polls up until the election suggested giorgia meloni was absolutely in first place, a leading contender to win this election with her right wing coalition poised to take power. she has the largest party in the coalition could therefore become italy s first female prime minister and its first far right leader since mussoli
weather wreaking havoc this holiday weekend, many in the united states are facing their coldest christmas in decades. right now more than 175 million people are under windchill alerts. the arctic blast extend interesting montana all the way down to, get this, yeah, florida. some temperatures in the midwest dipping into the negative 30s, even atlanta is seeing negative windchills. the bitter cold proving extremely dangerous. at least 15 people have lost their lives across the country so far. in tennessee, people are seeing intermittent power disruptions as the bone-chilling weather pushes the state s power grid to the absolute max. more than 840,000 customers are now without power nationwide. whiteout continues make it too perilous to travel. new york officials are issuing a driving ban for several counties amid blizzard conditions there, and if you are trying to fly this weekend, i got to give you some good luck and a prayer because pacific raceways than 1,700 flights have be
a russian politician publicly calling for putin to resign. as dissent in russia appears to grow over its failures in ukraine. a municipal leader in st. petersburg spoke to me moments after leaving court today just after he paid a fine for speaking out against putin. in his first television interview, he was unafraid. he doubled down on his call for putin to step down. translator: we will continue to insist on his resignation. perhaps our words about putin have a harmful effect on russia, and the need to leave power will continue to spread. i said it s extraordinary, right? when he went to pay a fine and it could get a lot worse than that. he came out, and he doubled down. so i asked him, why is he speaking out right now? taking these incredible risks. and here is what he told me. translator: i have two little children. i don t want for them to go through what i am going through in 15, 20 years, namely, to be afraid of going out on the streets to speak their minds at dem
scrambling to cover the cost. and the swimmer defying the odds and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone when it rains it pours, but rarely like this tonight, an unraveling emergency continues to unfold across swaths of the southwest as severe flooding leaves several areas under water or caked in mud. in texas, arizona, and new mexico fast rising floodwaters triggered some harrowing rescues and shut down major thoroughfares. dallas coming off its second longest dry spell ever, 67 straight days without rain only to now be facing what weather experts say is a 1,000-year flood east of dallas, storm totals approaching 15 inches downtown dallas more than 12 1/2. at dfw airport 7.8 inches of rain falling in just 3 hours. now even as the weather system moves eastward, rain is still in the forecast for some hard-hit areas. miguel almaguer has a look at what they re facing reporter: the record rainfall in cities like
investigations into donald trump should continue. that does include a majority of independents, also even some republicans. but despite those numbers and all of those investigations, the big question this morning still isn t will trump run again, because it sure sounds like he s going to, but, rather, is he going to jump in before the midterms or after? we have new reporting on why some in his circle are telling him to wait. joining me now is nbc news justice reporter ryan riley, our senior national political reporter mark caputo, josh dossey, political reporter for the washington post, and lisa ruben, an msnbc legal analyst. ryan, i want to begin with you. this document posted by the judge this morning, walk us through the reasoning and what that means. yeah, he laid out a lot of what he said in court last week. i think one of the big things i really notice about it, which isn t surprising coming from a judge who signed the actual search warrant and said this is legit kn