[dramatic music] narrator: you re the accidental president. leader of a nation in mourning. now you ve got to make the tough calls, confront your demons. outwit your enemies. and prove you ve got what it takes. to be the leader of the free world. - president s car now turning onto elm street, and it will be only a matter of minutes before he arrives at the trade mart. it it it appears as though something has happened in the motorcade route. it was definitely the president s car. - we were traumatized. it was in a sense like what happened to us after 9/11. - president kennedy has been assassinated. it s official now. the president is dead. - it was incredible that our president, this beautiful man with this beautiful family, could be just eliminated just like that. - there s only one word to describe the picture here, and that s grief and much of it. narrator: kennedy s vice president, lyndon baines johnson, becomes the 36th president of the united
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damage. there is no end in sight. we ll look at how russia views this grim year with the anchors of exiled russian broadcaster tv rain. then we ll examine the present and future on the bloody battle field. is the war in a stalemate now and how might it finally end? i ll ask the experts. also, while all eyes are cast upward looking for more chinese balloons which of beijing s other actions are we missing on the ground and in the cyber realm? we ll explore. in the 360 days since russia s invasion, ukraine has become the front line in the global battle for democracy. it is a fight that is being fought in the airwaves as well as on the battle field. putin s minions are working overtime to control the message overseas and at home. under a law passed last year journalists in russia can be jailed for up to 15 years for reporting what the kremlin considers fake news about what its military is doing. and calling the war in ukraine a war could land one in prison. because of the crack
app stabbed to death on the street in san francisco. the search for suspects and a motive the high stakes meeting. speaker kevin mccarthy welcoming taiwan s president to the u.s. our andrea mitchell one-on-one with mccarthy. is he worried the visit will escalate tensions with beijing in jerusalem israeli police storm the al-aqsa mosque as fireworks are launched at them the rising tensions. the deadly fire erupting in a high-rise in chicago and after her announcement that surprised the world, the history making leader with one final message of empowerment announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome former president donald trump has picked up where he left off prior to his arrest yesterday here in new york while his attorneys continue to attack the substance and merits of the 34 felony charges against mr. trump. the embattled ex-president himself almost immediately resumed verbally attacking the judge in the case, along with the