new details about what fighter pilots did to get the attention of an unresponsive pilot for his private jet crashed in virginia. new information just in about when the trouble began. we begin with exclusive new reporting on a previously unreported episode in the mar-a-lago documents case. it comes as attorneys for the former president met today with justice department officials and signed signs increasingly indicate that special counsel jack smith s probe could be in its final stage. cnn s kaitlan collins is here with more. so, walk us through this exclusive reporting about mar-a-lago. it s a bit of a bizarre story, so bear with me. it was in last october, we are told that this maintenance worker at mar-a-lago drained april. and when they joined the pool, it caused a flood that flooded this room. we are told it has the computer servers, which store the surveillance footage on them. that s important because we know prosecutors have been looking at the surveillance footage
run. why? he says although he saw a path for victory which usually people that see a path for victory do it, but he thought his role could be better played in expressing support for someone else and excerpting pressure as the new hampshire governor throughout this process taking on donald trump who he clearly doesn t want to be the nominee. he sat down with dana bash and explained more of his thinking. the math has shown donald trump has no chance of winning in november of 2024. he won t even win georgia. if you re a republican who can t win georgia, you have no shot. he s proven that. if republicans nominate him, we re saying a vote for him is a vote for joe biden. that s how the math will play out. that s his assessment of the math. one other thing to think about is the new hampshire primary itself now with the governor out will become a more important contest because you don t have a hometown player. interesting. david, stick around. let s talk about the democratic
shocking attack. ukraine repelling intense russian attacks on the capital. plus, the new cia video urging russians to share war secrets the future of ai the ceo behind chatgpt describing his worst fears, calling for regulation of the tech he helped create plus, our exclusive with the ceo of microsoft. and the play at the plate. when a dust devil starts suddenly, a teenaged umpire has the save of the day. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome, everyone. with the clock ticking down to america defaulting on its debt, some potentially positive signs tonight following a white house sit-down between president biden and congressional leaders. republicans and democrats are at loggerheads over raising the debt ceiling and allowing the country to continue paying its bills. underscoring the urgency of the moment, the white house says president biden is cutting short his planned trip to the asia-pacific region in order to deal with the
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welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, i m christine romans. just moments ago you watched live ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy speaking via video link in berlin marking one year since russia s invasion. one year ago today russia invaded ukraine believing that they would overwhelm the country in short order. instead a straightforward russian victory has become less likely by the day and this morning instead of dwelling on ukraine s losses, president zelenskyy released an inspirational video urging people to face the enemy, resist and fight. he says we know 2023 will be the year of our victory. melissa bell is live this morning in kyiv. what is the mood there on what one would think is an unhappy milestone here? reporter: mixed really. on one hand ukrainians are bracing this morning for more russian strikes. that is what the head of ukraine s military intelligence has been warning about on this grim one year anniversary. but th