headquarters in new york city. breaking overnight, new details about the nation s latest mass shooting. this time at the university of nevada las vegas. what we re learning about the suspect s possible motives. new this morning, fireworks at the fourth republican presidential debate as the gop front-runner who was not there is back in a new york city courtroom today. on capitol hill, what s next for u.s. aid to ukraine and israel after senate republicans block a bill on president biden s national security package. meanwhile, today marks two months since hamas terror attack against israel. now israel says its forces have encircled the southern gaza home of a top hamas leader, thought to be hiding under ground. and we begin this morning with another mass shooting in america. this time on a college campus at the university of nevada las vegas. three people are dead, a fourth person has been hospitalized, all just a little over a week before the semester was set to end.
trial. a trial that threatens to upend his personal fortune and real estate business. the former president could take the stand in his own defense on monday, but today the court is hearing from an accounting expert who described new york attorney general s letitia james claims of fraud as meritless, saying, quote, my main finding is that there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud. this is trump s first appearance since an appellate court reinstated a gag order barring him from talking about the court staff on social media. while the clerks are off limits, trump didn t waste time renewing his attacks on the judge arthur. a case that is absolutely 100%, there s not a judge in the country that wouldn t have given us a total victory, but there s not a judge in the country that would have even taken this case. this is a witch hunt, and a very corrupt trial. the attorney general sits here because she knows that she has a judge that no matter all the evidence, that
vegas with at least three dead on the unlv campus. a long list of questions for investigators and new details on the deceased shooter. this hour, donald trump returns to the courtroom in downtown manhattan, one day after his primary opponents unload on each other in a fiery debate. nikki haley, she caves any time the left comes after her. the only person more fascist than the biden regime is nikki haley. i love all the attention, fellas. thank you. i have these three guys who are seemingly competing with he who shall not be named. this is the fourth debate you would be voted in the first 20 minutes as the most obnoxious blowhard in america. so shut up for a little while. dysfunction on capitol hill. republicans and democrats are stalemated on funding for israel, ukraine, and the border. i will speak to two key lawmakers, mark warner and ken buck. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in new york. las vegas mourns the lives of three people killed in the mass
three years later, he came back and killed. new reporting on the fighting in gaza. is israel reporting to flood hamas tunnels with sea water? what new satellite images tell us. plus, another day, another censure, what was once rare punishment gets handed down again, this time against a democratic congressman who falsely pulled a fire alarm. it s the third censure this year. and pro trump fake electors, nevada, the top republican officials facing felony charges. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin in las vegas with nbc s dana griffin, and those new details on a college campus shooting that killed three people. what more, dana, are we learning about the suspect? reporter: we ve learned the suspect s name, 67-year-old anthony polito. as you mentioned, he unsuccessfully sought employment here at unlv. if that s part of the motive, investigators haven t said so. right now on campus, we are looking over our shoulders through this bree
volkswagen. right now on ana cabrera reports, we are on top of breaking news in new york, donald trump back in court for a multimillion dollar fraud trial. for the first time in more than a month ahead of his return to the stand on monday. we re live at the courthouse. plus, the fourth and potentially final republican debate, we ll have the big moments and the clashes on that debate stage. this is the fourth debate, the fourth debate that you would be voted in the first 20 minutes as the most obnoxious blow hard in america. also ahead, breaking news in nevada, a gunman killing three people at unlv, what we know about the attack and the search for a motive. and breaking in texas this hour, a court hearing for a woman seeking permission to have an abortion. what makes this case the first of its kind since roe was decided in 1973. hello, and thank you so much for joining us on this busy thursday. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york and donald tr