classified documents, less than a dozen from his time as vf found at his former office days before the mid-terms. why weren t they disclosed before now? the calls from the gop for a full investigation. the former top trump organization executive sentenced for his role in a 15-yearlong tax scheme. how long he ll spend behind bars. rushing gaining ground in the fierce battle for a strategic city in eastern ukraine and why some ukrainian troops may be coming to the u.s. students on edge as they return to the university of idaho less than two weeks after a suspect was arrested for the murders there. and tonight s mega millions jackpot more than a billion dollars. why have the prizes gotten so big lately? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. there are few corners of the massive state of california not feeling the impact of the relentless line of storms that have been hammering golden state residents for days leaving at least 17 people d
delayed for hours and airlines are scrambling to get things back on track but that could take awhile. i have school tomorrow, so i have to change my flight to tomorrow morning and i have classes in the morning. we ve had a lot of airport issues this season. we have, yeah. over new year s we had issues as well. it hasn t been fun. just delays and a lot of canceled flights. it s just the latest disruption to travel after the difficult holiday season that affected millions of travelers. we re going to get an update from one of the nation s busiest airports. plus, what we re learning about how the biden administration is responding. also this morning, the new dangerous scenes unfolding out west as dangerous storms are walloping california. at least 17 people have died. millions of people remain under flood watches. hillsides and roads are giving away as folks across the state brace for more storms and rain. two feet of mud and water coming down the street and into
bryan kohberger s attorney said he drove to pennsylvania with his father. kohberger s attorney was told that he was driving home for the holidays. authorities tracked the suspect all the way to pennsylvania and watched him for days before finally making an arrest in the middle of the night. veronica miracle is following the story for us from moscow, idaho. what s the mood like now there after there s actually finally an arrest? reporter: paula, the community of moscow has really been on edge for the last seven weeks. it has been very tense here. businesses have shut down early so their employees could get home at a reasonable hour. in fact, other businesses say that some of the employees left the city because this is a college town. students make up a lot of the employees. they didn t feel safe being here. there s such a sense of relief now. of course, it doesn t change the fact that these four gruesome murders happened at the house behind me in this very seemingly safe com
new year s day. as you look live, i like to do intros very lard, for the people hung over right now, you don t needed to pyro yelling in your ear. we ll be subtle, soft,. lawrence: calm todd piro. todd: at least next hour. 8:00 i will bring the energy. i will prejudice much press the table, maybe bench pressing carley. lawrence: i love thissed to pyro. carley: i love images of fireworks from all over the world. london, dubai, new york city. did the fireworks wake you up? you stayed in new york city last night, obviously? , maybe that is the noise i heard last night. welcome to new year s day. lawrence: can i just say something? i want to keep it positive but i don t get the pampered thing for new york city of going times square you have to be there in the morning. so there is no bathrooms out there. todd: they need diapers. i thought you meant, the diapers. carley: people really do that? lawrence: they do. they do. it is disgusting. todd: i work with you on day in, day ou
by police while trying to reassure the public. we are really pleased by the response and how our officers handled this situation. all three of the officers are in stable conditions, and there are no credible threats to new yorkers at this time. if. rich: alexis mcadams is live here in new york city. reporter: hi, rich. this all happened last night right in the middle of times square. we saw the police action and a lot of activity the, now we re finding out exactly what went down. investigators and sources are telling us that this teenage suspect drove in from maine, he became radicalized online, pulled out that machete and started swinging. we did talk to the police about this. listen to what they had to say. a 19-year-old male approached an officer and attempted to strike him over the head with a machete. the male then struck two additional officers in the head with the machete i. one officer, an 8-year veteran, suffered a laceration to the head. the second officer who