the vehicle police need your help finding. and hollywood legend jane fonda, the health battle she s just revealed. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening i m peter alexander in for lester tonight, for the first time, we re getting a detailed list of exactly what fbi agents found when they searched former president trump s florida home last month. a new court filing reveals those agents recovered nearly 50 empty folders, all marked as containing classified information, but all of them with nothing inside that disclosure ordered by a federal judge is raising new questions whether the government fully recovered the secret documents or any remain missing and it comes as president biden is defending his attacks on mr. trump and his supporters, warning the future of american democracy is under assault. while republicans accuse the president of trying to distract from his own record on inflation and crime. kelly o donnell starts us off tonight re
agreeing to testify against the company, but not trump himself. nfl quarterback deshaun watson suspended 11 games and fined $5 million, the largest in league history, after two dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct. illegal crossings at the southern border nearing an all-time high. the u.s. is on track to arrest 2 million migrants this year. our cameras are at the southern border as groups of migrants cross the rio grande, many intercepted by border patrol officers. texas governor greg abbott pressed about bussing thousands of asylum seekers to new york city and washington, d.c. overseas tonight, russia threatens to switch off europe s largest nuclear power plant. president zelenskyy warns the world is on the verge of a nuclear disaster. back here at home, police release images of a chaotic scene on the streets of las vegas. a violent carjacking chase and shootout. officers firing through the windshield. dash cam video shows the suspect intentionally ramming a
how the culture wars are driving teachers out of the classroom good evening we may be closer tonight to getting a peek inside the government s rationale for its search of donald trump s mar-a-lago estate. a florida judge suggesting some of the information can be publicly released and giving government lawyers a week deadline to figure out what they believe must be redacted. it s an apparent setback to prosecutors who want the affidavit and what it might say about their suspicions of the ex-president to be kept under seal at the center of the case, highly classified documents investigators seized from the trump property it was a big day on the legal front for mr. trump as a long and loyal associate of his pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges and will be heading to a new york jail. the one-time cfo of the trump organization taking a deal from prosecutors that does not require him to provide information on the former president kristen welker now with late details. reporter: t
edges up. we ll tell you why that might be good news for your wallet. plus, climate change washing away the flood maps. previously dry areas now under threat. has your home been pushed into a flood zone? hello, and welcome to the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead, and a new detailed look inside what the fbi seized from former president trump s mar-a-lago home last month. a federal judge today unsealed a seven-page inventory of the highly sensitive government documents that trump had in his office and in his storage room, despite one of his lawyers telling the government they had given everything back. mixed in with newspaper clippings, clothes, and gifts, fbi agents found more than 11,000 nonclassified government documents, and more than 100 classified documents. 31 of those marked confidential, 54 marked secret, and 18 marked top secret. plus, 90 empty folders, 48 marked classified. and 42 of those labeled, quote, retur
records. what the judge is now saying. our pierre thomas at the courthouse in florida. new video of a midair scare over the orlando airport. a small plane suddenly flying in the path of a passenger jet. two planes just hundreds of feet apart. the quick move to avert a disaster. as millions of americans head out for labor day weekend, the pilot protests at airports around the country. what does it mean for your travel plans? the record heat wave in the west. eight states under heat and fire alerts. california tonight in a state of emergency. and firefighters treated for heat-related injuries. rob marciano standing by. late today, the cdc recommending two new boosters from pfizer and moderna. the vaccines revised to target the omicron strain and subvariants. how long before the new boosters are available? and how to make sure you get the new vaccine. overseas tonight, alarming news as u.n. inspectors reach the nuclear power plant caught in the crossfire between ukrain