The growing fallout from President Bidens threat to cut off weapons to israel if it invades rafah. The defiant response from Prime Minister netanyahu. The u. S. Airman fatally shot at his florida apartment after his family says a deputy went to the wrong home. The body cam showing the deputy knocking and announcing himself. The Airman Answering With A Gun by his side, and the Deputy Firing multiple shots. The airmans family speaking out to us tonight. The Jetliner Skidding off the runway in senegal, the plane on fire as people jump down the emergency slide. Our nbc news report. The women suing over chemicals in Hair Products they say gave them cancer. And the idea taking root across the world. A Little Pocket of nature coming to the big city. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. After listening to a second day of testimony from adult film star Stormy Daniels in his hush money trial, former President Donald Trump wants to respond, but apparently from outside the courtroom. Today mr. Trumps lawyers asking the judge to exempt the expresident from the gag order he is under so he can respond so he can respond publicly to ms. Daniels testimony. The request denied by the judge. The actress who earlier testified that she had a sexual encounter with mr. Trump in 2006, which he denies along with suggested she made the any wrongdoing faced more crossexamination by Defense Lawyers who suggested she made the whole thing up and was now profiting from it. Daniels, however, pushing back as she tried to give Trump Lawyers as little ground as possible. Prosecutors believe her account is critical to their contention that mr. Trump unlawfully disguised Business Records to cover up hush money payments to her to buy her silence during the 2016 race for president. Laura jarrett was in the courthouse today where Trump Lawyers once again asked that the case be dismissed. Reporter tonight, Stormy Daniels leaving court after a blistering crossexamination. Former President Trumps defense team suggesting shes been ever. The defense today trying to cash in on her story of sex with mr. Trump at a celebrity Golf Tournament 18 years ago, which he denies ever happened. The defense today accusing daniels of lying. Trump Attorney Susan Necheles hammering daniels years of acting and directing in the porn industry saying it gave her, quote, a lot of experience in making phony stories about sex appear real. Daniels fighting back, that if the trump story was untrue, i would have written it a lot better. Their exchanges growing heated. Youve acted and had sex in over 200 porn movies. But according to you, seeing a man sitting in bed in a tshirt and boxer shorts was so upsetting that you almost fainted . Daniels defiant, noting mr. Trump was twice her age and bigger. Necheles saying, you made this all up, right . Daniels forcefully responding, no. Necheles pressing, your story has completely changed, hasnt it . Daniels again answering no, saying this signed statement where she denied an affair with mr. Trump was done while she was trying to comply with the terms of a Nondisclosure Agreement in which she was paid to keep silent. Today, the defense argued daniels has a financial stake in trying to take mr. Trump down, after making more than a million off her story in books, a strip club tour, and various other merchandise on her website, like a 40 stormy, saint of indictments candle. Necheles accusing her of trying to make money to sell a story that you promised will put President Trump in jail, right . Nee has been daniels responding no. Much of the testimony far removed from what the presumptive gop nominee has been charged with for allegedly falsifying his Business Records to hide a 130,000 payment to daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Prosecutors say the payment was meant to keep her quiet so she couldnt derail his campaignels responding i could have. The defense says there was no crime. It was all a shakedown. Daniels testifying today, quote, i was asking to sell my story to publications to get the truth out. Necheles saying she could have just done that with a press and Daniel Who Negoti Conference for free. Daniels responding, i could have. Necheles asserting, you chose to make money, right . Daniels saying, i chose to take the Nondisclosure Agreement. The jury today again hearing a phone call between Michael Cohen and daniels lawyer, who negotiated the nda. That lawyer saying she wanted this money more than you can ever imagine. On redirect by the state, daniels told the jury money didnt drive her motivation for signing that nda, quote, were all happy to take money. It was just a bonus. Later, former trump aide Madeleine Westerhout testifying about mr. Trumps reaction when the story about the Hush Money Deal first broke, saying, i remember he was very upset. Late today, the judge denying the defenses renewed request for a mistrial. Mr. Trumps attorneys had argued daniels Salacious Testimony was prejudicial and irrelevant. The judge also refusing to change a gag order which currently bars mr. Trump for commenting on daniels testimony. Everybody saw what happened today. I dont think we have to do any explaining. Im not allowed to, anyway. I got to get back on the campaign trail. Im not supposed to be here. We are so innocent. Theres never been anything like it. And laura, youve been sitting in the courtroom. For prosecutors, could this be considered a bit of a gamble, to put Stormy Daniels on the Witness Stand . It was always a risky move, lester, and the judge acknowledged that some of her testimony might have been problematic, but not so problematic that he thinks the entire case should go away. Its really hard to know, watching the jury, what they make of all this. But one woman we know will not be testifying at this trial is karen mcdougal. The prosecutors made that clear. She too alleges she had sex with mr. Trump. He denies it. Laura, thanks very much. There was more violent weather today in parts of the south, after at least ten people were killed by severe storms weve been seeing all week. Priya sridhar is in l pummelling communities in the south and midwest. Violent tornado. Reporter the twister is ripping trees from the ground an hardhit tennessee for us tonight. Reporter tornadoes, severe floods, and hail pummelling communities in the south and midwest. Violent tornado. Reporter the twisters ripping trees from the ground and reducing homes to rubble in tennessee. Here, one hour south of nashville, six buildings on this one property completely destroyed. One of those buildings thrown 30 yards from the sa grew up in. She was in bed with the foundation before the tornado ripped through the house. Now power crews are thats working around the clock to restore power to the tens of thousands of people here who lost it. People here are now confronting the storms heartbreaking aftermath. My bedroom is in that area. Reporter Tammy Johnson still lives in the same house she grew up in. She was in bed with her dog when the tornado tore through. What was going through your head when all of this was happening . That i was going to die. To be honest. Thats the only thing i could think of, that i was going to die. Reporter nearby, 10yearold asher is fighting for his life, after getting swept into a storm drain. Tonight, the community is praying. We pray and lift up asher. There it is. Reporter from oklahoma to alabama and michigan, almost 80 tornadoes have been reported across 17 states in the last three days, causing widespread damage. Large tornado. Reporter back in tennessee, Brianne Lovette took cover at home. The next thing we knew, we heard seeing sky. My house is gone. Its just gone. Reporter rescuers had to use chainsaws to remove them from whats left of their house. This morning, she still hadnt found her mother. I just want my mom to be okay, because i didnt see her house. Her house is gone. Priya, hard to believe, but the threat for Severe Weather isnt over yet. Reporter thats right. As many communities are grappling with destruction like what you see behind me here, more than 30 Million People here in the south are bracing for yet another night of potential Severe Weather. Lester . So much heartbreak. All right, priya, thank you. President biden is facing a range of reactions tonight for his threat to israel that if they invade rafah, the u. S. Will stop sending some weapons. Peter alexander has more for us from the white house. Reporter tonight, growing backlash after President Bidens sharp warning that the u. S. Will block the delivery of certain offensive weapons to israel if it intensifies its assault on hamas in southern gaza. They go into rafah, im not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with rafah. Reporter israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu defiant tonight. If we have to stand alone, he says, we will stand alone. If we have to, we will fight with our teeth and nails. But we have much more than nails. After halting the shipment of 3,500 bombs to israel last week amid fears of more civilian casualties, President Biden for the first time is acknowledging the impact of those u. S. Supplied weapons. Civilians have been killed in gaza as a consequence of those bombs. Reporter but former President Trump is slamming the decision to suspend arms deliveries to a close american ally. I wouldnt do what biden did. He just abandoned israel. Reporter still, some democrats are praising President Biden, saying he is protecting the more than 1 million palestinians in rafah. We must now use all of our leverage to make to prevent the catastrophe in gaza from becoming even worse. The United States of america must not be complicit in this atrocity. Reporter tonight, us, thank you. In florida tonight, newly the white house insists the president s commitment to israels security remains ironclad, and that it would still supply defensive weapons. Lester . Peter alexander at the white house for us, thank you. In florida tonight, newly released Police Body Cam video shedding some light on what unfolded when Police Responded to a report of a disturbance and ended up shooting an air force airman to death. Sam brock reports, and a warning, the video is disturbing. Reporter in the moments before Senior AirmanRoger Fortson is fatally shot by police, an okaloosa sheriffs Deputy Knocks on his apartment door. Sheriffs office, open the door reporter identifying himself twice. Sheriffs office, open the door reporter fortson opens the door with a gun by his side, but not visibly raised. And a split second later, six shots are fired, killing the 23yearold. Officials say the deputy reacted in selfdefense after he encountered a 23yearold man armed with a gun, and after the deputy had identified himself as Law Enforcement. He shot him, our baby was shot up. He was shot six times. Reporter officers say they were responding to a Disturbance Call reported in apartment 1401, which is fortsons unit. Are they fighting or something . Saying it happens frequently. Reporter a woman seen on camera when a deputy first arrived said she also heard disturbances weeks earlier, but couldnt confirm from where. Someone yelling, like, shut the like, you stupid bword, and sounded like i heard a slap. Reporter fortsons mother, whom we spoke to before body camera was released, says deputies went to the wrong apartment. He was the only person in his apartment. They say they was answering to a disturbance. Was he fighting himself . Reporter she said facetiming with his girlfriend when Law Enforcement arrived. How this tragedy happened to Roger Fortson, who was an american patriot. He was role model. Reporter okaloosa Sheriffs Office did not respond to questions, as many lives Sheriffs Office, open the door reporter now changed forever. Tonight, fortsons Attorney Benjamin Crump issued a statement right after the body camera release, saying in the heavily redacted 4 30 video, no verbal commands were given to drop the weapon before shooting. Lester . All right, sam brock, thanks. In 60 seconds, the shocking link between top Border Patrol officials and a Tequila Maker. Did they violate ethics rules . 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The images showing the nearly 30yearold 737 plane on fire as people evacuated down the emergency slide. At least ten, including a pilot, were injured aboard the Air Senegal Flight operated by transair. The airlines have not commented on the incident. Now to our nbc news investigation. Top Border Patrol officials facing questions about whether they crossed ethical lines after spending time with a Mexican National at his tequila factory. Here is julia ainsley. Reporter tonight, these top Border Patrol officials pictured at a tequila distillery in mexico are now part of an internal investigation into whether they violated ethics or security protocols, current and former officials tell nbc news. These photos which were posted on social media show border chief jason owens, Rio Grande Valley sector chief gloria chaves, and others with Tequila MakerFrancisco Javier gonzalez. Sources with knowledge of the relationship between gonzalez and the Officials Say he was working to create a Border Patrol tequila to be unveiled at the Border Patrol centennial celebration. Internal investigators now asking whether the cbp leaders properly disclosed their contact with gonzalez, a foreign national, and whether they accepted anything that would violate ethics rules, officials tell nbc news. The tequila project has been shelved amid the ongoing investigation. When you saw these pictures, what did you make of that . So this looks a little odd. This is not the sort of thing that normally happens, even with people offduty, unless there is some plausible explanation. Reporter in a statement, cbp says it has confidence in its leaders and thoroughly investigates all allegations, and takes appropriate action to address any issues identified throughout the course of investigations. It all comes during a tumultuous period for Border Patrol. In the last year and a half, two top officials left the agency after allegations surfaced of sexual misconduct. And a whistleblower report recently questioned why a top Medical Officer tried to order fentanyl lollipops to bring with him while providing security for the u. N. General assembly. While Border Patrol tequila is now off the menu, the agency is still preparing for its 100th anniversary later this month. The celebration includes two Golf Tournaments, a parade, and black tie gala, all sponsored by dhs contractors who get hundreds of millions in government contracts. Customs and Border Protection said its finance and ethics officers are conducting careful reviews around the