At penn and mit as colleges try to keep commencements on track this weekend. The controversy in virginia. A School Board Voting to restore confederate names to schools. The scary moment at the italian open. Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic struck in the head by a water bottle and collapsing. What we know. And the spectacular show tonight. Why the Northern Lights may be visible as far as The Deep South. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome, everyone. He is the biggest witness we havent seen in Donald Trumps criminal trial, but that is expected to change monday morning when multiple sources tell nbc news, Donald Trumps former attorney, michael cohen, will come facetoface with his exboss and testify for the prosecution in his falsified Business Records case. Cohen, who was once fiercely loyal to mr. Trump and now a frequent and vocal critic, is expected to be questioned about a 130,000 Hush Money Payout he says he made to buy the silence Of Adult Actress Stormy Daniels at the behest of mr. Trump, he says, all during the heat of the 2016 president ial race. Former President Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges he falsified Business Records to conceal the payments. Trump lawyers poised, meantime, for their chance to attack cohens credibility, and tonight the judge in the case is asking that cohen stop making public statements about mr. Trump. Senior Legal Correspondent Laura Jarrett has the latest. Reporter tonight, nbc news learning from multiple sources prosecutors will call their star witness, michael cohen, on monday. He called himself Donald Trumps fixer. Now a vocal trump critic. Cohen unleashing on his old boss in his book and on social media spotted online this week wearing a tshirt depicting mr. Trump behind bars. The judge today Directing Prosecutors to inform cohen that the judge is asking him to refrain from making any statements about the case or mr. Trump, but not placing a gag order on cohen. Mr. Trump remains under one barring him from attacking witnesses and the jury. Its a disgrace. Its not a case. Theres no crime. There is no crime, and theyve failed to show a crime. Reporter cohen, a critical witness for the prosecution, as the jury has now read his text messages, heard his voice, and seen evidence that he paid Stormy Daniels 130,000 just days before the 2016 election so she couldnt derail the campaign. The defense says her story of sex with mr. Trump was false, a shakedown for money brokered by cohen, making his testimony and credibility on the stand essential. Mr. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges of illegally disguising his Reimbursement Checks to cohen, his former attorney, as, quote, legal expenses, to cover his tracks. The faceoff between the presumptive gop nominee and cohen likely to be one of the most dramatic of the trial. Cohen comes with baggage including previous convictions for Campaign Finance violations and lying under oath. Meanwhile, today the jury hearing more from former trump aide, madeleine westerhout, who sat outside the oval office and confirmed mr. Trump met with cohen at the white house in 2017 where prosecutors say they devised their reimbursement scheme, but she testified the former president signed checks without reviewing them first, contrary to what mr. Trump said in his book and other witnesses said at trial. So, laura, were four weeks into this case right now. Has the prosecution appeared to check all the boxes they needed and wanted to check . Lester, the challenge is that so far this jury has not seen a single document, a single tape, a single piece of evidence directly showing that mr. Trump himself falsified any records or caused anyone else to do so. Instead, they appear to be relying on cohen to connect those dots for him, and thats the challenge, lester. All right, laura, thanks very much. After a destructive week of Severe Weather, today it was florida that got slammed by what appeared to be tornadoes leaving at least one person dead. Priya sridhar has late developments for us. Reporter Toppled Trees and scattered construction equipment, tonight, tallahassee, the latest in a line of cities cleaning up from Severe Weather this week. At least one woman is dead from the storms after a tree fell on her home. Suspected tornadoes, hail, and powerful thunderstorms roared through the city early this morning leaving 70,000 in the dark. Carl wittington was describing the storm to us. I looked out the window, and its just white. Reporter when another tree fell behind his home there goes my Big Pine Tree in the backyard. Reporter the big top at Florida State universitys famous highflying circus was ripped apart leaving the 75yearold Student Act Without A place to perform. Alarms started going off, and then you could hear the wind really, like, howling. Reporter the deadly weeklong Severe Weather outbreak has devastated families from michigan to tennessee like brie lovett. Last night we told you she was still looking for her mother. Tonight shes learned her mom, 67yearold cheryl lovett, died. She was wonderful. You couldnt make her mad. She was always smiling. Reporter and back here in atlanta, crews are still working to clear downed trees, but the good news, lester, is the storm system will finally move off the Atlantic Coast tonight giving us a break from the extreme weather for the next few days. Priya sridhar, thank you. Tonight, the Biden Administration finds itself grappling with its response to the war in The Middle East criticizing the war effort in a new report and pausing deliveries of some, but not all, weapons earmarked for israel. Richard engel has more. Reporter as israel launched new attacks across gaza tonight, the State Department issued a long anticipated report that had the potential to block the flow of american weapons to israel. It didnt. While the report was extremely critical of israels use of americanprovided weapons and the high number of civilian casualties in gaza, it stopped short of determining that israel violated International Humanitarian law citing in part, the complications of war to draw conclusion. This week President Biden warned directly that the u. S. Would stop sending weapons if israel launched a major offensive on the city of rafah in gaza, but in an interview with phil mcgraw, israels prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, brushed it off, saying, only israel decides whats best for its security. Wes weve destroyed about 20 battalions of hamas 24 terrorist battalions. We have another four to go. Theyre in rafah, and thats why we want to go into rafah, because we cant leave them there. Reporter but this is what it looks like from the inside. The most dangerous city now in the gaza strip. Our crew in rafah kept rolling as the Israeli Military advanced, and palestinians ran for their lives. Theyre not sure where theyre going, just away from the sounds of explosions. Our cameraman arrived at a narrow alley. Israel had just struck a building at the far end of it. He films as wounded children scream out. In some cases carried by other children. Israel says its targeting hamas with precision strikes. At the local hospital, medics treated more than 25 casualties. Most of them appear to have been children. Two Administration Officials tell nbc news that defensive and offensive weapons including small arms are still flowing to israel with new shipments recently sent. Lester. Okay, Richard Engel tonight, thank you. And tensions over the war continue to divide Americas College campuses where there was a surreal blend of clashes and timehonored tradition. Heres liz kreutz. Reporter as thousands of College Graduates take the stage in celebration tonight, at other universities a stark contrast with more arrests made by police breaking up propalestinian encampments. At the university of pennsylvania, police in riot gear physically removing demonstrators detaining 33 people, and at the university of arizona, Law Enforcement using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters. Police say rocks and Water Bottles were thrown at officers. Demonstrators still camped out on the stage where commencement usually takes place at Pomona College near los angeles. The school announcing its moving the ceremony off campus. At columbia there will be no universitywide celebration this year, but smaller events got under way today away from the main campus. I wish we were celebrating on morningside campus today, but, alas, we are not. Reporter meanwhile at the university of Southern California [ cheers ] asna tabassum. [ cheers and applause ] reporter the schools propalestinian valedictorian, asna tabassum, receiving her diploma at a Smaller Department ceremony today. Usc canceled tabassums speech and ultimately their entire main Commencement Ceremony citing security concerns. Some jewish groups had voiced concerns over tabassums instagram, which included a link to a website that calls for the abolishment of israel. To be here and not speak, honestly, id love to hear her. Asna tabassum. Reporter at an event yesterday, tabassum getting an ovation from her classmates. Today tabassum shared what would have been her speech with the school newspaper. A majority of it she blacked out sending a message that she was silenced. And, lester, this is where the encampment once was, now filled with celebratory graduates. All around campus there are signs warning students that anyone who is exceptionally disruptive today may be removed immediately. Lester. Liz, thank you. In virginia a School Board Voting to restore the names of confederate leaders to two schools after they were changed a few years back during a nationwide reckoning over racism. Heres yamiche alcindor. Reporter tonight, people in Shenandoah County are divided after a Virginia School District Voted 51 to restore the names of Confederate Military leaders to two public schools. The reason why they changed the name, i kind of understand that, but we need to put it back to our heritage changed the name, i. This is where were from. This is what we do. I dont like it at all, and just thinking about it makes my heart race. Stonewall jackson is a part of our heritage. The process was wrongfully done. Reporter last night parents, teachers, and students sounded off in front of the school board. People dont take the time to think about students like me who would not be present at a school with the name Stonewall Jackson. He fought for slavery to be a constitutional right. Reporter the contentious hourslong Board Meeting lasted into early friday morning. Restore our heritage, ou and our school name. My heart breaks for r history, and our school names. My heart breaks for the children that are going to have to walk in schools named after people that wanted them and their families enslaved by the white man. Reporter after the killing of george floyd in 2020, there were nationwide efforts to reckon with racism and get rid of confederate symbols. Statues were removed from public squares. Schools and Military Bases across the country were renamed. Here Stonewall Jackson high school and Ashby Lee Elementary became Mountain View high and honey run elementary, but in the years since, some conservative leaders here have been trying to reverse efforts, which is what happened here. You cannot ignore the heritage and feelings of your black and brown studentss painful p far from over. Lester. Yamiche, thank you. Just because they are the minority. They honor men who believe that i have less value and worth because im black. Reporter this reversal is a sign that the debate over how america deals with its painful past is far from over. Lester. Yamiche, thank you. In 60 seconds, the battle over electric vehicles. The Biden Administration about to take major action against evs from china. Thats next. Ell on me again . Foul yah . Foul bro here take a free shot go ahead knock yourself out. Your about to get served. Seriously . 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Reporter theyre a top target for former President Trump, arguing aggressively to put the brakes on the Biden Administrations support for electric made i single one. Reporter the former president hoping to boost his appeal in the traditional automotive hubs of michigan and vehicles. Theres a problem. Theyre very expensive, and they dont go far. Theyre going to be made in china, every single one. Reporter the former president hoping to boost his appeal in the traditional automotive hubs of michigan and ohio where theres anxiety that more evs means fewer highpaying union jobs. Mr. Trump attacking President Bidens pledge that half of all new vehicles sold in the u. S. By 2030 will have zero emissions. Ill terminate joe bidens radical plan to kill michigans economy by repealing his insane electric vehicle mandate. Reporter but despite comments like those, the Domestic Ev Industry is booming including here in the critical battleground state of georgia, which has added more than 27,000 jobs in the industry since 2020 including at facilities like this one just outside atlanta. Ascend elements plays a Critical Role in the ev supply chain, recycling spent batteries then selling back the valuable metals within for reuse. So, when i look at this, i just see scrap. What do you see . Dollars. Reporter Battery Recycling at this scale used to be done only in china. How much of this industry can be done entirely in the United States in the future . All of it can be. Its a question of if we decide to. Reporter ascend employees, including trump supporter chris bryant, largely shrugging off the former president s attacks on evs. I think ev cars will be the future of america. Reporter the Energy Department says 60 of new battery and vehicle plants are planned for red states including a new toyota plant in kentucky, and a Hyundai Ev Plant in georgia, but electric vehicles have had a rough few months. Automakers, including ford and gm, announcing they will scale back or delay ev production. Tesla recently announcing layoffs as demand for evs has dropped. Still, this Hyundai Ev Plant will bring 5,000 jobs to the district of republican buddy carter, who considers himself a supporter of donald trump and evs. How do you square the way he trashes that industry with your support for it in your district . Well, you know, look, the president and i may have some different views on this particular subject, and i believe that people want to see evs, and they want to make sure that were manufacturing them here in america. Thats very important, but, look, it cant be forced upon anyone. It has to be market driven. 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Djokovic is expected to be okay. Well turn now to the spectacular light show you may be able to see tonight as a Supercharged Solar Storm makes the Northern Lights visible in The Deep South and california. Tom costello on how to see it and the impact it may have on some of your devices. Reporter its 93 million miles away, but the violent eruptions on the sun are about to provide a spectacular night show to a lot of earthlings as a fierce magnetic storm brings the Northern Lights to regions that rarely see them. It can actually be seen perhaps from Northern Alabama along the horizon all the way out to northern california. Reporter Solar Experts have issued the first severe Geomagnetic Storm Warning since 2005. Those solar explosions called coronal mass ejections, or cmes, are racing towards the earth at 500 miles per second. While humans are not in danger, it could disrupt power grids, navigation, and Satellite Communications scientists call it a rare g4 event. A g4 is really big, and we might absolutely see some effects down here on earth, some your, you know, cell phone might not work. Well definitely have radio blackouts. Those have already started to happen. Reporter astronauts on the Space Station and Airline Passengers should be safe. In 1989 a solar storm knocked out power in quebec for nine hours. You have the additional hit, the shock wave, as we call it, that arrives and then the magnetic cloud. Reporter the storm could possibly last all weekend. If you still have your eclipse glasses, you can see the massive solar spot 16 times the diameter of earth. At night use your cell phone. It might detect the Northern Lights better than your naked eye. Lester. Well be looking for it, tom. Thanks very much. Coming up, the baby named angel who survived war in gaza when her family was killed. The extraordinary story of what a doctor did next. 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Six died during the siege at Al Shifa Hospital according to doctors. Nbc news was there when 31 babies, dehydrated and sick, were evacuated to rafah and then to cairo, but a little girl remained behind at the Al Emirati Hospital In Gaza known only as malak, arabic for angel, named after the angel who saved her life. Many children in gaza saved by angels. Reporter back then doctors told nbc news that malak had survived much more than the siege. Her neighborhood had been bombed, her family killed. The ambulance found this baby in the tree. All family died. Reporter malak was just 2 days old when she arrived at al shifa, an orphan remarkably stable. Her condition only deteriorated during the siege when doctors say they were forced to prepare her formula using contaminated water. Its been four months since the evacuation, and malak is thriving thanks to amal abu khatleh, a doctor at the al emirati neonatal unit. Dr. Khatleh watched for two months as the little girl lay alone in the Hospital Incubator in rafah. I got so close to her, she says. After everything shes been through, i promised to make it up to her, and so the 32yearold doctor volunteered to take her home as a single parent. I leave her with my sister, and she takes care of her when im at work, she says. Everyone treats her as if shes their biological daughter. Malak is a regular visitor to the hospital that saved her life, and while theyre still checking for any surviving relatives in this brutal war that has claimed the lives of so many, dr. Khatleh is now embracing her new role as a mother. Erin mclaughlin, nbc news. Nice to see smiles in a place of such sadness. Thats nightly news for this friday. Thanks for watching. Im lester holt, please take care of yourself and each other. Baked in a flurry of Cinnamon Sugar and paired with a sumptuous caramel dip. An odyssey of flavor. Just enough fine words. 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