injuring three, before he was shot by police. what we re learning. the horrifying attack in china. several american teachers stabbed in a public park. the suspect in custody. and our exclusive with legendary singer celine dion, speaking out about her rare health battle and her vow to return to the stage. wherever you are announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. tonight, justice is once more taking presidential history into new waters. the first child of a sitting u.s. president has been convicted of a crime. a jury in delaware finding presidential son hunter biden guilty of three federal counts related to his purchase of a gun during a period he was using drugs. hunter biden s addiction struggles are well-known, but addiction, saying the case was really about the special prosecutor david weiss rejecting the idea that the case was just about addiction, saying the case was really about the illegal choices hunter biden made, a
our team at the courthouse. also tonight, hamas responding to the newest gaza ceasefire proposal backed by the u.s. and our exclusive interview with the families of american hostages after the deadly raid that freed four israelis being held. the sting across the u.s. eight men with suspected ties to isis arrested in three major cities after crossing the southern border. our new reporting. the gunman opening fire at a downtown atlanta food court, injuring three, before he shot by police. what we re learning. the horrifying attack in china. several american teachers stabbed in a public park. the suspect in custody. and our exclusive with legendary singer celine dion, speaking out about her rare health battle and her vow to return to the stage. wherever you are announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. tonight, justice is once more taking presidential history into new waters. the first child of a sitting u.s. president has
reaction to what was on that machine? it is frightening because there are crazy people out there and it might be them blowing off steam, it clear they believe it and i think only someone who truly believed it would act on it. reporter: how many threats to you think you have gotten? i think over 150. reporter: 150 threats? yes. i received a letter very colorful language to my home, which did make me very frightened and that i have a 3 month old and a 4-year-old to think about and all because i did my job and made sure that all of the city of milwaukee s ballots were counted. reporter: what did that letter say? am i allowed to tell you the swear words on camera? reporter: sure. it said you a fraudulent cunt. a lot of the emails called me a cunt, a bitch, a whore. reporter: what is happening in milwaukee is happening across
maycez. five people were killed, all on el chapo s side. six arrested. a mexican marine was wounded. the official says el chapo was actually captured at a nearby motel. at least one analyst surprised he was taken alive. el chapo is a man who knows what the consequences of this are. he knows that there s a high likelihood that he s going to be sent to the united states to go jail there. he knows that there is probably no way out after this. so there s a real risk that he wouldn t even accept being captured alive. reporter: mexican officials say the drug lord had a lot of firepower near him. captured in the raid, a rocket launcher, eight rifles, two armored vehicles. he s known to have traveled with a security force of as many as 150. reporter: el chapo s escapes from mexican prisons are legendary. he broke out of a high-security prison in july through this elaborate tunnel. prison officials were fired, dozens of people charged over that. previously, el chapo eluded
150. reporter: el chapo escapes are legendary. broke out of a high security prison in july through this elaborate tunnel. prison officials were fired, dozens of people charged over that. previously el chapo eluded police through a trap door hidden under his bathtub. this six-month search for him, a mexican official tells us, extended into the united states. it involved tracking the movements of el chapo beauty queen wife believed to be seen in these photos posted online. now, the mexican government will be under enormous pressure to extradite the kingpin. the only way that the government of mexico is going to ensure absolutely that they don t go through another embarrassing situation, another embarrassing escape is to extradite him to the united states. and if that happens, el chapo could be a valuable source for law enforcement. former dea operations chief michael brawn tells us when el chapo was captured in mexico in the early 2000s, he sang like a canary giving up a