hi, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. i m in for nicolle wallace. the potential indictment of donald trump which would be unprecedented for this country is a story that is playing out in both new york where a grand jury could issue an indictment any day now and in washington where republicans are quickly mounting a political defense of the former president, let s begin with the developments in the case itself at this hour. on monday team trump dispatched a last-minute witness to testify before the grand jury investigating hush money payments made to porn star stormy daniels back in 2016. attorney and former confidant to michael cohen robert costello, now after his testimony he previewed a likely defense for donald trump. that this then attorney michael cohen paid the hush money payments on his own terms, take a listen to what he told reporters. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer and stormy daniels had negative information that she wa
had one weapon and that shlde sold it. she was under care. doctor s care for anct emotional disorder. or s flaw enforcement knew nothg about the treatment. sh e was receiving, but herd parents felt that she should not own weapons. as we said last night, we noa taking or she wasn t taking dueo to her emotional disorder. and we will not t speculate untr we know more . but what is clear is in her final messages to a friend that hale was seriously disturbed, she wrote that i m planning to die today. me on the news. note the reference to the news. she said in one instagram message. now, one day this will makeay more sense. i ve left behind thi more thante enough evidence. read another and it is that evidence that could help prevent tragedies like this inee the future. now, we ve known since yesterday about the existence of a , quote, manifesto. term. i hate using that term, but for lack of a better word, that s what we re calling it. and today, police revealed parts of what s
harris faulkner. also joining us, lili gil valetta and richard fowler. the six victims of monday s shooting will be remembered today individual. a clear picture of their courage is emerging. head of school katherine koonce sprang into action when the shots first ring out. she was on a zoom call and she ran towards the shooter and sacrificed her own life by putting herself in the line of fire to protect her students. one of the young victims displayed bravery that defied her young age. at just 9 years old, evelyn dieckhaus was murdered as she attempted to save her classmates by trying to pull the fire alarm. police say the suspect was a former student who had detailed maps of the christian school. they say the shooting was targeted but it s not being investigated as a federal hate crime. senator josh hawley says that just doesn t make sense. police in nashville has said this school was targeted. it wasn t random, wasn t happenstance. they were targeted. it s a federal hate c
like california. big war going on between gavin newsom and ron desantis. needless to say, liberals are seething with rage, especially thr california governor gavin newsom. that s all coming upe govern.l o the governor will respond to the the attacks from the meda mob, joe biden, and , of course, the desperate presidential wannabe gavin newsom. we ll also analyze the phenomenonpresiden w of why so manymany a americans are moving to sunnmey florida to escape the dystopian scape that california, sadly, has become. stay tuned.my exc my exclusive interview with thet forty fifth president of the united states , donald trump,e undo that s straight ahs and we ll play trump s best moments from his powerfult se speech this weekend at cpac. a busy night. but first, a breakinhtg news report from our southern border after two record setting years of illegal immigration, this crisis is getting worse. and worse by the day. alone so far this year alone, we are a on pace for yet another recor
what his doctor said today about his recovery. new details on a 6-year-old student accused of shooting a teacher in virginia. how police say he got the gun. the former president of brazil reportedly hospitalized in the u.s. a day after his supporters stormed the country s capital in echoes of january 6th. the major crackdown. more than 1,000 detained. the new bombshells from prince harry. the accusations he s leveling at his stepmother, camilla parker-bowles. the grim discovery in the massachusetts home of a missing mom as her husband appears in court. and how a tiktok video led to the gift of a lifetime for an 82-year-old veteran. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. in california nature s floodgates are wide open tonight. that series of atmospheric rivers still flowing and bringing jaw-dropping rain and snowfall totals leaving many without power, others forced from their homes. the conditions forcing high water rescuers into ac