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
tonight, the president changing his schedule before heading overseas and going to delaware . after his son is convicted. good evening, i m norah o donnell. thank you for being with us. that moment of embrace captured on camera at the national guard airport now named after the president s late son, beau, who died of cancer in 2015. this trial publicly aired some of the first family s most painful moments, with just five months until the presidential election. the president says he will not pardon his son, as hunter faces up to 25 years in prison. and it all started with this x on a federal firearms application in 2018. hunter biden claimed he was not an unlawful user of, or addicted to, illegal drugs. the jury decided that was a lie. cbs s weijia jiang is in wilmington, and she s going to start us off tonight. reporter: hunter biden left court today holding hands with his wife and the first lady, dr. jill biden, just after hearing the verdict. he stood in court, stared str
conviction. the cbs evening news starts now. norah: tonight, the president changing his schedule before heading overseas and going to delaware to see hunter biden just hours after his son is convicted. good evening. i m norah o donnell. thank you for being with us. that moment of embraced captured on camera on the national guard airport now named after the president s late son, beau, who died of cancer in 2015. this child publicly aired some of the first family s most moments, with just five months until the presidential election. the president says he will not pardon his son, as hunter faces up to 25 years in prison. and it all started with this: x on a federal firearms application 2018. an unlawful user of or addicted to illegal drugs. the jury decided that was a lie. cbs s weijia jiang is in wilmington and she is going to start us off tonight. reporter: hunter biden left court today holding hands with his wife in the first lady, dr. jill biden, just after hearing
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
U.S. officials are working to bring home four injured instructors from Iowa’s Cornell College who were stabbed in the northeast Chinese city of Jilin where they were teaching. Jilin city