killed eight people at a texas mall was obsessed with nazis and mass shootings. he also appears to have scoped out that mall before the massacre and then waited for the biggest crowds. a witness who was there during the gunfire is outfront tonight. we have new video into outfront tonight. this from a ukrainian sniper that we have spoken to several times. he s on the front lines tonight and is sharing dramatic new images of the brutal battles he s seeing there with you. and the migrant surge, up as much as 400% already in some areas along the u.s. southern border. we re going to take you there live tonight. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, breaking news, obsessed with nazis, guns, and mass shooters. these are the new chilling details that we are learning tonight about the 33-year-old gunman who killed eight people and injured seven more at a texas outlet mall. according to social media posts believed to have been made by mauricio
cars spilling into the river with the worst yet to come. tucker carlson breaking his silence after his dismissal by fox news the nenew findingsgs about a diabetes drug that could be a game changer for weight loss the chananging face e of hollywood how prododuction is s being trtransformed by artificial intelligence and remembering jerry springer, beloved ringmaster of his hit talk show circus announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. we begin tonight with breaking news. sources familiar with the matter tell nbc news that former vice president mike pence appeared before a federal grand jury this afternoon as part of a special counsel investigation into former president trump s attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. it s believed pence has direct knowledge of mr. trump s efforts to block certification of the 2020 election pence s testimony legally pitting him against the man who could very well be a rival for the 2024
the first ever criminal trial of an ex-american president dth in the next six to eight weeks will be thrust into a role he spent his entire life trying to avoid. that of a criminal defendant on trial. potentially inching closer and closer and closer to the one thing he fears most. he says no matter how he s bragging and going on and on about him not being afraid, he goes to bed every night thinking about the sound of that jail cell door closing behind him. that s a sound byte that will live forever, compounding that specific fear was told to us by his friend chris christie as he sits at the defense table. the ex-president will have to watch many of his closest aids and former advisers and employees lay out in pain staking detail for a jury of 12 what prosecutors allege is an illegal scheme to cover-up hush money payments in order to hide damaging information from becoming public and being known by voters. this is what judge will tell potential jurors monday. the allegatio
i m katy tur. can donald trump distance himself from abortion in november. he is certainly trying. now saying the overturning of roe v. wade is about states rights, not abortion, and saying the arizona ruling goes too far. it is the same thing kari lake is trying to do, personally lobbying republican state lawmakers to repeal the law, according to nbc news, when it was only two years ago, she called the civil war era ban, a quote, great law, when she was running for governor. it s also what gop lawmakers in congress are trying to do on access to ivf. so why the flip-flops? perhaps because interfering with women s health choices has proven to be a political loser for republicans. we ve seen it in special elections. and ballot initiatives, and even in polling. it s clear banning basically all abortions and mucking around with ivf isn t popular among the american public, even in red states. can the gop realistically dodge the fallout. can donald trump with his pivots to state ri
talk, of all things, election integrity with the former president. and later, new fallout over a revived 1864 ban on abortion, as the vice president prepares to, quote, take the gloves off in arizona. welcome to friday. it is 10:00 eastern. thanks for being here. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin in florida, and that hearing today in the mar-a-lago classified documents case. the judge will hear arguments from two of donald trump s co-defendants, walt nauta and carlos de oliveira on several motions including the bid to get the charges against them thrown out. ken dilanian is outside the courthouse in fort pierce, florida. also with us paul butler former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. ken, what else do we know about today s hearing and these two co-defendants? reporter: ana, good morning from sunny fort pierce where normally donald trump is the star of the show. he s been attending these hearings, and when he does, the street behind me is u