on mr. trump s potential vp short list. the gunman attacking the u.s. embassy in beirut. the 30-minute-long shootout in the street before he s captured. what we re learning. was it isis inspired? the deadly house explosion caught on camera. children playing in a nearby driveway running in terror. and 80 years after they helped turn the tide of war, we re with four american heroes as they return to normandy. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. the words, and liftoff packing plenty of meaning for boeing tonight as its long-delayed starliner capsule successfully carried two astronauts into space today. its third launch attempt in a month and a much-needed morale boost for boeing after a string of misfortunes. the launch also lifting nasa s hopes of making commercial vehicles its workhorses in space. tonight, the starliner is racing toward a rendezvous with the international space station, the first test flight of the cap
space competition as boeing looks to take on elon musk s spacex. the dangerous heat wave. more than 30 million under alerts from california to texas where temperatures could break records. the dramatic testimony in hunter biden s gun trial. his ex-wife and former girlfriend taking the stand. what they told the jury about his history of addiction as prosecutors say he lied on a federal form to buy a firearm. just in, the appeals court halting donald trump s georgia election case amid scrutiny over d.a. fani willis and our new reporting, the name of mr. trump s potential vp short list. the gunman attacking the u.s. embassy in beirut. the 30-minute-long shootout in the street before he was captured. what we re learning. was it isis inspired. the deadly house explosion caught on camera. children playing in a nearby driveway running in terror. and 80 years after they helped turn the tide of war we re with four american heroes as they return to normandy. announcer: th
not knowingly lie on the form, looking to pour coals on the case. abby lowe, do you know if the defendant checked those boxes? not from my own observation. i m not qualified as a handwriting expert. the prosecution later called gordon cleveland, the man who sold hunter the gun and watched him fill out the form that asked if he used drugs. what did he write, the prosecutor asked. cleveland said, he wrote, no. and back in washington, house republicans say they ll file a criminal referral to the department of justice against hunter and james biden for lying to congress. lester. ryan nobles tonight, thank you. also developing, a major headline in the georgia election interference case against former president trump. hallie jackson joins us now. hallie, an appeals court stepping in here today. reporter: that s right. they re pressing pause on the case altogether until a panel of judges decides whether the fulton county district attorney fani willis can continue prosecuting this. they