rittenhouse took the witness stand in his own defense, and this is what the jury saw. sobbing. the defendant appearing unable to speak at times as he explained how he fatally shot two people and wounding a third during unrest in kenosha, wisconsin. there were three people right there take a deep breath, kyle. that s what his mother also appeared to cry as she looked on. rittenhouse testified that he was acting in self-defense while protecting private property and providing first aid, even though he said he knew one of the men he killed was unarmed. prosecutors repeatedly questioned his motives, saying he was just looking for trouble that night. the fireworks didn t stop there. the other moment came from the judge in this case. throughout the day he unleashed on the prosecution, accusing them of a grave constitutional violation as they cross-examined the teenager. and at one point, the judge s cell phone rang out loud, playing the patriotic anthem, god bless the
messages of hate. the gruesome rampage at a texas mall killing eight people. our brand new reporting on the gunman s racist and right-wing posts on social media. why the army would not allow him to serve and how he bought his arsenal. this as we learn more about the remarkable efforts to stop him and help the victims. also tonight the suspect in the crash that killed eight migrants at a texas bus stop, charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault. authorities trying to determine if it was intentional. and his extensive criminal record. closing arguments in donald trump s civil trial. a writer saying the former president raped and defamed her. plus mr. trump s stunning video deposition and what both sides said today. alex murdaugh s admission he lied about the death of his long-time housekeeper. what s next in the case and why millions of dollars are at stake. as the summer travel season kicks off, could a new rule make airlines pay you when it s their fault that f
stunning video deposition and what both sides said today. alex murdaugh s admission he lied about the death of his long-time housekeeper. what s next in the case and why millions of dollars are at stake. as the summer travel season kicks off, could a new rule make airlines pay you when it s their fault that flights are canceled or delayed? when you could start seeing that cash and after this winter s massive storms, the runoff unearthed a glittering prospect in the mountains. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and thank you for joining us the news that came out of texas over the weekend was almost too much to take, especially after a series of grim headlines of mass violence that have rocked the country recently we don t know what caused a driver to plow his suv into a crowd of migrants waiting at a bus stop in brownsville on sunday, killing eight, but tonight he has been charged with eight counts of manslaughter the suspect describe
opponents. the source of embarrassing allegations about his son s personal affairs as well as a figurative side dish to main course what could be serious legal trouble. the potential legal and political fallout. first, jessica schneider. for years republicans have been going off about this laptop and hunter biden never publicly acknowledged that it was his. why is he taking legal steps now? they are ramping up their approach here. it s coming at the same time they are girding themselves for this real fight with congressional republicans. so what they are doing tonight, they are fighting back against a number of people they say allegedly got into hunter biden s laptop, that was left at that delaware computer repair shop, and they are fighting against the people who disseminated the contents of that laptop. these contained business documents, emails and photos and some potentially salacious materials purportedly belonging to hunter biden. what biden s team is saying is that t
mtsz m need to get on the ballot. they voted for their new leader, nobody reached the tlesh hold of 100 early in the first round of voting. it wasn t until the second round that ritchie sunac reached that threshold and several rounds later lis truz joined with 100 mps. over the weekend it is very likely we will see some horsz trading behind the scenes. we will see a lot of people gauging whether they can even declare their support in the first place. perhaps the is contenders won t declare themselves in the race until they reach the 100 mps of support. all of this seems pretty shocking considering just how short a time liz truss was in office. in the peculiar time she was in office. gone in just 44 days. they were talking about the life of the lettuce. this is another one comparing liz truss s time in office to the life of a head of lettuce. again, a lot of talk about boris johnson getting into the race. will boris bounce back? bojo, i ll be back. of course plenty of people