the u.s. turns up the pressure on israel. defense secretary lloyd austin in tel aviv. what he said about protecting civilians as gaza s reported death toll nears 20,000. the major shift from pope francis on same-sex couples. what the vatican announced today. the governor of texas signing a controversial new border bill, setting the stage for a major showdown with the federal government. the verdict in the trial of marvel star jonathan majors, charged with assaulting his former girlfriend. new developments in the investigation into lead-tainted applesauce that sickened dozens of children. was it done on purpose? and harry smith on the tradition dating back more than a century in a place they call the christmas city. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone. much of the east coast recovering tonight from a massive storm that brought heavy rain, coastal flooding and high winds from florida to maine, killing at least
holiday wishes come true. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening. with a lot of americans getting a jump start on the holidays and traveling this week, we have a potentially dangerous storm on the move. water so high that cars and even a fedex uck g stuck. florida is drying out today after the same system dumped as much as seven inches of rain there. some roads there were completely flooded. all total today 56 million americans are under flood alerts. by the end of this weekend washout, the storm will have soaked every state from florida all the way to maine. we will get to the forecast in just a moment. but we begin tonight with george solis. reporter: tonight a storm is already packing quite a punch. charleston, south carolina, in the bull s eye today. fierce winds and torrential rain with high tide flooding neighborhoods. some cars were able to make it through the high water. and the fire department was patrolling streets helping to rescue people fro
State police says these new Surveillance Photos show Danelo Calf Conte slipping past producers after they had him surrounded. These are from a Botanical Garden about five miles south of the prison. You can see he is seen two times about an hour apart sporting a i knew sweatshirt, backpack and duffel back. They found a point that he could squeeze through that perimeter and he traveled south. Well now expand that perimeter and move it so that we can try and incapsulate it again. Hell slip up. Were making him move and thats a good thing. Reporter as you can imagine localities in the area are very startled. The alarm to the prison that my backyard basically backs up to, the alarm didnt sound for several hours after he escaped. For example, i would go to bed. Night leave my garage door open, stuff like that. I now close it. I just put a couple new bolts on two doors. Reporter just days before his escape, calf can ta received a Life Sentence for murdering his girl from friend in 2021, horrib
Happening now, a meeting between two of the most dangerous u. S. Adversaries may be in the works. Well tell you hat the u. S. Is saying about kim jonguns efforts to engage with Vladimir Putin. Also tonight, Burning Man Festival Goers finally get the green light to go home after a rare downpour in the desert left them trapped for days. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy is getting heat from gop hardliners as Congress Prepares to return to work and the nation once again faces a possible Government Shutdown. Welcome to all of our viewers around the United States. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im jim acosta. This is a Special Edition of the situation room. We begin with news of a potential bilateral meeting between two of washingtons biggest rivals. The news that North Koreian leader kim jongun may be facetoface with president Vladimir Putin in what would be a rare foreign visit. National security correspondent kylie atwood is covering the story for us. What kind of signal would this meeting send .
Americas late news, fox news at night. And breaking, Jewelry Store owner was robbed and beaten, including with a hammer. The attack was caught on camera and yet the Slamdunk Trial Productive Be A Hung Jury the chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt is live in the newsroom with what happened jonathan, good evening. Lets take a look at part of the video shown to the jury in wilmington, delaware. The Jewelry Store owner being violently beaten by a robber wh after initially attacking and then stopping pieces of jewelry into a bag returns to be the store owner once again, hitting him with a hammer. My Father Experience not jus a robbery, but a perfect assaul that changed his life and our family. My father was able to call 911 and coming away from this near deadly definitely a counter alive. He spent several days in Intensive Care and one year fro the robbery and attack him is still recovering. Police at the roco was 39 yearold Calvin Audrey and that his trial last week, prosecutor showed the Jur