make a difference. norah: the bitter cold blanketing most of the u.s., 1 million americans under winter weather alerts. plus a new storm moving in. temperatures are cold everywhere, looks like many of us will be well below zero. norah: the news about the two navy seals missing at sea. how long, not long? norah: on this martin luther king jr. day, we hear from the civil rights activist in his own words. glory, hallelujah! this truth is marching on! norah: good evening. i am norah o donnell. and thank you for being with us on this monday night. we want to begin tonight with the iowa caucuses. the first contest of the 2024 election. and we have breaking news, cbs news can project that former president donald trump@wn caucuses. our data desk is able to make this call because of interest poles and other data. and has left every poll ahead of tonight s victory and the bid for a republican nomination. also getting a picture of what is on voters minds with these ent
New dash cam video from a semi truck as a crash sends it dangling off a bridge. The recordbreaking filibuster in missouri as democrats wage a battle over Abortion Rights. And the athletes dominating the world of womens golf and swinging for a shot at gold in the paris olympics. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome. Not one, but two president ial debates are on the books tonight after an exchange of verbal taunts more akin to a prize fight promotion. President biden and former President Trump have agreed to televised oneonone debates, the first happening june 27th and, notably, without a live audience. The second one, september 10th. The arrangement first proposed by President Biden was quickly accepted by mr. Trump, who refused to take part in this years republican primary debates. The first of the showdowns timed by the Biden Campaign to take place before early voting begins. In the time being, the debate among pundits will likely be over whic
President biden should have pardoned mr. Trump. Also tonight, the attempted assassination, a man walking up to slovakias Prime Minister shooting him multiple times. Aides pushing the wounded politician into a car and a man tackled on the ground. The Prime Ministers condition tonight. The barge slamming into a bridge in galveston, texas, causing a partial collapse and unleashing an oil spill. One Community Island cut off. Opening statements in the Bribery Trial of senator bob menendez. The defense suggesting those gold bars didnt belong to menendez but to his wife. A heartstopping new dash cam video from a semi truck as a crash sends it dangling off a bridge. The recordbreaking filibuster in missouri as democrats wage a battle over Abortion Rights. And the athletes dominating the world of womens golf and swinging for a shot at gold in the paris olympics. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome. Not one but two president ial debates are on the books
Theres going to be hundreds, hundreds of casualties and some hostages in that area that you have to avoid killing. That really takes a whole lot of strength on the commanders point, first of all, to plan and conduct the operation, but also on the politicians part of telling the commanders, heres what we want you to do, and here are the kinds of risks we want you to take. This is going to be a very difficult operation, and certainly the anxieties, and the emotions are stoeked so thats going to play a part in how the Israeli Defense forces go into the gaza when they do, and were certainly they probably will. General mark hurtling, i appreciate your time tonight. Its hard to put into words, the horror that took place at that Music Festival, 260 killed, others abducted. We dont know the number yet. Young people running for their lives, many of them not making it out. In our next hour, were going to hear from the young woman whose boyfriend managed to get out of the danger, only to turn bac
After being hit by u. S. Led air strikes. More in defiance than a show of force, a flecks of Military Muscle on land for a Battle Being Waged at sea. U. S. Operator say the Cargo Ship Gibraltar eagle was hit by an antiship ballistic missile off the coast of yemen in the gulf of aden. To the company says the vessel suffered limited damage to the cargo hold, but that it was stable and heading out to sea with no injuries reported. The attack follows that the massive u. S. u. K. Bombing campaign to deter assaults exactly like this. The houthi retaliated by launching an Antiship Cruise Missile towards the Uss Laboon Destroyer in the red sea. Before it was shot down by a Fighter Jet according to u. S