A warm woelcome to our viewers. Ahead, an american nurse and her child kidnapped near haitis capital. What we know and the latest plan to help end Gang Violence there. Plus, more than 65 Million People waking up to heat alerts right across the United States. Well tell you weather relief is on the way. And as you know, biden has ordered his top political opponent to be arrested ive got to be arrested they want to arrest me at his latest campaign rally, Donald Trump Blames President Biden for his latest legal problems in the classified documents case. There is growing concern this morning for an american nurse and her child who were kidnapped in haiti. Alix dorsainvil worked for a christian Aid Organization called el roi haiti. Her and her child were reportedly kidnapped thursday morning near the haitian capital, portauprince. According to the groups website, dorsainvil is originally from new hampshire. She moved to haiti after her husband asked her to care for students at a haitian scho
nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and thank you for joining us we start off tonight with yet another late winter punch of severe weather across the country as we begin this week including multiple tornadoes confirmed today in illinois at least a dozen reported from the plains to midwest since yesterday. but we are also watching snow moving east tonight, potentially bringing new york city its first significant snow of the season. right now there are winter alerts affecting an estimated 42 million people. from wisconsin clear to maine for many high winds will make things worse. and there s no break for storm-weary california rocked by more rain and snow today al roker will take us through it all in just a moment but first let s go to morgan chesky in oklahoma where they are picking up the pieces from tornadoes tonight. reporter: tonight oklahoma facing a mangled mess homes shredded and cars tossed. from terrifying tornadoes striking overnight. there s possi
festive nights of the year. how this case is an outlier on so many levels, from the age of the suspect to the age of the victims, to the town where it happened, traditionally known as one of the country s best places to live. plus, democratic congressman ruben gallego wants wants to che arizona independent kyrsten sinema for her senate seat. how it could pave the way for something we rarely see, a three-way race that could help decide control of the senate. finally, yeah, it may be hard to believe, but we have entered year four of the covid pandemic. how do we balance the fact all of us are ready for this to be over with with the fact that we are still averaging nearly 50,000 new cases every week? we will start in southern california where police are trying to put the pieces together in one of the more unusual mass shootings in recent memory. a 72-year-old man is accused of opening fire inside a popular dance hall in monterey park. it was filled with mostly senior citizen
for their own lives. guess you heard this morning i tested positive for covid. but i ve been double vaccinated, double boosted, symptoms are mild. it is friday, july 22, 9:00 a.m. in the morning here in london, 4:00 a.m. this washington where the january 6 committee has just provided its most revealing look yet into the trump white house as the capitol riot took place. former aides testified that trump watched the riot on tv but ignored all pleas from his family and top advisers to intervene. and while vice president mike pence was whisked to a secure location inside the capitol, the committee presented chilling testimony that pence s security detail feared they might not make it out alive. members were starting to fear for their own lives. there were a lot of there was a lot of yelling, a lot of a lot of very personal calls over the radio. it was disturbing. i don t like talking about it. but there were calls to say good-bye to family members. for whatever the reas
more than a dozen from the water. a 7-year-old among the dead just in, twitter suing elon musk for breaking his deal to buy the social media giant. and the new images from the most powerful telescope ever created, changing the way we see our universe announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone for almost two months we have tried to understand why it took nearly 80 minutes for police to end the massacre that claimed 21 innocent lives at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas tonight some horrifying new insight. let me warn you that what we re about to show you is disturbing on so many levels. surveillance video from inside the school that has just been made public revealing the decisions that cost time and lives. the video shows a police response that appears at moments uncoordinated, confused, with officers in apparent disagreement over how to proceed it begins outside capturing the shooter, crashing his car, his sprint to the school