health battle. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening here in hollywood and across the film industry, there is shock and disbelief tonight after actor alec baldwin was involved in a fatal and apparent accidental shooting of a woman on a new mexico movie set baldwin expressing his shock and sadness over the death of the film cinematographer, after the 63-year-old movie and tv star fired a gun used as a prop during production of a western-themed movie the movie s director was wounded. film experts are aghast that such an accident could happen, given strict safety standards governing firearms on film sets. tonight no charges have been filed, but plenty of questions, including whether safety concerns were dismissed before the shooting baldwin pledging his cooperation with police miguel almaguer now with late details. reporter: shortly after the fatal shooting, a distressed alec baldwin outside the sheriffs department in santa fe investigators say the vete
time to consider the charges against donald trump and make up your own mind, what we tried to do in the book, in our commentary and insider tips and the cast of characters is made this is easily digestible and understandable as possible for lawyers and nonlawyers alike. we understand that there are various rationales for the decisions that were made by prosecutors and we tried to reveal those in this book. and again, as part of that educative mission we have tried in this hour to explain some of those choices and the implications of all of these delays in their we are so grateful to all of you for joining us for this hour-long special. we really appreciate it. i am melissa my. i am andrew wiseman. good night. am andrew wiseman. good night. a good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. we are now 200 85 days away from the election and you are in luck. tonight we have a very special nightcap we are going to get to in just a moment featuring an amazing lineup of stude
the sleeves up because we are 235 days away from the election. every day we are getting closer. the stakes get even higher. this week president biden and donald trump wrapped up their primaries and other presumptive nominees. at the same time, all four criminal trials against trump are facing even more delays. in georgia, district attorney forney willis can proceed with her case. with that, let s bring in our night and get ready because i could not be more excited about who is joining because they are the future stars of journalism in this country. four outstanding student journalists from across the nation who have done amazing work. they have not in and graduated from college yet. get ready to feel like you are and under performer. theo baker, former spotlight editor at the stanford daily. the youngest ever recipient of the prestigious polk award. you have seen him before. caitlin 80 joins us. editor at the daily tar heel. the student newspaper at the university of north ca
cocaine is in the library, in the residence. then, the white house suggested that it was found in a heavily traveled area in the west wing where many visitors come through, but now, third change. fox was told it was found in a cubby by the west executive entrance not far from the situation room, where the nation s most sensitive secrets are tracked. every hour of every day. that s hardly an area where the average joe walks by. the secret service is reviewing all cameras and access logs of staff and regular visitors. they are expected to conclude their investigation early next week. president biden, as he has done all this week, is again refusing to answer any questions on the matter. reporter: mr. president? [inaudible] kayleigh: not a word. now, the house oversight chairman james comer is demanding more details about cocaine found, once a briefing with the secret service, and fired off this scathing letter. the presence of illegal drugs in the white house is unaccepta
hit a base housing u. s personnel. they believe that drone was iranian. it made u. s forces quickly struck back targeting facilities used by iran s revolutionary guard, so, says u s officials say u. s officials this morning cnn got reaction from the white house. we don t seek a war with iran. we re not looking for an armed conflict with that country or another war in the region. we do seek to protect our mission in syria. all of this is unfolding as president biden is set to meet with the canadian prime minister justin trudeau. we are alive in ottawa. we re waiting to hear from the president himself. on this attack in syria. also just a few minutes ago. you can see him there in the back of him. that is trump attorney evan corcoran, arriving at a washington dc courthouse. he just entered the building. he is going to testify today before a grand jury in the mara lago classified documents probe and he will do so without the protection of attorney client privilege. first that we