Attack in u. S. History. The disturbing images, a cinder block cell in an oregon home the fbi says a kidnapped woman was kept inside but made a dramatic escape. Tonight, the plea to the public for help. Are there more victims . And visitors flocking to a zoo in china after this video exploded on social media. Is that a bear or a human in disguise . Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome. Less than 24 hours from now and for the third time in under four months, former President Donald Trump will appear in court as a criminal defendant. This for his arraignment in washington on federal charges related to his alleged actions to overturn the results of the 2020 president ial election. The grand jury indictment handed up late yesterday alleging the expresident s actions amounted to a conspiracy to defraud the United States to obstruct and impede the January 6th Congressional Proceedings where the votes were tallied and certified and a conspiracy agains
A key piece of smiths case, the Pressure Trump put on his Vice President , mike pence, including a call on Christmas Day asking mr. Pence not to certify the results. Mr. Trump allegedly telling pence, quote, youre too honest. How pence reacted today. Our team in washington and our legal analysts standing by. Also tonight, the scare on capitol hill. Staffers running out of the Senate Office building after reports of an active shooter. Police later giving the allclear. What happened . The gunman who killed 11 people at a pittsburgh synagogue sentenced to death for the worst antisemitic attack in u. S. History. The disturbing images, a cinder block cell in an oregon home. The fbi says a kidnapped woman was kept inside but made a dramatic escape. Tonight the plea to the public for help. Are there more victims . And visitors flocking to a zoo in china after this video exploded on social media. Is that a bear or a human in disguise . Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good
colorarado river h has seseen a 10% d decrease in flow, compounding an existing emergency, a lack of water for the west. do you think this crisis is only going to worsen? i think in the long term, yes. reporter: snaking through seven western states, the overtaxed river provides drinking water and irrigation to 40 million people. the evaporating water supply could mean more restrictions and inflated costs for farmers passed alongng to americans across the countrtry. i think it s difficult for people to accept the fact that we just don t have the ability to extract more water out of the system. we re going to have to reduce our use. reporter: even after a winter of record rain, researchers say the deluge isn t enough to reverse two decades of climbing temperatures. tonight, as the snowpack evaporates and water levels drop, concern is rising along the colorado. miguel almaguer, nbc news. there is more ahead including the