with 60 children inside for their first communion. severe weather from texas to florida. we re tracking it. wildfire smoke from canada moving into the u.s. air quality alerts in multiple states. pro-palestinian protests disrupting some graduations. jerry seinfeld s speech at duke prompting dozens to walk out. just in, the dramatic controlled demolition of a massive piece of baltimore s collapsed bridge. and the most stunning images from that spectacular show in the sky. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. the prosecution case against donald trump nearing its crescendo in a new york courtroom tonight, with the much-anticipated testimony of former trump lawyer and fixer michael cohen. cohen describing his role in trying to bury stormy daniels s claim of a sexual liaison with mr. trump and his concerns about its impact on the 2016 election, driving cohen to pay hush money to daniels that he says was at mr. trump s direc
told him, just take care of it. the defense preparing to attack cohen s credibility after calling him an admitted liar. and the secret tape cohen made of trump played for the jury. also tonight, the race to escape rafah. 360,000 people fleeing as israeli forces advance on the southern gaza city. terrifying moments at a louisiana church during a livestreamed service. a teen with a gun stopped as he tries to get into the building with 60 children inside for their first communion. severe weather from texas to florida. we re tracking it. wildfire smoke from canada moving into the u.s. air quality alerts in multiple states. pro-palestinian protests disrupting some graduations. jerry seinfeld s speech at duke prompting dozens to walk out. just in, the dramatic controlled demolition of a massive piece of baltimore s collapsed bridge. and the most stunning images from that spectacular show in the sky. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good ev
no way. a lot of money. no way. thank you, president. is this your mug shot? this is what we re reduced to, which could be the slogan for donald trump s campaign as his republican sycophants continue to kneel to the first ever felon to be a major party presidential nominee. first up tonight bump stocks turn guns into rapid fire killing machines. nonetheless the six leonard leo conservatives on the supreme court say they cannot be banned, leading to a scathing dissent fromjustice sonia sotomayor. but we begin tonight by wishing everyone a happy flag day, which commemorates the day in 1777 when the continental congress approved the stars and stripes as the symbol for an emerging if imperfect nation. and as there has been some confusion recently the american legion wanted to clarify that the flag should never be displayed with the union down except as a symbol of dire distress in instance of extreme danger to life or property. in other words, never upside down. if someon
champ expert of all experts, i don t know if any of you actually watch your name this. i do not. now, but don t tell me this country isn t great. that s amazing kobayashi always 128 pounds. i ll do is a b since it s all right. thanks very much to you guys. happy friday. thanks to you for joining us. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere the new central starts right now the pope presidents and artificial intelligence, the unusual combination coming together at the g7 summit. why ai is topping the agenda today after critical talks about the war in ukraine it s a concerns about ai that of the world leaders attention donald trump now says he has a pretty good idea who he wants as his running mate this time around, the senator who once called the former president cultural heroin heroin, maybe topping that list and then just a few hours, the site of one of the worst school shootings in us history will be torn down, demolition set to begin at marjory stoneman done it was high sc