good evening. tomorrow, the man who many expected to give the former president s toughest primary challenge of 2024 makes it official. florida s governor, ron desantis, getting into the race, taking on his fellow floridian, launching the campaign in a streaming event with elon musk on twitter. his opponent s former favorite megaphone. which he used in 2016, of course, to pummel the rest of the republican field, including former florida senator, marco rubio, and floor jeb bush, who you turn first into a verbal punching bag, then a campaign punchline, and finally, a political footnote. in a moment randi kaye looks ahead to whether governor desantis will do any better against those kind of tactics. first, the kind of political waters he is about to jump into. in one way, they may appear promising for a republican candidate. the current president s job approval, now stands at 40%. a new cnn polling out late today. and with the debt ceiling crisis coming to a head, that same p
i have a trump aiding judge with a trump hating wife and family. donald trump back in court as a judge sorenson to watch his mouth. tonight, the trial date for the people of the state of new york against donald j trump. then, the latest on the man with a not see vlad arrested for threatening the president. plus, really tired of the republicans acting like they own this state. the outrageous moved by ohio republicans undermining democracy to ban abortion. this poem right at the integration of joe biden is now banned from a classroom in desantis run florida. it s because being american is more than a pride we inherit. it is the past we step into, and how we repair it. all in starts right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. today, donald trump appeared in manhattan in court virtually for the first time since his arraignment on 34 criminal courts of falsifying business records. and judge judge juan merchan announces related to the hush money payments
from me everything that i sacrificed for, everything that i worked for, he even took my daughter away from me. once they were so good together, how did love turn into hate like this. before that night of violence. he drags you down to the basement? all the way down. i m trying to find love, i can t breathe. then a twist no one expected. you have three witnesses who identified you and not line up, do you understand that? yes i do understand that. the alleged victim, accused. it s just a terrifying, shocking experience. who did what to who? the evidence showed and evil and vindictive schemer. a diabolical conniving. a frame of that fooled everyone. this will be hard to figure out this out. you couldn t invent a worst nightmare. it case of vengeance. hello and welcome to dateline. it started out with a couple who seemed made for each other, they were smart good-looking and in love. things took a turn for the worse when the passion turned into
that is your worst nightmar imagining what is happening to your child a note with big demands left by mysterious kidnapper who seemed to know all, se all. they are watching the house and then the victim hersel calls. her mom jumping into work with police, would hand over th ransom herself if i didn t jump the mone properly, that would be the en of her she dropped the cash all right but who picked it up that s where everything went wrong? that s where everything wen wrong. kidnapping case about to go way off script her story did not mak sense. what was really going on? i ve been a cup for 11 year and i blush when i listen to the tape a story with more twists an turns in the florida roads trying to find this missin mom. this case was not going t turn out like a lot of peopl assumed. thanks for joining us i m lester holt. whenever someone is kidnappe it triggers a race against tim as police often joined by th victims family begin a frantic search that s w
the train derailment emergency in ohio. authorities release toxic chemicals from tanker cars. the race to recover that suspected chinese spy balloon shot down off the south carolina coast. the military saying the debris field is roughly 15 football fields by 15 football fields wide. what can the u.s. learn from the remnants? president biden on the eve of the state of the union address. our new reporting on last-minute changes to his speech. a day after she made grammy history, tickets to beyonce s new tour on sale. and the father, the daughter, and the bucket list in inspiring america. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for joining us. powerful and dangerous aftershocks have continued to rattle parts of turkey near the syria border where the death toll has climbed above 3,000 after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake. as we begin tonight, let me warn you, some of the videos are terrifying. multiple-story buildings crashing into