hope more hostages will be set free and those recently released reveal new details about their time in captivity. also breaking, a suspected serial killer caught in los angeles after four people were killed this week how they found him the press conference late today. making this suspect responsible for the murder of four individuals over the course of four days. expelled congressman george santos vows revenge. how he s now trying to take other members of congress down with him. a shocking new report on air traffic controllers, caught showing up to work drunk or high or asleep on their shift what it means for air travel safety and we take you to the polar bear capital of the world. why bears are invading the town at a record rate this police car chasing one away there s been six that have tried to walk in the town today. yes. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening the prospect of another cease-fire between israel and hamas
river valley. parts of the plain states, up towards great lakes and we could see additional rainfall across the gulf coast over next couple of days. here is your forecast so we ll get through today and then calmer, calmer skies for much of the country. we re actually beginning to see some warmer temperatures or for the east coast something that we haven t seen yet since the first day of summer on friday. 105 in phoenix, 75 in port land 88 in kansas city and 85 in houston also watching tropics this was in the pacific south of mexico 70% chance of formation this week, however, the good news is all a of the models show this not really affecting land and moving out to sea. all right i ll do selfies for free [laughter] i do them all a of the time. indeed no charge at all. this you go this in trouble or for charging sometimes. legal came down in middle of the show. all right. meanwhile jill joins us live with headline hads. so i think i have a good