White house correspondent Jacqui Heinrich is at camp david tonight. Good evening, jacqui. Good evening, bret. The leaders convened to show, give a show of force, rather, against threats from north korea and also from china. They announced a new Joint Commitment to consult with each other in times of crisis, increase their military exercises, jointly in the region. Step up intelligence sharing, and also a new plan to convene annually at a new summit. The leaders did Call Out North Korea by name. But they were careful not to oreillyrile china. Make clear this is not the beginning of a new formal alliance. The president s domestic problems loomed in the background, too. Get some lunch . President biden dodged the press for a full week after david weiss, the u. S. Attorney investigating his son, was elevated to special counsel. And today he ended up taking his first question about it shoulder to shoulder with two major u. S. Allies. I have no comment on any investigations going on thats up
overcome and inspiring a new generation announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. for the defense, accused murderer alex murdaugh taking the witness stand today in south carolina dramatic and at times tearful testimony from the man at the center of the country s most closely followed criminal trial murdaugh under questioning from his lawyers saying i didn t shoot my wife or son and addressing what has appeared to be some of the prosecution s strongest evidence murdaugh from the witness box admitting he lied about his whereabouts the night his wife and 22-year-old son were shot to death. chalking up the lies to opioid addiction and paranoia under cross-examination, murdaugh, a former lawyer, also admitted to stealing from clients. the prosecution has maintained the murders were part of murdaugh s attempt to escape accountability for financial misdeeds we begin tonight with catie beck reporting from walterboro, south carolina. reporter: after ne
Romania's national grid company Transelectrica (TEL.RO) announced in a stock market on Oct 16 the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to perform a feasibility study for the construction of a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line and conversion stations on the territory of Romania.
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to highlight his inconsistencies and also pierce through his folksy demeanor on cross-examination to try to show this jury that he is an accomplished lawyer who knows how to cover his tracks lester all right laura, thank you now to that deadly crippling winter storm that is stretching right now across the country. and a separate threat here in the west gabe gutierrez is watching it all from minneapolis. reporter: tonight, devastating snow, ice, and wind pummelling even more of the country. this time knocking out power to nearly a million people across the midwest. most of those outages in michigan where a volunteer firefighter was killed when a tree brought down a high voltage line. volunteer just died in here for free gave his life for free. reporter: in wisconsin, authorities say snow likely caused a partial collapse of a parking garage at a shopping mall. today minneapolis under a snow emergency. over the last few hours, we ve seen a very rapid snowfall here the road condi