aed, because they save lives. the response to damar s injury was able to bring our nation together for a moment. let s remember that feeling of unity and use it to make sure we can save the next life, as well. some genuine heroes taking us off the air tonight. i m wishing you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. we ll see you at the end of tomorrow tomorrow we start tonight with breaking news on your times, interview not don s top donors will plan in law andrea kushner. times reports that in an interview last month the special counsel focused on whether trump had privately acknowledged that he had lost the 2020 election, in other words, when trump claimed the election was rigged, did he know he was lying? did trump have corrupt intent when he allegedly tried to subvert the election? also today, jack smith senior, assistant special counsel, a lawyer named tom windham, was spotted leaving the d.c. federal
police report of a shooting at celebrity pastor joel o steen s lakewood church in houston. right now it is unclear if alstyne or his wife were present at the time of the shooting. i am jon scott and this is the fox report. let s get right to christina coleman live with the latest on that church shooting in houston. alexei jon, talk about terror in the place of worship this afternoon. houston s police chief says around 1:53 p.m. local time the suspected shooter entered lakewood church, the maga church robust liberty pastor joel o steen an open fire. please identify the suspect as a woman who was approximately 30 35 years old. they say she entered the church on its west side near the parking lot armed with a long rifle wearing a trench coat and carrying a backpack. they said she was also accompanied with a small child approximately four or five years old. they say it once the suspect, once this woman was inside the church she began to fire shots. the police chief said two o
biden s campaign gears up for a trump nomination. then, the state of the race for second place, ron desantis shifting focus to south carolina, while nikki haley faces a make-or-break moment in new hampshire. and moms for liberty pushing their agenda in the classroom, all at the expense of taxpayers. we ll get into the impact this could have an education as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. the 2024 front runners are off to very different starts. president biden started to negotiate crucial aid money for our allies, earlier today donald trump was almost kicked out of a new york city courtroom after he complained loudly to his lawyers during testimony from e. jean carroll. the trial, of course, will decide damages, if any, in carroll s defamation case against donald trump. in a separate trial last, year a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation. the judge warned trump to stay quiet and threaten
after a strange of deadly storms barreled through the region, leaving at least six people dead and dozens of others injured we re in a texas community still picking up the pieces. later highway collapse pennsylvania s governor vowing to reopen that busy stretch of interstate 95 through philly within weeks let s begin with the breaking news out of china this morning. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken just departing beijing after that high-stakes meeting with china s president xi jinping. that included the secretary s crucial two-day visit aimed at stabilizing the spiraling relationship between the two countries, upended recently by the downing of a spy balloon and this tense encounter by a chinese fighter plane and a u.s. jet. plus the encounter with military ships. let s discuss with janis mackey frayer in beijing as well as nbc senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell standing by in washington we know the meeting between blinken and xi lasted about 35 minutes,
that is protecting them, an fbi that has been politicized and a doj weaponized. also tonight, shockingk city new images from a wokeholding new york city college professor. look at thisa machete to, holdie to the neck of a new york posthe reporter. in that reporter will tell the whole story right here coming up later in the show. upa but first, ready or not? 2020 four heating up. the as of right now, former president trump has a wide lead in the republican primary. but to tomorrow, floridaofficially r governor ron desantis is expected to officiallow his w his hat into the ring duringy a live event on twitter with elon musk. stin already, there is a diversennin field of qualified interestingin candidates running in the republican primary. by the way, even chris christiee is apparently who i think he a left office with like a 15h percent approval rating.s he s apparently flirting with another run. he wants to be the i hateevery i donald trump every second, e an every minute, e