the latest. alexandria: a sound like that around the nation s capitol will spark concern. this is response to what happened in the skies miles back. alexandria: that was the sound of f-16 jets breaking the sound barrier. the pilot of a plane was not responding to calls, the recession crashed, killing the four onboard. norad was clear this plane was not taken out of the sky, it had run out of fool. ryan scott is speaking to the plane s unusual flight path. took off from tennessee, supposed to lain on new york long island. it flew past long island and did a complete u-turn in the air and flew directly over washington, just a weird accident. it is as weird to me asthmalaysia 370, a mystery what happened. alexandria: this plane was owned by barbara and john rumple. barbara shared a heartbreaking line on facebook. she said my family is gone, my family and granddaughter. john rumple says the nanny was also on board. steve: we don t know, the key is why did it turn? we und
federal court as the embattled republican was released on $500,000 bond declaring he will not resign, charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and more. 13 counts in all. santos calling it a witch-hunt, but democrats and republicans alike calling for him to step down tonight. e. jean carroll speaking out one day after a jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her awarding her $5 million. what carroll told our savannah guthrie about the verdict. the record number of migrants apprehended at the border even before the title 42 policy ends. we re on the ground in mexico. plus, nbc s new reporting on how the u.s. will handle thousands of people entering the country. she wrote a children s book about grief after her husband died. now, the mother of three is accused of poisoning him with fentanyl. the new details from a search warrant just in tonight. for the first time an fda panel endorses over-the-counter birth control pills. when they will be
mexico plus, nbc s new reporting on how the u.s. will handle thousands of people entering the country she wrote a children s book about grief after her husband died now, the mother of three is accused of poisoning him with fentanyl the new details from a search warrant just in tonight. for the first time, an fda panel endorses over-the-counter birth control pills. when they ll be available. and the new treatment for peanut allergies in the youngest children one step closer tonight. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. a republican congressman who was accused of launching a political career built in part on made up claims about his family and work history was arrested today on federal charges. congressman george santos turned himself in to authorities on long island, new york, this morning, where he has been indicted on 13 criminal counts that includes money laundering, theft of public funds, and false statements to con
too. recently i noticed somewhat of a change, and i expressed it here on fox. i warned that vigilante justice was coming. this isn t anything new from what we ve been experiencing for almost like two years in the country where the crimes have become more brazen. it is very clear that the criminals aren t afraid of law enforcement. as this continues in the country we re going to have vigilante justice and we can t have that in a civilized society. someone has to fill that void and we don t want that to happen but the leaders aren t doing anything about it, the mayors aren t stepping up to the plate, the das aren t stepping up to the plate, the judges aren t stepping up to the plate. on so who s going to do it and that s where vigilante justice comes into play. 80s that to brag or be right. i genuinely wanted to be wrong about this issue. but this is just basic science. when government creates this kind of void, someone or some idea will fill it. the most recent example is th
his green energy policies are endangers our national security and increasing america s reliance on china for critical raw materials. and still biden is forging ahead on a radical proposal to crack down on gas powered cars with insane new environmental regulations. meanwhile, a new report from nbc news found that china did in fact gather sensitive intelligence from the spy balloon that it piloted over nuclear sites and military installations in the continental united states. china was able to control the balloon to make multiple passes over some of the sites at times flying figure eight formations and transmit the information it collected back to beijing in real time. of course it did. keep in mind, biden refused to shoot down the balloon for more than a week when it was not over the continental united states. in the middle east, after two years of placating iran, four separate a tax from iranian backed militants killed a u.s. contractor and left many with severe brain injurie