the picket lines, bringing hollywood to a halt. the impact on your favorite shows, as the 11th hour gets underway, on this tuesday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle, live from los angeles. we begin this evening with breaking news and texas. the man accused of killing five of his neighbors, execution style, has been captured. the alleged gunman, arrested in the city in texas after a four-day manhunt. he is accused of killing his neighbors, including a nine-year-old child, after one of them asked the man to stop firing his rifle because a baby was trying to sleep. he was caught hiding in a closet, underneath some laundry. we received a tip at 5:15 pm, and the arrest was made at 6:30 pm. we are also following the growing scrutiny around our supreme court. the senate judiciary committee had a hearing today on reforming the courts ethics, and code of conduct, after multiple damning reports. propublica found justice clarence thomas did not disclose ultra
my heart is with this 8-year-old little boy. i don t care if he was here legally. i don t care if he was here illegally. he was in my county. five people died in my county, and that is where my heart is. yet another gun rampage. this time in texas. governor greg abbott, who has done much to boost the nra culture of guns before kids in that state, wasted no time reducing the murder victims, including a 9-year-old child, to, quote, illegal immigrants. also tonight, e. jean carroll was back on the witness stand today, facing cross-examination about her allegation that donald trump raped her. where was trump? well, he was 3,000 miles away in scotland, digesting the news the judge had rejected his motion for a mistrial. and roy wood jr. is here to talk about his best zingers against clarence thomas, tucker carlson, and the president himself at this weekend s white house correspondents dinner. we begin tonight with america s gun crisis on full display once again with unim
city hall. jamming with none other than rocker john fogerty. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening from los angeles, where picket lines went up today in front of major film studios the people who write the plots that enthrall and entertain millions of american tv and film watchers sidelined tonight by a writers strike 11,000 writers off the job after talks with producers reached an impasse overnight. at the root of the dispute, some of the very things that have transformed how all of us watch our favorite shows. think streaming and the impact of emergiging technonology thinink virtual l reality. tonighght the writiters and d productionon cocompanies, i including our parentnt company nbcuniveversal appeaear to be farar apart, virtually y guaranteeieing rereruns will l be coming g to screens as productions grind to a halt for some shows, the impact will be felt immediately. miguel almaguer has the latest what do we want a fair contract re
tonight on the reidout last month, we learned about a justice who for years has accepted lavish trips and real estate purchases worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. from a billionaire with interests before the court. that justice failed to disclose these gifts. how low can the court go? how low indeed. the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on the mounting scandals involving supreme court justices. committee member sheldon whitehouse joins me in a moment. also tonight, it felt like trump had 40 zillion hands. that was testimony today from jessica leads, who claims she was molested by donald trump on a flight. she joins me tonight. plus, some of your favorite tv shows are going dark as hollywood writers go on strike. tonight, a look at the important issues that led to the walkout. and we begin tonight with the united states supreme court. the nine individuals with lifetime appointments highest law giving body in the nation, who have the power to determ
pushing a radical program. the floodgates opened in 2020 when they came up with a bright idea to defund the police. they wanted us to believe take resources away from hot police would make us safer. major cities that embraced the idea found themselves in crime. and no city saw so much of a change in life than portland, oregon. portland jumped to the defunds the police movement in 2020. the council cut its budget by $15 million. in 2020 homicides increased 83% in portland. that trend continues in 2021 and 2022. the city tried to combat growing crime by refunding the police in late 2021. but the force is struggling to bring back officers. portland has become a prime example of how quickly a city can fall into anarchy when there is a break down in the rule of law. burning down buildings, squatters. violence in the streets. last year there was k at the pry crime, it s not much better. they hapull up and break into the front door and try to drag off the atm machine. some 2,500 s