north korea now. flash flood emergency in kentucky after almost a foot of record-setting rain. a tornado rips through north carolina doing major damage to a pfizer facility. and passengers on stretchers taken off a las vegas plane with no working a.c. as a brutal heat wave sets more records across the planet the two irs whistle-blowers telling congress why they think hunter biden got preferential treatment in a criminal investigation. democrats pushing back and the unlikely blockbuster double feature that s become the summer s hottest ticket announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. we begin tonight with what we have learned about the very serious categories of crime special counsel jack smith is focusing on against former president donald trump that are spelled out in that target letter mr. trump says he received from the government over the weekend. a grand jury is investigating the lengths prosecutors say the ex-preside
37 felony counts related to charges that he stole and kept classified documents in his mar-a-lago club. the chaotic movements around his motorcade, and hundreds of his followers outside court. meanwhile, inside, trump faced a judge for the second time this year. our reporter inside the courtroom. afterwards, the former president defiant and lashing out at the indictment. plus, the next legal moves and the political fallout as his primary opponents try to decide what to do next. the encouraging news about the price you pay, with inflation rising at the slowest rate in two years. will it be enough for the fed to ease up on raising interest rates? the special operation gone wrong. a helicopter crash injures almost two dozen u.s. service members in syria. new details on what happened. 18 million people under threat of severe weather tonight in much of the south. homeowners priced out here in florida and beyond, not by soaring home prices, but by skyrocketing insurance
ukraine in mourning, details on the extent of the destruction following the largest air assault by russia so far and how president biden is responding when it comes to additional aid. former president trump trying to keep his name from being removed from yet another state s primary election. plus cities prepare to ring in the new year with massive crowds and tightened security. live from atlanta, this is cnn news r room room. a day of mourning after the largest russian attack on the country since the war began. odesa, a christmas tree standing in a courtyard damaged in the strikes. the tree was praised as a victory of light over darkness. kyiv says russian drones and missiles pummeled cities killing at least 31 and wounding more than 150 others. and we re hearing from russia that it shot down more than 30 drones that came from ukraine overnight. uavs went down in four separate russia regions including moscow. president zelenskyy called them terrorist strikes and vowi
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