hosted by billionaire ceo elon musk on twitter. but is this state big enough for two candidates? plus, how florida is about to become center stage for presidential politics. also tonight, the security scare in the shadow of the white house. new details out tonight on the man accused of ramming a rented u-haul truck into security barriers over and over. the 19-year-old suspect making threatening statements. police say before his arrest, a nazi flag seized. the latest in a growing number of threats aimed at governmentnt officialsls. the e clock tickcking away on a possible government default just nine days away from now. insiders indicating there is still a long way to go. we pressed the house speaker. the airlines facing their biggest travel test in years. plus, the fight over what carriers have to pay you if there are problems after the summer chaos one year ago. the fake image seeming to show an explosion near the pentagon, racing around the world and on twitter and
government default just nine days away from now insiders indicating there is still a long way to go. we pressed the house speaker. the airlines facing their biggest travel test in years plus, the fight over what carriers have to pay you if there are problems, after the summer chaos one year ago. the fake image seeming to show an explosion near the pentagon racing around the world and may have briefly spooked the markets. how did it happen, and are we prepared? netflix cracking down on sharing passwords. what you need to know. and a record-breaking pilot teaching kids here in miami to soar. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight live from miami good evening and welcome from florida, where the center of gravity in the race for president is about to undergo a dramatic shift. governor ron desantis expected to declare his candidacy for the republican nomination tomorrow evening but nbc news has learned the long-anticipated announcemen
tonight. we have a dangerous winter storm bearing down on most of the country tonight. we have millions of americans on the move traveling for the christmas holiday and the storms are brutal. they are unleashing frigid temperatures. you have blizzard conditions and very strong powerful winds. the airlines are canceling thousands of flights. tonight as we are waiting for the final report from january 6th committee which is still not here, we have transcripts from star witnesses and like cassidy hutchinson that show she testified that she felt pressured by trump allies not to cooperate with the committee or questions and instead possibly just risk contempt. an incoming republican congressman now saying he will address discrepancies shall we say in his biography as allegations are mounting that he falsified his resume and family background before being elected. let s begin with the powerful winter blast bearing down on most of the country. it is being called a once in a generat
how s that going for you, ron?sm you re down 41 points in your own home state. this is an app where they plot the human that are found on the streets of san francisco. how last night changes the race. it s starting to get me a little nervous because if they go a little bit overboard ,it s a little scary about the tale of two nine year olds we were trying to get my subpoenas of jeffrey epstein s flight logsjeffre. of course, the chairman blocked it all. wiresfrontld democrats coveringr jeffrey epstein. plus, i am not suicidal.icid i am innocenal at. fox news alert. shocking new details in the attempted murder of america s mostls high profile inmate. last friday, derek chauvin was shifted 22 times in the library by another inmate. and now we know who the other inmate was. his name is john ter jack. he s 52 and he s already served 27 years of his 30 year sentence. and with three yearsf left until freedom apparently decided i m going to murder somebody. terse jack is
Over the course of one week, more than 100 flamingos were spotted in the wild across the state of Florida, according to a survey conducted by Audubon Florida. Eighteen of them were counted in the Pine Island area.