stunning video deposition and what both sides said today. alex murdaugh s admission he lied about the death of his long-time housekeeper. what s next in the case and why millions of dollars are at stake. as the summer travel season kicks off, could a new rule make airlines pay you when it s their fault that flights are canceled or delayed? when you could start seeing that cash and after this winter s massive storms, the runoff unearthed a glittering prospect in the mountains. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and thank you for joining us the news that came out of texas over the weekend was almost too much to take, especially after a series of grim headlines of mass violence that have rocked the country recently we don t know what caused a driver to plow his suv into a crowd of migrants waiting at a bus stop in brownsville on sunday, killing eight, but tonight he has been charged with eight counts of manslaughter the suspect describe
unsealed and what will happen when mr. trump arrives in a new york city courtroom. just released, the names of the nine soldiers killed in the nightmare training crash of those two army black hawk helicopters. our inside look at a remarkable new treatment helping people regain their sense of smell and taste lost for years due to long covid. and the cinderella teams making it all the way to the final four announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening as we come on the air tonight, we are tracking those violent and damaging storms on the move in the south central part of the country right now including early concerns of mass casualties and tornado destruction in the little rock area the mayor there asking for the national guard to assist. tonight, severe weather alerts including tornado watches are in effect in several southern and midwest states larger cities potentially in the path tonight include memphis, st. louis, and des moines earlier the
just hours after the release of the body cam footage of paul pelosi s attack, his alleged assailant now speaking out in a jailhouse phone call his chilling message back on the trail. president trump campaigning in two early vote states today. why these campaign stops are so different than his previous ones. and high tech at high altitude the new way the air force is training pilots. our reporter takes off for the new frontier of digital dog fights. this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening it is another day of protests in cities across the country in the wake of the police beating and death of tyre nichols, a black man stopped for an alleged traffic violation in memphis the demonstrations are overwhelmingly peaceful, but that does not betray the anger so many are feeling after watching the videos released overnight of five police officers attacking nichols all five are now charged with murder tonight we re going to begin with the videos taken fr
statements about this case as it proceeds except to, again, thank people and inform them of the progress reporter: depape s public defender did return our request for comment but has previously said he believes his client cannot get a fair trial with the release of the body cam video. jose dana griffin in los angeles, thank you. still ahead, top gun goes high tech. we re on board with a bold new training mission designed to keep air force pilots safe
progress reporter: but in the south and west, where omicron hit later, a different story entirely one of cases surging, setting new records and overrunning hospitals. but dr. anthony fauci says he s hopeful the country will soon see a turnaround possibly by mid february we don t want to get overconfident, but it looks like it s going in the right direction. reporter: there s a big caveat fauci predicting more pain and suffering in areas where fewer people are vaccinated and boosted. and josh joins us now from the national mall josh, was this protest against the vaccine itself or targeted more at the mandates reporter: well, they say it s about the mandates, but the speeches today were filled with misinformation about vaccine risks. we asked rally goers whether they, themselves, were vaccinated all but one of them told us they weren t kate josh, thank you believe it or not, tomorrow is the start of tax season, the first day you can file with the irs but there are warnings