building as ceasefire talks may be resuming. s israeli officials said to be meeting in norway today to discuss another a pause in the war with the release of more hostages a day after israel admitted it mistakenly killed 3 israeli hostages several days after learning israelis are not taking too kindly to the strong arming they re getting from the white house. prime minister benjamin netanyahu s spokesperson is here. then, from the legal battles that could drag presidential hopefuls down to stocks and the economy that have the white house saying things are looking up. voters considering both as key endorsements are coming in fast and furious. we ve got new hampshire governor chris sununu on why he s all in on nikki haley and teamster union boss sean o brien on why he is open to backing a republican. he s here. and if to arizona where a democratic governor is sending the national guard to the border. and to the east coast where a pre-christmas storm and it could be a doozy
challengers if not his biggest challenger former president donald trump is playing to undercut the campaign launch. speaking of trump, the special counsel investigating the former president is about to get some crucial documents from the national archives today. they could end up potentially being key evidence in his probe. and the man accused of ramming the barricades near the white house and threatening to kill the president will appear in court. new details about what the suspect said after the crash. also guam getting slammed by one of the most devastating storms we have seen there in decades. today marks one year since that mass shooting in uvalde that left 19 elementary school children and two teachers dead. president biden is planning to address the anniversary calling for an end to the gun violence epidemic happening in america. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. today florida governor ron desantis will officially launch his presidential race. we
next in this. china has decided to try to impose s will on the world. our economic security is connected to china whether we like it or not. imagine a missive flying so fast that you can t pick it up on radar. we ve seen behavior by the ccp, purchase of agricultural lands, strategic lands around military bases. china is the most challenging national security threat that the u.s. has faced in 30 years. martha: with that, we bring in general jack keane, fox news strategic analyst. good to have you with us. some strong voices from capitol hill about the threat that we face from china. do you expect that strength to be matched in the way that we talked about china in the president s speech tonight? i hope so. i mean, the president in his national security strategy and national defense china has identify them as a major threat in the future and now. he has to share with the american people, what are we doing about this. do we have any vulnerabilities. that s not to g
charges he faces. the new storm threat taking aim at california with an untold number of residents still trapped by record snow. we re tracking it. the crash that killed a norfolk southern conductor, the company s third accident in ohio in just over a month after those two derailments. and the special investigation, the ntsb announced today into the company. my report tonight on how a letter from a prisoner led to a 20-year-plus search for the truth is now the subject of a hit nbc news podcast. and the bluegrass star and the obstacles he overcame to become one of the best fiddlers in the world. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for joining us. a violent kidnap drama that targeted a traveling group of four americans in matamoros, mexico, is over, sadly with word two of them were killed. the others recovered alive in what may have been a case of mistaken identity in an increasingly lawless area near the texas bord
brutal beating what the story tells us about policing and crime in america. nichols never should have died. for those of us who are rightly concerned about what we may call government overreach it is the worst kind taking life without any care of due process and man who did it we cannot even call them police officers insult the hundreds of thousands of brave officers who put their lives on the line to protect every day we saw and is visited videos is murderous thugs and savages. that these events bring the same toxic debate all police are demonized because some abuse their power as a result america s police are undermined. the conversation about the cops. and of course this is a tragedy and they should be prosecuted but if we don t have some level realize it s not white cop or black cop but a cop who is under stress and underpaid a cup semi district they are only paid $14 an hour. steve: exactly on top of all of that defined the police and every police department and office