this comes 24 hours after militants fired off 18 drones and three missiles toward ships in the red sea, their largest attack yet. american and british forces shooting them down. at this hour, the new signals tonight that significant military action could be coming. the white house tonight saying the u.s. will, quote, counter and defeat these mounting attacks from the iranian-backed houthi rebels. mary bruce standing by live with what she s learning right now. in new york city, donald trump lashing out during closing arguments in the 37 $0 million civil fraud trial against him. trump blasting the judge in court. the judge telling the defense, control your client. what comes next now? aaron katersky outside the courthouse. in the northeast, rivers dangerously high, with this new storm now set to sweep across the country, and right into the northeast. the tornado threat right now in the south. how much snow will chicago get? and the east set to get hit again as it barrels ri
jewish worshippers have been gathering at the western wall for passover prayers this morning. it usually draws tens of thousands of worshippers, with crowds spilling out from the wall s plaza into the surrounding areas. there is a heavy security presence today and officials are concerned there could be violence. just a short distance away hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside al aqsa mosque injerusalem. these are the latest images from the mosque. police said they were bracing for violence, but so far it has been calm. jordan, which manages the religious complex, has warned of catastrophic consequences if police storm the mosque. i m joined now by the bbc s middle east correspondent, yolande knell. yolande knell is injerusalem. there are concerns about what is going on in al aqsa mosque. tel is the latest because it was just last week that police stormed the mosque and there were really tense scenes, weren t there? talk us through what is going on. ~ . y
hit. russia s new offensive. intense attacks on ukraine s infrastructure the shocking new estimate of the rising death toll among russian forces terrifying video of a delta plane s wing on fire, the flight forced to make an emergency landing what caused the flames growing outrage after a 14-year-old girl died by suicide after she was bullied and beaten in school why the superintendent is now resigning and the university that took the unprecedented move of suspending its division 1 basketball program. now we re learning why. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening it has happened again. for the third day in a row and fourth time in just nine days the united states has shot down an unidentified, high flying object today it happened over lake huron between michigan and canada. a senior administration official telling nbc news the unmanned object was detected over montana, wisconsin, and michigan at the direction of president biden, it was sh