taking the stand, defending herself against allegations of misconduct, saying, you think i m on trial, these people are on trial, referring to trump and his alleged co-conspirators. and what happens to this case if she s disqualified. steve osunsami live in georgia. also breaking tonight, the blockbuster headline late today. the special counsel in the hunter biden case now charging a confidential fbi source, accusing him of lying about hunter biden and his father, and their role in ukraine business. pierre thomas standing by with what this all means tonight. the criminal case that is moving forward tonight in new york city. a judge telling donald trump today the trial will begin in weeks over the alleged payment to stormy daniels to silence her to keep it from the voters. aaron katersky with what the judge told trump today in court. that horrific, deadly shooting at the super bowl celebration, and what we ve now learned tonight. the motive, what started this. 22 people
saluting the class of 2022 from the president to the fonz. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight, a dangerous tropical threat taking aim at florida, parts of the southern coast getting pounded by heavy rains. the tropical cyclone with warnings issued for a large part of the state, including south florida and the keys also on alert, parts of the bahamas and cuba where at leas one person already died dangerous rains expected to continue overnight, causing torrential downpours and possible tornadoes. just this week the national weather service predicting an above average hurricane season we start tonight with meteorologist bill karins tracking this dangerous storm. bill, what are you seeing reporter: tom, i m very concerned with heavy rainfall overwhelming flood control systems in south florida. they re thinking the possibility for water into homes, evacuations and rescues in the next 24 hours. let me give
everything. my whole adult life on everything in politics i would not just say that liz cheney and i were on different proverbial teams, i would say we were from different proverbial planets, and they are planets most at war with each other. she s a politician. i am not a politician. but i am definitely a liberal. she is definitely a hard core conservative. and i disagree with liz cheney on like everything you can think of, on the environment, on abortion rights, profoundly. i think she s not just wrong on abortion. she s capital w wrong on abortion in a big way. i disagree with her on voting rights and on the iraq war and on the afghanistan war and our relationship or lack thereof of iran and terrorism and guns and like mining on intellectual property and the rules of the house of representatives. honestly, i once even got mad about liz cheney about fishing. even on fishing i got mad at her about something. we are opposites. and it is not like a casual thing either. here, fo
have the emotional reunions as 24 hostages, including 13 israelis, ten thai nationals, and one filipino, have been released as part of a temporary truce between hamas and israel. and more hostages could be set free at any moment. we re going to take a closer look at who s been released, and at the 49 palestinians that were also released as part of the steel. holding out hope. i ll talk to a man waiting to find out if his cousin and his cousins wife will be among the next group of hostages released by hamas. why he wants his loved ones to know this morning. and later, no holiday for donald trump s legal woes. the doj s thanksgiving day court filing spelling out just how dangerous trump s rhetoric can be, and why it s critical a gag order remain in place for the twice impeached, quadruple indicted, wonder of ex president. all of that and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you all, i m katie phang. we begin today s coverage with the shaky and temporary truce betwe
40-mile-an-hour wind pounding florida the storm already turning deadly the new track moments away. also tonight, stunni new details in the uvalde school shooting a lawmaker saying the school s police chief who oversaw the response did not have a police radio as the rampage unfolded it comes as more victims, including two 10-year-old cousins are laid to rest. former trump white house trade adviser pete navarro indicted for contempt of congress after he refused to cooperate with the january 6th committee. navarro saying the fbi arrested him as he was about to board a plane putting him in handcuffs and leg shackles the escaped inmate suspected of killing four children and their grandfather while on the run how police took him down. the queen now set to miss a second platinum jubilee event after skipping a church service today all eyes on harry and meghan, their first public appearance at the festivities. how some greeted them in the crowd. and our annual tradition is back