Historic summit at camp david with the leaders of japan and south korea. On the agenda, confronting threats from china and north korea. Donald trump deciding to skip next weeks first gop president ial debate, and new reporting tonight, when will he surrender on new charges in georgia . Nbc news reports aboard an f16 fighter jet, the u. S. Today approving the shipment of f16s to ukraine, but how long will it take to train ukraines pilots to fly them . And after losing her restaurant in the fires, the top chef still cooking with compassion for maui. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, and welcome. Normally this time of year, people in the south and the east are keeping an eye open for potential hurricane threats. Tonight, however, in a historic weather twist, americans on the west coast are on alert with an eye on Hurricane Hilary as it races northward off the Baja Peninsula Parts of california are under the first Tropical Storm watch ever issued for that st
turkey dropped its year long objection. adding finland and sweden to nato is consequential. i still think that president putin thinks not going to do that. the question now facing nato leaders, should they welcome ukraine next even as russia wages war on that country. also ahead, historic flooding, vermont s capital surrounded by water. take a look at this. there is still danger this flooding could get even worse in the coming hours. and later details of the grand juries being seated today in georgia that could decide whether donald trump will be indicted over 2020 election interference in that state. so a lot to talk about. let s begin with the historic nato summit unfolding across the atlantic. next hour we are expecting a bilateral meeting with president biden and turkish president erdogan there in lithuania. this will be an important one to watch. after turkey dropped its objections allowing sweden to join this alliance. sweden s leader, part of this big group p
the gop senator pushing the immigration compromise says he does frustrated with his fellow republicans intentionally putting out false information. the lead starts right now. that feeling of frustration from senator james langford the conservative oklahoma republican pushing the border deal. mike johnson is just one of many in the gop quick to trash the compromise that at least will try to do something to slow the number of migrants coming into the u.s. we will hear from the house republican and piling on calling the proposed plan capitulation plus senator langford will be here in just minutes. historic rainfall flooding parts of southern california. some cities getting a months worth of rain in one single day. cnn is on the ground and one of the hardest hit areas. the surprising news from buckingham palace this afternoon announcing king charles has cancer. what does the diagnosis mean for the monarchy and how is his prognosis? welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. in
deadly shooting at a jehovah s witness hall in hamburg, germany. authorities are still searching for a motive in the attack that left six people dead before the gunman apparently took his own life. james: republicans barnstorm iowa as the fight for the party s future heats up. we ve got a country to save. we will never ever surrender. and a man in north carolina is facing multiple charges after he allegedly drove a car into wilmington international airport. it s time for the oscars. this is your captain speaking. james: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. i m james brown in for norah. tonight, we take a look at an innovative program taking flight at one major u.s. airline, hoping to tackle the industry s pilot shortage. plus, it s friday, so we go on the road with an army widow who is keeping a long-held promise to her late husband. but first an extremely rare and dangerous flash flood of emergency has bee
deadly shooting at a authorities are still searching for a motive in the attack that left six people dead before the gunman apparently took his own life. james: republicans barnstorming iowa as the fight for the party s future heats up. we ve got a country to save. we will never ever surrender. and a man in north carolina is facing multiple charges after he allegedly drove a car into a wilmington international airport. it s time for the oscars. this is your captain speaking. james: good evening, and thank you for joining us. i m james brown in four norah. tonight, we take a look at an innovative program taking flight at one major u.s. airline. hoping to tackle the industries pilot shortage. plus, it s friday, so we go on the road with an army widow who is keeping a long-held promise to her late husband. but first, president biden has approved a disaster declaration in california as a series of severe storms pounded the state. 17 million res