Countdown is on. We are now just a few hours from what is the most anticipated events of the Democratic National Convention. Vice president Kamala Harris not only delivering what is arguably the biggest speech of her life, but she will also make history when she becomes the first black anD First asian american woman to accept a major Partys Nomination for President Of The United States. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. This is Special Edition of the Situation Room. Were live here in chicago im Wolf Blitzer, and im Erin Burnett and wolf, we are learning some new details about harris is crucial Speech Tonight Source telling us it is done. Although she is still perfecting her delivery and met her main Goal Tonight is to they say, let the american people know she will fight for them every okay, thats whAt They want People To take away from this. And they said iT Will be three major themes in the Speech Tonight. Shes going to tell her personal story, wo
also tonight, a trump court victory keeping him on michigan s primary ballot. we have breaking news on a similar case, a trump defeat in colorado. later, the remarkable story of how to maine s fishing day ended with him saving another man s life. a man trapped and lost to the world for nearly a week inside a wrecked truck with deadly weather closing in. good afternoon everyone, john berman here in for anderson. what christmas break? that s what that republican presidential candidates must be asking. tonight there is virtually no time left before the first contest. and happening now, live pictures of former south carolina governor nikki haley. she s in the middle of an event and new hampshire. she s armed with the governor s endorsement there, a fresh infusion of cash, and possibly she hopes, at least, one of the most precious commodities and politics. momentum. now it is a relative term with donald trump lumen over everything. but momentum nonetheless. especially with the ne
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to know. more than 30 dead in buffalo. anger and frustration and now questions mounting about the response. were residents adequately warned about this monster storm? the national guard going door-to-door and more than 400 pieces of snow equipment on the ground to reopen streets. calls for prayer around the world for the former pontiff. pope francis saying his predecessor s health has taken a turn for the worse. one nation overdosed. the break glass tool that high schools are turning to do stop fentanyl overdoses in their hallways. and the incredible come back. a varsity athlete attacked by a shark. how she recovered to swim her way to a state title. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester on a very busy night. we are tracking two developing stories right now. one of the worst airline meltdowns in recent memory and for southwest it is far from over. the airline canceling more than 2,500 or 62% of it
america s commitment to allies in the region of course after months of focus on ukraine and russia s invasion there. the president s first stop is south korea, where he underscored the importance of this region and this moment. listen. so much, so much of the future of the world is going to be written here in the endopacific over the next several decades. we re standing at an inflection point in history where the decisions we make today will have far reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. the issues the president is facing and tackle anything asia are serious ones. impactful ones, including a looming threat of a possible missile test coming from north korea while biden is overseas. and problems elsewhere, being flown to the president right now for his signature is the bill that congress just approved to give $40 billion of additional aid to ukraine. and that s just to name one of many. let s start in seoul, south korea. jeremy diamond is there. j