Ainsley it is 6 00 a. M. Here on the East Coast. It is thursday, cents 26th. And this is Fox Friends. We start with our exclusive interview with melania. Trump she opened up to us in our first interview in more than two years talking about everything from politics to family. And recounting that terrifying moment she found out about the first Assassination Attempt on her husband. I tv and i rewind it. I watched it. I was only a few minutes behind seen him on the floor. And you dont know you dont know what really happened. Steve wow. Great. Cant wait for that and Kamala Harris breaking down her economic policy proposals kind of. But, once again, there was a word that stuck out. And looking holistically. And looking holistically at the incentive to actually engage in planning in holistic manner. Brian i dont know. Plus, new York City mayor Eric Adams indicted in historic federal probe. What he actually what he says is actually behind the investigation is worth investigating. Steve its hol
Across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. Well see you at the end of tomorrow. Tomorrow thank you all for joining us at this hour. We have breaking news tonight, as i just mentioned. If your calendar was marked for this coming monday, when President Trump was set to hold a Press Conference that he promised would exonerate him from the allegations laid out in that Fulton County indictment, if that was a date that was reserved on your eye calla, well im sorry to inform you, that it has been called off. Trump says tonight that his legal team is instead putting all of the overwhelming evidence informal legal filings. He adds, therefore, the News Conference is no longer necessary. That news comes right after trumps legal team and another case finally gave its answer as to when they believe the former president should go to trial. Trumps team is arguing tonight that the federal 2020 election case brought by special counsel jack smith should go to trial in April Of 2026. Th
Chance to get around, i dont know if you guys have, but theres a major data in the amount of paper theyre dealing with. Oh, its coming up. We got a full screen to that. I hadnt intuition that would be there. Thats a tease. Look at that. Come on, when you see stocks of paper compared to National Monuments you know were going to full screen that. You at home are going to get you to that in this a few seconds. Thank you my friend. You bet. Thank you all for joining us this hour. We have breaking news tonight, as i just mentioned, if your calendar was marked for this coming monday when President Trump was set to hold his conference if he would promise would exonerate him from the allegations laid out in that Fulton County indictments, if that was a date that was reserved on your eye kyle, im sorry to inform you that it has been called off. Trump says tonight that his legal team is instead putting all of the overwhelming evidence in formal legal filings. He adds, therefore, the News Confere
Interference case. How damaging is it for the former president and the new drama in the new york fraud case the social media post that just cost donald trump 5,000 the urgent manhunt after a maryland judge is shot dead at his home the Armed And Dangerous suspect. Was he angry with the judge over his divorce . And the voices of war. The people weve met whose lots are forever changed. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt and good evening im tom llamas in for lester. We begin with the dramatic and positive development in the israel hamas war the release of two american hostages, a mother and her daughter, held by hamas in gaza. Judith and natali raanan, these are the first hostages to be freed among 200 or more captured during that hamas Terrorist Attack on israel almost two weeks ago moments ago, President Biden speaking to those two american women telling them, the government will fully support them as they recover they happen to be Family Members of our longtime Foreign
He saw that first image of them finally freed and what about the more than 200 other hostages hamas still holds . All this as israeli strikes hammer gaza. A church sheltering civilians badly damaged. Lines of trucks carrying aid for gaza stranded at the egypt border. What is Still Holding them up . Also, the house gop dropping jim jordan as their Speaker Nominee after he loses a third vote. The chaos and the new candidates jumping in. The surprise in court, a former lawyer for the Trump Campaign Pleading Guilty in that Georgia Election interference case. How damaging is it for the former president . And the new drama in the new york fraud case. The social media post that just cost donald trump 5,000. The urgent manhunt after a maryland judge is shot dead at his home. The Armed And Dangerous suspect. Was he angry with the judge over his divorce . And the voices of war. The people weve met whose lots are forever changed. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. And good eveni