A key piece of smiths case, the Pressure Trump put on his Vice President , mike pence, including a call on Christmas Day asking mr. Pence not to certify the results. Mr. Trump allegedly telling pence, quote, youre too honest. How pence reacted today. Our team in washington and our legal analysts standing by. Also tonight, the scare on capitol hill. Staffers running out of the Senate Office building after reports of an active shooter. Police later giving the allclear. What happened . The gunman who killed 11 people at a pittsburgh synagogue sentenced to death for the worst antisemitic attack in u. S. History. The disturbing images, a cinder block cell in an oregon home. The fbi says a kidnapped woman was kept inside but made a dramatic escape. Tonight the plea to the public for help. Are there more victims . And visitors flocking to a zoo in china after this video exploded on social media. Is that a bear or a human in disguise . Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good
here are tonight s headlines. the once a day oral contraceptive will be available with no prescription or age restrictions. officials have not yet provided a price or timeline. the secret service has now closed its investigation into cocaine found at the white house. officials were not able to identify a suspect in the inquiry. norah: extreme weather from coast-to-coast. the area around chicago is cleaning up from a series of tornadoes that left a trail of damage. >another near o hare and international airport forced hundreds of people there to take shelter. there is no end in sight to a dangerous heat wave. at your own risk. norah: beachgoers at the northeast warned to stay out of the water due to high level of bacteria. with the changing climate we are going to continue to see these types of closures. the union representing 160,000 hollywood actors announced they will be going on strike at midnight. if we don t stand tall right now,
the once-a-day oral contraceptive will be available with no prescription or age restrictions. officials have not yet provided a price or timeline. the secret service has now closed its investigation into white house. officials were not able to identify a suspect in the inquiry. norah: extreme weather from coast-to-coast. the area around chicago is cleaning up from a series of tornadoes that left a trail of damage. another near o hare international airport forced hundreds of people there to take shelter. there is no end in sight to a dangerous heat wave. please swim at your own risk. norah: beachgoers across the northeast warned to stay out of the water due to high levels of bacteria. with the changing climate, we are going to continue to see these types of closures. the union representing 160,000 hollywood actors announced they will be going on strike at midnight. if we don t stand tall right now, we are all going to be in trouble.
new hampshire is first in the nation, not the last. this race is far from over. this is a great, great state. we won new hampshire three times now, three. we win it every time. bill: big night last night. donald trump has taken the granite state securing his second victory for his return to the white house. nikki haley says she isn t going anywhere. biden s border crisis drove a majority of people to the polls here in the granite state as we say hello. the morning after. bill hemmer back live in bedford at the beautiful place we call i like to call it bedford falls. i know i know it s bedford village. dana: it is a wonderful life in new hampshire. a beautiful snowstorm overnight but won t dampen anyone s spirits. let s get to the news. two for two for the former president after his big win in iowa last week. fueling the victory in new hampshire is the border crisis. voters in the granite state putting it at the top of the short list of concern. the issue is a main
pete: this morning a terrifying warning out of collier county, florida, 911 services are down as search and rescue efforts continue across the state. no word yet on when they ll be back online. so far 30 people confirmed dead. 27 in florida and more than 1 million people in florida still without power. rachel: ian making its third and final landfall in south carolina yesterday battering the east as a hurricane before surging inland as a post-tropical cyclone. several piers including this one on pawley s island collapsing into the water due to storm surge. will: we have team coverage with the latest and chief meteorologist mcreichmuth standing by but we have alexandria hoff in florida. good morning. we re at a distribution site that opened up at 7:00 and a line of cars waiting on it at that point and ice and water being given out here by members of the national guard and food and some basic necessities and on the other side of this site, there s heavy machinery that s been a