where the system is headed next bringing heavy rain with it. and the child lost in the shuffle, flying alone and sent to the wrong city. what the airline is saying tonight. deep inside hamas tunnels. new video from underground as israel s military says that s where they found the bodies of five hostages. the latest on the long shot effort to restart negotiations with reports of dozens killed in a new refugee camp strike overnight as new warning signs the conflict could expand. a tanker struck by iran an ocean away plus, the post-message of peace and richard engel s rare access in bethlehem, a silent night in the holy land covid, rsv, and flu on the rise the sharp increase of cases just as families get together for the holidays and our visit to the tiny town where the iconic dolls are still being born 40 years after the nationwide frenzy. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening i m garret haake in for kate a near record number of americ
battlefield. now after a year of war, their powerful tributes announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank you for joining us tonight alex murdaugh s sometimes failing memory, glaring contradictions and courtroom admission that he had lied to police were all fertile ground for prosecutors today as the accused double murderer spent another day testifying in his own defense. at moments displaying flashes of anger murdaugh on trial for the murders of his wife and 22-year-old son facing more cross-examination today. the prosecution digging into the heart of its case against him. the time line of his actions around the time of the murders. confronting the former attorney with cell phone records, his own words from his initial interview with police, even the number of steps recorded by his smartphone leaving murdaugh at times struggling to provide full explanations. catie beck is covering the trial for us in walterboro, south carolina. when
and, the oscars gets its first best actress , from an asian background. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 4pm in san diego in the united states where a trilateral gathering of some of the world s key democracies has been taking place. president biden, uk prime minister rishi sunak and the australian prime minister, anthony albanese, have met in california to confirm the aukus security agreement. under the pact, australia will receive nuclear powered submarines from the us and the uk. the deal is aimed at countering what the three nations see as china s threat in the indo pacific region all three leaders spoke at the meeting in san diego. we are showing again how democracies can deliver our own security and prosperity and notjust can deliver our own security and prosperity and not just for us can deliver our own security and prosperity and notjust for us but for the entire world. today, we are announcing the steps to carry out projects under office in developing
ukraine ukraine s door step. he said ukraine is unvowed one year after russian president vladimir putin sent tanks and troops rolling across the border in a war that is still raging. one year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. well, i just came from a visit to kyiv, and i can report kyiv stands strong. kyiv stands proud. it stands tall. and most important, it stands industry. two extraordinary scenes today of two very different leaders. president biden spoke just hours after his russian counterpart delivered his own address in moscow. during his peach, president putin blamed the u.s. for the war. he also announced he s suspended russia s participation in the new s.t.a.r.t. arms control treaty. cnn white house correspondent phil mattingly is in warsaw, poland. phil, president biden said the russian invasion was beyond ukraine. it tested freedoms and democracies everywhere. and says if there s one wore that stops these autocracies, that word is no. reporter:
hospital. and tonight, a separate flight forced to divert because of a fire in the cabin. gio benitez on both flights. tonight, the suspect accused of attempting to place an explosive device onboard that plane in pennsylvania, in court. and tonight here, the first image of that device, hidden, they say, in the lining of his luggage. trevor ault is there. the idaho college murders, and tonight, what s now been discovered in the family home of the suspect. pierre thomas with late reporting. the war in ukraine, and the first meeting between secretary of state antony blinken and hid russian counterpart, sergei love love, since this war began. james longman in ukraine tonight, as we now learn what was said. the news back here at home on george santos tonight. the new york congressman who admitted to lying, making up much of his life story. what they re now doing in congress as he comes under the microscope. jon karl is here. the remarkable discovery. what s been found in