here is richard engel with spy games. >> a former russian agent poisoned. a multimillionaire found dead in his bathroom. investigative reporter executed in front of her home. their lives have been interconnected but what about their deaths? random acts or some suspect part of an international murder conspiracy that stretches across two continents and several world capitals. we will investigate who wanted them dead and why. the case will take us from moscow to rome to london into a world of spies and spy catchers, corruption of those who dare to expose it. a world in which murder happens often. >> was there a hit list? >> i'm sure there was. >> our story begins closer to home. on a late winter evening paul joyal was driving to his house just outside of washington, d.c. it was quiet and dark >> i got in my car, two men waiting in the bushes, they jumped me and one man i fought with. we ended up on the ground in a tussle in this one man said to someone else i did not see, shoot him. so, i covered my heart, i turn to the side and a shot went through me. one sho

richard engel is there for us tonight. >> reporter: ukraine says two russian missiles hit a military academy and a nearby hospital in the ukrainian city of poltava. killing dozens. what can you tell us what happened? >> translator: that's another tragedy in ukraine. the missile strike, the missile flew some three minutes, and people didn't have time to go to shelter. >> reporter: but was it a revenge attack? the strike was just over the border from the kursk region in russia, which ukraine occupied last month. in his first interview since his surprise incursion, ukraine's president zelenskyy today told nbc news invading russia was a preemptive strike to stop russia from taking more of ukraine. >> translator: we did have understanding from our intelligence that russia was planning to set up a buffer zone. we had to make the military operation so that the buffer zone was made not by them, but by us. >> reporter: now you have captured this territory in russia. so the big question is what do you plan to do with it? >> we don't need the russian territory. our operation is aimed to restore

. >>> our richard engel on the ground in war-torn gaza. the new images revealing the scope of the destruction. >>> justin timberlake pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of his dwi arrest. the pop star's warning outside court about drinking and driving. >>> the frightening moment on the nfl field. the miami dolphins quarterback suffering another concussion. the questions tonight about his future in the game. >>> and the mini masterpieces so small, well, they can only be viewed by microscope. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and welcome. aerospace giant boeing already experiencing one of the most turbulent periods in its history is tonight facing a potentially crippling strike. more than 30,000 workers in the pacific northwest walked off the job overnight, a move expected to sideline production of several aircraft models at a time the company is struggling to recover from high-profile accidents, lawsuits, and investigations. while there is no immediate impact on consumers, a prolonged strike could di

richard engel is in beirut. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell nbc news tonight that israeli troops appear to have crossed the border into lebanon to attack hezbollah. israeli officials say the goal is to deliver a knockout blow to what has long been considered the most fearsome, best-armed militia in the middle east. asked if he was aware -- >> i'm more aware than you might know, and i'm comfortable with them stopping. we should have a cease-fire now. >> reporter: a u.s. official tells nbc news israel informed the united states ahead of time, describing the operations as brief, days not weeks, with a limited geographic reach. the official said israel had planned a broader campaign but the u.s. pushed to scale it back. tonight, american officials worry that over time the mission could expand. hezbollah claims to have 100,000 fighters. independent analysts, however, estimate the real number is about half of that. still, a sizable dedicated force fighting on its home turf. this is the dead center of beirut. it's called martyrs square

and what president zelenskyy is telling our richard engel in an exclusive interview about his bold operation inside russian territory and his plan for victory. >>> the high level political aide charged with being a secret agent for china. what she and her husband are accused of doing in exchange for millions of dollars. >>> nfl standout ricky pearsall back in the weight room days after being shot in san francisco. his teammates' reaction, and why a hero police officer told him, quote, it's not your time, as he held on. >>> plus, millions using medicaid over paperwork, red tape, and bureaucratic mistakes, including children. why is it happening? and what can be done to stop it? we ask a top governor for answers. now there >>> and ezra frech shocked the world as he came from behind to win the 100 meters at the paralympics. now, there's good news tonight in his next quest for gold. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. it is great to be back with you. >>> we begin tonight in israel. a population rapidly approaching its wit's end. tonight, thousands of isra

richard engel on the ground for us. >>> prime minister netanyahu under pressure for a cease-fire. his defiant message today to the u.n. >>> the hacking attack on the trump campaign linked to iran. who the u.s. has now charged. >>> new york mayor eric adams pleading not guilty to federal corruption charges. the mounting calls for him to step down. >>> the beloved two-time oscar winner and star from "harry potter" and "downton abbey," remembering maggie smith. >>> and live from new york, "snl's" new season kicking off this weekend celebrating 50 years of laughs. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and welcome. the impact of hurricane helene has been nothing short of devastating. its wide footprint leaving an indelible and tragic mark across more than a dozen states from florida where it made landfall to the carolinas and beyond. the fast-moving hurricane blamed for at least 42 deaths across the region and fears that number could grow. helene slamming ashore overnight with winds of 140 miles per hour driving a storm surge 15 feet high. the fie

. >> richard engel from beirut, we thank you. >>> back here at home law enforcement sources saying a secret service agent is on leave accused of sexually assaults one of vice president harris' staffers and a scathing new report is out on the first assassination attempt on former president trump. here's ryan nobles. >> reporter: tonight the secret service once again facing scrutiny. two law enforcement officials telling nbc news an agent in vice president harris' detail has been placed on administrative leave for allegedly groping a harris staffer. those sources saying the agent was allegedly intoxicated at the time. the agency says it's investigating. all of it comes on the same day as a scathing senate investigation outlined a long list of errors made by the agency on the day of the attempted assassination of former president trump in july including a secret service countersniper team not alerting trump security detail despite seeing local law enforcement running with guns drawn toward the building where the shooter was. investigators asking, did the thought even cross your mind tha

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richard engel starts off our coverage this morning. >> reporter: israel is expanding its war in lebanon, and the target is hezbollah. the iranian-backed militia has been carrying out attacks against northern israel in solidarity with hamas after october 7. but hezbollah has tens of thousands of rockets, drones and missiles, and israel has begun to take them out in the hundreds. israel saying many weapons are stored inside homes, warning civilians to evacuate. >> i have a message for the people of lebanon. israel's war is not with you. it's with hezbollah. to defend our people against hezbollah strikes, we must take out those weapons. >> reporter: lebanon's health ministry said around 500 people were killed by israeli strikes, including children. nbc's matt bradley is there. >> this hospital is already taking in injuries. they've been waiting for this for the better part of a year. now they're expecting hundreds of trauma cases from all over the country. >> reporter: israel is far better prepared. the director of israel's biggest hospital in haifa showed me how every patient is being mov

joining us now, richard engel, who just spoke with president zelenskyy.d, what more do we know? what did the president tell you? >> so this was a very unique interview. as you said, it was his first interview since ukraine launched the surprise operation last month, captured about a 500-square mile piece of russia. i asked him about today's russian attack, but the larger context of the interview is very important because very little is known about ukraine's intentions, about what it plans to do with that section of russia that it's still holding and how long it can keep it, and whether keeping it will cost ukraine in other areas along the front lines. i can tell you talking to people here in kyiv, there's a great deal of excitement right now that ukraine was able to break the military deadlock, that president zelenskyy and his military were able to flip the script instead of losing, as ukraine has been for the last year, and steadily losing territory to russia, now it's russia on the back foot and russia and vladimir putin were caught scrambling as they a

we will have the latest reporting from richard engel when the 11th hour continues. >>> it has been aamatic developments as israel expands its assault on hezbollah inside lebanon. according to lebanese officials, nearly 500 are dead and nearly 1500 injured. richard engel has more from inside israel. >> reporter: israel is expanding its war in lebanon and the target is hezbollah. the iranian backed militia has been carrying out attacks against northern israel in solidarity with hamas after october 7. hezbollah has tens of thousands of rockets, drones, and missiles and israel has begun to take them out in the hundreds. israel saying many weapons are stored inside homes. warning civilians to evacuate. >> i have a message for the people of lebanon. israel's war is not with you. it is with hezbollah. to defend our people against hezbollah strikes we must take out those weapons. >> reporter: the lebanon health ministry said around 500 people were killed by israeli strikes today including children. nbc's matt bradley is there. >> reporter: this hospital is taking in injuries and waiting for

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richard engel is in beirut. >> reporter: israel now says its strikes into lebanon are preparatory to take out hezbollah fighters and weapons before a possible ground invasion. the chief of staff of the israeli military today told his troops a maneuver is being planned into lebanon where the death toll from air attacks has been rising for days. "you will go in, destroy the enemy there, and decisively destroy their infrastructure," he said. hezbollah leaders are promising to inflict heavy casualties in a ground war and to prove they're undeterred, the iranian-backed militia group for the first time launched a missile at tel aviv. the missile was shot down by israeli defenses. the last time israel invaded lebanon was in 2006. that war crippled lebanon and destroyed its infrastructure. after heavy losses, israel ended the operation. president biden today still hopeful. >> an all-out war is possible, but i think there's also the opportunity is still in play to have a settlement that can fundamentally change the whole region. there needs to be a two-state solution. >> reporter: but his cal

richard engel is in lebanon. >> reporter: hours after israel rejected calls for a u.s. ceasefire, the military was in action in beirut. israel said it killed the head of hezbollah's drone unit in a targeted strike. its leaders are being systematically eliminated. arriving in new york to speak at the u.n., israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said there will be no ceasefire, despite an initiative from president biden and france for a 21-day pause for diplomacy. >> translator: we are continuing to hit hezbollah with full force, and we will not stop until we achieve our goals. first and foremost, he said, returning residents of northern israel safely to their homes. israel wants to push hezbollah away from its border and destroy the militia's rockets, missiles, and drones which hezbollah has launched at israel for nearly a year, including today. to do it, israel is bombing intensely, pounding hezbollah strongholds in southern and eastern lebanon in what is for now an air war, which lebanon says has already killed around 700 people. israel has threatened to invade leba

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richard engel joining us now from israel. richard, this was a day of very dramatic developments. >> reporter: lester, israel has been fighting in gaza for nearly a year, and now this dramatic expansion in lebanon. it is all clearly putting the u.s. on edge. the pentagon sending a small number of reinforcements to the region, quote, out of an abundance of caution. israel is expanding its war in lebanon, and the target is hezbollah. the iranian-backed militia has been carrying out attacks against northern israel in solidarity with hamas after october 7th. but hezbollah has tens of thousands of rockets, drones and missiles and israel has begun to take them out in the hundreds. israel saying many weapons are stored inside homes, warning civilians to evacuate. >> i have a message for the people of lebanon. israel's war is not with you. it's with hezbollah. to defend our people against hezbollah strikes we must take out those weapons. >> reporter: lebanon's health ministry said around 500 people were killed by israeli strikes today

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conceptually we will hold it. >> richard engel joins us now from dnipro, ukraine. great seeing you. that you carry out. what do we know about these latest strikes and then what was it that you got out as a main point from the interview with >> reporter: zelenskyy? >> reporter: so, i'll start with the strike. so, according to the mayor of lviv, this was a strike on residential areas, the historic center in lviv. lviv is a city that is generally considered calm, peaceful, very close to the polish border, quite far away from the front line on an average day life in lviv looks like it might be progressing, not in a war zone. so people go out, they go shopping, they go to school, they go to they go to appointments. they go to the offices. and the city came under attack. a combination of missiles and at least drones. at least seven people killed. and according to the mayor of lviv, four of those people were from the same family, a mother and her three daughters leaving only her husband, the father, as the sole survivor of that so, family. so, an attack, the kind of attack that president z

. >>> our richard engel on the ground in war-torn gaza. the new images revealing the scope of the destruction. >>> justin timberlake pleaded guilty to a lesser charge after his dwi arrest. the pop star's warning outside court about drinking and driving. >>> the frightening moment on the nfl field. the miami dolphins quarterback suffering another concussion. the questions tonight about his future in the game. >>> and the mini masterpieces so small, well, they can only be viewed by microscope well, t. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, and welcome. aerospace giant boeing already experiencing one of the most turbulent periods in its history is tonight facing a potentially crippling strike. more than 30,000 workers in the pacific northwest walked off the job overnight, a move expected to sideline production of several aircraft models at a time the company is struggling to recover from high-profile accidents, lawsuits, and investigations. while there is no immediate impact on consumers, a prolonged stri

we heard from matt bradley and richard engel they want to de- escalate.ts in light of what we have heard but in particular focusing on the internal situation in lebanon. you have a shiite population that has been deeply wounded. it was allied with the roots of hezbollah. now they are angry and willing to do something. how do you keep lebanon itself from imploding along sectarian lines that tore lebanon apart in the civil war? >> irrespective of what just went on and what has been going on with israel the last few weeks, lebanon has been a failed state for quite some time. >> yes. hezbollah has played the double standard. it does not turn to the lebanese people and say, sure we fire into israel and risk war with israel? they operate on their own. the lebanese government was to do something, hezbollah can exercise a veto if it defeats their interest. you think about the fallout inside lebanon, the lebanese presidency has been vacant since november 2022 in large part because hezbollah was exercising the veto over parliament being able to elect a president. i

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richard engel is there. >> reporter: this is the small city in eastern ukraine.ed the surprise incursion into russia and seized russian territory, the idea of that operation or one of the goals of the operation at least was to alleviate pressure out here in the east, because russia would be forced to divert troops to -- you can see some of the evacuations are taking place, there are ambulances in the city, there are evacuation orders in place, the government wants all women and children, elderly, disabled people to be removed from here, because so far the activity on the front line out here in the east is not getting less, the fact that ukraine has managed to take a piece of russia is not alleviating pressure on the front lines, if anything here, it's getting more intense, it seems vladimir putin is not falling for the bait and not taking his troops out of eastern ukraine and sending them to other parts of russia, he's continuing to pound eastern ukraine and this particular small city is considered strategic. because if russian troops are able to take it they'll

i think that the success is very close to surprise. >> that was nbc's richard engel reporting. and there's also some political news out of ukraine this morning. the country's foreign minister, dmytro kuleba, has reportedly tendered his resignation. that's according to the speaker of ukraine's parliament. in his evening address last night president zelenskyy said changes would be made to the government in order to strengthen it. we will pass on more details as we learn them. >>> still ahead here we'll turn to domestic politics and the son of the late republican senator john mccain is now voicing his support for kamala harris. we'll play those new remarks for you. plus long time democratic strategist james carville is outlining three things harris must do in order to defeat trump in november. we'll read from his new piece. nose stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. on sports and weather when we come right back ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,

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so, richard engel, you know, the pentagon is saying today this is new, a small number of additional u.sry personnel are being sent to augment our forces already in the middle east. is the table set for a wider war? >> reporter: i think we're already in a wider war. and we have already been in a wider war for a year. there have been attempts to contain it for the last year israel has been fighting against hamas in gaza. and that war has been devastating. and most of the gaza strip, i was in gaza with the israeli military a couple of weeks ago, most of gaza is now obliterated and unhabitable. i was in rafa, there is nothing left. and so the -- the amount of resistance that israeli troops are facing is also less. so now they are focusing on the north and the goal is obvious. they want to return israeli citizens to this part of the country. once you start a war, and once you start exchanging fire with a group like hezbollah, where does it end? iran has already warned of, quote, dangerous consequences for what it called israel's adventurism into lebanon. if israel invades lebanon it would be

richard engel, there you are in the hot seat. what is israel saying or not saying about a potential ground invasion into lebanon? and the world is criticizing, increasingly criticizing the use of the pager, because it was the use of a new weapon, a weapon of mass destruction, arguably, and they don't know how to deal with that. >> i'll start with the pagers, if i can. actually, military officials, including in the united states, are -- i don't want to say celebrating it, but they were impressed with the israeli operation. they were impressed with its -- with its execution, the fact that they were able to carry it out, smuggle these explosive devices into israel, get them into hezbollah's hands, carry out the operation the way they did. there were some civilian casualties, but considering that many explosives went off, relatively speaking, a very precise operation. there has been criticism on an international human rights level, but when you compare the pager attack to what's happening in gaza, the pager attack was far more precis

here's richard engel. >>> russia launched another major attack against a ukrainian city.eful city closer to poland than the front lines. the missiles and drones struck residential buildings, apartments and private homes in the historic district. children are among the dead, according to ukrainian officials. yesterday u russian missiles destroyed a military academy killing more than 50 people. is it the start of vladimir putin's revenge for ukraine's incursion into russia last month? president zelenskyy sat down with nbc news in his first interview since that surprise move. now you have captured this territory in russia. so the big question is, what do you plan to do with it? >> we don't need the russian territory. our operation is aimed to restore our territorial integrity. we don't need their land. >> reporter: is the plan to take more territory? >> sorry, i can't think about -- sorry, i can't speak about it. it is like the beginning of this course of operation. i didn't communicate anything currently. with all respect, i can't speak about it. i think that the success is

nbc's richard engel is reporting from dnipro, ukraine. what does u.s.marks? >> reporter: it's probably easier for viewers to judge for themselves. if you watch this clip of vladimir putin as he's sitting back, quite comfortable, quite i don't want to say smug, but in a familiar place opining about u.s. politics and his preferences, i think it's quite clear that he's speaking in a tongue in cheek way. he has said in the past that he supported president biden, he wanted president biden to run again, but the consistent u.s. intelligence assessment is that he wants absolutely the opposite, that he wants former president donald trump to return because he does not believe that trump will be at supportive of the ukrainian military sending as much weapons, sending as much arms. you asked, can he be believed? i think people can just watch and assess for themselves. >> to determine. these are elections of u.s. people. i said that if we can name a favorite candidate, it was, it used to be joe biden. but now he's not participating in the election campaign, and here

an intense air war is underway at the moment. >> richard engel, thank you so much.s flown to new york to speak to the u.n. tomorrow. >>> israel said wiping out hezbollah's offensive forces is the only way to enable 65,000 israelis evacuated from their homes after october 7th to finally go home. secretary blinken is meeting here with netanyahu's top advisor to argue that a cease-fire with hezbollah is the best way to get those people back to their homes. on "morning joe" i asked blinken about this. mr. secretary, prime minister netanyahu influenced perhaps by his right wing coalition is doing exactly the opposite. he is saying that the only way to get them back into their homes is to wipe out the hezbollah command and control and eliminate them as a military threat once and for all. he is not listening to you. >> in fact, if you go back to october 7th, one of our primary objectives, of course, making sure israel did what was necessary to make sure that october 7th could never happen again, working to make sure that the men, women and children in gaza who have been ca

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i want to bring in nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel in ukraine, matt bradley in tel aviv, monica alba is covering the white house for us, and rick single served as under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs under president obama, he is also an msnbc political analyst. thanks to all of you for being matt, here. matt, looking at these live pictures from israel, the crowds don't seem to be getting any smaller, but netanyahu isn't backing down. so what now? >> reporter: well, i got to tell you, the crowds do look a little smaller from when i was there two nights ago when i was standing on the bridge, you saw the images, they stretched as far as the eye could see on either side. but as you said, they are still substantial and the question is, are they going to be keeping up the momentum because it sounds like they're going to be planning these kinds of protests every single night this week. so the question for the protesters is are their loud angry voices being heard in the halls of power by the likes of benjamin netanyahu and his right wing cabinet, the

i want to bring in nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel who's joining us from lebanon. also with us, former u.s. under secretary of state for public diplomacy and affairs, rick stengel. so, richard, netanyahu laid this out as a battle between good and evil and a choice between supporting peace and prosperity, and democracy or backing what he called the dark age of terror and war, and referencing iran and its proxies, like hezbollah or hamas. what were your top lines as we listened to that speech? >> it doesn't seem like there's going to be a cease fire anytime soon. the biden administration has been pushing for a 21-day cease fire to calm things down, open the road for diplomacy. prime minister netanyahu rejected that before and he clearly rejected that right now. and he focused a lot of the speech on iran, and it was very similar to a speech that prime minister netanyahu gave to congress about two months ago when he talked about an alliance that must be formed between the united states and israel to counter iran. he clearly sees this as a war for israel's survival, a w

joining us now, richard engel from tel aviv, and nbc's mike memoli at the u.n., and "new york times" diplomatic correspondent michael crowley and former deputy assistant secretary of state joel rubin. good to have all of you here. richard, if you will, paint a picture for us of this moment globally as the president prepares to address all these world leaders. >> well, things look very rough right now. and i think a lot of people are saying and i've been speaking to world leaders, not just to opinion makers, but several heads of state, or heads of government, and they say right now there is a complete lack of american leadership that the u.s. at the moment right now president biden is sort of a half a president, he pulled himself out of the race. he's just going toward the end of his term. people are already looking toward kamala harris, they're looking to former president trump for guidance. and that it has created an opportunity for countries like israel, potentially countries like iran, groups like hezbollah, to carry out their own objectives. they are embarking on a new air war in

our own richard engel just sat down with ukrainian president zelenskyy to discuss ukraine's incursiony sat down for this interview at a critical time, just after the start of his ongoing military offensive into russia, and it seems now that russia is responding with attacks of its own. this morning, russia launched another major attack against a ukrainian city, this time hitting lviv, a normally peaceful city closer to poland than the front lines. the missiles and drones struck residential buildings, apartments and private homes, in the historic district. children are among the dead, according to ukrainian officials. yesterday, russian missiles destroyed a military academy, killing more than 50 people. is it the start of vladimir putin's revenge for ukraine's incursion into russia last month? president zelenskyy sat down with nbc news in his first interview since that surprise move. >> now you've captured this territory in russia, so the big question is, what do you plan to do with it? >> translator: we don't need the russian territory, our operation is aimed to restore our territoria

richard engel in beirut. richard, thanks so much. >>> back here at home, ohio senator jd vance and governor tim walz are preparing for tuesday night's vice presidential debate as their running mates campaign in key battleground states today. nbc's vaughn hillyard is here with more. >> reporter: vice president harris is heading to las vegas for a campaign rally later today after a few fund-raising stops that she'll be making in san francisco and los angeles. this as her campaign runs into the final month and running mate, tim walz, is set to go toe to toe with jd vance this tuesday night in the sole vice presidential debate. former president trump, for his part, rallied yesterday on the western edge of wisconsin blasting harris' trip to the border this week and calling her, quote, mentally impaired. he vowed to prosecute people he said cheated in the 2020 election. mr. trump will head back to north carolina for a rally in erie, pennsylvania, later today. new polling is showing the race to be incredibly close i

richard engel for us there.n struck a deal with the white house and top democrats yesterday. it calls for keeping the government funded at current levels through december 20th. but it citizenship to vote. the federal government will shut down on october 1st unless congress passes a short-term funding bill. >>> now to the latest developments surrounding the men's lacrosse team at tufts university. after a group workout, a dozen players were diagnosed with a rare and potentially life-threatening condition. nbc's anne thompson is here with that story. good morning to you, anne. >> good morning. one of the big questions this morning is just what was the nature of that workout. the school said it was led by a recent grad of a tough military training program. in the days after, many of the athletes became ill, and five were sent to the hospital. >> reporter: this morning, hosp multiple members of the tufts university men's lacrosse team remain hospitalized, followed by a group workout led by a graduate of the navy s.e

and what president zelenskyy is telling our richard engel in an exclusive interview about his bold operationnside russian territory and his plan for victory. >>> the high level political aide charged with being a secret agent for china. what she and her husband are accused of doing in exchange for millions of dollars. >>> nfl standout ricky pearsall back in the weight room days after being shot in san francisco. his teammates' reaction, and why a hero police officer told him, quote, it's not your time, as he held on. >>> plus, millions using medicaid over paperwork, red tape, and bureaucr