>> reporter: yeah, lester u.s. military ships and aircraft continue searching for those two missing navy s.e.a.l.s. last thursday the s.e.a.l.s were part of a team sent to search a small boat for weapons. it was nighttime the seas were rough. and as one sailor was boarding he was knocked overboard according to two u.s. defense officials. a second sailor jumped in to save him, and they are both still missing tonight. the boat was carrying missile parts from iran ultimately intended for the houthi rebels in yemen according to three u.s. defense officials. the crew were detained, the cargo seized and the boat sank, the officials said now, the houthis have now carried out at least 30 attacks on ships in the red sea in the past two months in retaliation u.s. and british warplanes and ships struck more than 60 targets in houthi-controlled yemen last week according to the pentagon but the houthis are not slowing down their attacks, sunday firing an anti-ship cruise missile toward a u.s. navy destroyer, the "uss laboon. a

and the two ms are at play here, lester. the math and the momentum donald trump has both right now on his side. it's uphill for haley. >> all right, kristen welker, good to have you tonight. thank you. >>> as people in new hampshire headed to the polls, our jacob soboroff boarded a bus with a group of college students and came away with a glimpse of their thinking beyond today. >> reporter: here in durham, new hampshire, it's express service from college campus to the polling site if you want to know what young people feel like at the university of new hampshire, there's no better place to be than on this voter shuttle bus. on board, troubling signs for president biden. when you're in there you can choose biden you could write him in or pick another candidate. are you going to pick biden or another candidate? >> i'm definitely going to pick a different candidate. yes. >> reporter: neither trump nor biden are speaking to you? >> no. that's really it for me >> reporter: mr. biden not on the ballot but can be listed as a write-

now, this is not the last of the documents we expect to see, lester "the miami herald" sued to access the court records that were initially filed under seal with more batches of these types of documents still left to come in the coming days, lester >> laura, thanks >>> with heightened tensions over events in the middle east here in this country, a muslim leader was shot and killed today outside his mosque in newark, new jersey police say imam leader shot and killed hassani sharif was shot multiple times after 6:00 a.m., and tonight there is a manhunt for the gunman authorities say itme someone does not appear the imam was the victim of a biased crime or that the shooting was related to terrorism >>> we're keeping a close eye on a coast-to-coast storm that has already dumped snow in the mountains northeast of los angeles and will make its way across the country by the weekend. al roker is tracking it al, how will it play al, how will it play through, bring heavy rain down to the gulf and then make its way up the coast this weekend. now, here's the problem. if it stays close to the coas

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>> reporter: that's right, lester. it's off, because desantis would have been the only one on stage thursday that's after haley said she would only debate donald trump or joe biden moving forward, and mr. trump, of course, has declined to debate this campaign. lester >> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> and the republican front-runner was in a federal courtroom here in new york earlier today for the start of his second defamation trial in the civil lawsuit brought by writer e. jean carroll. laura jarrett is here. what's at stake for the former president >> lester, this one is all about damages. the jury must decide how much mr. trump owes carroll for calling her accusation, the one that he assaulted her in a department store dressing room in the '90s, made up. that's the accusation, but this one is different than the jury found him liable for last year, to the the one about sexual abuse and defamation, the one to the tune of $5 million his current trial involves statements that he made as president and carroll wants at le

the last part of the puzzle is one that is different, lester. we're going see extreme cold from montana to texas by the weekend. >> all right, bill, thanks very much >>> and already, the massive storm has caused a deadly avalanche, with peopleits pat lucky to survive. maggie vespa has the la caught in its path lucky to survive maggie vespa has the latest >> reporter: tonight, the next wave of severe winter weather already leaving devastation in its wake. >> it swept me off my feet, threw me on to my back. >> reporter: in california, heavy snow and high winds sparking a sudden deadly avalanche at the palisades tahoe resort wednesday crews here digging out jason parker you thought for a minute there you might die? >> oh, there's -- yeah, there's no doubt. >> reporter: the 52-year-old nevada snowboarder was buried by up to four feet of snow for roughly eight minutes, unable to move, and losing oxygen >> i think i'm just starting to black out at this point. and i just said, this is the way i'm going to go. >> reporter: rescuers working frantically.

courtney, what's the latest >> reporter: that's right, lester, today the u.s.ilitary striking multiple missile sites in yemen according to two u.s. defense officials. the officials calling these strikes preemptive saying u.s. navy ships launched tomahawk missiles taking out houthi missiles and launchers before they could target more ships in the red sea. meanwhile, another u.s. owned commercial ship was attacked by the iranian-backed militia today. it's a near daily tit for tat, the houthis keep attacking ships despite the u.s. military striking houthi targets the hostilitie driving the biden administration to redesignate the houthis a terror group. it's a designation originally made by former president donald trump. president biden came into office and removed the designation amid humanitarian concerns. lester >> courtney, thank you. >>> the princess of wales is hospitalized and recovering after abdominal surgery, and king charles will soon undergo a procedure. here's molly hunter. >> reporter: tonight, serious health concerns within the royal family in a surp

>> reporter: well, lester, mr. trump's appeal calls maine's democratic secretary of state who banned him from the ballot there biased, saying she had no authority to act last week, she ruled the republican front-runner ineligible for maine's ballot, saying he was in violation of the 14th amendment's prohibition against insurrection for his actions on january 6th. tensions are also high in colorado, where the supreme court banned mr. trump from the ballot, though today police say a shooting that damaged the colorado supreme court building this morning was unrelated to any threat against the judges there mr. trump is expected to appeal that decision, too, which his campaign has criticized as election interference colorado's secretary of state is also asking for the u.s. supreme court to settle all of this mr. trump will remain on both state ballots through appeals process. lester >> all right, garrett haake, thank you >>> let's turn to the terrifying and deadly car crash early on new year's day outside a concert in r

lester? >> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> as iowa's republicans gather, just what are these caucuses where voters meet to discuss the candidates and then make their choices? jacob soboroff is where a large group of caucusgoers is expected tonight in ottumwa, iowa. jacob. >> reporter: lester, good evening. this is ottumwa high school in wapello county. it's what's known as a supercaucus location. that's because multiple precincts will be voting all under this one roof this evening. they expect as many as 1,000 people here. but picking a candidate is not the first decision that these folks have to make. with the wind chill factor making it feel like 40 degrees below zero in parts of the state, the first decision iowans face tonight is whether or not to venture out to their caucus site. >> 100%. this is iowa. >> the real supporters, they come out tonight and weather won't be an issue. >> if you're from iowa, you should be used to this weather. >> reporter: potentially counteracting the frigid co

but good news, lester. we're going to see a little bit of a break as we get to the end of the week. >> i like the word break. all right, al, thanks very much. >>> we'll turn now to the scathing new justice department report on the uvalde school shooting that left 21 dead, including 19 students. the report finding a series of, quote, cascading failures in the police response that ultimately cost lives. morgan chesky is in uvalde >> reporter: tonight, a year and a half after a teenage gunman's rampage left 21 dead in a uvalde school, the u.s. attorney general not mincing words. >> the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at robb elementary was a failure. >> reporter: the department of justice releasing its massive federal investigation into the texas town's darkest day, which found cascading failures of leadership, decision making, tactics policy, and training the scathing report topping 600 pages. it determines the most significant failure was officers treating the gunman as a barricaded threat and

lester? >> emilie, thank you. al roker is tracking the deadly storm. he joins us now. al, how is this going to play out the rest of the week? >> well, we've got a wide swath right now, lester, from washington state to washington, d.c. winter weather advisories for over 100 million people, as you can see. some areas are going to be looking at the storm warnings that spread across 30 states right now. here you can see on the radar we're starting to see that lake-effect snow pick up again. when this is all said and done through saturday, we're going to be looking at about 6 to 8 inches of snow down to the appalachians, upwards of a foot or more between cleveland and erie. in fact, some places could pick up another two feet of snow, lester. and we have 29 million people under windchill watches, advisories and warnings. by saturday, chicago minus 13. that's what it will feel like. 4 in little rock. minus 4 in buffalo, and 3 in atlanta. we'll have the latest details. but good news, lester. we're go

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lester? >> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> much of the country is dealing with new severe weather tonight. with more than 80 weather-related deaths reported. as morgan chesky tells us, ice has been one of the biggest problems. >> reporter: tonight from west coast flooding to a southern deep freeze, a nearly coast-to-coast winter mess wreaking absolute havoc. multiple storm systems putting 51 million people under winter weather alerts. freezing rain hitting southern states especially hard. in some cases shutting down entire highways, littered with wrecks. >> there just was no way of making it up through here. i don't think nobody's going to be able to make it up through here. till they get -- you know, till they get the roads taken care of. >> reporter: near st. louis this frightening scene. a fire truck spinning on ice before slamming into a car, barely missing a head-on impact with a house. in pennsylvania another close call. a jackknifed semi truck sliding toward a clinic. knocking down ligh

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening and welcome, everyone. a large and deadly storm is hammering the eastern third of the nation right now, bringing an arsenal of heavy rain, heavy snow, powerful winds, severe thunderstorms, and tornadoes. twisters leaving a trail of destruction in parts of the southeast. tornado watches extending into the evening from florida to virginia. and those strong winds accompanying the storm have proven especially dangerous. the severe weather blamed for several deaths 178 million people are living under wind alerts right now, while the midwest and great lakes are in the snow zone. most of iowa under winter alerts right now. heavy snow bands making driving very hazardous. all of this slowing down air travel, too, with more than 7,000 flight delays and 700 cancellations, not including those related to the boein 737 max-9 groundings al roker has the latest storm track for us in just a minute. but first maggie vespa with the storm's impact >> reporter: yeah, lester, here in the des moines area, snow totals clocked in c

state to propose a law protecting artists from a.i >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, and welcome, everyone. tonight, millions from the snowy midwest to the tornado-scarred southeast are still in the throes of yesterday's severe and deadly weather outbreak many communities in the northeast today battling the aftermath of floods after several inches of rain driven by powerful winds and leaving many without power. along the gulf coast, recovery will take longer after 24 reported tornadoes at least five deaths are being blamed on the storm, but there will be little time to prepare for the next one. a system pounding the west tonight, but expected to bring cross-country misery by week's end. the next storm expected to leave frigid temperatures in its wake, and tonight heavy snow falling in the cascades and sierra nevada mountains where an avalanche has killed at least one person at a popular ski resort in california. al roker will lay out the track in a moment, but first the latest from emilie ikeda. >> reporter: tonight, another winter wallop chargi

lester? >> laura jarrett, thank you. >>> in another courtroom across the country, president biden's son hunter biden pleaded not guilty today to federal tax charges. ryan nobles has that story in los angeles. >> reporter: today, hunter biden again in federal court, pleading not guilty to nine tax charges, three of them felonies that could land him in prison for 17 years if convicted. prosecutors say biden willfully avoided paying $1.4 million in taxes from 2016 to 2019, instead, quote, spending millions of dollars on an extravagant lifestyle rather than paying his tax bills. inside court, biden answering brief questions from the judge, who set a tentative june 20th trial date. biden's legal team argued hunter was dealing with addiction and has since paid his taxes back. it comes after hunter biden's surprise appearance in congress yesterday, showing up at a hearing where republicans were considering recommending contempt of congress charges against him. >> ignoring a congressional subpoena to

lester. >> morgan, the border crossing is sparking more legal battles. >> reporter: lester, that's right. this ongoing legal showdown between texas and the federal government continues. the biden administration suing the state of texas challenging its law allowing state authorities to arrest migrants calling it unconstitutional, but today speaker johnson saying texas governor greg abbott has done more to enforce the law than president biden ever has. lester. >> morgan chesky, thank you. >>> in 60 seconds, the parts of the country where the flu is surging. the troubling trend and what you need to know right after this. be, a cowboy or a gangster. and a gangster's out of style. i got back to my roots. we come from a long line of cowboys. my grandfather, my great-grandfather, my aunt even rode horses. when i see all of us out here on this ranch i see how far our legacy can go. now on sale at ancestry. ♪oh what a good time we will have♪ ♪you... can make it happen...♪ ♪♪ try dietary supplements from voltaren for healthy joints. ♪♪ here's to... one year bolder. ♪♪ ♪boost♪ nutrition for now. >>

lester? >> and tom, what's the status of the flight recorders, the black box recordings? >> reporter: the cockpit voice recorder is on a two-hour loop before it's erased and recorded over. and that's what happened. investigators can't listen to crew conversations, computer warnings, the air rushing through the cabin. it's a big reason why investigators want a 25-hour recording, not two hours, lester. >> all right. tom costello, thank you. >>> and the country is in the grip of another massive winter storm even bigger than the one we just saw with heavy snow tonight from new mexico to the plains and into iowa. other parts of the country will see heavy rain and potentially damaging winds and flooding. al roker is here. al, what are you looking at? >> lester, it's a coast-to-coast storm alert, winter alerts for 53 million. wind alerts for 135 million. and along the east coast 79 million under flood watches. and you can also see right now strong storms firing up. tornado watches down through the g

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night, everyone . >>> i'm raj mathai. next on "nbc bay area news tonight," several suspects arrested in the murder of an undercover cop. tonight, new questions about one of the suspects' criminal past. >>> also, clashes at people's park in berkeley. why it's happening and why this piece of land is so historically significant. >>> plus, will the a.i. revolution lead to thousands of layoffs? a sil

lester? >> all right, janis, thank you. >>> here at home, the president of harvard university claudine gay resigned today weeks after her controversial testimony before congress about antisemitism. and as she faced mounting accusations of plagiarism. erin mclaughlin has the story. >> reporter: tonight embattled harvard president claudine gay stepping down, abruptly ending her turbulent six-month tenure as the institution's first black president, the shortest term of anyone in that position. in a letter to the harvard community, gay writing "it has become clear that it is in the best interest of harvard for me to resign, and that it has been distressing to have doubt cast on my commitments to confronting hate and to upholding scholarly rigor, two bedrock values that are fundamental to who i am, and frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fueled by racial animus." >> antisemitic rhetoric when it crosses into conduct that amounts to bullying. >> reporter: calls to gay's heari

but, lester, she may not see a dime of this money. as the former president says tonight, this is absolutely ridiculous. he plans to appeal this could be tied up in court for years. >> all right, laura, thank you. >>> also tonight we're watching a growing flood threat outside chicago where melting ice is making water levels rise to dangerous levels on a river. maggie vespa is there. >> reporter: tonight, capping off a brutal week of punishing winter weather, warm rain now fueling a slow-moving disaster in the midwest >> it's kind of like a sci-fi movie, a disaster movie you can see the ice levels begin to rise >> reporter: along suburban chicago's kankakee river, a flash flood emergency after officials say a 12-mile ice jam among the largest ever recorded on that river began melting and breaking apart this week the nature made dam of densely packed ice now giving way to rapidly rising water levels up more than 3 1/2 feet since wednesday. tonight, just shy of the river's record height of 13.9 feet. in the small town of wilmington, busin

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lester? >> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> the republican front-runner was in a federal courtroom here in new york earlier today for the start of his second defamation trial in a civil lawsuit brought by writer e. jean carroll. laura jarrett is here. what's at stake for the former president? >> lester, this one is all about damages. the jury must decide how much mr. trump owes carroll for calling her accusation the one that he assaulted her in a department store dressing room in the '90s made up. that's the accusation, but this one is different than the jury found him liable for last year, to the the one about sexual abuse and defamation, the won to the tune of $5 million. his current trial involves statements that he made as president and carroll wants at least $10 million this time. the former president today continuing to call the case fabricated lies and political shenanigans. the big question is whether he will testify since he is not permitted to say any of that on the stand. lester? >>

lester >> kristen, thank you. and join kristen for sunday's "meet the press" from new hampshire with guest including ron desantis, senator maggie hassan, and governor chris sununu. >>> now to the tensions in the middle east, the u.s. launching new strikes on houthi rebels president biden holding a critical call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and as the war rages, a staggering number of israeli troops are being killed by friendly fire. raf sanchez is in tel aviv >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. again taking out anti-ship missiles the pentagon says iranian-backed houthi militants were prepared to launch in the red sea. president biden has acknowledged the u.s. strikes are not deterring houthi attacks. the president today also speaking to israeli prime minister netanyahu for the first time in a month downplaying netanyahu's opposition to a palestinian state. >> do you think that prime minister netanyahu will change his mind on his opposition to a two-state solution, sir? >> yes, given the right one. >>

>> reporter: lester, that's right. water rescue teams are not letting their guards down tonight with some new jersey rivers set to remain in flood stage through the next several days while more rain will batter the area again. lester. >> emilie ikeda, thank you. >>> the new storm that caused that deadly avalanche we reported is making its way across the country. al roker is tracking it. al, where is this one going? >> lester, we've got winter weather advisories, blizzard warnings from the west coast to the upper midwest for 38 million people. the storm dives down into the rockies tomorrow bringing snow and a blast of cold from the central plains. tomorrow night we've got the risk of severe weather, a few tornadoes, nocturnal ones most dangerous. friday blizzard conditions for missouri on into michigan. more torrential rain for the northeast, and tomorrow night, we've got, again, more tornadoes possible from montgomery to wilmington down to tallahassee and jacksonville. rainfall amounts about one to two inches in the mi

>> lester, we've got winter weather advisories, storm warnings, blizzard warnings from the west coast to the upper midwest for 38 million people the storm dives down into the rockies tomorrow bringing snow and a blast of cold from the central plains tomorrow night we've got the risk of severe weather, a few tornadoes, nocturnal ones most dangerous. friday blizzard conditions for missouri on into michigan more torrential rain for the northeast, and tomorrow night, we've got, again, more tornadoes possible from montgomery to wilmington down to tallahassee and jacksonville rainfall amounts about one to two inches in the mississippi river valley, but anywhere from three to nine inches in the upper midwest. 18 inches in the rockies, lester, and bitterly cold weather coming in right after this right after that. >> you're keeping a watch on it, al. thank you. >>> all right, just breaking, former new jersey govchrist is the latest republican to drop out of the race for president, while tonight nikki haley and ron desantis will face off in the final debate before the iowa caucuses next monday

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ryan, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. the faa announcing tonight that it is halting all future production expansion of the max 9 plane and it also outlined the intense inspection and maintenance process that it will require to get the planes back in the air. now, this comes as the ceo of boeing was here on capitol hill taking tough questions from members of the u.s. senate. tonight, david calhoun, boeing's top executive, on capitol hill. >> did you ask for the meeting, sir? >> reporter: getting a grilling from congress. calhoun making a promise to his customers. >> what's your message to passengers concerned about flying on your planes? >> we fly safe planes. we don't put airplanes in the air that we don't have 100% confidence in. >> reporter: calhoun's comment comes just one day after the ceo of alaska airlines told our tom costello he was angry with boeing and its leadership team. this after a door plug on a boeing built airplane operated by alaska airlines exploded out of the aircraft in midflight. a problem ben ceo pl

lester >> kelly o'donnell, thank you. >>> in russia, a deepening mystery. what caused a russian transport plane to crash killing everyone on board molly hunter is following this molly, what do we know about this case? >> reporter: lester, a major accusation from russia and one with very little evidence this video verified by nbc news shows a massive fireball geolocated to russia's western belgorod region the russian defense ministry says it is a transport plane shot down by ukrainian air defense missiles killing everyone on board providing no evidence kyiv was behind it. the ministry adding it was carrying 65 ukrainian p.o.w.s for a prisoner exchange. nbc news has not independently verified the details of the crash, and kyiv doesn't deny shooting it down. ukrainian officials is possie say it's possible it was planned and deliberate by russia speaking tonight, president zelenskyy says, we have to establish all of the facts and says ukraine will ask for an international investigation. lester >> molly hunter, thanks. >>> and tonight, the horror of war and a re

lester? >> all right. vaughn hillyard tonight, thank you. >>> now to the cross-country storm affecting so many americans, expected to bring lots of rain, snow, and high winds through the weekend. dylan dreyer is tracking it. dylan, where is this heading and when? >> well, lester, right now the storm is heading through the southern rockies. it's going to continue to intensify as it moves eastward through tomorrow, bringing some heavy rain likely along the gulf coast. then it makes its way up into the midatlantic and into the northeast. we are starting to see the models come into more agreement that it should be mostly rain along that i-95 corridor from washington, d.c. up through philly. through new jersey and into new york as well. the inland areas will likely see some of that heavier snow, especially up across new england. and we could see wraparound snow on the back side of the storm system. so as of right now, our highest snowfall totals will be into new york, 6 to 8 inches likely. lesser

lester?all right. courtney kube, thank you. >>> former president donald trump was in a federal courtroom in washington today as his lawyer argued before an appeals court why he should be immune from prosecution for his efforts to remain in power. laura jarrett has more. >> reporter: tonight a ruling expected any time from the federal appeals court, which appeared deeply skeptical today of donald trump's efforts to derail the case about his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. >> i did nothing wrong, absolutely nothing wrong. i feel that as a president, you have to have immunity. >> reporter: the republican front-runner watching on in court as his lawyer john sauer urged the three-judge panel to break new legal ground and find the former president immune from prosecution, emphasizing everything he's been charged for took place when he was still in the white house. >> we have the prosecution of the chief political opponent who is winning in every poll and is being prosecuted by the administr

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