i'm lester holt. that's "nightly news." good night, everyone i'm lester holt.hat's "nightly news." good night, everyone >>> right now at 6:00, the evening commute flooded, shutting down a portion of 101. >> plus, with the holidays comes more chances for porch pirates to steal our packages. the new effort to catch them in the act. >>> but first, a 49ers broadcaster is suspended after making a controversial comment about one of the nfl's biggest stars. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm anoushah rasta in for jessica aguirre. the 49ers magical season just took a hit. late today the team suspended tim ryan for talking about the dark skin of an opposing player. >> the 49ers are now on damage control. robert handa joins us from levi's stadium with the developing story. robert? >> reporter: well, here at levi's stadium, the team has been going over what happened last sunday and looking forward to next sunday. but part of the postgame analysis about the loss to the baltimore ravens included controver

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thanks for joining us, as a reminder, lester holt is next. >> hope to see you at 6:00, bye. >>> tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air. the deadly shootout. a police officer and three civilians killed the suspects holed up in a store, opening fire the massive response s.w.a.t. teams swarming the scene neighborhood schools on lockdown. residents warned to take cover how it all came to a dramatic end >>> also tonight, the articles of impeachment against president trump unveiled democrats charging him with abuse of power and obstructing congress the presiden la into the oval offi tonight what they talked about in that meeting. >>> our nbc news exclusive. attorney general william barr's new attack on the ig report that found no anti-trump bias in the fbi's russia probe and what he says about the conspiracy theory spread by the president that ukraine interfered in 2016 >>> the growing mystery. a plane flying to antarctica disappearing with 38 people onboard the urgent search tonight. >>> the new england patriots under fire. the team admitting it violated nfl policy, taping a

lester holt joins us right now on nightly news. >>> breaking news tonight. the high stakes new impeachment showdown house democrats moving their inquiry to a critical new phase three legal experts declaring president trump committed impeachable offenses with his conduct toward ukraine >> if what we are talking about today is not impeachable, then nothing is impeachable. >> the lone witness for republicans denouncing the evidence as wafer thin, and tonight the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani back overseas. why was he reportedly meeting with a former ukrainian prosecutor >>> also breaking, the surprise of a nato summitpresident trump abruptly cancelling a news conference after fellow world leaders were caught on a hot mic mocking him. the fallout tonight. >>> new lawsuit. george zimmerman, years after he was acquitted in the death of trayvon martin now

lester holt is next. >> see you at 6:00. >>> breaking news tonight. president trump lashing out on the brink of impeachment his scathing six-page letter to nancy pelosi accusing democrats of declaring open war on american democracy the closing arguments ahead of the house vote expected hours from now >>> the president on the verge of becoming just the third in u.s. history to be impeached, and the next battle brewing in the senate what the top republican there said that has democrats outraged >>> also tonight, the new images the outbreak of dozens of tornadoes that killed at least three. plus snow, rain and ice make driving dangerous in the northeast. al roker with the new track. >>> the deepening mystery in the frantic search a mother and her 2-week-old infant missing now for days her boyfriend speaking out to us. >> everything hurts. everything hurts and i don't know what to do. >> and what her parents just told us tonight. >>> caught on camera, a teen apparently kidnapped off the street in front of her mother, forced into a car. an amber alert issu

i'm lester holt.e ars ago and it appea >>> right now at 6:00, serious charges against a bay area deputy. what he's accused of doing to marine youth group that he mentored. >>> plus fighting back and winning. the community in contra costa that is pushing a marijuana grow operation out of its neighborhood. >>> but first, it is back. take a look at our radar. you see all that green there. we're tracking a new round of rain coming into the bay area. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening and thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre, along with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. we want to start with weather tonight. the rain we're seeing seems very different from what we saw the last couple of weeks. that was a deluge. this seems more like a steady shower event. >> it certainly is. we'll have the systems that move in and out and bring us a lot of rainfall. we're on the bottom edge of these storms as the heaviest rain is over washington and also oregon. so we're not seei

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening and merry christmas. i'm kristen welker in for lester we begin with the mounting tensions over north korea and its nuclear program. tonight the united states is making a new move reportedly flying four surveillance planes over the korean peninsula in response to the country warning of a christmas surprise. president trump undoubtedly tracking the developments from his mar-a-lago resort in florida where he's spending the holiday. our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has the latest from west palm beach tonight. >> reporter: u.s. officials bracing for new aggression of north korea's ominous warning of a christmas gift today, deploying four american surveillance planes over the peninsula according to south korean media report. the pentagon has not responded to nbc news request for comment. it comes as increasing concern over what pyongyang is plotting like perhaps a long-range missile launch soon that hasn't happened since 2017 when kim stopped testing during a window of diplomacy with president

peter alexander is in for lester holt on "nightly news" next. >>> tonight the hanukkah stabbing suspect charged with federal hate crimes. new clues what likel motivated the man that allegedly stormed into a rabbi's home and wounded five people with a machete and knife. the anti-semitic writing authorities found in his home as new details emerge about how worshippers fought back. >>> in texas, the shooter now identified after a deadly attack inside a church. what we know about the gunman and how his attack unfolded. as we speak to one of the church's volunteer security guards became a hero. >> i don't feel like i killed a human, i killed an evil. >>> tens of millions in the path of a dangerous winter storm. snow, sleet, wind and ice affecting a big part of the country. how it could impact your new year's ev and new year's day. >>> with the dramatic no vaccine, no schools. and why dozens of drones are swarming over colorado. >>> andour moving tribute to some of the legends we lost this past year. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening i'm peter alexande

i'm lester holt. good night ♪ ♪ out of all the reindeer ♪ you know you're the mastermind ♪ ♪ run run rudolph ♪ randolph's not too far behind ♪ ♪ run run rudolph ♪ santa's got to make it to town ♪ ♪ randolph he can hurry ♪ he can take the freeway down ♪ and away went rudolph ♪ whizzin' like a merry go round ♪ ♪ said santa to a boy child ♪ what have you been longing for? ♪ ♪ all i want for christmas is a ♪ ♪ rock and roll electric guitar ♪ ♪ and then away went rudolph ♪ whizzin' like a shootin' star, yeah ♪ ♪ run run rudolph ♪ santa's got to make it to town ♪ ♪ well can't you make him hurry ♪ ♪ tell him he can take the freeway down ♪ ♪ and then away went rudolph ♪ whizzin' like a merry go round, yeah, ooo yeah ♪ ♪ run run rudolph ♪ run run rudolph ♪ runnin' like a son of gun ♪ run run rudolph ♪ run run rudolph ♪ running like a son of gun ♪ run, run, oh run, yeah [cheers and applause] give it up for my band! [cheers and applause] >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show," y'a y'all! all right! it is

i'm lester holt. thank you for watching everyone good night and have a great weekend. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ stay together. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ when i have you near me ♪ oh ♪ hey ♪ like you do ♪ love would never do without you ♪ ♪ love would never do without you ♪ ♪ love would never do ♪ love will never do without you ♪ ♪ baby ♪ love would never do without you baby ♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: al all right, y'all! welcome to "the kelly clarkson show." so that was my first time covering a show by janet.

i'm lester holt. thank you for watching, everyone, and good night ♪ it's a beautiful day in this neighborhood ♪ ♪ a beautiful day for a neighbor ♪ could you be mine ♪ ♪ could you be mine ♪ would you be mine ♪ ♪ i've always wanted to have a neighbor just like you. i've always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you ♪ ♪ let's make the most of this beautiful day ♪ ♪ since we're together, we might as well say ♪ want to my neighbor ♪ ♪ ♪ i have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you ♪ ♪ i advised dominic always wanted to le in a neighborhood just like you ♪ since were together, we might as well stay ♪ ♪ could you buy mine ♪ want to be my norma neighbor e ♪ ♪ please, won't you be my neighbor ♪ [cheers kel>> thank you. >> kelly: that was so good. that was so good.

lester holt is next. >> we'll see you at 6:00. >>> breaking news tonight.nor'easter striking as we come on the air the dangerous storm blasting the northeast after sweeping coast to coast tens of millions under winter weather alerts from tennessee to maine. heavy snow, up to 30 inches falling in some parts. the roads treacherous. hundreds of crashes, states of emergency declared as travelers arstill stranded in airports struggling to get home >>> and a deadly plane crash in blizzard conditions nine members of the same family killed what we've nowlearned. >>> also breakin shooting scare at another american high school the 17-year-old student accused of aiming a gun at officers >> he has the gun pointed. he won't take his hands out of his pocket. >> a school resource officer opening fire

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. the harsh reality of being impeached may not quite have settled in for president trump who said today it didn't feel real but tonight democrat house speaker nancy pelosi is reminding the president and republican leaders she still has one more card to play before sending the articles of impeachment over for a senate trial kristen welker has details. >> reporter: tonight, with the stain of impeachment still setting in, president trump firing back. >>> what does it feel like to be the third president in u.s. history to be impeached? >> well, i don't feel like i'm being impeached because it's a hoax it's a set-up. it's a horrible thing they did >> reporter: and bringing in one of the two democrats who voted no on both articles of impeachment. new jersey congressman jeff van drew, now switching parties to become a republican. >> we're really happy to have jeff on board. >> reporter: but now a new showdown over what happens next on wednesday night after democrats impeach the president, hous

as a remind he were lester holt is next with nightly news. >> see you at 6:00. bye. >> breaking news tonight in the verge of a historic vote, house democrats at the brink of approving two articles of impeachment against president trump the first vote happening tonight setting the stage for the final showdown of the house. >>> breaking the domestic terrorism investigation launching into the targeted attack on a kosher grocery store. the shooter motivated, police say, by hate against juice speaking out for the first time, the lone survivor on surveillance escaping as they enter. how he got out and what he saw >> they came to kill >>> and tonight, the victims, one mother killed on her son's 11th birthday. >>> the hunt for a killer, the 18-year-old college freshman stabbed to death in a new york city park near her school. the campus on edge tonight >>> the new alert after our report on a family terrorized. >> who is that >> i'm your best friend. i'm santa claus. >> what we're learning so many other families' ring cameras hacked and the underground podcast that does

i'm lester holt.f us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> amazing and incred -- >> an exclusive one-on-one interview with malala why she's in the bay area tonight. >>> found nearly 200 miles from san jose. how good samaritans held down an amber alert suspect until police arrived. >>> time to clean up their act. san francisco's mayor promises fixes are in the works as tourists head to the city for the holidays. >>> the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >>> i'm raj mathai. our investigative unit was the first to bring it to light. san francisco is once again talking about how to turn around its reputation for being filthy. they're making a push to attract holiday shoppers and companies to host them. scott budman joins us from union square which is lit up beautifully behind you. >> reporter: it is beautiful, raj. here's the $9 billion a year question san francisco faces tonight. can it convince the shoppers and businesses that it can cle

i'm lester holt. thank you for watching, everyone have a good night. ♪ rockin' around the christmas tree ♪ ♪ at the christmas party hop ♪ mistletoe hung where you can see ♪ ♪ every couple tries to stop ♪ you will get a sentimental feeling when you hear ♪ ♪ voices singing, let's be jolly ♪ ♪ deck the halls with boughs of holly ♪ ♪ rockin' around the christmas tree ♪ ♪ have a happy holiday ♪ everyone dancin' merrily ♪ in the new old-fashioned way ♪ ♪ you will get a sentimental feeling when you hear ♪ ♪ voices singing, let's be jolly ♪ ♪ deck the halls with boughs of holly ♪ ♪ rockin' around the christmas tree ♪ ♪ have a happy holiday ♪ everyone dancin' merrily ♪ in the new old-fashioned way ♪ [cheers and applause] be wide welcome to "the kelly clarkson show," everybody! all right, it's it's another holiday extravaganza. who requested "rocking around the christmas tree today? i am assuming, sir, that your name is matt. how did i know? well, explain, what's happening? >> i requested this song because i th

i'm lester holt.f us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good [cheers and applause] ♪ >> kelly: i know y'all know this! singh, everyone! ♪ jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock ♪ ♪ jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring ♪ ♪ snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun ♪ ♪ now the jingle hop has begun ♪ jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock ♪ ♪ jingle bells chime in jingle bell time ♪ ♪ dancin' and prancin' in jingle bell square ♪ ♪ in the frosty air ♪ what a bright time, it's the right time ♪ ♪ to rock the night away ♪ jingle bell time is a swell time ♪ ♪ to go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh ♪ ♪ giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet ♪ ♪ jingle around the clock ♪ mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet ♪ ♪ that's the jingle bell rock ♪ jingle bell, jingle bell, ♪ that's the jingle bell rock ♪ what a bright time, it's the right time ♪ ♪ to rock the night away ♪ jingle bell time is a swell time ♪ ♪ to go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh ♪ ♪ giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet ♪ ♪ jingle around

i'm lester holt. good night, everyone ♪ she just wants to be beautiful ♪ of a mama she goes unnoticed because mama mama she knows our limits ♪ up and an image she prays ♪ ♪ she don't see ♪ the light that she is shining close mama ♪ she tries to cover up her pain ♪ ♪ and cut her woes away close mama ♪ because cover girls don't cry because mama ♪ there is a help that's waiting for you in the dark ♪ just know you're beautiful just the way our ♪ the star say you are beautiful ♪ the star say we are beautiful ♪ ♪ you are a star. becausyour beautiful ♪ you are beautiful ♪ ♪ you don't have to change a thing. dominic ♪ mama the star say we e beautiful [cheers and applause] >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show" [cheers and applause] >> kelly: it such a great message. i love that she wrote the sign. i tell my kids, "every day you have to love yourself. you don't know how others should treat you if you don't know how to treat yours a

i'm lester holt. thank you for watching, everyone, and goodnight.u're here where you should ♪be ♪snow is falling as the carols ♪sing ♪it just wasn't the same ♪alone on christmas day ♪you're all that i need ♪underneath the tree ♪tonight ♪i'm gonna hold you close ♪make sure that you know ♪i was lost before you ♪christmas was cold and grey ♪another holiday alone to ♪celebrate ♪but then one day everything ♪changed ♪you're all i need ♪underneath the tree ♪you're here where you should ♪be ♪snow is falling as the carols ♪sing ♪it just wasn't the same ♪alone on christmas day ♪presents, what a beautiful ♪sight ♪don't mean a thing if you ain't ♪holding me tight ♪you're all that i need ♪underneath the tree ♪you're all i need ♪underneath the tree ♪you're here where you should ♪be ♪you're all i need ♪underneath the tree [cheers and applause] >> kelly: as we continue our christmas celebration, i hope you have a good time because i love christmas. which one of you ha

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening there is a lot to get to tonight, including charges rolled out today, but still breaking as we come on the air, the new jersey neighborhood turned into a deadly urban battle zone. six people killed after an hours' long gunfight at a grocery store. the shooting of a police officer turning into a violent standoff gunfire ringing through the neighborhood, forcing residents to take cover. the dead include a police officer, a father of five, along with three civilians and the two suspects rehema ellis is in jersey city. >> reporter: police moving in towards the supermarket as the horror unfolds on a residential block in jersey city. moments earlier, a hail of gunfire. a shootout between police and suspects holed up inside the building tonight, authorities say at least one police officer and three people were killed inside the supermarket along with two suspects >> we entered the building about ten minutes ago. there are multiple deceased inside the building. >> reporter: senior law enforcement officials tell wnbc

i'm lester holt. thank you for watching everyone good night and have a great weekend. >>> right now at 6:00. not just packages any more. u.p.s. trucks are the target for thieves in the south bay. the pattern those crimes follow. >>> new video of a deadly officer-involved shooting in the east bay. some say the story sh video tells conflicts with what police are telling. >>> rain moving into the bay area. the question is, when are you going to get wet? >>> news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm jessica aquirre. >> in the heart of this friday night commute, thankfully, though, the rain is not widespread. at least not yet. >> team coverage for you tracking the storm and let's start with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. the next couple hours is when it will start hitting us. >> the cold front moving into the bay area and beginning to pick things up and what i really want to underscore is that all of the weekend will not be wet here across the bay area. you can see what

i'm lester holt. good night >>> right now at 6:00, an east bay mayor attacked. the good samaritan jumped in to help. >>> an online threat at gilroy high school. how it turned into saturday school for students and parents are pushing back. >>> high surf along our coast. big waves for the big concerns. good evening. happy friday. thanks for joining us. >> it's not just the waves, we're expecting more rain that could impact our weekend plans opini. let's bring in our meteorologist. don't wash us out. >> if you're on the coast, this is the one weather alert we'll have to start the weekend. as high as 15 feet and breakers on the coast. higher than 20 feet at times for places like pacifica. we're seeing light rain close to san jose. mobile doppler radar around santa cruz mountains. spotty areas of just heavy drizzle or brief light rain around san francisco. this is the first wave coming through right now. you can see we'll be dealing with more showers as we head into the weekend. the big take away from this weekend compared to last is the rain total that we're likely

>> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. as we come on the air tonight, there is breaking news. let's get late details from nbc's steve patterson. >> reporter: lester, authorities in hawaii ares confirming an active shooter situation in pearl harbor naval shipyard in honolulu. the base access is open as authorities investigate what happened tonight, shots fired at pearl harbor. the naval shipyard locked down following reports of three people injured after an active shooter was spotted on the base. >> we want to know what's going on and responders wer called to the scene at 2:30 local time. witnesses report hearing loud popping noises while the p.a. system urges people on base to take cover >> i'm hoping for the best, i guess. >> reporter: our affiliate khln reporting the situation on the base is now contained and that happened just three days before the 78th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor at this time no update on the condition of the injured. i'm steve patterson in los angeles. now back to lester in new york >

i'm lester holt.hank you for watching, everyone, and goodnight. >>> right now at 6:00, caught off guard. moms trying to make a statement about housing but the landlord says they are blocking a needy family from moving in. >>> a convenience store clerk fighting back during a violent robbery caught on camera. first. >> i want her to be well. >> he was run over by a car because of a haircut. tonight he is speaking exclus e exclusively to nbc bay area. >>> the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening. thanks for joining us. >> a message of forgiveness and a call for heeling. that's what a barber wants an attacker to hear when a mom ran her car into the shop because she didn't like the cut her son was given. jodi joins us with the story. >> reporter: he says he's only had three unhappy customers in his three decades of running the barbershop here in antioch. what happened here three weeks ago is something he never saw coming. he says an unhappy customer ran him down through the glass store front of a neighbor

lester holt is next. >> we'll see you at 6:00. >>> breaking news tonight. the powerful nor'easter striking as we come on the air the dangerous storm blasting the northeast after sweeping coast to coast tens of millions under winter weather alerts from tennessee to maine. heavy snow, up to 30 inches falling in some parts. the roads treacherous. hundreds of crashes, states of emergency declared as travelers arstill stranded in airports struggling to get home >>> and a deadly plane crash in blizzard conditions nine members of the same family killed what we've nowlearned. >>> also breakin shooting scare at another american high school the 17-year-old student accused of aiming a gun at officers >> he has the gun pointed. he won't take his hands out of his pocket. >> a school resource officer opening fire, injuring the suspect the quick action police say saved lives. t t >>> the deadly discovery at a top children's hospital. former patients saying they were exposed to mold found in the hospital operating rooms that's led to six child deaths >>> speaking out princ

lester holt joins us with that interview. >>> and steph curry and his wife ayesha are showing off newot three tattoos, a tribute to their children. the tattoos are animals, representing their kids. iowasha says canon, the youngest is the young wolf, ryan the middle one is the butterfly, and riley is the uni corn, because she is the firstborn and a free spirit. >> so steph got it and ayesha. commitment. >> big time. >> those kids are with them forever. >> can't get it off! >> how are we looking outside? that looks pretty ominous, actually. >> the bark's a little worse than the bite as i mentioned with this storm system. we are getting rain coming down, not extremely heavy in the north bay, to expect the possibility of rainfall tonight. we'll be tracking more at 6:00. and o we'll keep these on and off chances thursday and friday as the storm track remains really close. even a slight chance on saturday's forecast as well. so we'll have more coming up in about a half hour. >> we are keeping you busy. thanks for joining us, as a reminder, lester holt is next. >> hope to see you at 6:00, by

i'm lester holt.ou for watching, everyone, and good night >>> right now at 6:00, kamala harris is out. the california senator no longer in the race for the white house. the mistake one prominent supporter said her campaign made. >> more wet weather is on the way. we have the updated forecast. >> first, protecting renters, new strict action san jose is about to take to get land lords to follow the law. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. it's happening as we speak. the san jose city council is voting on a big change in how it treats land lords. >> city leaders say renters are more vulnerable than ever and it's ready to protect them. scott budman joins us from city hall with the latest. scott. >> reporter: they're talking money, jessica. in fact city leaders like a financial incentive to make sure land lords follow the law. renters love the idea. the land lords tell us it's another layer of bureaucracy that won't do a thing.

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening everyone today on the eve of his expected impeachment in a rare and dishonored place in american history, president trump had a lot more to get off his chest than a simple tweet would allow. unloading on speaker nancy pelosi in a six-page letter that was less legal defense and more a laundry list of grievances, accusing pelosi of breaking her allegiance to the constitution and portraying himself as a victim kristen welker has details. >> reporter: on the eve of the historic house vote, president trump sending a scathing letter to house speaker nancy pelosi, demanding she, quote, immediately cease this impeachment fantasy. the president calling the effort a crusade that has cheapened the importance of the very ugly word. the letter at times using rhetoric that seemed straight out of a trump rally. the president telling pelosi more due process was afforded to those accused in the salem witch trials, and even accusing democrats of declaring open war on american democracy the president also lashing out in fiery re

i'm lester holt.ood night, everyone >>> right now at 6:00, trying to open a cannabis shop in san francisco's union square is being met way lot of opposition, why other businesses are saying stay away. >>> plus the day after the 49ers suspended their radio broadcaster for incensive comments, players come to his support. >> the next powerful storm is already on the way. >> the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you so much for joining us. >> i'm anoushah rasta. things are relatively calm outside and dry but things are about to change. another strong storm coming down on us. but how soon will it be here? chief meteorologist jeff raniere joins us with all the answers. >> by this time tomorrow we'll see the rainfall picking up across the bay area. the ground is definitely saturated which could lead to problems. we are dry. wider look out here, what i'm following is the cold front getting here on friday. so, tomorrow night with rain, also wind. then by saturday, the center of the storm system will sweep o

lester holt is up next. >> we'll be back at 6:00. hope to see you then. >>> breaking news tonight. disaster still unfolding as we come on the air. a massive eruption on a popular new zealand tourist attraction. >>> at least five people killed, americans among the injured and potentially among the missing. no signs of life on the island too dangerous for search and rescue >>> the closing arguments in the impeachment showdown booth sides making final cases the fireworks in the room as house democrats draw closer to a vote. >>> the highly anticipated watchdog report revealed what it found. the fbi investigation into russia was justified and not politically motivated but the fbi faulted for errors

lester holt will lead our coverage of the impeachment of donald trump coming up at 6:00 a.m.ight here on "today in the bay." >> thanks, scott. 5:46 for you right now. >>> cupertino leaders are looking for answers in america's vaping epidemic. today they'll talk about ways to cut teenage vaping. new data will show us how serious the problem is. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live from cupertino with more on that and a look at new legal action against one of the largest ecigarette makers. >> reporter: hi there, laura and marcus. cigarette make irs feel a lot of pressure from communities coming from courts and city leaders. just last month the city outlawed the flavored tobacco sales, now they're considering a possible ban of vaping in ecigarette products similar to the one passed in santa clara county. the meeting is at 6:30 tonight at cupertino community hall. bans like that could help to keep ecig represents and vaping products out of the hands of teens whose marijuana vaping rates doubled between 2018 and 2019 according to new analysis published today in "the

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lester holt joins us for nightly news in a minute. crowds gathered across asia to see the last solar eclipse of the year. viewers had a special view of a so called ring of fire. it doesn't completely cover the sun and a thin outer ring is visible. in thailand and india it was a partial eclipse. singapore set up viewing stands. standing beneat special tinted panels to see the show in the sky. >> right up your alley. >> that's a neat one. let's talk about forecast locally and seattle for you. the game will be on classic seattle weather. s. wind and rain. similar weather here. rain comes back for the end of the weekend. trending drier for the new years eve. >> rain jacket. everything you own put it on. >> thanks for joining us. nightly muse is next. >>> tonight, it's called the worst travel day of the year for drivers and extreme weather is making it worse. congestion on the roads, travelers stuck for hours, plus major delays at airports and a bizarre warm streak in the midwest. jet skiing in chicago, the nasty weather now coming that wa

thieves in the act and how you can protect your holiday packages >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening there are grim fears tonight over the fates of tourists including americans after the volcanic island they were visiting in new zealand exploded and a deadly shower of ash and steam. as a new day breaks on that side of the world, reconnaissance planes are searching for signs of life. janis mackey frayer is in new zealand. >> reporter: two explosions, a huge tower of ash and steam shooting up 12,000 feet. >> no, no, no. >> reporter: the eruption captured by anxious tourists as their boat pulled away from the island. >> reporter: michael shade and his family had just finished their tour. >> it was hard to stop crying long enough to take the photo and take the photo and start thinking about it and start crying again. >> reporter: rescuers are struggling to reach the island, now smothered in two feet of searing ash. reconnaissance flights confirm there are no signs of life at least five people are dead, eight are missing. at least two americans are among the injured. matt

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening i'm peter alexander in for lester tonight we're learning new details about what may have motivated armed men in two separate attacks to invade places of worship over the holidays in texas the hero who stopped a gunman inside the church is speaking out about that terrifying confrontation. and in new york, federal prosecutors now filing hate crime charges against the man accused of bursting into a rabbi's home and stabbing five people during a hanukkah celebration. tonight authorities revealed the suspect's anti-semitic messages. and that's where we begin with nbc's kathy park. >> reporter: tonight a chilling look at the moment police say thomas launched an attack at a jewish congregation celebrating hanukkah today court documents allege he said "no one is leaving" as he charged through a packed rabbi's home in a suburb of new york josef gluck used his table to fight off the attack. >> i saw he's looking at me. i smashed it in his face. >> reporter: hours later police found thomas in manhattan in his car smelling

athlete who won our hearts and started a movement >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening i'm kate snow in for lester tonight. with christmas in the rearview mirror, it's time for millions of americans to head back home, just in time for a large and potent winter storm that will race across the country and could snarl travel plans already tonight, there are bottlenecks and delays with a record number of drivers out on steve patterson starts us off tonight. >> reporter: it's the race to rebase, airport security lines snaked around terminals from coast to coast with highways backed up for miles. aaa calls it the absolute worst travel day of the year in a 2019 that's 4 million more than last year and the largest number the agency has ever recorded since they started tracking travel tonight, the bulk of it was on the road in several major cities across the country, drive times doubled and even tripled during the late afternoon crush. a few smart travelers got ahead of the game. >> we left at 4:30 hoping to beat most of it. that was our thought and so far we ha

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lester holt joins us in about a minute. >>> the holiday season means shorts days and long nights but in san francisco those dark evenings are getting brighter. here is why. organizers a light art festival each year. it includes a self-guided walking tour of neon and led attractions. love everywhere. this was across the city. our digital video correspondent jonathan bloom went along on the tour. you can see the full story on all of our digital platforms. that's really cool. >> my daughter will love that. we're going. >> thanks for joining us. see you at 6:00. tonight, the deadly massive storm on the move right now the tornado emergency in the south a long path of destruction. roofs ripped off, children carried away from the rubble, at least one person killed the same system stretches nearly 2,000 miles from colorado to new england nearly 60 million under winter alerts heavy snow and ice making driving dangerous. at least nine killed in crashes al roker with a new track. >>> the breaking headline on boeing, the company temporarily halting production on the 737 max, the fleet grounded a

lester holt is next. >> see you at 6:00. >>> breaking news tonight.rump lashing out on the brink of impeachment his scathing six-page letter to nancy pelosi accusing democrats of declaring open war on american democracy the closing arguments ahead of the house vote expected hours from now >>> the president on the verge of becoming just the third in u.s. history to be impeached, and the next battle brewing in the senate what the top republican there said that has democrats outraged >>> also tonight, the new images the outbreak of dozens of tornadoes that killed at least three. plus snow, rain and ice make driving dangerous in the northeast. al roker with the new track. >>> the deepening mystery in the frantic search a mother and her 2-week-old infant missing now for days her boyfriend speaking out to us. >> everything hurts. everything hurts and i don't know wto

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening the postthanksgiving re-entry has been no eaer alerts tonight the snow falling here in new york city right now at the height of the evening rush with more to come, part of a rf nor'easter sweeping from tennessee to maine, delaying and stranding returning thanksgiving weekend travelers, burying many communities in snow and leaving several people dead. our team is in place to cover it all, starting with gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight the first major snowstorm of the season is slamming the northeast. >> i'm happy i have off work because i wouldn't be prepared for this. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people are without power across the region. massachusetts and connecticut are bracing for more snow overnight. the powerful system now being blamed for at least seven deaths nationwide. >> last year we had a good winter, so you know, take it as it goes, i guess. >> reporter: seven counties in new york are under a state of emergency. 300 national guard members deployed 42,000 snowplow foerators are on >> reporter:

here is lester holt with "the inside man." two enemies who didn't trust each other faced off across a ie table. one of them in handcuffs was a clever con named jimmy keene. the other, a hard charging prosecutor. >> in court, he called me the john gotti of kankakee. >> the prisoner was worried sick. larry beaumont, the prosecutor, that convicted keene and put him behind bars suddenly wanted to talk, a top secret meeting, no less. what more could he do to jimmy? >> he was the last person i expected to hear from.ar he was my biggest fear. >> but keene's fears went off the chart when the prosecutor slid an accordion file his direction.ac on top was a grisly photo of a dead girl. >> i flipped the next page, another young dead mutilated pp girl.yo i am thinking whoa, wait a second. nk >> he is probably thinking at this point you're about to charge him with something else? >> yeah, because you know, i had be rough on him in the initial prosecution. im b >> jimmy was in the dark. he had no idea the crazy scheme beaumont had in mind. >

the light show you won't want to miss >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> goodng i'm kristen welker in for lester on this christmas eve, president trump is sharpening his attacks against democrats as the standoff over the impeachment process intensifies. speaking from his mar-a-lago resort, the president accused house speaker nancy pelosi of hating the entire republican party, and the president also addressed north korea's ominous warning of a christmas surprise, all of it creating a sharp contrast to his holiday greetings to troops overseas. chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has the latest from west palm beach >> reporter: on this christmas eve, the president is making his own list of who's nice, like mitch mcconnell. >> very smart guy, very good guy, and a very fair guy. >> reporter: and who is not, like nancy pelosi. >> she is doing a tremendous disservice to the country she hates the republican party she hates all of the people that voted for me >> reporter: it's a familiar refrain from the president, frustrated as negotiations over a senate imp

think of what happened with the lester holt when he moderated the debates. 2/3 of the media coverage of this president is negative. that's two times that of george w. bush and barack obama and bill clinton. i think he should be a bit alarmed. but there is an important thing to mention here. this president has an unpress differented accomplishments in his first few years in office. i think that's something the american people need to hear unfiltered through the media. at this point you have so much to be proud of that he can talk about. the democrats probably would hope he wouldn't show up. gregg: debates used to matter. 1960 the kennedy-nixon debates. historians say that tipped the balance in favor of kennedy. but with the explosion of 24-hour news. do debates really matter now? >> i think thumb realizes the debates have become less relevant, and he knows he doesn't need to do one in 2020. if you are questioning that, look at his twitter following. he sees that as a direct line to the people that he needs to reach if he wants to win again. he's not conventional and the media needs tr

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we'll have a special report with lester holt at 6:00. >>> bart is cracking down on fare jumpers through a string of early morning sweeps on trains and they've been doing it under the radar. >> we're live in fremont. i know fathre evaders cost the agency millions of dollars each year. >> reporter: bart estimates as much as $25 million a year. it's common enough to our own cameras were able to capture it as you can see on this video on your tv screen. bart tells me that since september the transitors andbeen asking riders to show proof of payment. those who haven'teen bected. the transit agency says that during each sweep between 75 and 100 riders have gotten the boot. i asked if they will be conducting sweeps at other practices. they noted that police have been checking for proof of payment for almost two years now including on trains, this focused enforcement on morning trains since september. bart improved a new fare gate, a tall, swing style gate, very similar to what is already installed. it will cost around 1$115 million. bart is still trying to find the funding and after that it wi

lester holt joins us right now on nightly news. >>> breaking news tonight.akes new impeachment showdown house democrats moving their inquiry to a critical new phase three legal experts declaring president trump committed impeachable offenses with his conduct toward ukraine >> if what we are talking about today is not impeachable, then nothing is impeachable. >> the lone witness for republicans denouncing the evidence as wafer thin, and tonight the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani back overseas. why was he reportedly meeting with a former ukrainian prosecutor >>> also breaking, the surprise of a nato summitpresident trump abruptly cancelling a news conference after fellow world leaders were caught on a hot mic mocking him. the fallout tonight. >>> new lawsuit. george zimmerman, years after he was acquitted in the death of trayvon martin now