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lester holt joins us from brooklyn right now. >>> breaking news tonight.york city naming a person of interest after a shooting on a subway train passengers fleeing the smoke-filled car after police say a man inside put on a gas mask, set off a smoke canister, and opened fire during morning rush hour. at least ten shot, 13 more injured. the race to escape victims collapsing fellow riders giving first aid. the suspect fleeing. police recovering a gun and a bag with more canisters and fireworks. late today, police locating a u-haul van that may be linked what investigators are just revealing >>> also tonight, inflation hitting a new 41-year high gas prices up nearly 50%. food up 9% the move president biden announced today aimed at easing pain at the pump. >>> president biden for the first time accusing vladimir putin of genocide as putin says peace talks with ukraine hit a dead end. >>> covid cases on the rise in the u.s. dr. anthony fauci on a return of mask mandates. >>> tracking severe stormsin2 states across 1,000 miles al roker wil one-on-one with barack

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man with one of the most famous voices in comedy >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening to our viewers in the west. we're coming to you from brooklyn next to a subway station that became the sit of a mass shooting bullets flying, obscured by a blanket of smoke that filled a train car.

that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt.please take care of yourself and each other. good night . >>> i'm raj mathai. next on nbc bay area news tonight after a gut wrenching 20 hours baby brandon is home tonight. but who kidnapped the 3-month-old and why? we have exclusive video and details. >> this suspect appeared at the residence with a baby carrier. we do believe this was planned. it wasn't some random act. >> we're piecing together how and where the baby was found and speak to the quick thinking good samaritan who called police. and our newsroom. >> my heart is overwhelming because this was a bad situation that turned good. >> also vice president harris tests positive for covid just days after her bay area visit.

lester holt is preparing for nightly news. the new twist on an old crime. rrency romance scams on the rise. the warning from the fbi to americans looking for love. lester joins us in about three minutes. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (music throughout) >>> well, happening now, a decision is being made on whether hundreds of south bay students will be going to a new school next fall. >> alum rock is determining whether to turn the elementary school into a school for preschool and kindergarten. the board blames declining enrollment. >>> is it a hostile takeover? and do twitter employees want to happen? elon musk offering to buy twitter. >>> but coming up next. a significant blow to russia's war effort. one of russia's most important warships caught fire and sunk. so who's responsible? lester holt joins us from new york right now. >>> tonight a major blow to the russian war effort in ukraine. russia saying its premiere warship has sunk in the black sea. the ukrainians claiming their forces launched a missile strike on the ship, forcing the crew to evacuate russia blaming the

that's "nightly news" for us thanks for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night >>> i'm aubrey, next on nbc bay area news tonight, president biden taking action on this earth day. plus what you can do at home to help minimize your carbon footprint. also. >>> well, i'm up is isset about it because it's our thing in gilroy. >> a beloved south bay event called off indefinitely. wha they say the gilroy garlic festival has come to an end. >>> then record low numbers at the coliseum. does negotiations over a new ball park have anything to do with it? >>> and he's a martial arts master.

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other good night oh, wow barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, but we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. -but i just... -so thanks, we're doing great. i'm so happy for you! but i'm just here for my order. oh. entre-pin-eurs? yeah, my bowling team. i like it. there's money in puns. do business like a gigillionaire at&t business fiber, now with speeds up to 5-gigs. limited availability. >>> next on nbc bay area news, a sun splashed friday. it comes with a warning. we are hours away from a red flag warning. heat and wind, a dangerous recipe for wildfires. >>> with no end in sight in ukraine, the fighting california firefighters are going into the war zone. >> a fire engine, one is on its side, one hit by a rocket. the other is burned up. >> a man leading a team into ukraine. how they plan to help and how they will stay safe. >>> a f

lester holt joins us now. >>> b tonight.york subway shooting rampage under arrest the suspect, frank james, taken into custody after police say he called in a tip on himself james facing a federal charge after police say he put on a gas mask, set off smoke canisters, and fired a gun 33 times on a subway train, wounding 10 people. new video of the suspect entering the subway before the attack now details on how he escaped and his disturbing trail on social media >>> also tonight, president biden stepping up military aid to ukraine $800 million in weapons, ammunition, and other security assistance and the latest satellite images where that massive russian convoy is headed >>> severe storms on the move after a tornado outbreak injured nearly two dozen in texas al roker is tracking it >>> the cdc extending the mask mandate for planes and public transportation how much longer will travelers have to mask up >>> oscar winner cuba gooding jr. pleading guilty to forcibly touching a woman at a new york nightclub will he avoid jail tim

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each please take care of yourself and each other. oh, wow barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, but we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. -but i just... -so thanks, we're doing great. i'm so happy for you! but i'm just here for my order. oh. entre-pin-eurs? yeah, my bowling team. i like it. there's money in puns. do business like a gigillionaire at&t business fiber, now with speeds up to 5-gigs. limited availability. >>> i'm raj mathai. next on nbc bay area news tonight, record-breaking heat, and it's not over. >> expect a warm night and we'll tell you exactly when this cooldown begins. >>> plus, the heat in our deepening drought will lead to cut backs earlier than expected. new details. >>> also history unfolding before our eyes. >> all right. good job. >> a touching moment between the president and the newly confirmed supreme court

bring some relief to the scorching hot housing market >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone with the country on track to soon reach 1 million covid deaths in the next few weeks, this, a face mask, has remained the flashpoint of our anxieties and frustrations, and no tonight objects of mixed messages today there were celebrations in the sky as federal mask requirements for flyers and other means of transport were abruptly ended a federal judge setting the rule's demise in motion yesterday, vacating the cdc mandate, calling it unlawful tonight many health experts point out it may not square with science. an upward tick in covid cases around the country the new freedom to doff face masks on planes, they warn, may also put small children and those with compromised immune systems at risk and now late word the justice department may appeal the judge's ruling tom costello sorts it out for us >> reporter: on delta flight 528 this morning >> you are no longer required on delta airlines to wear the mask so feel free to exercise your freedom this morning. >>

>>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening a veiled threat from vladimir putin to the west tonight as russian forces feel the bite of american-supplied weapons to ukraine putin vowing a lightning-fast response to outside interference and strategic threats to russia saying, we have all the tools for this during the conflict, putin has reminded the west of his advanced nuclear weapons capabilities undeterred, officials in the biden administration say they are preparing to send congress a request for additional ukraine aid, described as massive in scale. moscow, meantime, pulling the trigger on energy exports today cutting two nato allies off from russian oil and natural gas supplies it's a move that immediately sent energy prices higher that's where we begin tonight with nbc's tom costello >> reporter: vladimir putin's new threats have europe and the world on edge tonight. after moscow cut off poland and bulgaria, two nato allies, from natural gas and oil supplies after they refused to pay in rubles rather than the standard dollars and euros. speaking to russian l

thank you for watching i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night >>> right now at 7:00, san jose police looking for this infant. they say a man kidnapped this 3-month-old baby. good evening everyone. i'm jessica aguirre. police are telling us at this hour the man took the baby around 1:00 this afternoon. the baby's name is brandon quarar still reportedly in his car seat outside his mother's car when he was taken. here are additional photos of baby brandon from a family member. this is the neighborhood where it happened. there is a large police presence. this is on elm street in san jose. within the last 20 minutes we've learned the fbi is also on this case. this is not far from bellman prep

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night, everyone (music throughout) >>> right now on nbc bay area news tonight, a rented u-haul, surveillance footage, and a phone call to police from the suspected gunman himself. >> we hope this arrest brings some solace to the victims and the people of the city of new york. >> we are breaking down the crucial evidence that led police to frank james. we'll walk you through exactly what investigators say he did before, during, and after yesterday's subway shooting in new york city. >>> also it's a parent's nightmare. a teenage girl dead after taking fentanyl. the man accused of giving it to her, was arrested but not being charged with her actual death. >> and i said, you failed. and he said, i know. >> we investigate why some overdoses aren't initially be treated like

i'm lester holt.ase take care of yourself and each other good night >>> right now on nbc bay area news tonight. it was arson. one of the most damaging fires in san jose history. new information about the home depot fire. a suspect has been arrested. also late word from the tsa. the federal agency will no longer enforce masks on flights and public transportation. >> saw the order. i think it's great. >> i'm still going to wear it. >> we're breaking down the court ruling that forced the hand of the tsa and talking to an expert about whether it's time to go maskless. >>> and how police say they busted the crew responsible for smash and grabs across the bay area. >>>

that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> kelly: hi, hello, hello! [cheers and applause] welcome! welcome to "the kelly clarkson show," y'all! as we can see we are getting started a little differently today and that's because the fall has been really bad around l.a. and is doing a number on my allergies and my voice is gone, so hey. luckily, i know, i sound like a man, it's fine. we recorded some songs just in case a day like today pops up and it is here. i'm so glad we did that, by the way. so let's do a kelly-aoke special, this is radiohead's "exit music for a film." [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ wake from your sleep ♪ ♪ the drying of your tears ♪ ♪ today we escape ♪ ♪ we escape ♪ ♪ and you can laugh ♪ ♪ a spineless laugh ♪ ♪ we hope your rules and wisdom choke you ♪ ♪ now ♪ ♪ we are one ♪ ♪ in everlasting peace ♪ ♪ we hope ♪ ♪ that you choke ♪ ♪ that you choke ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: all right, give it up for my band y'all! every

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone russian intentions are still difficult to sort out, but judging by their actions, kyiv is still very much in their sites tonight. while putin's forces pivot to the east, u.s. military officials say the tempo of russian air assaults has picked up over the last 24 hours and that the capital is very much under threat from air strikes. elsewhere, ukrainian troops say they continue to draw blood against the invaders this video of a russian tank burning recorded in slaboda, a village near kharkiv, which the ukrainians claim has been liberated. and there's word that the chernobyl nuclear plant is no longer in russian hands. troops pulling out today but only after some may have been exposed to the site's decades old radioactive soil richard engel reports from the front lines in eastern ukraine >> reporter: russia's military has suffered shocking setbacks in ukraine, some self inflicted. but today may be one of the biggest yet ukraine state nuclear company says two columns of russian troops left the chernobyl nu

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night >>> right now on nbc bay area news tonight, it's not over. we have new details about that bizarre kidnapping in san jose. this story changing by the hour. what our sources and court documents are revealing about how this plot unfolded. plus -- the boy's mother speaking at the courthouse today in san jose. what she is feeling now that her son is back and the two people suspected of the kidnapping are in jail. >>> and here we go again. prepare to mask up. bart's new rules, and what happens if you break the rules. >>> and some people vowing to leave twitter. is it you? if elon musk's takeover is actually happening. we're looking into the politics of the potential twitter exodus.

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night, everyone . . . oh, wow barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, but we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. -but i just... -so thanks, we're doing great. i'm so happy for you! but i'm just here for my order. oh. entre-pin-eurs? yeah, my bowling team. i like it. there's money in puns. do business like a gigillionaire at&t business fiber, now with speeds up to 5-gigs. limited availability. >>> right now, one-on-one with stephen curry. >> does your voice as a leader change because you are not on the court and you get that big three in a crucial moment? >> yes and no. they always listen to me though. >> what steph said about the injury that's taken him out for the rest of the season and when he'll be back in the court. >>> a small patch of snow left, we are way behind when it come to the snow pack. we are talking about how bad our drought will be because of it. >> i am grateful we can toggl

. ♪ >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening russia absorbing two major blowsn ukraine tonight, one to its prestige, the other to one of its prize warships the "moskva," named for russia's capital, has sunk tonight in the black sea according to russian state tv its 500-member crew evacuated. ukraine claiming its forces struck the massive cruiser causing heavy damage and setting the ship ablaze the russians saying an on-board fire detonated munitions. u.s. officials unable to determine the cause. either explanation a setback for the russian invasion force which tonight is realigning to renew its offensive in eastern ukraine, with early reports of more targeting of civilians. >>> tonight new geopolitical shifts in the offing finland and sweden contemplating nato membership vladimir putin perhaps facing the opposite of what he wants. >>> we begin our coverage now with gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: it was one of russia's most important warships, but tonight it has sunk according to russian officials after its crew was evacuated. the ukrainians claim their cruise mis

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the surprise wedding at 37,000 feet >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone the pentagon tonight warning americans against travel to ukraine after the death of a 22-year-old u.s. marine veteran who went there to join the fight. the mother of willy joseph cancel saying he wanted to go over because he believed in what ukraine was fighting for that fight this evening still focused in the east but u.s. officials say the russian advance there has been slow and uneven and taking longer than the russians had anticipated. the mayor of the besieged city of mariupol, which is so critical to the russian goal of dividing the country, believes more than 20,000 in that city alone have died since the beginning of the war. the russians once again looking over their shoulders turning some of their attention back to the capital. missiles striking in kyiv, a city where a major russian armored assault was successfully repelled several weeks ago. kelly cobiella is in eastern ukraine. >> reporter: after more than two months of war and countless ukrainians killed

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening as our regular viewers know, we often caution before a particularly disturbing or graphic piece of video runs. tonight, let me warn you from the start, many of you will want to look away for our top story. it's about the unspeakable trail of horror retreating russian forces left behind in the kyiv suburb of bucha. bodies in the streets, evidence of summary executions, torture, mass graves filled with bodies, reports of rape. late tonight, ukraine's president, volodymyr zelenskyy, saying more than 300 people were killed and tortured in bucha. moscow claims it's all staged, calling the images a provocation earlier today, president zelenskyy toured the carnage in bucha for himself saying it will be recognized by the world as genocide. and so tonight, while we may want to look away, it is becoming harder and harder to close our eyes to what's happening richard engle again leads our coverage from ukraine. >> reporter: when russian troops pulled out of the kyiv suburb of bucha, they exposed the horrors of their f

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thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other good night ♪ ♪ ~~ wait i'm wrong ~ ~ should have done better than this ~ ~ please i'll be strong ~ ~ i'm finding it hard to resist ~ ♪ ♪ ~ show me what i'm looking for~ ~ show me what i'm looking for~♪ ~ save me from being confused ~ ~ show me what i'm looking for~ ~ show me what i'm looking for~ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: give it up my banyon. [cheers and applause] this is show me what i'm looking for. what a connection that song was smart you look fabulous him to start there. >> thank you, thank you for singing a song by the way. that song really connects to me because i grew up in hawaii it's a small town in the middle of the ocean and i came out here and doing drag it takes three hours kelly, three hours of makeup. i remember sitting down to my floor is going to pandora and three hours and get a lot of music and in three hours. [laughs] the song came on and there was a line of it that says save me i'm confused, show me what i'm look

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thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other good night [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ been working so hard ♪ ♪ i'm punching my card ♪ ♪ eight hours, for what? ♪ ♪ oh, tell me what i got ♪ ♪ you're playing so cool ♪ ♪ obeying every rule ♪ ♪ deep way down in your heart ♪ ♪ you're burning, yearning for some ♪ ♪ somebody to tell you ♪ ♪ that life ain't passing you by ♪ ♪ i'm trying to tell you ♪ ♪ it will if you don't even try ♪ ♪ you'll get by if you'd only ♪ ♪ cut loose ♪ ♪ footloose ♪ ♪ kick off the sunday shoes ♪ ♪ please, louise ♪ ♪ pull me off of my knees ♪ ♪ jack, get back ♪ ♪ come on before we crack ♪ ♪ lose your blues ♪ ♪ everybody cut footloose ♪ ♪ footloose ♪ ♪ kick off the sunday shoes ♪ please, louise ♪ ♪ pull me off of my knees ♪ ♪ jack, get back ♪ ♪ come on before we crack ♪ ♪ lose your blues ♪ ♪ everybody cut, everybody cut ♪ ♪ everybody cut, everybody cut ♪ ♪ everybody cut, everybody cut ♪ ♪ everybody cut footloose! ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly c

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ friday night and the lights are low ♪ ♪ looking out for a place to go ♪ ♪ where they play the right music ♪ ♪ getting in the swing ♪ ♪ you come to look for a king ♪ ♪ anybody could be that guy ♪ ♪ night is young and the music's high ♪ ♪ with a bit of rock music ♪ ♪ everything is fine ♪ ♪ you're in the mood for a dance ♪ ♪ and when you get the chance ♪ ♪ you are the dancing queen ♪ ♪ young and sweet ♪ ♪ only seventeen ♪ ♪ dancing queen ♪ ♪ feel the beat from the tambourine oh yeah ♪ ♪ you can dance ♪ ♪ you can jive ♪ ♪ having the time of your life ♪ ♪ ooh see that girl ♪ ♪ watch that scene ♪ ♪ digging the dancing queen ♪ ♪ digging the dancing queen ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> welcome to "the kelly clarkson show." give it up for my musical director, jason on piano. you can never go wrong with some abba. that was one of their many classics, "dancing queen." chloe and her audience as to hear it, so why did you want to hear

that's "nightly news" for us thanks for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ just like the white winged dove ♪ ♪ sings a song ♪ ♪ sounds like she's singin' ♪ ♪ whoo-whoo-whoo ♪ ♪ just like the white winged dove ♪ ♪ sings a song ♪ ♪ sounds like she's singin' ♪ ♪ whoo baby whoo ♪ ♪ said whoo ♪ ♪ and the days go by ♪ ♪ like a strand in the wind ♪ ♪ in the web that is my own ♪ ♪ i begin again ♪ ♪ said to my friend baby (everything stops) ♪ ♪ nothin' else mattered ♪ ♪ he was no more (he was no more) ♪ ♪ than a baby then ♪ ♪ well he seemed broken hearted ♪ ♪ somethin' within him ♪ ♪ but the moment ♪ ♪ that i first laid ♪ ♪ eyes on him ♪ ♪ all alone on the edge of ♪ ♪ seventeen ♪ ♪ just like the white winged dove ♪ ♪ sings a song sounds like she's singin' ♪ ♪ whoo baby whoo ♪ ♪ said whoo ♪ ♪ feels like the white winged dove ♪ ♪ sings a song sounds like she's singin' ♪ ♪ whoo baby whoo ♪ ♪ said whoo ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: all right, all right! welcome to "the kelly clarkson show"! and welcome to my birthday

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night, everyone [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ you and i in a little toy shop ♪ ♪ buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got ♪ ♪ set them free at the break of dawn ♪ ♪ 'til one by one they were gone ♪ ♪ back at base bugs in the software ♪ ♪ flash the message something's out there ♪ ♪ floating in the summer sky ♪ ♪ ninety-nine red balloons go by ♪ ♪ ninety-nine red balloons ♪ ♪ floating in the summer sky ♪ ♪ panic bells it's red alert ♪ ♪ there's something here from somewhere else ♪ ♪ the war machine springs to life ♪ ♪ opens up one eager eye ♪ ♪ focusing it on the sky ♪ ♪ when ninety-nine red balloons go by ♪ ♪ as ninety-nine red balloons go by ♪ ♪ ninety-nine dreams i have had ♪ ♪ in every one a red balloon ♪ ♪ it's all over and i'm standin' pretty ♪ ♪ in this dust that was a city ♪ ♪ if i could find a souvenir ♪ ♪ just to prove the world was here ♪ ♪ and here is a red balloon ♪ ♪ i think of you and let it go ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: what's up, y'all? welcome to "the

scammers stealing billions of dollars in pandemic assistance our lester holt sat down with deputy attorneyeneral lisa monaco who's busy tracking down those fraudsters >> even i was surprised at the sheer brazenness of some of these fraud efforts. >> reporter: deputy attorney general lisa monaco is the top cop charged with prosecuting perhaps the biggest fraud in american history, pandemic relief fraud >> there is something that is truly corrupt about somebody or an organization that would go after and try and line their own pockets and take from people who -- can't think of something that's more corrupt. >> reporter: over the past year the department of justice has charged more than 1,000 people and seized back more than a billion dollars in cash and luxury items like homes, cars, even a valuable pokÉmon card they say thousands of cases are underway, though, that is likely just scratching the surface of the total amount of fraud suspected to have occurred the goal of holding people accountable is certainly laudable but at what cost. at the end of the day you're going to be collecting penni

i'm from nbc, lester holt. >> oh, yeah.ink you should go home? >> soon i know that. >> it helps my throat. >> yeah. i can open that for you. let me open that for you. there you go, frank. all right. i'm going to let you rest. okay? well, he's a human being. i'm not here to judge him. but i don't know how you not have compassion. >> a few weeks later, i learned that frank died in his hospice bed alone. back in my cell, i had a lot of time to reflect about everything i've seen. >> i have personally wrestled with this question of is prison punishment? because if it is punishment, it's pretty bad. is it a place of reform? you can certainly see efforts to reform here. i can't help thinking as we're, you know, talking to men incarcerated when they were teenagers i think of my own self at 16, 17 years old and it is all complicated. >> and now the two men i met that committed murders as teenagers, henry and clifford, are about to find out if they will finally get parole and walk back out into the world. why hide your skin if dupixe

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i'm lester holt.ase take care of yourself and each other ♪ ♪ ♪♪ just a small-town girl livin' in a lonely world ♪ ♪ she took the midnight train goin' anywhere ♪ ♪ just a city boy born and raised in south detroit ♪ ♪ he took the midnight train goin' anywhere ♪ ♪ a singer in a smoky room ♪ ♪ the smell of wine and cheap perfume ♪ ♪ for a smile they can share the night ♪ ♪ it goes on and on and on and on ♪ ♪ strangers waitin' ♪ ♪ up and down the boulevard ♪ ♪ their shadows searchin' in the night ♪ ♪ streetlights people ♪ ♪ livin' just to find emotion ♪ ♪ hidin' somewhere in the night ♪ ♪ don't stop believin' ♪ ♪ hold on ♪ ♪ streetlights people ♪ ♪ don't stop ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: hi, y'all! welcome to "the kelly clarkson show"! my birthday is coming up this weekend! we're celebrating early, we will celebrate a very successful decade, the soul patch, swatches, and those singer lists mesh gloves which were awesome, if we do not have her hair and a side ponytail, yes, ma'am, it was teased out re

you can see there, lester holt preparing for nightly news.f the top stories this evening, the action amazon workers just took that could impact businesses across the country. >> on the season finale of saving san francisco. >> it's frightening. i don't know what he is capable of. >> a man's fear and loved. >> even a monster, real or perceived, has a history. >> the talented teacher turned neighborhood pariah. the jailhouse interview with the man accused of turning one woman's life upside down. >> i am not a hurtful person, i am not a harmful person. >> do you remember showing up to her house naked one night? >> "saving san francisco," the season finale streaming monday. oh, wow barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, but we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. -but i just... -so thanks, we're doing great. i'm so happy for you! but i'm just here for my order. oh. entre-pin-eurs? yeah, my bowling team. i like it. there's money in

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night ♪ ♪ ♪♪ our paths may never cross again ♪ ♪ maybe my heart will never mend ♪ ♪ but i'm glad for all the good times ♪ ♪ cause you've brought me so much sunshine ♪ ♪ and love was the best it's ever been ♪ ♪ i wouldn't have missed it for the world ♪ ♪ wouldn't have missed loving you girl ♪ ♪ you've made my whole life worth while with your smile ♪ ♪ i wouldn't trade one memory ♪ ♪ cause you mean too much to me ♪ ♪ even though i lost you girl ♪ ♪ i wouldn't have missed it for the world ♪ ♪ oh i wouldn't trade one memory ♪ ♪ cause you mean too much to me ♪ ♪ even though i lost you girl ♪ ♪ i wouldn't have missed it for the world ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show"! give it up for my band, y'all! [cheers and applause] [laughs] that was "i wouldn't have missed it for the world" by ronnie milsap. i love running all set. the total chart topper in 1982, the year i was born. and it's a great song to help us continue ah scrunchies at high-tops, neon an

. >>> and here's a look inside -- well, this is lester holt is preparing for "nightly news." big oil under pressure. congress asking why you're paying more at the pump while oil companies are making major profits. 's oh, wow barbara corcoran! good morning. sorry, but we don't need any business help now. we're gigillionaires. what? we're gigillionaires now. i don't get it we have at&t business fiber with hyper-gig speeds. -but i just... -so thanks, we're doing great. i'm so happy for you! but i'm just here for my order. oh. entre-pin-eurs? yeah, my bowling team. i like it. there's money in puns. do business like a gigillionaire at&t business fiber, now with speeds up to 5-gigs. limited availability. . >>> well, an update and an updated timeline in the will smith saga. the motion picture academy said today it is meeting earlier than planned to discuss will smith's actions at the awards show. as we all know, smith slapped chris rock on stage after smith -- after rock told a joke about smith's wife, jada pinkett smith. the academy says that meeting was originally scheduled for tw

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. >>> and here is a look at lester holt preparing for "nightly news." top stories tonight, a new front in the energy wars. russia cutting off natural gas to nato allies. how the u.s. plans to provide support. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (music throughout) >>> it's always a good time to visit the park. >> yes. >> it just brings your blood pressure down a bit. now san francisco has a brand-new park. >> today mayor breed was on hand to officially open francisco park. 4 1/2 acres located in russian hill, panoramic view, community gardens and lots of open space. neighbors raised the more than 27 mil for the park to be built and the city's park and recs department purchased the land for about $10 million. it's on the former site of san francisco's francisco reservoir which hasn't been used since the 1940s. >> san francisco is so fortunate because which take a reservoir and other things that were made to not be accessible or available to the public, and we create something magical and beautiful that brings people together. >> it is the largest park to open in the city in

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other.n "nbc bay area news" tonight the manhunt continues for the gunman who opened fire on the new york city subway train. >> i saw maybe a 16-year-old kid, he was sitting on the step coming out of the train station and he had a bullet in his knee. >> that's sort of a terror that i haven't seen before since 9/11. >> ten people were shot, at least 13 others injured. we are live in brooklyn. we will be joined by nbc's chris pollone. ♪♪ >>> good evening. i'm raj mathai. tonight we are also talking about rising prices. why are we paying so much more for groceries, gas and ot goods? also, the star athlete accused of attempted