lester holt: but not a surprise. he'd been home alone with barbara jean all morning, and hadn't called 911 to report her missing. while police accused john, they did not arrest him, and continued to investigate. they quickly found five eyewitnesses who'd seen a man lugging the cardboard box. he walked across st. vincent street, set the box down, as if to catch his breath, because it seemed like it was heavy. lester holt: a sketch of the suspect was made. a white male, 5' 6" to 5' 8" 160 to 180 pounds, about 30 years old. this is a composite sketch of the guy that's wanted for yesterday's murder of that little girl. the neighborhood has been saturated with police all day and all night, passing out the composite drawing of the suspect. lester holt: dozens of detectives search for leads, as barbara jean's murder gripped the city for days. then weeks. it even got national attention. hundreds of tips poured in. tom lowenstein: they got so many calls about one guy, they followed him for six months. lester holt: when journa

and in the interview just now with nbc new's own lester holt. he called for unity, he asked for the nation to lower the temperature, to focus political debates around policy and differing visions for the country. he told lester, at the very end as they were saying theirp thank yous and good night, he wanted him to come back for another interview where they could talk about the issues. meanwhile, former president trump h

the issues. >> always happy to talk. >> president biden sitting down with nbc news anchor lester holt a combative and feisty interview. lester, why don't you ever talk about the 28 lies he told. where were you when this is why doesn't the press talk about that? 28 times it's confirmed he lied in the debate. what is with you even at the end, come back and we'll talk about the stuff that matters. stop asking me about me and about these politics. >> our colleague lawrence o'donnell joins us. >> that was lester holt doing lester holt and joe biden doing joe biden. look, it should be obvious enough, maybe it is a, the joe biden really likes lester holt and thinks -- admires his work. i didn't think that was a combative interview. i thought it was biden having to respond to questions that were challenges, and he responded his way. >> i mean combated that he was punching. giving as much as he was getting. >> close to the net in 10 this sort of thing. he knows he has to do that. the one thing that he can't erase from any of these interviews is how old he is. that's a fact. i've known that's h

lester holt is a gentleman.tried to ask tough questions but did it in a way where if it happens again, what are you going to do? joe biden accuses him of, why don't you cover the 28 times donald trump lied. lester holt says we have but i want to ask you about x, y, z. he won't admit to anything and won't even watch himself, correct himself. you have to. >> the worst thing you can make me do was watch myself on tv. i would rather -- i won't say. the incumbent president believes -- should reflect what he sees as accomplishments and he believes he should be more popular. there are a couple of stories saying the democrats are worried he is not getting the truth about his situation in the po polls. >> that might be right. the pressure we are feeling is that some democrats and you can include me, are coming to the realization that we could lose the house, the senate, and the presidency, not because he didn't do a good job investing in our ability to be investors, protecting a woman's right to choose, it is because he

i'm lester holt. thanks for joining us. hey, flex. considering there's a heatwave, it's kinda chilly in here. oh, that's because i'm pre-cooling the house with the ac before 4 pm. then i'll turn our thermostat to a comfortable 78 or higher that way i could stay cool later. ooh, what about me? you're never cool. oh. fight. right now at 11:00. fight on dramatic moments in milwaukee. just two days after the assassination attempt on former president trump, he made his first public appearance at the opening of the republican national convention. the former president met with those chants, despite calls to tone down the rhetoric, his ear covered by a large bandage you see over his right ear. there it comes. just hours after announcing his vice president pick there next to him, senator jd vance of ohio, who has ties to the bay area president biden defending his campaign tonight in an exclusive sit down interview with lester holt. it is the president's first interview since that assassination attempt on mr. trump. the stakes heating up for bo

and the delegates, lester holt is also there anchoring the newscast from the rnc. another big headline tonight, officials detail an alleged iranian plot to assassinate former president trump, separate from that shooting over the weekend. those stories and more, when lester joins us from the rnc in milwaukee dave's company just scored the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. high five! high five... -i'm on a call. it's 5 years of reliable, gig speed internet... five years of advanced security... five years of a great rate that won't change. yep, dave's feeling it. yes. but it's only for a limited time. five years? -five years. introducing the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering 5 years of savings. powering possibilities. the american association of state troopers is holding its annual best looking cruiser contest, and the top 13 states with the most votes will make it to its 2025 calendar number one cruiser will make it to the cover. voting started yesterday. and what you're looking at here is the chp of santa cruz. they're actually askin

at times annoyed with lester holt. should he be playing offense right now in the wake of just what happened, the attempted assassination on saturday? i think so, i mean, you know, he's got to move forward. he's acknowledged the attempt. he talked to former president trump. look, as he said he's on the horse. and clearly he had the reins right in his hands tonight. what happens with president former president trump now pretty symbolic to see it. he didn't say a word but it spoke volumes. being by him arriving and showing up and getting all the cheers at the rnc in milwaukee, it was dramatic. and in fact, the way they saw him walking out of that hall like a boxer coming out to the main event or world world wrestling, that's what it looked like. and to see that, of course, he got a great applause because he wasn't expected there. sitting with jd vance. that was another great shot. there's no doubt about it that the republicans are organized tonight. they know what they want to do. they're moving forward. and i'll tell you

lester holt speaks to some of them, including the mother and father of simone biles. lester joins us from paris right now >>> tonight, the emergency in california as the state's largest wildfire of the year explodes to nearly 400,000 acres. the new images of the park fire. it's now bigger than the city of los angeles and the sixth largest in the state's history. more than 100 homes and buildings destroyed. thousands under evacuation orders. now the smoke triggering air quality alerts in multiple other states. >>> also tonight, 99 days to election day and kamala harris's veepstakes heating up. two of the top contenders campaigning together. it comes as president biden proposes sweeping reforms to the supreme court. but can it go anywhere in congress? >>> former president donald trump agreeing to sit with the fbi for an interview about the attempt on his life as we learn new details about the shooter. >>> the horror in the uk. the stabbing rampage at a dance class during a taylor swift-themed event. two children killed. nine injured. and the teen in custody tonight. >>>

back to lester holt with inside the hunt for el chapo. >> february 16, 2014.es away, members of the mexican u.s. team had entered the hornets nest of culiacan in search of narco kingpin el chapo . they had been on the ground, exposed for 24 hours, and still hadn't located the exact safe house el chapo was holed up in. >> i got a call from the ground team, and they said, look -- this isn't working. everyone is tired and hungry, we are exhausted. >> time is running out. >> we have one option left. the most trusted courier. go find him. >> they did, and sure enough, he flipped on his boss and agreed to lead them to el chapo's five safe houses. a squad of more than 50 mexican marines and u.s. agents swarmed the area. drew and brady flew in from the base with another contingent of mexican marines. drew caught much of the operation on his phone. >> perfect. done. he is done. >> what followed was a tense cat and mouse game as the mexican marie's and stash pads are out culiacan in search of their prize. >> the first message that comes in from my guy says, cameras ever

something president biden brought up during his interview with nbc news lester holt tonight.ough if you go back and listen to jd, vance said about trump, well, he said some things about you. yeah, i know he says something about me, but see what he said about trump. what's with you guys? come on man. to which gop delegate conley says mr. biden should remember what a rival said about him just four years ago. like, kamala harris and joe biden, where she made some pretty excoriating remarks about the president. and when they were running in their primary. but they came together one last bay area connection to the vance family, his wife and the mother of their three children, usha chilukuri vance has for years been with munger, tolles and olson law firm here on mission street in san francisco. that's until she left the firm this afternoon. shortly after jd vance was named trump's running mate. the firm called usha, who clerked for chief justice john roberts, an excellent lawyer and colleague. jd vance brings youth to the gop ticket, but he does not bring experience. his very first

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it became clear that biden was ready to turn it down for everybody but lester holt. >> are you seeingt they saw, which was moments of frankly -- you appeared to be confused. >> lester, look. if why don't you guys ever talk about the 18 -- the 28 lies that he told? where are you on this? [laughter] >> jon: oh, 28! >> seriously, you won't answer the question but why did the press not talk about the lies he told? >> jon: let me ask you something, lester. let me ask you this... who's got two thumbs, lester? and is about to beat your ass? of course this entire debate over rhetoric is happening because of the attempted assassination of donald trump over the weekend at a rally in pennsylvania, which was obviously terrifying and disorienting. and i think i learned that in an emergency when shit hits the fan in this country... the internet is a great source of information. for instance, within minutes i found out that this is staged! and then i found out that it was actually an inside job. and then i found out that it was joe biden who ordered it! and then i found out that this guy is the shoo

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but first, lester holt is next. >>> tonight, an nbc news special. our exclusive interview with president biden. >> mr. president, there's a lot to talk about. >> the president's urgent message to a deeply divided nation. grappling with the fallout from the assassination attempt on former president trump. the president calling for unity, even as he presses on in his bid to defeat him. and republicans gather to nominate and celebrate the man looking to reclaim the white house. >> announcer: this is an nbc news special. live from the white house, here's lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome to our special coverage. we're live at the white house, where earlier today i sat down for an exclusive one-on-one interview with president biden. during our conversation the president called on all americans to tone down the heated rhetoric in the wake of the assassination attempt on former president trump at a rally over the weekend. but he also doubled down on staying in the presidential race himself despite calls from within his party to step aside. our inte

lester holt anchoring nightly news next. we'll see you again here at six. president's historic announcement. president biden no longer running for a second term. now the fallout and what happens next. president biden's decision a political earthquake, the race for the white house now thrown into disarray. the president endorsing vice president kamala harris, saying while he wanted to run again, he's doing what's best for the party and the country. the new focus on the vice president, does she have the party's and voters' support? harris saying her intention is to earn and win the nomination, but will other democrats challenge her? the timeline fast approaching, what a means for the democratic convention, getting on the ballot in all 50 states, and what happens to all that money raised for biden? >>> former president trump weighing in, what he told our correspondent about the new state of the race, but are they ready to take on whoever democrats choose? all of this one week after an assassination attempt on the campaign trail. >>> the president's legacy half

unscripted events in addition to the rally tonight, he is scheduled for a interview on monday with lester holt and more interviews next week in an event that the lbj library want to focus on civil rights issues but they do plan to get the president out there more often and they want to stop talking about this debate. >> no doubt about it. so ali, that is the public part of it. let's talk about what is happening behind closed doors. the president met with hakeem jeffries last night and talking with other parts of the democratic caucus today. tell us what we know. >> those meetings are set to happen before he gets off to michigan where gabe is patiently waiting for him. the president trying to affirm with members as they are now out of town, that after the press conference he's going to continue working to quell their concerns. part of that, though, are the -- is that he's received concerns from hakeem jeffries. he had promised members that as he was on a listening tour throughout his caucus, he would allay the concerns that he heard to the president himself. jeffries now saying in a statement,

news, high-profile interview, president biden agrees to sit down with nbc "nightly news" anchor lester holt as he faces growing calls to step aside. big supporters like george clooney now speaking out. >>> phoning home. the two starliner astronauts who remain onboard the international space station give an update. >>> and palace intrigue. an iconic room inside buckingham palace, now open to the public for the first time. we'll pull back the curtain on the royal room. >>> we start with involuntary manslaughter trial of alec baldwin. >> baldwin listened closely, took notes as both sides delivered opening statements earlier today, prosecutors said baldwin pulled a trigger on a gun holding a live round killing halyna hutchins back in 2021. he's pleaded not guilty. if convicted he would face up to 18 months in prison. >> dana griffin is following the trial from los angeles and here with us in studio, laura jarrett. dana, let's start with you out there. >> reporter: so it started with a state saying boldly that alec baldwin played make-believe with a real gun and that violated the cardinal rule o

tonight he sits down with lester holt _ stand. tonight he sits down with lester holt in _ stand.w, an interview where he ticks boxes or does he have to start the campaign right tonight? i does he have to start the campaign right tonight?— right tonight? i think he actually robabl right tonight? i think he actually probably does — right tonight? i think he actually probably does not _ right tonight? i think he actually probably does not have - right tonight? i think he actually probably does not have to - right tonight? i think he actually probably does not have to do . right tonight? i think he actually i probably does not have to do very much tonight, he probably could fall asleep because i think a lot of focus will be on donald trump and the selection ofjd vance and joe biden will probably evade scrutiny for the evening but i don't think he will abate scrutiny in the lead up to the democratic national convention. as much as i adore mary, i will have to take issue with the prediction of a unified democratic party going into the convention because i think whatjoe biden will not b

, with nightly news anchor lester holt, will take place tomorrow.nstead of taking place at the reagan library, because that trip is being rescheduled. it will take place at the white house. that will be a prime time special, as well as parts of that interview simply will be on nightly news. but also, a prime time special that would be originally scheduled for 9:00 p.m., so that's what we expect will take place. the assassination attempt should change security protocols also for local and state law enforcement. you are intimately aware of what happened on january 6th and what didn't happen, the calling in of the national guard and the penetration of the capital. but there will be an after action report on whether the peripheries, the perimeters have to be changed and whether outdoor rallies have to be re- examined in this campaign. >> absolutely. we have spoken about this. when you have a presidential type of movement like this, it is -- there's rings of security. it starts with state and locals and it moves to federal agencies. one thing that we tal

in an interview with lester holt last night, mr.en defending his record, dismissing calls from some democrats for him to step aside. with growing calls to tamp down heated rhetoric on both sides after donald trump was nearly killed, lester asked the president about his call to donors, calling on democrats to put mr. trump in the bull's eye. >> it was a mistake -- i didn't say crosshairs, i said bull's eye. focus on his policies, focus on the number of lies he told in the debate. there's a range of things that -- look, i'm not the guy at said i want to be a dictator on day one. i'm not the guy that refused to accept the outcome of the election. >> joining us now, jeff mason, and the biden campaign may have pulled down their ads. but on the use of violent rhetoric, the president is pointing t finger back at donald trump saying that's the context. what he said doesn't compare to what donald trump has said in the past. >> i think that's right. he said last night, essentially, stop asking me if i'm going to drop out of the race. don't ac

with this interview tonight with lester holt, president biden will be resuming campaigning.rst look at some -- we got a look at this interview, and in it, president biden was asked about comments he made in a call with donors last week when he told him that the talk of the debate was over, and that he wanted to put donald trump in the bullseye. pres. biden: i guess i was talking about, at the time, is that there was little focus on trump's agenda. let's focus on the number of lives -- lies he told in the debate. there is a whole range of things that look, i'm not the guy that said i want to be a dictator on day one. i'm not the kind that refused to accept the outcome of the election. i'm not the guy who would not accept the outcome of this election. laura: president biden added in that interview with lester holt that trump is the cannon that repeatedly uses violent rhetoric against his political enemies, including law enforcement, including judges and prosecutors, in his interview with lester holt. and his campaigning is also set to resume in nevada tomorrow. amna: what abou

. >> ainsley: lester holt. >> lawrence: lester holt yesterday, they are still citing the charlottesville a con. >> lawrence: and j.d. exercised a lot of humility in that interview with sean talked about i believed a lot of that one thing i discovered when i interviewed him he goes, look, all my family were democrats. and they noticed it before i did. and they decided that donald trump was fighting for them and so through my family, i gave him a second look. but he goes i bought into all of the lies because that was what was being played on air. >> steve: yeah. you know, and we know how this works. as soon as somebody comes to promise and, in particular, the vice presidential nominee is named. people are going to go after. >> lawrence: digging up stuff. >> steve: yesterday, lawrence and i were having a root beer. >> ainsley: minus the root. >> steve: and my wife showed us this tweet from one of j.d.'s vance's college roommates. he is coming after him. >> lawrence: yeah. >> steve: we're going to see a lot of this today. well, yesterday we saw a lot of members of the mainstream media who ar

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kind of a fight there between president biden and lester holt in the interview, that aired earlier this evening that interview happened today. at the white house we were just talking about the campaign plans. and we don't know how long the campaign pause is going to last. from biden harris they've taken all their ads down in the wake of the shooting on saturday night in pennsylvania but they say vice president harris has one? >> scheduled to speak to the convention and is going to be doing a moderated conversation with republican women in michigan and then i think another one on thursday in north carolina. to talk about abortion and reproduction rights. reproduction rights. the president is very happy th with how she has been his emissary on that. it is certainly a weak spot for jd vance if you talk about national public opinion on reproductive choice, so the fact that they are putting the vice president out at this ce moment on this issue as her opponent is making his grand debut. >> and it is her with republican women. >> including olivia troy who will be familiar to msnbc viewers bec

come on. [ laughter ] he's going ham on lester holt."ocrats are claiming that biden won the debate against lester holt. [ laughter ] it wasn't a debate, it was an interview. guys, today was day two of the republican national convention. there were over 40 speakers and roughly 400 whiffed high fives. [ light laughter ] "hey, bud." "hey, man." nikki haley spoke tonight. democrats were like, "aw, remember when she was the one who wouldn't drop out?" [ laughter ] meanwhile, last night at the convention, trump made a a surprise appearance, and it looked like he had a little trouble staying awake. watch this. >> and guidance for our beloved country. [ laughter ] please bless our people with wisdom as they vote in the upcoming election. and please bless with humility, honesty, skill, and integrity -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yep, the 2024 election is blinky versus sleepy. [ laughter ] ♪ [ "frolic" from "curb your enthusiasm" ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] switching gears, last night was a new episode of "the bachelorette." yeah, and we love the "the

reporting tonight from the olympics in paris, here is lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome from paris. an exciting first weekend of the 2024 games where simone biles shrugged off a painful injury and delivered in spectacular form in a gymnastics qualifying round, writing an early new chpter in her comeback story and leaving team usa well positioned in her plan for gold and biles bounced back with no plan to leave the competition. teammates gretchen walsh and tory husk swimming to a photo finish in the 100-meter but the are fly, a one-two finish, silver for walsh while the home crowd went wild after usa. >> the community made this possible today so it's crazy. >> tom is here. a lot of emotions playing out through this place. let's talk about women's soccer and u.s. women's wrapped up a match. >> they're young, but they're hungry. they just beat germany 4-1 so they're 2-0 likely headed to the the next round. >> tom llamas, thank you. >> you can watch the women's gymnastics and much more starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern time and we'll have more from the olympics later in the broadcast

in milwaukee, alice barr, nbc news. >> in that interview with lester holt, president biden was asked about a comment to donors that it's time to stop infighting over his candidacy and instead put donald trump in a quote, bull's eye. the defepresident defended usin that language. >> you said it's time to put trump in the bull's eye. there's some dispute about the context. >> i said cross hairs. i was talking about focus on. the truth of the matter was, he what i guess i was talking about was there's very little focus on trump's agenda. >> you said bull's eye. >> it was a mistake to say the word -- i didn't say cross hairs, focus on him, focus on what he's doing. >> president biden arrived overnight in las vegas, making a return to the campaign trail. the president will speak to several groups there over the next two days, including addressing the naacp national convention. >>> let's turn now to the investigation into the assassination attempt on donald trump. we are learning more about the shooter, his background and his familiarity with firearms. nbc's stephanie gosk has the latest.

and in the interview just now with nbc new's own lester holt. he called for unity, he asked for the nation to lower the temperature, to focus political debates around policy and differing visions for the country. he told lester, at the very end as they were saying theirp thank yous and good night, he wanted him to come back for another interview where they could talk about the issues. meanwhile, former president trump has changed his planned speech for this year's republican national convention, saying he will now focus on, quote, bringing the country together. we shall see. at the same time, the former president has moved forward with his own campaign plans, announcing that ohio senator jd vance will be his running mate. of all of the purported short list contenders for trump's running mate, jd vance considered to be the most radical choice in terms of his idealogical space on the idealogical number line and what he's articulated about what he thinks the powers of the president are and should be and what shump should do. he's talked openly about

plus, we'll show you the big moments from president biden's wideanging interview with nbc's lester holt. >>> good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this tuesday, july 16th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a very, very busy show for you this morning,nd we begin here. two days after an assassination attempt during a rally in pennsylvania, former president donald trump made his first public appearance doing so at the republican national convention in milwaukee last night. trump's right ear was visibly bandaged as he entered the convention hall. the crowd was cheering as the former presidentalked out during a live rendition of greenwood's god bless the usa. hours before that appearance trump announced that senator j.d. vance of ohio would be this year's running mate for election. the former president made the announcement in a long post on social media highlighting vance's long service and education at yale law school. a source told abc news trump called vance to tell him he was being selected just 20 minutes before he announced it to the world on

i'm with lester holt. poor old lester holt is getting smashed from the left.e was too easy on biden. now they are eating their own. eating poor lester holt the last decent journalist over at nbc. >> truth is lester holt is very kind to him. he was forceful but also very kind to hill. the left doesn't know what they're doing. they have lost their mind. >> laura: all right. hold on judge. we have a fox news alert. today we heard ♪ >> laura: a number of disturbing reports of violence nearby near the rnc. it started earlier in the afternoon when a man was shot and killed by police near the perimeter. and we just before we came on the air, two more disturbing instances. congressman derrick van orden said he was assaulted by the pro-palestinian group code pink and just after that. we'll learned from our own bill melugin that an armed man wearing a ski mask was arrested yesterday as he was approaching the secure area just blocks away. this is the party of peace and understanding. and tolerance. >> judge jeanine: took the words out of my mouth. they want to call for u

lester holt sits down for a one on one with president biden. that happened today. it is the first time the president is being interviewed since the assassination attempt against donald trump. and for the first time, we'll hear what he has to say about that new republican vp pick for jd vance. and, of course, the ongoing concerns about whether president biden should be running in november at all. you can watch it all coming up at 6:00 right here on nbc bay area more coverage from the rnc after the break. up next, we talk to bay area delegates that are at the convention. this evening and news patelco customers have been waiting for service now restored after that breach of the bank's system by hackers. we talked to some customers at a local branch today. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. we've got fog back here for tomorrow morning that's going to help out our temperatures. we'll let you know how long it's going to stay comfortable befe some more bigor it's time to get away and cash in at cache creek casino resort. to rock and to roll. to go all out or go all in

but first, lester holt is next. >>> tonight, an nbc news special. our exclusive interview with president biden. >> mr. president, there's a lot to talk about. >> the president's urgent message to a deeply divided nation.

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and then on monday, lester holt sits down with president biden in an exclusive one on one interview. you can watch a preview of that on nightly news, and then the full, unedited version in primetime special will be 6 p.m. here on nbc and nbc news now, next monday. this will all lead into our special coverage of the republican national convention on monday night. well into it. once a part in the artificial intelligence boom. but in order to do so, it says it will need to cut jobs. the tax software company says it's reorganizing to focus on bringing ai into its products and services. that plan includes laying off about 10% of its workforce, which is about 1800 people. however, intuit did say it expects to refill most of those jobs next year. the mountain view based company will also be closing its offices in idaho and canada. well, the latest shots in the smartphone wars were fired today, this time by apple's chief rival, samsung. new phones and a new ring will boast i. our business and tech reporter scott budman is here to break it down for us. hey, scott. hey, jia, whether you're an

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. from washington, just moments ago, president biden faced question after question from reporters in what was without question one of the most important press conferences of his presidency. his words, his demeanor, under scrutiny as never before. tonight he was asked again about his decision to stay in the race. on a day when more democrats called on him to drop out. mr. biden gave no indication that he's considering abandoning his campaign. saying, quote, i'm not in this for my legacy. i'm in this to complete the job i started. the president forcefully responded to questions about the strength of the nato alliance, russia, china and israel. but the president also misspoke at one point tonight, when asked about vice president kamala harris. instead he referred to vice president trump. also tonight, the doubts about the president now affecting some close to the re-election effort. our new reporting that his campaign is testing the idea of a ticket led by vice president harris. our team h

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening and welcome. president biden is stomping out political brushfires tonight that are eating at his campaign while democrats on capitol hill hash out whether the president remains the right person to carry the party to victory in november following that debate performance that turned the presidential campaign on its head. for now, the president still hanging on in what could prove to be a make or break week as he hosts world leaders in washington. looking to project a message of strength here and abroad. mr. biden opening a meeting with nato leaders with a forceful tribute to the alliance, and vowing that ukraine will prevail in the war with russia. we begin with nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight, president biden on the world stage, kicking off a high-stakes nato summit with 38 world leaders here in washington. >> it's good that we're stronger than ever, because this moment in history calls for our collective strength. >> reporter: president biden and european allies announcing new air defen

lester holt speaks to some of them, including the mother and father of simone biles.joins us from paris right now >>> tonight, the emergency in california as the state's largest wildfire of the year explodes to nearly 400,000 acres. the new images of the park fire. it's now bigger than the city of los angeles and the sixth largest in the state's history. more than 100 homes and buildings destroyed. thousands under evacuation orders. now the smoke triggering air quality alerts in multiple other states. >>> also tonight, 99 days to election day and kamala harris's veepstakes heating up. two of the top contenders campaigning together. it comes as president biden proposes sweeping reforms to the supreme court. but can it go anywhere in congress? >>> former president

lester holt is sitting down with president biden for an exclusive one on one interview. it is the first since yesterday's shooting. nbc nightly news will have a preview of that interview at 4:00 tomorrow evening, right here on nbc. bay area. then you can watch the full, unedited interview during a primetime special tomorrow at 6 p.m, right here on nbc bay area. we are back in 90s just ahead. it's what patelco customers want to hear. the big update from the east bay credit union crippled by hackers, and we continue to enjoy cooler temperatures, low 80s and walnut creek here to wrap up the weekend, but 90s could make a comeback at that could make a comeback at that 7-day fore ca (♪♪) the best summer plans come from the back seat. let's go camping! i want to see a dinosaur! let's rescue a puppy... a real one. let's go on a big family road trip! volvo plug-in hybrids. short trips on electric, longer trips on gas. mom, can we drive until we see the stars? the volvo xc60 and xc90 plug-in hybrid. visit your local volvo retailer to explore plug-in hybrid vehicles. during the sum

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. we begin with breaking news from new mexico where just a short time ago, the criminal case against alec baldwin was dismissed. baldwin's trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the deadly shooting on the "rust" movie set coming to an abrupt and dramatic end after the defense claimed the prosecution withheld evidence about ammunition on the "rust" set. the judge dismissing the case with prejudice after holding a hearing on a motion by the defense for dismissal. nbc's chloe melas is here. chloe, a stunning end to this trial. >> lester, alec baldwin breaking news he's breaking down in tears. the judge dismissed his case, and the decision came after the judge determined the prosecution withheld evidence. >> this is critical evidence in the case that was never disclosed to us. this is not the first time, it's not the second time, it's not even the third time. it's time for this case to be dismissed, your honor. >> reporter: the pivotal moment in alec baldwin's criminal trial seen

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other.heat hitting the bay area hard right now. some spots reaching triple digits once again