each weeknight for "nbc nightly news." i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, good night. and i don't think you'd be a tough guy without the united states. and your people are very brave. but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. what started as a hopeful day, a step toward ending the war in ukraine, is derailed with an explosive confrontation in the oval office. good evening. i'm garvin thomas. it was a scene unlike any other in american history. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky in washington to sign a deal with president trump exchanging rare earth minerals for american aid. but it all fell apart as the cameras were rolling. you invited me to have our military equipment. this war would have been over in two weeks. in three days. i heard it from putin. in three days. this is something less than two weeks. of course. yes. it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. zelensky w asked to leave the white house afterwards, cutting his visit short without signing the agreement before leaving washington. he did appear on fox news, commenting on h

new york city mayor. cuomo resigned in 2021 amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment. and nbc'sme now with the very latest on this big news. maya to you. >> hi, alex. yeah. just a short while ago, former new york governor andrew cuomo announced he's running for mayor of new york city, posting a 17 minute video on youtube explaining what he believes are his qualifications for the role and what he hopes to change in the city. cuomo has an extensive political career as a democrat, serving as the u.s. secretary of housing and urban development under the clinton administration, the attorney general of new york, and most recently serving as the 56th governor of new york state from 2011 to 2021. cuomo resigned from his position as governor during a scandal involving sexual harassment allegations against him. he has denied all of those allegations against him. but in january of 2024, the department of justice found that the former governor subjected at least 13 women to a sexually hostile work environment while he was in office. cuomo seemed to acknowledge this scandal in his campaign a

nbc news senior correspondent tom costello spoke with transportation secretary sean duffy, he assuredmerican public it still safe to fly. >> it's the safest mode of transportation. there is 1 billion people, 1 billion passengers who fly a year in the u.s., 35 million flights, and very few incidents, and it's very safe. >> you were just saying that bird strikes are actually more commonhan a lot of people realize? >> reporter: yeah, josi■ that's right, they seem to be happening more frequently according to the faa, in 2023 alone, there were some 19,000 bird strikes with more than half happening during takeoff or landing. josi? >> thank you. >>> growing fallout from the office clash between president trump and ukrainian president zelenskyy. new concerns over russia's war with ukraine. >> what is your message to donald trump? >> president zelenskyy, the high-stakes meeting, -- >> we are happy that we have such good friends. >> the meeting, not on the hills of the on-campus passionate >> you don't have the cards right now. with us, you start having the cards. >> nobody plays cards. i'm ver

thom jensen, nbc bay area news. oakland city leleaders sa the impending closure of four fire stations is on pause for now. three other oakland fire stations have already closed and are expected to reopen in june. it's all because of a massive budget deficit. in response, the city has implemented a hiring freeze, canceled two police academies, and introduced the brownouts of multiple fire stations. now, city leaders say those policies have reduced the projected budget shortfall and opened up new funding to keep the four fire stations open. looks like last week's email from elon musk to federal employees was more than just a one time pulse check. sources tell nbc news that some federal employees have gotten a second email from doge, demanding bullet points of what they have accomplished. this is a screenshot of the email. employees at the department of education, office of personnel management, and the federal bureau of prisons say they got the second message from musk's department of government efficiency. the email

eastern on nbc news now and at 9:00 p.m. on nbc news. that is all for today. next week because if it's sunday it's "meet the press. ♪♪ ♪♪ a sunny disposition, but i had so much knee pain and foot pain, i wasn't that way anymore. i didn't know what to do. but then i'm driving down the street one day and my knee's hurting and i see a good feet store. i thought, what do i have to lose? once i got my arch supports from good feet, i just went back to being my happy self again. my wife noticed it. my friends noticed it. even my dog noticed it. i just wish that i'd found good feet 20 or 30 years ago. i've got my sunny back. save up to 80% at the jewelry exchange. quarter carat studs 69. huggies 149. tennis bracelets 599 per carat, two carat, three stone rings or studs 1990 guaranteed to appraise for double factory direct the jewelry exchange, redwood city. in a world where accidents happen and insurance companies deny claims, a hero rises to get justice for the injured from the firm that's won over $1 billion. for their clients comes sweet justice with sweet james. m

. >>> good news, something is brewing for the next generation of distilleries. >> announcer: this is "nbchtly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. we start with the photo op that devolved into an uncomfortable spectacle the whole world is digesting tonight. president trump and vice president jd vance publicly unleashing their anger on ukraine's president zelenskyy. in raised voices, trump and vance dressing down the ukrainian leader, accusing him of being ungrateful and disrespecting the united states. the clash between allies as the leaders met to carve out a deal for ukrainian minerals prized by the united states. tensions spilling over when zelenskyy challenged vance in his belief that diplomacy is the path to peace. before it was all over, zelenskyy was literally shown the door. white house officials say he was asked to leave. a press conference featuring the two presidents abruptly canceled. president trump later posting on social media, zelenskyy is not ready for peace. our gabe gutierrez has the story. >> reporter: tonight, ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy l

>> yes. >> reporter: for "today," zinhle essamuah, nbc news, new york. >> we're all gushing over thisrandma flo. >> we love you, grandma flo. >>> we're going to when my doctor gave me breztri for my copd... things changed for me. breztri gave me... better breathing, symptom improvement, and reduced flare-ups. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. don't take breztri more than prescribed. breztri may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain... mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating,... vision changes, or eye pain occur. ask your doctor about breztri. (jason) i want this! vision changes, or eye pain occur. (vo)jason is really fired up for the cinnamon toast crunch challenge. look at him, just cinna-dusting his way to victory. (travis kelce) you can't get enough of this stuff man. (vo) win the day with the kelce's favorite cereals. —sounds like you need to vaporize that cold.

morgan radford, nbc news, helena, arkansas. >>> that's "nightly news" for this friday, thank you forake care of yourself and each other. [applause] >> roy: yes! good to see you! all right! how you doing? welcome! welcome to "the kelly clarkson show." i'm your guest host for today. my name is roy wood jr. [applause] thank you. i know usually you see me on cnn saturday nights as the host of "have i got news for you," also streaming on macs, by the way. you can check out my comedy special on hulu. but today it ain't about that. today i'm up early with y'all at 30 rock to fill in for kelly and i'm also trying to take lester holt's old job at the anchor desk. please don't go, lester. we need you, lester. [applause] but if you're going to go, give them my name, lester. i can read the news. all jokes aside, i'm very happy to be here this hour. not only is today the final day of black history month, we've also got the oscars in two days. the oscars are coming up on sunday. for the audience, have most of y'all seen the best picture nominees? have y'all seen most of these films? good for you,

erin mclaughlin, nbc news, long island, new york.re locally, oakland city leaders say the impending closure of four fire stations is on pause for now. three other oakland fire stations already have closed. they are expected to reopen in june. and it's all because of a massive budget deficit. in response, the city of oakland implemented a hiring freeze, canceled two police academies, and introduced the brownout of multiple fire stations, which means a pause on hiring and using apparatus. now, city leaders say those policies have reduced the projected budget shortfall and opened up new funding to keep those four fire stations open. 39 past the hour on your saturday morning. still to come on today in the bay. she's just one of hundreds of millions of these kids that we thought had no hope, that we were just going to have to accept their fate. that rocker dad changing his tune to find a cure for his daughter's rare genetic disease. and he hopes to show that investors can do good and make money. w have moere (wife) this is the place we ch

damian trujillo nbc bay area news. meantime, new legal action against the trump administration as it takes aim at so-called sanctuary cities. local governments across the u.s. are joining san francisco and santa clara county in taking legal action against the trump administration. it all started when president trump signed an executive order aiming to stop federal funding to so-called sanctuary cities. in response, santa clara county and san francisco sued the administration for that action earlier this month. sanctuary cities have laws that prevent undocumented immigrants from being deported or prosecuted. now, a total of 16 local jurisdictions have joined this lawsuit. that includes san jose, oakland, santa cruz, and emeryville. and it sends a messssage to the courts that, yu know, there are a lot of local governments that are really feeling the pain here, that that they are worried about their ability to care for people, to care for families. minneapolis, santa fe and seattle have also joined the lawsuit. overall, l

david noriega, nbc news, malibu. on friday, the fragile relationship between the u.s.and ukraine unraveled on camera for all of the world to see. the meeting between president trump, alongside vice president vance and ukrainian president zelensky, deteriorated into a shouting match. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins me on set now. hi, larry, as always, great to see you this morning. so originally, the meeting was set to be an agreement to share rare earth minerals from ukraine to sort of pay the u.s. back for defending it in this war. the explosion, so to speak, was more than a lot more than that. yeah. this is not about rare metals here as much as it's about the relationships that trump has with both zelensky and putin. let's go back a little bit. in 2018, there was a cia report that trump was asked about in that report that said that the russians had interfered with the 2016 election. and trump said, i asked putin about it. and putin said, that's not true. i believe putin relationships. in 2019, trump asked zelensky, who was then the president of ukr

david noriega, nbc news, malibu.rnor newsom has declared a state of emergency to fast track wildfire prevention projects. the proclamation will suspend environmental regulations that he says are slowing forest management. the move will increase vegetation and tree removal, add more fuel breaks and allow more prescribed burns. okay, time to take another look outside. here's the view across the bay from our camera in emeryville. now you can see all the way across the bay so the weather can't be too bad. but we do have some rain and we've had some rain and we're getting more rain. we saw a little bit of it tonight, mainly some light rain at times though. overnight tonight. we're getting a little bit of clearing now, but there is the chance we could have some showers and the potential is there for some hail or isolated thunder tomorrow, especially inland in towards the sacramento valley. we'll look at that in a moment. right now, partly cloudy. san jose, 55 degrees on our way to mostly 40s overnight. right now, 54, in wa

in washington, julie sirkin, nbc news. we will have local reaction to today's meeting between president trump and zelensky in our 6 p.m. newscast. among the people we talked with, a ukrainian woman worried about what? tension between the u.s. and ukraine could mean for all of europe moving forward. we're going to turn now to the weekend. it is upon us and with it we are expecting some rain. let's begin our microclimate weather coverage by taking a look outside at some of our weather cameras. looks gorgeous now san francisco, san jose and dublin. and we'll also check in with what's to come. our storm ranger atop san bruno mountain sunshine right now, but it is tracking rain moving into the bay area over the next couple of days. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri joins us now. hey, jeff, will our weekend festivities get rained out? well, it's looks like we will have that chance. it's not going to be nonstop rain saturday and sunday, but do prepare here for the chance here of some hit and miss weather. so let's go ahead and get

and so we, you know, hopefully we have nbc news now streaming platform, now the leading platform for aming. five years ago, we said let's build a model, let's be fiscally disciplined, model for two-year even. we decided to run before we walked. fast-forward to today, five years later and by the way that encounter intuitive at the time we made the decision to go with hard news, lifestyle news, not with any perspective and any opinion which is counter the perception of what people thought. fast-forward to today, we broke even in 18 months and today it is not only very profitable but it's contributor. >> absolutely. rebuilt the platform and we've been able to build critical mass and based on internal data that we have, nbc news now has and audience during break -- big-breaking news events most recently inauguration where we have audience 18 to 24 demographic, major cable news networks. in less than five years we've been able to build offering that audiences are hungry for and it speaks of we think the demand in the market if you give audiences a premium in this case video experience on t

nbc news reports that trump ally and acting u.s.ted at least seven prosecutors, including the ones who succeeded in convicting the leaders of the oath keepers and proud boys extremist groups of seditious conspiracy. the trump administration's firing spree of the federal workforce and backlash against january 6th. prosecutors have faced ongoing court challenges, with those cases still on the docket. a group of 26 current and former usaid employees urged a federal judge at a hearing today to find that elon musk and doj's very operations are unconstitutional. their attorneys said during the hearing, quote, this is a made up super agency with someone occupying a made up position. now, the democratic party entered the fray today with its first federal lawsuit of trump's second term, arguing that trump's power grab over the bipartisan federal election commission violates federal election law. the executive order purports to provide president trump, the leader of the republican party, with the ability to order the fec to take particular po

según recientes informes de nbc news, en las últimas semanas, el departamento de justicia despidió aas detenciones de ice. yo soy hilda gutierrez. telemundo investiga. hilda. gracias. vamos a pasar a otra información porque un juez federal en san francisco dictó una resolución que otorga alivio temporal a los empleados en periodo de prueba que fueron despedidos. y es que el fallo califica como estos despidos como ilegales y también ordena detenerlos. sin embargo, la decisión no incluye la reincorporación de los empleados despedidos previamente. la administración de trump deberá anular el memorando que autorizaba los despidos masivos. una posible orden ejecutiva del presidente trump que convertiría el inglés en el idioma oficial de estados unidos, está generando preocupación, sobre todo entre la comunidad latina. es que de aprobarse esta medida, podría eliminar la disponibilidad de servicios federales en español y con esto afectaría a agencias claves como sería uscis y también el irs. según los expertos, esto tendría un impacto significativo, especialmente para quienes no hablan inglé

there's there's news reports out there from nbc news. at least one of the places i recall reporting that biden had a shouting match with zelenskyy for not being grateful and not being thankful for everything that was provided back in 2022. now, that didn't happen in front of the press. that was leaked, but it got out there. it's these frustrations are not unique to president trump. there was those frustrations in the previous administration. if nbc news is to be believed. >> but but obviously we've never seen anything like what we saw today. but but the point that zelenskyy was making there is that everyone predicted his demise. and ukraine was able to fight and to to survive. zelenskyy was able to survive. the ukrainian people have been fighting for three years. you yourself have said previously that that the united states should assist ukraine. as long as the ukrainians are willing to fight. so i think the question coming out of that meeting is what happens next year? i mean, you are the u.s. chief diplomat. is there a path for diploma

nbc news has not been able to confirm that. reporting our nightcap still here? okay, here's what i get for at least the last ten, 15 years. kind of the neanderthal bro meatheads were quickly labeled toxic. toxic males, which was was a mistake, right? just because you're a meathead does not mean your behavior is toxic. but i get that that brought many of these young men into the arms of the likes of a joe rogan. right. my sons love a pat mcafee, the boys, all of that. i absolutely get that. but these men, what they're accused of human trafficking. on what planet would it make sense for any part of the maga movement or the administration? alina habba, the president's former personal lawyer, now part of the administration, was just in a podcast with this guy saying, i'm a big fan of yours. how is this a smart move? how is this even a good move? again, this just goes back to decency. >> you're asking me, and i just want to say. >> because i think maybe you were a meathead back in the day. >> i hate you for inviting me on the show and forcing me to learn about andrew

in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. the protest could also be seen at yosemite park today as well. signs were posted in front of the park's webcams. one read stand up for public land and the people who protect it. another urged people to call their local lawmakers. this comes a week after park rangers at yosemite hung up an upside down american flag atop el capitan. it happened as thousands visited the park to witnes firefall, a spectacle that happens when the setting sun illuminates horsetail falls. the upside down flag is known as a signal of distress. do not comply. that is the message at a rally for trans rights in san francisco today. hundreds gathered at the corner of turk and taylor streets, a historic location for lgbtq rights. now, in 1996, trans women fought back against police harassment. the event became known as the compton's cafeteria riot. today, speakers at the do not comply rally blasted the white house's anti lgbtq policies, including the decision last week to bar trans people from serving in the milit

and nbc news will have complete coverage of president trump's address to a joint session of congressn tuesday night. that beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on nbc and streaming on news now. >>> this morning, israel is blocking aid into gaza and saying it will not resume if hamas does not accept its proposal to extend the current cease-fire. negotiations between what comes next between the two sides has stalled in the last few weeks. israel warning hamas there will be additional consequences if the militant group refuses to work out a new deal to extend the cease-fire. >>> hopeful news from the vatican this morning where officials say pope francis had a peaceful night. the pope suffered a health setback on friday when he had trouble breathing and had to be put a vent lilator. he has improved but the vatican reports his prognosis remains guarded. in the angelless prayer, that he wrote in the hospital, he thanked the faithful for their prayers. >>> former new york governor andrew cuomo is hoping to welbecome new york city's next mayor. he is entering the race because he believes

pilot error as a playing a role in the majority of recent plane if crashes during an interview with nbc newsis week. jon. jon: all right. c.b. cotton in new york, glad that plane is back on the ground safely. thanks, c.b. >>> a fox news alert, former new york governor andrew cuomo officially somewheres the race to be new york city's next mayor. enters the race. he's been laying the groundwork for months after a sexual harassment forced him the resign as governor back in 2021. despite a large field of primary to opponents, his late bid threatens to upend the race. could be a major blow to the incumbent mayor, eric adams. >>> more questions about the deaths of legendary actor gene hackman and his wife. matt finn is live in santa fe, new mexico, where they were found dead this week. matt. >> reporter: jon, this is the affluent gated community where gene and his wife lived. it is very remote. they wanted peace and quiet. we'll have more on their deaths after this break. ♪ i think i changed my mind about these glasses. yeah, it happens. that's why visionworks gives you 100 days to change your min

in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news.l comes a week after park rangers at yosemite hung that upside down american flag atop el capitan. it happened as thousands of visitors came to the park to witness the firefall spectacle that happens when the setting sun illuminates horsetail falls. the upside down flag is known as a signal of distress. this just into our newsroom, 49ers wide receiver deebo samuel is headed to the nfc east. the team has traded the veteran to the washington commanders in exchange for a fifth round draft pick. a source confirmed the move with nbc sports bay area. samuel requested a trade this offseason after a disappointing 2024 season, one in which he scored only three touchdowns. the move will reunite the wide receiver with former 49ers assistant general manager adam peters, who now serves as the commanders gm. deebo played for the 49ers for six seasons, where he scored 22 touchdowns and almost five, and had almost 5000 receiving yards. the deal won't be official until march 12th. turning now to our we

nbc's dana griffin is in santa fe, new mexico for us. dana, welcome.hearing there from the sheriff? >> hey, alex. >> great to be with you. so investigators. say gene. >> hackman's pacemaker may be the best indication at this point of his last moment alive. >> it last registered activity on february. >> 17th. >> some nine. >> days before. >> their bodies. >> were discovered. now, investigators are. >> looking through evidence. >> they collected. >> evidence from. >> the home. >> they've also done a preliminary. >> autopsy. and they're. also awaiting toxicology. >> results. >> which. >> could take up to three months. the sheriff gave us a little. bit more indication about the growing theory. >> listen. >> it should be noted there were no apparent. >> signs of foul play in the early hours. >> of. >> thursday. february 27th, 2025. >> mr. hackman and. >> miss arakawa. >> were transported. >> to the office of the medical investigator. an autopsy was performed. >> initial findings noted. >> no external trauma to either individual. the manner and cause of deat

and that's the way it should be. >> well, joining me now is nbc news medical and medical news, ratherdwards. erica welcome. and look with this severe flu season this year and now rapidly growing measles outbreak, it would seem these meetings about vaccinations should be a top priority. can you explain what these meetings were about and any word on why they were canceled? >> well, to. >> answer your first question, these meetings are very important, and they happen every single year right around this time. so scientists can get together to try to figure out what strains of the flu virus that we need to put in next year's flu shots. this is the time that scientists around the world do this. and the concern here is that we are not going to have enough flu shots in time for the next flu season. drugmakers are already under a tight deadline to get those doses made. they cannot start working on those doses until the fda signs off on what flu strains they will have to include. usually they have those, you know, those doses moving out and being distributed by the end of july. now, as you said

nbc news, halloween, 2022, biden, owe biden had barely finished telling zelenskyy he just green lightedbillion in military assistance for ukraine when zelenskyy started listing all the additional help he needed and wasn't getting. biden lost his temper, people familiar with the call said, the american people are being quite generous and he aid, raising his voice, and zelenskyy could show a little more gratitude. if you swapped in the names trump and vance, that is pretty much exactly describing what we saw yesterday. they just -- in politics there's this rule, you know, never -- the top people, they never really say sorry for anything. but you can say thank you. rachel: yeah. but what's interesting is that was a private call. we heard that readout of it, but it's a whole other thing, isn't is it, carly, just seeing it -- charlie, seeing his face, seeing his smirk, seeing him roll his eyes, seeing him refer to j.d. vance is, the vice president, as j.d., while j.d. refers to to him as mr. president. showing up in the oval office, you know, wearing his military costume -- peter: and sittin

official tells nbc news direct negotiations between the trump administration and ukraine are on hold hange. trump said zelensky must want to make peace and stop criticizing putin to restart talks. and former. >> new york governor andrew cuomo. >> has officially launched his campaign. >> for new york city mayor. >> cuomo was teasing. a return to politics for weeks, and he jumps back into the limelight just four years after resigning the governorship amid sexual harassment allegations. for now, harassment allegations. for now, back to keith morrison (voiceover): it's not on any sightseeing itinerary, not this way, but this too is las vegas, rugged desert terrain, that is a kind of refugee hiding place for the desperate and troubled. believe it or not, that whole area has homeless people that are up there. keith morrison (voiceover): this is where greyhound took them. this is where he lived, he said. but out there somewhere, they were convinced there must be a second campsite with possible evidence about the killer of shauna tiaffay. so detective miller went up with the police air unit t

. >> telling nbc news direct. negotiations between the trump.after friday's tense oval office exchange. trump said zelensky must want to make peace and stop criticizing putin to. restart talks. >> and pope francis. >> condition remains stable. >> the vatican. >> said saturday. >> but it cautioned. >> that his prognosis. >> quote. >> remains guarded. >> he spent. >> the night resting after. >> suffering a. bronchial crisis the day before. >> for now. >> for now. >> back to dateline. meghan's memorial walk did the trick when it drummed up a promising new lead. a concerned citizen suggested detectives talk to meghan's bus driver, the one from her freshman year. so sergeant mcdaniel caught up with the driver outside meghan's old high school. churchland high school, i walked up to her and i said, hey, can i talk to you about megan? well, we had already interviewed 12 kids on that bus. and they all said, yeah, we knew meghan. she rode the bus. she was a good girl. narrator: but the driver said detectives may have missed someone. she shared a story mcd

but for now, we are signing off from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news. thanks for staying up late. i'll see you at the end up late. i'll see you at the end of monday. erin house: robin's mom is calling me, asked if i'd seen robin. six hours later, i pick up the phone, all i say is, did you find her? she said, they found her body. denny hargrove: and i saw three girls running towards me hollering, she's dead, she's dead. allan mongold: something horrible has happened here. it's a homicide. we knew he was lying to us. erin house: once she suspected something, katie's claws came out. she certainly had the means, and she certainly had the motive. allan mongold: we find the facebook photo of her shooting this pink pistol. james farren: if that gun killed robin, only two people could have done it. katie phipps: i want robin back. i want to be happy. i want what will never be. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): it began with a letter mailed from a sun-scorched stack of cement blocks and steel wire on the dusty plains outside amarillo, texas, randall county jail. we o

but for now, we are signing off from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news. thank you for staying up late. i'll see you at the end of monday. >> thanks for joining us this hour. senator cory booker is here with us tonight live. i'm really looking forward to speaking with him. former us ambassador to russia michael mcfaul is here with us live. we've got eyes on potentially some developing court proceedings live tonight. it's just a really busy friday night. there's a lot to get to. i am really glad you are here and i will be honest. i'm feeling a little fired up tonight. i'm. what's that phrase i'm feeling? i feel like i'm loaded for bear. right? so we're just. i'm just going to do this. i don't care, i don't care. let's just do it. let's just let's just start right in with something that republicans really, really, really do not want to talk about. and part of the way you can tell they don't want to talk about it is because what they get asked about it, they turn pink, they stammer, they stomp their feet and put the microphone down. they do not want to talk a

go to for imprint house official telling nbc news direct negotiations between the trump administrationiday's tense oval. >> office exchange. >> trump said zelensky must want to make peace and stop criticizing putin to restart talks. >> and former. >> new york governor andrew cuomo officially launched his campaign for new york city mayor. cuomo was teasing a return to politics for weeks, and he jumps back into the limelight. just four years after resigning the governorship amid. sexual harassment allegations. sexual harassment allegations. for now, back to dateline. four days after chelsea bruck disappeared, the detectives decided it was time for a serious talk with big mike william. funny thing about mike-- on the one hand, he seemed cooperative, but on the other-- we asked for his consent to search the house, you know, for any kind of evidence from the investigation, make sure chelsea wasn't even in the house, and he denied us consent. keith morrison: so they did it the hard way. they came in with 13 swat guys in full gear. and i said, do you have a search warrant, and they presented

telling nbc news. >> direct negotiations between the trump. >> administration and ukraine. >> are onp said zelenskyy. >> must, quote, want to make peace and stop. criticizing putin to. >> restart talks. and former. >> new york governor. andrew cuomo officially launching his campaign for new york. city mayor. cuomo was teasing a return to. politics for weeks, and he jumps back into the limelight. just four. years after resigning the governorship amid sexual harassment allegations. allegations. >> for now, meghan landowski was dead, and police had a prime suspect, robert hicke. months earlier, meghan told investigators she had sexual contact with hicke when she was just 15. it was chilling now for sergeant mcdaniel to recall what meghan had said when they'd met. she was worried that she was going to get killed by him, because he had a lot to lose. and she was coming forward and telling on him. those are powerful words from a teenage girl, i fear he could kill me. she asked me, she says, do you think that he'll come back and kill me? and the time i told, her, no. i said, that generally

nbc news reports. quote, since the blowup, trump administration officials have also discussed whether to pause u.s. military aid to ukraine. that's according to two administration officials, though it is unclear whether or when the president would take such a step. joining us now to discuss it all is msnbc contributor and columnist charlie sykes and former republican communications director tara setmayer. she is co-founder and ceo of the seneca project and writes the uncompromised with tara setmayer newsletter on substack. >> good morning to you both. charlie, charlie, charlie. so the performative meeting in the oval office, which was really, in my estimation, planned that that was an ambushing of ally. the contrast between what we saw with starmer and what we saw with trump speaks for itself. but i think the important thread here is how our allies now stand up. the reality. the truth is you cannot negotiate a peace settlement from a one sided perspective. trump started this process with zelensky stand

former aides are telling nbc news in the space of a few days last week, no fewer than three senior administrationials or nominees. they made the case for donald trump actually winning the prize, all using similar talking points. but donald trump might have actually killed his hopes of ever getting that honor. after berating ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky on friday, leaving his role in potential peace talks between ukraine and russia less likely than ever. here's what speaker mike johnson had to say on president zelensky this morning. >> the way that. >> that went. >> down was was very disappointing. >> i hope and pray. frankly that president. zelensky will come to. >> his senses. >> come. back to. >> president trump. >> express gratitude. >> as he. >> should. >> you know. >> apologize for. >> his behavior. >> there and. >> accept this mineral. >> rights deal. because that is the best. >> way for us to. >> get to. >> a point of peace over there in that region. >> and it's. in the. >> interest of. >> both countries. >> so i ain't got nothing on that. >> so what you got? >> well, because tha

bassem naim, a senior political officer or official for hamas, told nbc news this week. yesterday, to step back from governance to hand it over to a body, a government, a committee that is ready to run the gaza strip. but he says they're not willing to disarm unless an independent palestinian state is achieved. and despite the ceasefire, the humanitarian situation in gaza is still dire, especially in the cold of winter and during heavy rainfall. at least 15 children have died of hypothermia since winter started, including six babies in just the last few days. those people remain living in flimsy tents without any serious foreign efforts to rebuild. and to make matters worse, a new human rights watch report says that israeli authorities are blocking vital medical professionals from entering gaza and simultaneously preventing wounded palestinians from leaving to get treatment. meanwhile, with all eyes on gaza and the uncertain fate of the cease fire deal, israel's attacks in the occupied west bank have only increased. 40,000 palestinians have already been expelled from ref

but for now, we are signing off from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news. thanks for staying up late. i'll see you at the end of monday. >> diplomatic disaster. direct negotiations between the united states and ukraine are now on hold after president trump and vice president fans berated the ukrainian president in the oval office while defending vladimir putin. congressman gregory meeks, ranking democrat on the house foreign affairs committee, joins me on set to talk about what trump's gangster like tactics mean for ukraine and america's allies in europe. cuomo's comeback. i'll ask basil smikle and susan del percio about andrew cuomo announcing his bid to be mayor of new york city, three years after resigning in disgrace as governor of new york. controversial marching orders the pentagon says it is removing. all all transgender service members. i'll get reaction from one of the nation's highest ranking trans military leaders and show your work as federal employees. get a new email demanding their weekly accomplishments. i'll talk to one of the fired governm

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" kids edition. >>> welcome back to "nightly news: kids edition." i'm lester holt. it is great to be with you on a saturday. we have a great lineup ahead from a rescued baby seal to an adorable baby elephant. plus, what's on your mind? everythi you need to know about eyelids and eyelashes. we'll also put you to the test in this week's pop quiz with a hollywood twist. >>> but first, let's begin on the weather front. today is the first day of march, and although some parts of the country are seeing milder temperatures lately, winter is still not officially over. and it got us thinking about one key factor in creating weather systems. i'm talking about the jet stream. our good friend, meteorologist dylan dreyer, explains. >> reporter: you've probably seen these weather maps on the news, showing those lines moving from west to east. or left to right on your screen. that's a jet stream. >> this parade of storms this weekend, storms moving west to east because of the jet stream. >> reporter: a jet stream is a fast-moving current of air flowing high in t

a republican aide told nbc news that party leaders advice this past week to rank and file gop members-person town halls. now, you may have seen some of these videos of town hall attendees or protesters asking pointed questions or registering complaints to republican lawmakers. but there's a new one that i want you to see. it's from a town hall held by the republican senator, roger marshall of kansas yesterday at a hospital in rural western kansas. now, according to local news reports, the room was only meant to hold about 20 people, but about twice as many showed up. again, this is a rural community. about 2000 people live in this town. it's nearly a four hour drive from wichita. more than five hours from kansas city. i want you to watch what happens in this video when senator marshall is asked, asked about those cuts, particularly those that have an impact on the jobs of military veterans. >> i'm a guy who breathe. i'm a conservative democrat. >> and you. >> don't find very. >> many of us, right? but there is very, very much. the things that they're wanting to do. cut the fraud and w

but for now, we are signing off from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news.e you at the end of monday. >> diplomatic disaster. direct negotiations between the united states and ukraine are now on hold after president trump and vice president fans

in a related story, don't miss this new book, how to remove pesky glitter, by bill clinton. >>> lester holt is stepping down from "nbchtly news". 's forehead is still available for pickleball. >>> and finally in england, a horse was rescued after falling halfway through a wooden bridge. welcome to my world, said one woman. [ cheers and applause ] she never goes to england. >>> biden and kamala harris might be gone and trump might be president by common sense is in short supply. case in point the nsa. the national security agency that monitors intelligence for various purposes. they know more of my darkest secrets than the doctors in the emergency room. i fall on so many things. they call me captain clumsy. it's true, if the world is a puppet, the nsa are jack dunham's fist. but what are they doing. they have obtained chat logs from within the nsa with wide-ranging discussions of, polyamory, and castration. and those are the things accomplished at work. and one nsa employee a male to female trends chatted about his brand-new adjoining saying i found i like being penetrated. i speak for millions of taxpayer americans w

this is nbc bay area news tonight. i am garvin thomas we start with an oval office shouting match that's sending shockwaves across the globe. now, what started as a photo opportunity in anticipation of a deal on mineral rights between president trump and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, devolved into a contentious barrage of insults and accusations. now you're looking at zelensky leaving the white house not long after the meeting. the trump administration says they kicked him out with no deal. as with no deal. a scheduled lunch and press conference also called off. the two met in the oval office, along with vice president j.d. vance, to talk about a potential rare earth mineral deal. the white house is presented that deal as an important step for a peace deal between ukraine and russia, but a shouting match started after vp vance suggested more diplomacy between russia and ukraine. zelensky countered, saying russia can't be trusted to honor any peace deals. things got even more fiery from there. you will feel it

ian cull, nbc bay area news. next tuesday, president trump will address congress in a prime time speech. you can watch it in its entirety right here on nbc bay area. coverage begins at 6 p.m. today. global health leaders are giving their recommendations for next season's flu vaccine. this comes in the wake of one of the most severe flu seasons in more than a decade. the cdc estimates there were 33 million flu illnesses and around 19,000 deaths in the 20 2425 flu season. the ethnic media services organization held a conference today called deadly flu season grips america. the briefing included ucsf professor of medicine and infectious disease expert doctor peter chin hong. we spoke to doctor chin hong about the flu season and the added concern due to the ongoing bird flu outbreak. we have a parallel outbreak in bird flu, as people might know, and the more bird flu and the more human flu you have next to each other, the more chances that bird flu can exchange genes with human flu and figure out a way to get inside o

welcome to nbc bay area news at 430. our sergio quintana is talking to a ukrainian american about what went down today in that oval office. we're also tracking other stories on this friday, including a new executive order by president trump, this one making english the official language of the u.s. our ian cull is looking into how this will impact people here in the bay area. and take a live look at san jose. another picture perfect day in the bay area, but that will soon change. our meteorologist, vianey arana, is tracking the rain chances this weekend, but let's begin with the heatedlash between president trump and ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. the oval office photo op started out cordially but quickly spiraled. here's what happened when zelensky said this war with russia will affect everyone, even the u.s, and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. god bless you. god bless you. god bless you will not have a war. don't tell us what we're going to feel. zelensky is visiting washington, d.c, to fin

ratings, msnbc's new president, rebecca cutler hosting shows by alex wagner and jose diaz while bringing jen psaki into primetime. separately lester holtz stepping down as anchor of nbcews after a decade to consoconcentrate on dateline. he was just tired of the daily grind. staffers at the national security agency of using an internal messaging system for exphysiograph it sex chats including having group sex on the weekend according to city journal that brought swift action. >> i put out a directive today they all will be terminated and their security clearances will be revoked. howie: more than 100 staffers have been fired. elon musk has confirmed that ashley st. clair, whose claim we reported last week, has a five-month old baby that's his 13th child, but casts "the situation" in very different light posting messages allegedly from st. clair shared by an allie that say, elonfollowe. i need his rocket babies. also, i take one for the team. seduce elon, get in a rocket and see what's up and later i need a caption to seduce elon musk. this , from a woman in a custody battle who says she wants privacy. her lawyer had no comment. what a mystery in the tragic death of le

let's bring in now msnbc host symone sanders townsend and also nbc news national affairs analyst and with you. front page of the new york times talks about chaos with the musk cuts, and also how the cabinet is actually donald trump's own cabinet is struggling with it. there's some grumbling, some backbiting, some real concerns. i'm curious right now, even though we're starting to see that out at town hall meetings across america, i'm curious, what is what is the immediate political impact? >> well, look, joe, i have actually been hearing from a lot of individuals who work inside the government, people that i knew when i worked there who are career officials, but people whom i do not know who are reaching out anonymously, who are scared, saying, we just want people to know what it feels like. and i just want to tell you, i spoke to a person who was a nonpolitical general counsel at an agency. this president has been placed on administrative leave with proposed termination. and they said, quote, we are living through a coup. another individual who works at u.s. customs and citizen, u.s

new orleans on this mardi gras weekend. a few party goers already out. you can see them, along with some uniformed and armed guards who are just part of this year's historic security presence. nbc'skirsch is also in new orleans. so, jesse, welcome. so show us the scene and how the security is looking compared to past events. >> yeah. so. >> alex, right behind. >> us is one. >> of the parade routes that is. >> going to see a lot of action throughout. >> the rest of the weekend. into monday and tuesday. tuesday, of course, actual mardi gras, fat. >> tuesday. >> but the festivities go on for weeks. this is something that draws thousands of people. but this year there is a change. as yo alluded to, there. is substantially more federal support from a law enforcement perspective. and this is because of what happened on new year's day when a terrorist barreled down bourbon street and killed more than a dozen people. and the aftermath of that, there has been a lot of soul searching when it comes to security here. and one of the things officials have pushed for is more federal support, and they have that now. so that means teams, including customs and border protection officers are along

new orleans this weekend for dozens of mardi gras parades and celebrations across the city. also joining the crowds. thousands of law enforcement. with security boosted to historic levels. nbc'sirsch is among it all in new orleans. so, jesse, how are people feeling ahead of this big day on tuesday? that's what it's all gearing up to fat tuesday. >> yeah, alex, i can tell you we're already really in the thick of things. there have been parades going on all weekend. they continue into the evening. and just to give some perspective for people who haven't been to mardi gras before, the major parade last night went on for around five hours, give or take in either direction, just gives you an idea of how long these parties go on. the beads are flying in every direction out here on canal street where i am right now, and we're kind of in a little bit of a lull right now, but there are still some floats making their way in the background here. we've got hundreds, if not thousands of people lining just this little area in downtown new orleans. and these parade routes go on for miles. and that's actually one of the things that adds a curveball to security here, because like the super bo