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>> trace: over the years the cold war thought and the shelters gathered dust. vladimir putin was quietly coming up with a plan, according to a former intel official who literally wrote the book on putins destructive plots. >> sandra: she has been sounding the warning long before president biden said putins nuclear threats were no joke, and she says there is something the president still does not understand about the russian strong mans mindset. brand-new at 2:00, she is here to tell us...

spreading faster than before and celebrating the tough guy actor beloved for his roles on both sides of the law. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening in a summer of extreme temperatures, the worst wildfire of the year is choking the skies of northern california tonight smoke advisories posted in the bay area due to a rampaging wildfire more than 175 miles away near yosemite its already sent thousands in the path of the fire to seek safer ground the...

grand jury investigating the capitol riot. tonight, we learned marc short, chief of staff to former vice president mike pence, has cooperated with the justice departments investigation into the attack. >> i can confirm that i did receive a subpoena for the federal grand jury, and i comply with that subpoena. that was my only appearance before the grand jury. >> nbc news reports, short testified on friday. he would be the highest ranking, former trump official, known to have testified b...

jacking up interest rates, raising bar owing costs. on thursday our first look at u.s. economic growth for the second quarter, another decline in gdp is expected. of course, two quarters of a loss in a row is a sign of a recession, so are we head there had? here is the treasury secretary. >> the labor market is now extremely strong. we are in a period of transition in which growth is slowly. were likely to see some slowing of job creation, but i do -- i dont think that thats a recessio...

should be subpoenaed. the russian foreign ministry has now claimed responsibility for the attack. >> there is a major sense of urgency around getting that grain exported to the countries most dependent on ukraines grain exports. ♪ its monday, july 25th. 59 a.m. here in london, 5:00 a.m. in the u.s. west coast. where millions of americans across the country are seeing the impact of the growing climate crisis. a dangerous and scorching heat wave thats already responsible for severa...

has tripled. i cant buy clothes. cant buy for my grandchildren. you cant buy anything. plus, the january 6th committee maps out its next stage, and it releases new video showing the depth of donald trumps hesitation to condemn the capitol rioters. a pair of new warnings about china. beijing is growing more aggressive. the white house, though, worried about how beijing will react if the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, goes ahead with a planned visit to taiwan. up first for us,...

>> were clocking in the surface here over 150 degrees. >> relief is coming, but so are storms, causing more than 1400 flights to be canceled this weekend president bidens covid symptoms are improving significantly according to his doctor, and new information about the race to create a vaccine targeted at the omicron subvariants by this fall pope francis has landed in north america, why hes apologizing to the people of canada today. gas prices are falling. now 65 cents less than t...

>> good evening to you, president biden continuing as he continues through covid. his main symptom his position says is a sore throat and others have diminished. his doctor because that encouraging that assigned his body is clearing the virus his voice remains bit deep but his lungs are normal and clear he has completed the third day of the anti-viral paxlovid as planned he has an inhaler and he will continue the treatment not seen the president at all this weekend and it concerns abou...