Underwater, up to ten inches of rain could fall before it all ends. Also tonight, countdown to the shutdown. Lastditch efforts to fund the government fail with no plan in sight. Speaker mccarthy under pressure. Millions of workers set to go without pay and millions more could lose services in just over 24 hours. The death of a states woman. Dianne feinstein, the Trailblazing California Democrat who served in the senate for three decades. How she broke the Glass Ceiling for so many. Bipartisan tributes coming in tonight. Just in, the first guilty plea in the trump election interference case in georgia. A Surprise Arrest in the murder of rapper tupac shakur. Why now after 30 years . The uaw expanding its strike against ford and gm as talks stall. The fight over electric cars. And harry smith on whether a new Grocery Store could help Feed One American Town and heal old wounds. Reporter this is nbc Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. As we come on the air, a Nightm
referring to as massage parlors. tonight eight people are dead, at least half the victims said to be asian women. this has brought out a huge police response in the atlanta metro region, as you might imagine. we don t know anything further about possible motive as of yet. one custody right now, eight are dead. this ongoing story tonight. we will keep an eye on it. also this evening, the nypd is confirming to us they are deploying officers to asian communities in and around the city of new york out of an abundance of caution following these atlanta shootings. eight dead tonight in atlanta. now, we turn to what was day 56 of the biden administration. we have brand-new revelations tonight about what vladimir putin and the kremlin were up to when it came to ensuring the 2020 election ended with the defeat of joe biden and the re-election of donald trump. the director of national intelligence has released a report on how moscow tried to carry out in effect a sequel to its 2016 e
police response in the atlanta metro region, as you might imagine. we don t know anything further about possible motive as of yet. as we said one custody right now, eight are dead. this ongoing story tonight. we will keep an eye on it. also this evening, the nypd is confirming to us they are deploying officers to asian communities in and around the city of new york out of an abundance of caution following these atlanta shootings. eight dead tonight in atlanta. now, we turn to what was day 56 of the biden administration. we have brand-new revelations tonight about what vladimir putin and the kremlin were up to when it came to ensuring the 2020 election ended with the defeat of joe biden and the re-election of donald trump. the director of national intelligence has released a report on how moscow tried to carry out in effect a sequel to its 2016 election interference that was less eliant on actual hacking and cyberattacks and focused more on the people close to trump. the rep
roberson, an armed bouncer at a bar, had pinned down a shooting suspect until officers arrived. that s when one of them opened fire, killing roberson. police officer just saw a black man. i believe if he was indeed white he would be alive. reporter: tonight, that officer is on administrative leave. roberson, a musician at local churches, was a new dad. he hoped to one day be a police officer. and david, while the incident is still under investigation, the police department says they are devastated, calling roberson a great man who was doing his best to stop an active shooter. david? erielle reshef tonight. erielle, thank you. and from brooklyn tonight, the trial of a notorious mexican drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman, began amid extraordinary security today. he faces charges for murder, torture and drug trafficking here in the u.s. security is so high, partly because of his history of prison escapes. marshals are escorting jurors to and from the court and two of those jurors
some breaking news from brooklyn tonight. president obama is headed to nerve this weekend to campaign for hillary clinton. meanwhile in the red state column, arizona is just one of a few pretty solidly red states where the clinton campaign is devoting its resources as of this week. according to campaign manager robby mook, they re directing a million dollars to indiana and missouri. they re doing it to help democratic candidates down the ballot specifically in hotly contested senate races. and in texas, which hasn t voted for a democrat for president since 1976, the campaign took out an ad buy. the dallas morning new has recommended hillary clinton for president. this newspaper has not recommended a democrat for the nation s highest office since