aisle coming out against it. the nation could default within days. also tonight, the battle heating up for the republican presidential nomination. two big names, former vice president mike pence and chris christie, now set to jump it as florida governor ron desantis takes his toughest shots yet at donald trump. the search for survivors in that partially collapsed apartment building in iowa. tonight, you ll hear from the families holding out hope amid the rubble as the woman who was rescued after being trapped for 27 hours speaks out. plus, the pets just rescued. out-of-control wildfires in canada. why they re triggering air quality warnings in the u.s. this just in, the sitcom star convicted of rape in a case that put his religion, scientology, on trial, as well. nasa weighing in on videos of suspected ufos. we ll show you what they said about these giant orbs flying across the sky. the wild video from a georgia highway. this car launching off a tow truck s ramp g
federal court as the embattled republican was released on $500,000 bond declaring he will not resign, charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and more. 13 counts in all. santos calling it a witch-hunt, but democrats and republicans alike calling for him to step down tonight. e. jean carroll speaking out one day after a jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her awarding her $5 million. what carroll told our savannah guthrie about the verdict. the record number of migrants apprehended at the border even before the title 42 policy ends. we re on the ground in mexico. plus, nbc s new reporting on how the u.s. will handle thousands of people entering the country. she wrote a children s book about grief after her husband died. now, the mother of three is accused of poisoning him with fentanyl. the new details from a search warrant just in tonight. for the first time an fda panel endorses over-the-counter birth control pills. when they will be
retreating. video from the front lines tonight showing putin s soldiers abandoning their posts. we ll show you this new video. ukraine pushing russia back from a key city. we re going to go to the front lines tonight. and desantis tonight picking up nearly 40 new endorsements. i m going to talk to one gop donor who just met with him. will he back him over trump or not? and. new details tonight about the utah mother who wrote a children s book grieving her husband, is now charged with his murder. the attorney for the victim s family is my guest. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, russians on t run. just look at these dramatic new pictures. literally they re running. this is near bakhmut. you re looking at what appeared to be russian forces retreating. these are about a dozen or so as they re just running along that wooded area scrambling to safety. they re being attacked in this video from above. as i said, they are near the key
city hall. jamming with none other than rocker john fogerty. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening from los angeles, where picket lines went up today in front of major film studios the people who write the plots that enthrall and entertain millions of american tv and film watchers sidelined tonight by a writers strike 11,000 writers off the job after talks with producers reached an impasse overnight. at the root of the dispute, some of the very things that have transformed how all of us watch our favorite shows. think streaming and the impact of emergiging technonology thinink virtual l reality. tonighght the writiters and d productionon cocompanies, i including our parentnt company nbcuniveversal appeaear to be farar apart, virtually y guaranteeieing rereruns will l be coming g to screens as productions grind to a halt for some shows, the impact will be felt immediately. miguel almaguer has the latest what do we want a fair contract re
forcing evacuations with the worst still days away. in california, communities bracing for epic flooding there from the meltdown of record snow. plus, tens of millions in texas and florida on the lookout for tornadoes and large hail. also tonight, the woman who accused former president trump of rape and defamation takes the stand in his civil trial. what she says about their alleged encounter years ago. the former president s denial. disney fires back suing florida governor ron desantis in their feud about free speech and the future of disney world. just breaking, republicans in the montana legislature punish a transgender lawmaker barred from speaking on the floor. the pastor killed, police say, by a man he stopped to help. it turned out to be an inmate escaped from jail. the violent standoff and manhunt ongoing. menopause and money. the new data on the billions in lost work. how some businesses are changing their thinking. and a song that echoes through the