A crop. And criminal networks. Welcome to news asia its good to have you with us we start in india and the iconic bridge in kolkata that became the scene of tragedy a dangerous underwater escape that went horribly wrong indians. Who called himself the wizard mandrake said he wanted to revive interest in magic by replicating by a trick under the bridge. He was tied up with a heavy rope and steel chains secured by 6 locks he was then know what by krien into the Hooghly River. After 10 minutes. He still had. To the horror of onlookers which included members of his family rescue teams are mobilized and yesterday they found his body still in chains washed up a kilometer from where he entered the water this was of life is fast underwater stunt and he knew the risks. Even i mean its a brilliant river it will be very hard to open the not some locks but i will open them and if i do that its magic if not then its tragic and hes going to live a. Prophetic almost did a local respondents song i fou
plus, tennis superstar serena williams, her major announcement about her future on the court. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight we are getting new information on that hours-long search of former president trump s mar-a-lago residence in florida with heightened security, we see it right here, flanking the compound nbc news reporting the search was tied to classified materia trump allegedly took from the white house when he left in 2021 the former president claiming in a statement that the fbi broke into a safe, calling the search, quote, unannounced republicans raising questions tonight about the timing, pointing the finger at attorney general merrick garland for executing the search with less than 100 days until the november mid-terms, and fueling talk of trump s potential bid for president in 2024. we have team coverage tonight. kelly o donnell starts us off from bedminster, new jersey, where the form