also tonight, another deadly shooting rampage across two texas cities. six people killed. a 34-year-old army veteran under arrest tonight. the dramatic rescue. a chopper pulling people from floodwaters as an atmospheric river drenches the northwest with more rain on the way. the fighting raging in gaza. our new reporting. is israel preparing to flood hamas tunnels with seawater? the u.s. charging four russian soldiers with war crimes. the horrific things they re accused of doing to an american. two months after he was ousted as house speaker, kevin mccarthy making a big announcement about his future. donald trump revealing what he d do if he wins the white house again. what he said about dictatorship as his gop rivals meet on the debate stage tonight. and from all in the family to sanford & son to good times, remembering sitcom genius norman lear. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. breaking tonight, police in
this is the fourth debate, the fourth debate that you would be voted in the first 20 minutes as the most on obnoxious blowhard in america, so shut up. 25 minutes into the debate, he has insulted nikki haley s basic intelligence. not her positions, her basic intelligence. she doesn t know regions. she wouldn t be able to find something on a map that his 3-year-old could find. look, if you want to disagree on issues, that s fine. nikki and i disagree on some issues. i ll tell you this, i ve known her for 12 years, longer than east even started to vote in a republican primary. while we disagree with issues and disagree about who should be president of the united states, what we don t disagree on, this is a smart, accomplished woman, and you should stop insulting her. republican presidential candidate chris christie saying i think what everyone is thinking, attacking one challenger while coming to the defense of another. we ll have more from the fourth gop debate, the final o
his own defense. this is his first chance to comment on the debate last night. the latest one he skipped. we re getting new reporting on what the campaigns themselves and key insiders think might have changed after that performance. and gun fire on a college campus. three people killed. one in the hospital still. the community of unlv completely shaken. what we re learning starting to learn about the suspect. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central. you are looking at live pictures of new york city outside the courtroom there. any minute now donald trump is expected to leave trump tower and head to court to attend his civil business fraud trial. the former president is also expected to take the stand again on monday as the last defense witness. trump and his sons were already found liable in the $250 million lawsuit brought by the new york ag. this trial is being held to find out exactly how much they will have to pay in damages.
about is ridiculous. i m in this race because the truth needs to be spoken. he is unfit. this is a guy who just said this past week that he wants to use the department of justice to go after his enemies when he gets in there. i mean, the fact of the matter is he is unfit to be president, and there is no bigger issue in this race than donald trump, and those numbers prove it. that s republican presidential candidate chris christie addressing the lack of direct criticism for donald trump at last night s gop debate. we ll have much more from that heated yet perhaps not relevant event straight ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill senate republicans are stalling a critical aid package, which includes billions of dollars in funding for ukraine. we ll explain why and what could happen next. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest from gaza. israel says its forces are closing in on the hamas leader is believed to be the mastermind behind the october 7th terror attacks. good mo
it s good to be back with you for the second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, police say they have the prime suspect in custody believed to be behind a violent spree in texas that left six dead and three injured. where that investigation goes from here. in washington, president biden responds to republicans storming out of his cabinet secretaries who were briefing on ukraine. why he says their outrage over the border is completely misplaced. plus, a soft landing? is the fed close to pulling off what a lot of folks thought was impossible, cooling inflation without triggering a recession. some new labor department data that points to that possibility. and overseas, the devastating evidence coming out of the brutal sexual attacks against women on october 7th by hamas. the stories that their bodies tell, that their voices no longer can. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with guad venegas on that string of violent inc