Breaking news tonight the high stakes moment here in Washington President Biden said to make his case for a second term in his State of the Union Address the President coming before Congress and the American people his pivotal speech tonight in prime time here on NBC with a rematch Now set against former president Trump Mr Biden looking to jump start his.
Campaign the major announcement he'll make about a us-led emergency mission in Gaza and what he'll say about the Border abortion rights and inflation also terrifying takeoff a United Airlines plane the tire falling off crushing a car below the flight diverted what we're learning the US Army Sergeant accused of selling the military secrets to China.
The charges announced today the trial of the father of a Michigan school shooter underway you'll hear the tap played in court the Frantic 911 call he made the day of the massacre the severe weather threat across the Southern Plains where tracking it inside the mission to airdrop Aid into Gaza our Richard angle aboard a plane bringing desperately.
Needed relief the report on the shooter who killed 18 people in Maine what a new analysis is revealing about his brain and the American sailor and the scares at Sea she overcame to make history this is NBC Nightly News with Lester Hol good evening and welcome tonight from Washington DC see where President.
Biden will this evening enter the capital behind me and speak to Americans about the State of the Union the speech comes just two days after super Tuesday when the president and Donald Trump all but punched their tickets to the November election and now tonight President Biden burdened by low approval numbers will try to seize the moment to.
Counter the dark portrait of the state of America as portrayed by Republicans the president will likely be measured on not just his remarks this evening but also o his mental stamina that made the lingering focus on his age earlier today I was part of a small group of journalists who joined the president at a White House luncheon the discussion.
Was off the Record but we have separately learned that on the economy the president will focus on ways to save Americans money and On the Border crisis he will try to turn the tables and shift the blame to Republicans Peter Alexander has a preview tonight President Biden set to make a crucial sales pitch facing a skep iCal audience and low approval.
Ratings in just relase excerpts of tonight's address the president will say it doesn't make the news but in thousands of cities and towns the American people are writing the greatest comeback story never told and as they head to a likely rematch this subtle dig at former president Trump some other people my age see a different story an.
American story of resentment revenge and retribution that's not me recent polls show the president Trails his likely Republican Challenger within the mar of error the president will sharply contrast his views with Mr Trump's on key issues like abortion rights it was Donald Trump and his Supreme Court who ripped away the rights and freedoms of.
Women in America among the first ladies guests tonight Kate Cox who sued Texas over its near total abortion ban and he'll announce new efforts to deliver desperately needed Aid to Gaza with a new land Crossing and a us-led mission to build a temporary sea port but tonight much of the focus will be on the presid president's presentation with.
3ars of Americans concerned President Biden does not have the mental and physical health to serve and On the Border crisis President Biden will blame Republicans for rejecting a bipartisan border security Bill the only reason the border is not secure is Donald Trump and his magga Republican friends a record 8.6 million migrants have entered the US.
During the Biden presidency Republicans argue the president could end the crisis by bringing back the Trump border policies he reversed today Mr Trump attacking the president on the economy as consumer prices have risen 18% since President Biden took office we had the greatest economy in the history of the world it's time to tell crooked Joe.
Biden you're fired the president's expected to tout strong job growth and unemployment at a 50-year low following the pandemic Kesha age a single mom of three in Atlanta is working two jobs and struggling with high prices what do you want hear from the president tonight basically that things are going to get better and that things are going to.
Become more affordable and that people are actually going to be able to live as opposed to surviving and Peter we're thinking a bit about the audience tonight because we remember last year the president was heckled by some Republicans in the audience Les you're right it's a dynamic live event and the Republican house Speaker has told.
Members of his party to be respectful tonight while Progressive Democrat Cory Bush a fierce critic of the president's handling of the war in Gaza did not rule out her own protest this evening Lester all right Peter thank you and I'm joined Now by Christen Welker moderator of Meet the Press Kristen this is kind of a reset moment for the president as we we.
Launch on this road to 24 absolutely Lester this may be the largest audience you will have to make his case for reelection and I've been talking to allies of the president who tell me he needs to deliver more than a laundry list of accomplishments and goals tonight they say he has to tell the story of his first term and how his.
Second term will impact Americans not just attack Mr Trump but Lester Peter noted voter concerns about his age and mental health so how he delivers this speech will be just as important as what he says right Christen thanks very much join me and Savannah Guth and of course Kristen for the State of the Union Address tonight coverage kicks off at.
9900 p.m. eastern time now to the breaking news out of California a United Airlines flight making an emergency landing in Los Angeles after a tire fell off during takeoff Tom Castello is with us Tom this was a Boeing triple that's right United flight 35 was leaving SFO for Osaka Japan at 11:35 this morning this video captured by.
Flight tracking website radar box seems to show the tire coming off one of the plane's main landing gear assemblies which has a total of Six Tires the tire fell into a nearby parking lot below causing significant damage to the cars that were parked there nobody injured the plane as you said a Boeing Triple 7 249 people on board then diverted to Los.
Angeles where it landed safely and was met by firefighters the airline says passengers will be rebooked on another flight to Japan tonight as United on the FAA investigate why this happened Lester all right Tom thank you just breaking tonight Federal authorities announcing the indictment of a US Army Sergeant on charges of transmitting sensitive US.
Military information to China they said Sergeant Corbin Schultz an Army intelligence analyst Station at Fort Campbell Kentucky was paid 42,00 by a co-conspirator for leaking information on Advanced American weapons weeks after Jennifer Crumbley became the first parent in the US held criminally responsible for their child's school.
Shooting tonight her husband is on trial testimony in his involuntary manslaughter case began today in Michigan Maggie vaspa is there round two of this Landmark prosecution now underway a Michigan father on trial for inv voluntary manslaughter for his alleged role in the mass school shooting carried out by his.
Son weeks after his wife was convicted on the same charges the shooter's case is done the shooter's mother Jennifer Crumbley her case is done you're here to decide the level of gross negligence of James Crumbley 47-year-old James Crumbley wore headphones as hearing aids in court today prosecutors arguing back in 2021 Crumbley failed to secure the.
Gun he bought for rethan which the teen used to kill four students he was the adult out of anyone in the world in the best position to prevent these kids death crumley's defense team telling the jury he didn't know his son had access to the gun nor did he suspect Ethan was a danger James Crumbley did not know what his son was going to do today.
Prosecutors playing the Frantic 911 call James made the day of the shooting I don't know I don't know really prosecutors say he ignored warning signs about his son's mental health calling a computer crimes analyst who read this text between Ethan and a friend I actually asked my dad to take me to the doctor yesterday but he just.
Gave me some pills and told me to suck it up this trial taking place in the same courtroom with the same judge and prosecutors as Jennifer crumley's trial a new jury was picked for this trial tonight James Crumbley hoping for a different outcome than his wife a big question hanging H in over this trial is whether James Crumbley will follow his.
Wife's lead and testify in his own defense his attorney at this point not giving any indication either way Lester Maggie vesa thank you we're watching severe weather across the South strong storms forming now over the Central and Southern Plains with severe thunderstorm watches in place 9 million people could face hail damaging winds and tornadoes.
Tomorrow and Saturday severe storms and flooding will be possible for Millions more across the southeast we'll be tracking it now to the Middle East and the desperate need for more humanitarian Aid in Gaza earlier today Richard angle was able to join a relief flight on a mission to drop off Meals by air on an air Bas in Jordan we were.
Given an inside look at what has become a last resort for getting Aid into Gaza airdropping food and humanitarian supplies so the planes have already been loaded these are C130 cargo planes the mission today was run by the Jordanian military a close us Ally we watched the crew do its last minute briefs until it was time for.
Takeoff the food Aid was on pallets and the bags on top are the parachutes fixed with yellow rip cords to open them first we flew over Israel the Israeli military granting permission DEC conflicting the airspace so the plane isn't accidentally shot down Israel looks peaceful from above then we reached Gaza where the damage is clear and extensive after.
Hamas's October 7th Massacre Israel is bombed and cut off Gaza so severely that people are now facing starvation officials from gaza's Hamas run Health Ministry say at least 20 people have already died from malnutrition they've just given the signal that they're ready to drop we are now over Northern Gaza any moment now these packets of food Aid.
Will begin to Parish down every bit helps but a group say this is not a solution the meals are for more than 20,000 people but it's a drop in the bucket 2.3 million people need help below but for now it's the only thing coming from the sky in Gaza that doesn't explode the US is also doing Aid drops over Gaza but it's not meant to be.
Permanent and as we saw today it is far less efficient than truck deliveries and much more expensive bler Richard Angel and Jordan thank you and as the war in Gaza rages on back here at home the calls for a ceasefire are growing louder yisha sindor reports more than a thousand black pastors are among those turning up the pressure on.
President Biden for a Community Church in Atlanta the war raging thousands of miles away in the Middle East is top of mind all Palestinians are not terrorist Reverend Timothy McDonald III says it's because he empathizes with the thousands of civilians killed in Gaza black people understand pain we have a history of.
Pain McDonald is part of a group of more than 1,000 black Faith leaders demanding President Biden call for a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas why are you publicly calling for President Biden to demand a ceasefire because the time is now peace is the way and the ceasefire is a conrete beginning for the pursuit of Peace because it involved.
Both sides the president while still supporting Israel is currently pushing for a temporary ceasefire he is hoping to get hostages out of Gaza and more Aid in the response of the IDF has gone way too far the killing of innocent women and children even babies the long of this war has gone on the more support President Biden is losing.
Among the African-American population young black voters in particular like Reverend Sean Smith say they have grown frustrated with Biden over the war do you think that Biden Administration and President Biden understands the depth that this could impact him I hope he does um simply because of the fact that we want to make sure that we can get as.
Much voter turnout as possible in November and a lot of people who I know of personally is just saying that they're just going to stay home and do what not vote something he says Biden can't afford young black people gave Joe Biden the state of Georgia we can't turn out the young black vote then he doesn't stand a chance still some like reica.
Strather back the president's St I'm supporting of President Biden and what he's done on everything since he's been an office and now he's making a choice to stand on one side I'm going to pray that we're all doing what is the right thing to do and that is going to all work out Reverend McDonald still hopes President Biden changes course before.
It's too late do you think President Biden and his administration really understands how much his St on the Middle East might hurt him among African-Americans I don't think he understands it now but he's beginning to yam sendor NBC News Atlanta Georgia in 60 seconds the search for answers in an unspeakable crime the new study of a.
Shooter's brain showing how a traumatic brain injury may have contributed to that deadly mass shooting in Maine we're back now with a new report of the gunman who killed 18 people in a mass shooting in Maine in October the report finding he had a traumatic brain injury that likely played a role in his.
Horrifying actions let's get more on the story now from Aaron mcglaughlin tonight new analysis shows brain damage likely contributed to the erratic behavior of Maine's deadliest Mass shooter they're concerned Robert card is seen in this chilling police body camera footage oh cuz they're scared I'm going to freaking do.
Something cuz I am capable captured months before the 40-year-old Army reservist opened fire killing 18 people and wounding more than a dozen at a bowling alley and Bar in Leon Maine police had been called by fellow Army reservists concerned he was acting erratically after a day long Manhunt following the mass shooting Robert card.
Took his own life the medical examiner sent tissue from his brain to Boston University's world-renowned CTE Center for analysis the lead researcher now revealing car had evidence of traumatic brain injury and that the results are similar to those of blast trauma the card family is now pointing to his work as a hand grenade instructor for the US.
Army reservists leading to questions about a possible link while card was never deployed for active duty his family alleges for years he was exposed to thousands of low-level blasts during his time as a reservist grenade trainer at West Point tonight an army spokesperson tells NBC News the lab findings are concerning adding they.
Underscore the Army's need to do all it can to protect soldiers against blast induced injury we do know that a lot of veterans are exposed and have been exposed to traumatic brain injuries and blasts we need to better understand how we can help them if he's making these threats they need to get him to the hospital today multiple US Army.
Reservists T toied they raised the alarm about card this summer before the shooting we collectively noticed that card was exhibiting strange behavior and we notified our Command one testified card was emitted to a mental Health hospital and after that never returned to West Point tonight an army spokesperson tells NBC news that it's.
Updating its guidance on blast related injuries and that it plans to launch a safety campaign in the near future Lester Aaron mlin tonight thank you we'll take a break coming up with new weight loss drugs exploding in popularity we'll tell you how soon an effective pill version could be available that's coming up.
Next they are wildly popular and today the maker of a zic previewing the next generation of weight loss drugs as Vicky win reports it could be another game Cher especially if you don't like needles Oprah from Oprah to influencers to corporations people whose health is affected by obesity are the reason we work on these medications the spotlight.
Is on weight loss drugs Z bound currently is extremely life-changing for me Chanel McDaniel takes weekly shots of Eli ly's Zep bound a given her fear of needles I honestly have to have my husband help me with the shot every single time we do it she also struggles with the drugs cost but hope for a pill is on the horizon Nova Nordisk surging.
To a record high today Nova Nordisk sharing early results from its phase one trial of weight loss pill a mtin the company said the pill helped users lose 133% of their weight over 12 weeks compared to 6% for its injectable wovi the company's value in the past year as its drugs OIC and wovi exploded in popularity up 100% Eli Lily the maker of.
Zep bound and mjo surging even more doctors say pills are generally cheaper easier to take and simpler to make is a weight loss pill a GameChanger in this industry I definitely think that CH changing antiobesity medications to an oral form is going to change the game and hopefully insurance companies will be more likely to carry this medication.
As two in five American adults have have obesity and with billions of dollars at stake several drug makers are trying to get a pill to Market Eli Lily is now in phase three Trials of its pill fiser also testing a pill though it could be years before any our FDA approved for patients like Chanel McDaniel the sooner the better Vicky win NBC News up next.
For us tonight sailing into history the first American woman to make it around the world solo and Non-Stop finally tonight she sailed all the way around the world and into the record books Emily aeta now on the American woman who just made.
History 29-year-old Cole Brower just wrapped up the voyage of a lifetime blazing into port and history today as the first American woman to ever race non-stop around the world alone has it sunk in that you're a history maker no for for sure it has not sunk in and Spain she was welcomed by a sea of fans friends and.
Family after finishing second in the global solo challenge Brower was the youngest and only female competitor in the race of 16 Sailors from around the world along the way she amassed more than 400,000 followers on Instagram sharing the ups and downs of Life at Sea her treacherous Journey nearly upended when she badly injured her ribs the New.
York native sailed 30,000 miles down down the western coast of Africa it's pretty crazy out here over to Australia pretty big waves and through the notoriously Rough Waters around South America cuz there's a couple storms that are going to hit the C closing the loop 130 days later what do you hope people take away from.
Your success I really want people to find what they're passionate about and go and fight for it anytime you hear the word no I would just ignore it and while the sun has now set on brower's Ocean Odyssey she says her mission to inspire young women in the sport is just getting started Emily eeta NBC News and good for her that's Nightly News thank you for.
Watching everyone I'm Lester Holt please take care of yourself and each other good night thanks for watching stay updated about breaking news and top stories on the NBC News app or follow us on social media
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