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AFTER RUSSIA LAUNCHED A MASSIVE ATTACK ON UKRAINE. MEAGAN FITZGERALD HAS OUR REPORT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT NEW VIDEO CAPTURING THE MOMENT MISSILES REINED DOWN ON RUSSIA, A BORDER CITY JUST 25 MILES FROM UKRAINE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SEVERE ATTACKS CARRIED

OUT ON RUSSIAN SOIL SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. FOOTAGE SHOWING EXPLOSIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN WITH CARS AND BUILDINGS ON FIRE AND BLACK SMOKE RISING ACROSS FROM A CHRISTMAS MARKET. THIS MAN HORRIFIED AND SAYING ON HIS CELLPHONE FOOTAGE, THERE ARE DEAD PEOPLE

LYING THERE, EVERYTHING IS SMASHED, GLASS EVERYWHERE. RUSSIAN OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED INCLUDING CHILDREN AND MORE THAN 100 OTHERS WOUNDED. IT COMES DAYS AFTER UKRAINE CLAIMED ON TUESDAY IT CARRIED OUT AN AIRSTRIKE, DESTROYING A RUSSIAN NAVY SHIP IN CRIMEA.

THE KREMLIN SAYING UKRAINE IS ALSO TO BLAME FOR THE ATTACKS TODAY, THAT COME ONE DAY AFTER KYIV AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAW ONE OF THE BIGGEST ATTACKS BY RUSSIA SINCE THE WAR BEGAN. KYIV’S MAYOR CALLING NEW YEAR’S DAY A DAY

OF MOURNING AS MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN 100 INJURED ACROSS THE NATION. NOW, THE REMINDER THAT THE WAR IN UKRAINE IS SHOWING NO SIGNS OF STOPPING A

MR. TRUMP’S APPEAL. >> ALL RIGHT, GARRETT HAAKE WITH OUR BREAKING NEWS, THANK YOU. >>> MEANTIME, SEVERAL STATES IN THE NORTHEAST REMAIN UNDER FLOOD ALERTS TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF YESTERDAY’S EXTRAORDINARY STORM EVENT ALONG THE EAST COAST. TONIGHT, A NERVOUS

WATCH IN PLACES AS RIVER LEVELS NEAR THEIR CREST IN FLOOD-VULNERABLE AREAS. TODAY RESCUERS WERE STILL FERRYING PEOPLE LEFT STRANDED BY FLOODWATERS TO SAFETY. NBC’S EMILIE IKEDA IS IN THE FLOOD ZONE FOR US TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, FIRST RESPONDERS

FANNING OUT ACROSS THE BATTERED NORTHEAST AS LINGERING FLOODWATERS FROM MONDAY’S MONSTROUS STORM CONTINUED STRANDING FAMILIES. >> WITH THE WATER STARTING TO CREST NOW IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER. >> Reporter: PARTS OF MAINE AND NEW JERSEY UNDER STATES OF EMERGENCY.

MICHELE CALLED FOR HELP WHEN WATER ROSE AROUND HER HOME WITH HER SISTER STILL INSIDE. >> WHAT WAS GOING YOUR MIND? >> TRAUMATIC. THE WATER IS DISGUSTING AND I WANT HER SAFE. >> Reporter: WE FOLLOWED THE RESCUE TEAM TO THE FAMILY’S DOORSTEP.

>> FLOODWATERS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE WITH MINIMAL TIME IN THE WATER. >> Reporter: THE 14-YEAR-OLD CLIMBING TO SAFETY BEFORE SHE WAS MET BY A WARM EMBRACE BACK ON GROUND. A SUNNY DAY WITH FLOODED ROADWAYS. EVEN WITHOUT RAIN PARTS OF THE RIVER

COULD STAY IN FLOOD STAGE THROUGH FRIDAY. FLOODWATERS BLOCKING FIRE TRUCKS FROM REACHING THIS BURNING HOME TODAY. ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE DIED FROM FALLINGING TREES AND FLOODING INCLUDING A 76-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO WAS SWEPT AWAY IN NEW YORK.

>> VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED AT THIS TIME. >> Reporter: TONIGHT SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER IN NEW ENGLAND AND IT COULD BE A COUPLE DAYS OF COLD TEMPERATURES BEFORE IT’S COMPLETELY RESTORED. >> YOU GET THREE-QUARTERS OF THE

WAY DOWN THE STREET, YOU GOT TO TURN AROUND, GO THE OTHER WAY. >> Reporter: WITH A MASSIVE CLEANUP AHEAD AND EARLY START TO HOLIDAY TRAFFIC WITH COLLAPSED ROADS, AND AIRPORTS TRAVELERS RELIEVED TO FIND FEWER FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS. >> DURING CHRISTMASTIME, YEAH,

IT’S NERVE-RACKING COMING WITH EVERYBODY. YOU GOT TO BE ONE YOUR TOES AND MAKE SURE YOU’RE EARLY. >> Reporter: A RECORD WEEK OF AIR TRAVEL COULD TURN TURBULENT WHEN A DELUGE OF RAIN IS SET TO HIT THE WEST COAST. >> THERE’S CONCERN WATER COULD KEEP

RISING TONIGHT. >> Reporter: WITH RISING RIVER LEVELS IT COULD WORSEN

THEIR HOME JUST DAYS OUT FROM THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, LESTER. >> EMILIE IKEDA, THANK YOU. >>> TO ICELAND AND THE SPECTACULAR AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ERUPTION OF A VOLCANO THAT IS THREATENING COMMUNITIES NOT FAR FROM THE CAPITAL. MIGUEL ALMAGUER WITH THAT STORY. >> Reporter: THE

INCREDIBLE FOUNTAINS OF FIRE GUSHED MORE THAN 300 FEET INTO THE AIR IGNITING THE NIGHT SKY IN ICELAND, ERUPTING MONDAY, THE ASTONISHING DISPLAY OF FIRE AND FURY CONTINUES TO POUR ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN END OF THE COUNTRY, AN HOUR OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL OF REYKJAVIK.

>> IT’S ONCE IN A LIFETIME FOR US. >> Reporter: A 2.5-MILE-LONG FISH SURE IS CREATING A BOILING SEA OF LAVA THREATENING TO SLOWLY SPREAD CLOSER TO POPULATED REGIONS BUT FOR NOW THE BLANKET OF FIRE NOT YET CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE. FASCINATING TO SEE

JUST NATURE IN ACTION. I JUST — IT’S JUST LIKE SOMETHING FROM A MOVIE. >> Reporter: AS RESEARCHERS DESCEND CLOSER TO THE SPOUTS OF FIRE, THIS IS A MAGICAL SPECTACLE, EVEN IN THE COUNTRY NO STRANGER TO ERUPTIONS AFTER WEEKS OF SEISMIC ACTIVITY, NEARBY TOWNS

WERE EVACUATED DAYS BEFORE LAVA EVEN SEEPED FROM THE EARTH’S FLORIDA. THE FLOES NOW SLOWING. >> VERY POWERFUL IN THE BEGINNING. IT’S GOING TO EXTRACT MAGMA VERY, VERY FAST AND THAT’S WHY IT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> Reporter: STILL POURING SMOKE INTO THE AIR, IT DOESN’T APPEAR

THIS ERUPTION WILL CAUSE THE SAME HAVOC A DIFFERENT ICELANDIC VOLCANO DID IN 2010. THAT EXPLOSION OF FUMES AND ASH GROUNDED MUCH OF EUROPE’S AIR TRAVEL FOR A WEEK BUT TONIGHT SCIENTISTS WARN ERUPTIONS CAN BE AS UNPREDICTABLE AS

MIGUEL ALMAGUER, NBC NEWS. >>> IN THE MIDDLE EAST TONIGHT A GROWING CRISIS IN THE RED SEA. OIL PRICES ARE RISING AS AN IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIA IS VOWING TO KEEP ATTACKING SHIPS THERE ALL AS CHILLING NEW VIDEO OF HOSTAGES HELD IN GAZA IS RELEASED.

HERE’S RICHARD ENGEL. >> Reporter: THE CAR GOING GIANT MEARS JOINED BP IN HALTING TRAFFIC THROUGH THE RED SEA IN RESPONSE TO ATTACKS BY THE IRANIAN YEMENI MILITIA KNOWN AS THE HOUTHIS WHO FIRED ON SEVERAL SHIPS. LLOYD AUSTIN IN BAHRAIN TODAY HOME OF

THE U.S. FIFTH FLEET ANNOUNCED THE FORMATION OF A TEN-NATION COALITION TO DEFEND THE RED SEA, BUT THE HOUTHIS VOW TO KEEP ATTACKING SHIPS UNTIL ISRAEL ENDS ITS BLOCKADE OF GAZA. THE SHOWDOWN SENDING OIL PRICES UP AGAIN TODAY. WHILE THE PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD TONIGHT

PUT OUT A VIDEO OF TWO ISRAELI MEN IT’S HOLDING HOSTAGE, YESTERDAY HAMAS RELEASED A VIDEO OF THREE ELDERLY HOSTAGES TAKEN UNDER DURESS. THE MAN ON THE RIGHT IS 83-YEAR-OLD YORAM METZGER. HIS SON GUY TOLD US HE TAKES COMFORT IN KNOWING HIS FATHER IS

ALIVE BUT WORRIES ABOUT HIS TREATMENT BY HAMAS. >> HE LOOKS VERY, VERY TIRED. HE LOOKS VERY SICK. ALSO, HIS FRIENDS. WE ARE REALLY, REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR CONDITION. >> Reporter: HE SAYS THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO MORE TO GET A DEAL TO FREE THE HOSTAGES.

>> YOU DON’T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU’S EFFORTS? >> DO YOU THINK I SHOULD HAVE CONFIDENCE IN PRESIDENT NETANYAHU AFTER WHAT’S HAPPENED ON THE 7th OF OCTOBER? >> Reporter: THE GAZA STRIP IS AT A BREAKING POINT AS ISRAEL ATTACKS HAMAS, AID

GROUPS SAY 2.3 MILLION PALESTINIANS ARE PAYING AN UNBEARABLE PRICE. MAHMOUD WAS IN A HOSPITAL TODAY IN RAFAH INJURED BY AN ISRAELI STRIKE. WHEN DOCTORS BROUGHT HIM THE BODIES OF HIS SON AND 2-WEEK-OLD DAUGHTER. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TODAY DESCRIBED THE

SITUATION IN GAZA’S HOSPITAL AS BEYOND BELIEF AND UNCONSCIONABLE. >> RICHARD, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHERE THE CEASE-FIRE TALKS STAND RIGHT NOW? >> THEY ARE FRAGILE, LESTER, BUT ADVANCING WITH

DOC, “THE KIDNAPPING OF NOAH” WITH RAF SANCHEZ STREAMING NOW. >>> LET’S GET TO THE CRISIS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND THE STAGGERING NEW RECORD, MORE MIGRANTS CROSSED INTO THE U.S. ON MONDAY THAN ANY OTHER DAY IN HISTORY AND NOW TEXAS IS BEING SUED

AFTER GIVING STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT SWEEPING NEW POWERS TO ARREST THEM. MORGAN CHESKY IS THERE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, STUNNING IMAGES FROM EAGLE PASS, TEXAS, WHERE THOUSANDS OF MIGRANT MEN, WOMEN, AND SO MANY CHILDREN NOW FILL ENTIRE FIELDS. THE GROUPS LINING THE

RIO GRANDE CLINGING TO BLANKETS HUDDLING TO STAY WARM ALL WAITING FOR HOURS TO BE PROCESSED. AND MOST LIKELY TO BE RELEASED INTO THE UNITED STATES. OF ALL OUR TRIPS TO EAGLE PASS, THIS IS THE LARGEST GROUP WE HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED. SOURCES TELL US THE

MAJORITY OF THESE FAMILIES ARE VENEZUELAN AND WE JUST LEARNED FROM AUTHORITIES NEARLY 3,000 WERE APPREHENDED JUST YESTERDAY. ON MONDAY ALONE, A STAGGERING NEW RECORD, DHS OFFICIALS TELLING NBC NEWS MORE THAN 12,000 MIGRANTS CROSSED THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER, THE MOST RECORDED IN A

SINGLE DAY EVER. THE SURGE SPARKING A NEW BATTLE BETWEEN THE LONE STAR STATE AND THE WHITE HOUSE. REPUBLICANS HERE BLAMING PRESIDENT BIDEN’S BORDER POLICIES FOR A RECORD NUMBER OF ILLEGAL CROSSINGS. >> BIDEN’S DELIBERATE INACTION HAS LEFT TEXAS TO FEND FOR ITSELF.

>> Reporter: NOW GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT SIGNING A NEW LAW MAKING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION A STATE CRIME EMPOWERING POLICE AND SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES TO ARREST MIGRANTS. TEXAS HAS ALREADY PUT FLOATING BARRIERS IN THE RIO GRANDE AND BARBED WIRE ALONG THE

BORDER, BUT BOTH FACE ONGOING CHALLENGES. THE WHITE HOUSE CALLING THE NEW LAW EXTREME. THE ACLU OF TEXAS SAYING THEY’LL SUE. >> THAT IS GOING TO DRIVE OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES INTO THE SHADOWS. IT’S GOING TO INCREASE SUSPICION OF RELYING ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> HOW MUCH LONGER CAN YOU KEEP UP? >> WE CAN’T. WE CAN’T. NOW IT’S 3 OR 4,000 RIGHT NOW. SO THEY’RE COMING IN. >> Reporter: THIS SHERIFF TELLS US THEY’RE STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS BUT THE NEW LAWS ONLY RAISE NEW QUESTIONS.

NAMELY, WHERE NEWLY ARRESTED MIGRANTS WOULD POTENTIALLY BE HELD. HIS JAIL HOLDS 250 AND TODAY SITS JUST BELOW 200. >> I DON’T HAVE THE RESOURCES, I DON’T HAVE THE SPACE. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THEM? >> MORGAN, WE SEE THOSE MASSIVE CROWDS

OF MIGRANTS BEHIND YOU AND OFFICIALS SAY THEY EXPECT MORE SOON. >> Reporter: LESTER, THAT’S RIGHT. THE SHERIFF TELLS ME HE’S BEEN WARNED BY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES WHO SAY DESPITE THE RAILROAD CLOSING DOWN A LARGE GROUP OF

>>> IF YOU’VE BOUGHT A CAR RECENTLY, YOU MAY HAVE BEEN SURPRISED BY SOME OF THE FEES DEALERS CHARGE ON TOP OF THE STICKER PRICE. THEY’RE KNOWN AS JUNK FEES. AND NOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS CRACKING DOWN. TOM COSTELLO NOW WITH OUR EXCLUSIVE REPORT.

>> Reporter: IT’S A COMMON COMPLAINT. JUST WHEN YOU’RE ABOUT TO SIGN FOR THAT NEW CAR, IT SUDDENLY COSTS HUNDREDS, EVEN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MORE. STACEY LUPUL SAYS IT HAPPENED TO HER WHILE BUYING A CAR FOR HER SON. >> SOMEWHERE BETWEEN US SIGNING ON THE

COMPUTER AND US WAITING IN THE LOBBY AND HAVING THE PAPERS PRINTED OUT, THEY ADDED THAT $4,000. >> Reporter: $4,000 FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SHE SPECIFICALLY SAID SHE DIDN’T WANT. >> I ASKED THE QUESTIONS AND I WAS LIED TO. >> Reporter: THE

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION SAYS IT RECEIVES 100,000 SIMILAR BAIT AND SWITCH COMPLAINTS EACH YEAR. CUSTOMERS CHARGED FOR UNWANTED PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND HIT WITH SO-CALLED JUNK FEES. >> ALL TOO OFTEN, IT’S MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY AND ACTIVE SERVICE MEMBERS THAT ARE MOST TARGETED BY

THESE PRACTICES. >> Reporter: TO TARGET THE SCAMS, THE FTC HAS A NEW CARS RULE REQUIRING DEALERS TO PROVIDE A VEHICLE’S ACTUAL PRICE AND COST, SPELLING OUT OPTIONAL ADD-ONES, AND PROHIBITING DEALERS FROM ADDING BOGUS ADD-ONES LIKE DUPLICATE WARRANTIES, OIL CHANGES ON EVs, OR UNWANTED

SUBSCRIPTIONS. >> THIS RULE IS REALLY DESIGNED TO CREATE SOME HONESTY AND FAIR RULES OF THE ROAD SO THAT AMERICANS CAN BUY CARS WITHOUT WORRYING THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE TRICK ORDER SCAMMED. >> Reporter: THE NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION SAYS THE REGULATION IS HEAVY-HANDED

BUREAUCRATIC OVERREACH AND REDUNDANCY AT ITS WORSE THAT WILL NEEDLESSLY LENGTHEN THE CAR BUYING PROCESS. AS FOR STACEY — >> WILL YOU EVER GO BACK TO THAT CAR DEALERSHIP? >> NO, NEVER, EVER. IT’S AN AWFUL, AWFUL FEELING TO BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF LIKE

THAT. >> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT’S NEW CARS

Tonight the terrifying moments at a synagogue in New York state a man firing a shotgun outside in the first night of Hanukkah police saying at least two shotgun blasts were fired on the grounds of a synagogue in Albany inside an early child care center with two dozen preschoolers but no one injured the

Suspect in custody the incident being investigated as a hate crime the governor ordering the police and National Guard on high alert the safety concerns Nationwide as Han begins also tonight the investigation after the deadly mass shooting of the UNLV campus the good a professor who was rejected

For a job by the university and what we’re learning about the victims the historic ruling in Texas a judge granting a woman’s emergency request to bypass the state’s near total ban on abortion after learning her fetus had a fatal genetic disease she joins us with her emotional reaction and how the state

Is still trying to stop her in G of the fighting raging as the war reaches the twomon mark Richard angle with a freed Israeli hostage as she finally returns home and typing out Tunes the orchestra making music in a whole new key this is NBC Nightly News with Lester

Hol good evening and welcome just hours before this evening start of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah shots were fired under the grounds of a synagogue in Albany New York first further stoking concerns over the holiday and Rising acts of anti-Semitism in this country officials say no one was hurt and a

28-year-old man has been taken into custody the shots were fired outside Temple Israel in Albany where two dozen preschoolers inside were immediately placed on lockdown they are now safely reunited with their families police tonight are quoting the shooter is having set free Palestine authorities saying the case is being investigated as

A hate crime crime New York Governor Kathy hokel tonight has put State Police and New York National Guard on alert saying the safety of Jewish New Yorkers is non-negotiable Emily aenna has late details on the first night of Hanukkah police across New York ramping up patrols at Jewish sites after gunfire

Caused a major Scare at Temple Israel in Albany this afternoon shotgun in his hoodie be in the parking lot nearby report of one shot her officials say the suspect is a 28-year-old local who was walking around outside the synagogue and acting very suspicious according to Witnesses he fired off around from a

Shotgun while making threatening statements law enforcement now investigating the shooting as a hate crime we were told by uh responding officers that he made a comment uh free Palestine on the synagogue’s premises two dozen preschoolers it was the director of the early Early Childhood Center who first heard the shots and

Called 911 according to officials the suspect who has a wrap sheet was apprehended in a neighboring parking lot thankfully at this time no one was injured in this incident but the fear that it has wre the fear than the anxiety that has caused I know a lot of people are

Feeling really shaken right now security had already been enhanced at synagogue yeshivas and community centers for the Jewish holiday amid Rising tension stemming from the Israel Hamas War just in September the same location of today’s gunfire faced a bomb threat Emily what are officials saying about any ongoing threats following this

Incident well Lester New York Governor Kathy hokel says there are no ongoing threats at this time but we’re learning tonight from her office that hate crimes across the board in New York in November were up 90% compared to last year L Emily aat starting us off tonight thank

You now to breaking news in the investigation into Hunter Biden son of President Biden let’s get right to kend delanian in Washington Lester Hunter Biden has been charged with felony tax fraud tonight in Los Angeles in a new indictment that significantly deepens his legal troubles in a 56-page indictment special

Counsel David Weiss has charged Mr Biden with three felonies and six misdemeanors alleging he engaged in a scheme to evade $1.4 million in taxes from 2014 to 2020 while spending millions of dollars to fund an extravagant lifestyle this is the second felony indictment against Hunter Biden who was charged in

September with lying on a Federal Form while purchasing a handgun both cases came after a plea deal fell apart in August that called for him to admit to misdemeanors and serve no jail time the new indictment says Mr Biden received more than $7 million in income from 2016

To 2020 and took steps to evade taxes including by using false business deductions it says Mr Biden had the money to pay his taxes but chose not to pay them the new case adds to Hunter Biden’s mounting legal wos and poses a huge political complication for his father because if the prosecutions go

Forward Hunter Biden could be standing trial in the middle of the presidential campaign the plea deal collapsed because prosecutors were unwilling to say they wouldn’t charge Mr Biden in their ongoing investigation of potential violations of foreign lobbying laws but Mr Biden’s legal woses have now multiplied Lester kend delanian thanks

In Las Vegas there are new details about the gunman at unlv’s campus a college professor turned down for a job as we learn more about the victims all faculty slain at the school Steve Patterson with late details now tonight new details after shots rang out on another American college

Campus we’re good come on everybody keep your hands up you guys keep your hands up please this time inside unlv’s business school gunshot was so close I I feel like he’s coming in and the only thing you can do is praying that he doesn’t pick this room police say

67-year-old Anthony pedo opened fire on the building’s fourth floor just before noon Wednesday shooting and killing three 64-year-old Professor Jerry Chang 39-year-old assistant professor Patricia Navaro valz the third victim also faculty hasn’t been named until their can be notified one gunshot Survivor is still in the hospital the suspect had a

List of people he was seeking on a University campus as well as faculty from the Eastern Carolina University he previously worked at other universities across the southeast touted a membership in Mena the high IQ society and was prone to posting conspiracy theories on his personal website but investigators

Are stopping short of a signing motive we know he applied numerous times for a job with several Nevada higher education institutions and was denied each time today police shared video of the moment poo was killed as he engaged police outside evacuate to a safe area run hiide fight business law student Caleb M

Was in class just two floors down when he heard the shots rang out what did it sound like sounded like balloons popping we were kind of oblivious of it we didn’t really realized what was going on at first Mal says incredibly this isn’t his first mass shooting

He was at the deadliest mass shooting in American history the Las Vegas music festival in 2017 that left 58 people dead how many times are we going to go through this you had people some people crying but it was like we was like desensitized to it a legacy of violence

Leaving Las Vegas num and Steve what more officials say about the suspect’s other potential targets leser authorities now say they believe if the suspect wasn’t taken down when he was then he was heading right for the Student Union they also say he mailed out 22 letters to other targets

The first one they intercepted contained an unknown white substance so they are telling anyone in education if you received an unmarked letter don’t open it Lester Steve Patterson thanks in Texas where most abortions are illegal a judge today granted a woman’s request to have an abortion that her doctor says is

Medically necessary it’s one of the biggest cases since roie Wade was overturned here’s Laura Jared Kate Cox was running out of time after learning at 20 weeks that the baby she’s expecting has a fetal abnormality the 31-year-old mom of two filed a lawsuit in Texas seeking an emergency abortion

Today a judge agreed I never thought I would ever need or want an abortion if Cox carried the pregnancy to term doctors warned she would be at risk for serious complications that could affect her ability to have more children so there’s no outcome here that I take home

My healthy baby girl Texas bans most abortions as soon as the baby has a heartbeat there are medical exceptions but critics say the language is vague leaving doctors fearful of getting sued for performing one without a court order today the judge siding with Cox saying the idea that Miss Cox wants desperately

To be a parent and this law might actually cause her to lose that ability is shocking and would be a genuine miscarriage of Justice tonight Texas Attorney General pushing back strongly arguing Cox has failed to show she qualifies for a medical exception the AG sending a letter to Cox’s Hospital

Warning prosecutions are still possible if they allow her doctor to perform an unlawful abortion despite the ruling the rule of law doesn’t mean anything to the Attorney General of Texas today’s decision applies only to Cox but separate challenges to the laws and Texas filed by other women are still

On going meanwhile Cox still dreams of expanding her family one day I want the opportunity to get the healthare I need and heal and then you know try again Laura Jarrett NBC News two months ago today Hamas terrorists Unleashed their murderous Rampage inside Israel and tonight some

Of the survivors of the attack return home for the first time including a recently released hostage who spoke with our Richard angle two months after Hamas killed more than 12200 people in Israel the Israeli military is escalating its campaign to overthrow the group in Gaza but for the

2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza who can’t leave the war isn’t the only danger hunger is spreading massive crowds gathered today outside a food distribution center the UN is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe just across the border from Gaza we visited the kab n Ro where on October 7th Hamas Fighters

Killed and kidnapped everyone they could find driven by her neighbor aren tati returned this morning the 73-year-old was held hostage by Hamas in Gaza and freed last week she was overwhelmed by the damage her door is still smashed in Hamas dragged her away from here Arena

Came back to collect a prayer book for Hanukkah her neighbor Rita lifshitz tells her Hamas is still firing rockets and she should go to the safe room if there’s incoming Arena badly wanted to see if her cat was still alive she thought about the cat while a

Hostage and when she found him she smiled what’s it like for you to come back here after all that you’ve been through here I feel better but not very well I want the war to stop she says she did not want to talk about what happened

To her while she was a captive and Arena’s 28-year-old grandson is still being held in Gaza Hanukah is a holiday of light people close to us in Gaza must return home she says Hamas went house to house here for eight agonizing hours before any rescue came residents locked

Themselves in their safe rooms so Hamas set houses on fire to smoke them out Rita says many here are furious at Hamas and the government how did it take 8 hours to have a response I I why it took 8 hours because they didn’t care 6:30 they came in here took

Me to the local post office where the boxes have been marked with stickers this is one of the most disturbing images that I’ve seen in a long time this post office and on the boxes red killed blue returned Black dead yes and to be honest there’s not a lot of blue

Next door is the cafeteria where the tables are set for those who can’t come the dead and missing one out of every four people who lived on this kabut was either murdered or taken hostage now is the first holiday of the kabot that is not happening and we need to bring them

Back now and tonight we’re learning that Israel has agreed at us request to open another Border Crossing into Gaza for humanitarian Aid Lester Richard thank you in seconds the presidents of elite universities Under Fire over what they told Congress about Free Speech as protests smelt on campus the growing controversy right after

This we’re back now with a growing controversy a congressional committee plans to open an investigation into anti-Semitism on the campuses of three Elite universities after their presidents Drew outrage at a hearing this week Stephanie Goss now with the backlash I would like to my the hearing

Tuesday lasted 5 hours but it was this questioning from New York congresswoman Elise stonic that has ignited a fire storm I am asking specifically calling for the genocide of Jews does that constitute bullying or harassment if it is directed and severe or pervasive it is harassment if the

Speech becomes conduct it can be harassment yes conduct meaning committing the act of genocide the presidents of Harvard the University of Pennsylvania and MIT were on Capitol Hill to address anti-Semitism and islamophobia on their campuses calling for the genocide of Jews violates Harvard code of conduct correct again it depends on the context

It does not depend on the context the answer is yes and this is why you should resign Harvard and Penn’s presidents tried to clarify their answers to that specific question on the issue of calls for genocide I want to be clear a call for genocide of Jewish people is threatening deeply so Harvard’s

President writing in part calls for violence or genocide against the Jewish Community or any religious or ethnic group are vile they have no place at Harvard at times throughout the hearing the leaders of the schools condemned the hate on campus while also citing the importance of freedom of speech but

Criticism came swiftly and from both Republicans and Democrats it should not be hard to condemn genocide genocide against Jews genocide against anyone else White House spokesman Andrew Bates writing it’s unbelievable that this needs to be said calls for genocide are monstrous needs to go students rallied on campus today

Outside McGill’s office I’m a Jewish student here and I think that she needs to step down tonight Penn is facing possible Financial Fallout a wealthy donor is threatening to pull a $100 million donation calling for the president to be replaced the school tells us tonight there’s no plan to

Change leadership Lester all right Stephany thanks very much coming up as we continue a new record in the crisis at the southern border and how it’s impacting one major American city as winter nears we’re back with a crisis at the border a record 12,000 undocumented migrants stopped in a single day by

Border patrol this week and as Julia anley reports it’s adding up to more strain on some of America’s biggest cities tonight Denver joining the growing list of cities struggling to handle a record surge of migrants with entire blocks full of migrants sleeping on the street oh it is a crisis Mike

Johnston is one of five Democratic Mayors recently writing President Biden saying action is needed to help cities address the crisis what’s the one thing you want from the Biden Administration right now when you admit someone for Asylum into the country they should get work author ation we should expedite the

Process of approving that application so it doesn’t take 4 years it could take 30 days Johnston is under increasing pressure from counties outside of Denver that are not taking in migrants Suburban Douglas County passing a resolution demanding Denver drop its status as a sanctuary City a jurisdiction where officials won’t enforce Federal

Immigration laws critics say that attracts more migrants with illegal Crossings at the southern border this year at record highs what would you like to see the city do I’d like the city to actively Proclaim that it is not a sanctuary City I think it’s important that we’re not bringing people to a cold

Weather climate there are more than 2600 migrants in Denver’s shelter system and now nearly 30,000 who have come through Denver in the last year costing taxpayers more than $32 million so far Denver shelters are full with some migrants now sleeping in tent encampments like these where temperatures drop below freezing at

Night just seems like pretty inconvenient for them and for us really a lot of people in in the in this apartment complex are concerned families with children are given priority in Denver shelters we meet a group of adults who just arrived henis from Venezuela said they don’t know where they’re supposed to go

Next we don’t know we have no knowledge Direction location she tells us Yan saying we had to go through seven countries on foot through the jungle we came for the opportunity for the work permit Mayor Johnson says Denver expects to spend as much as $100 million on

Migrants in the next year but they’re only budgeted for 20 million Lester all right Julia Angley thank you up next they all play the keyboard making their own type of Music finally the orchestra that draws its notes from the past and performs in the keys of a toz and Thompson explains it is a cacophony of clicks and claps the music of the Boston typewriter Orchestra this is stomp meets the office Brendan Quigley and Chris Keane lead the Underwoods Royals and Smith Coronas

Rehearsing at Chris’s dining room table whose idea was this have you ever heard like a song in the radio and go you know this song’s pretty good but I think it would sound better not on one typewriter but eight no I’ve never B that well okay

Well we have that’s our origin we heard uh you know Last Christmas by W and thought you know this is s a lot better on typewriters and so we just did it if music is noise that makes sense this is it what does your sheet music look like it’s a

Mess the goal not words per minute but beats and hooks this is a song without any melody or lyrics and yet somehow it’s still catchy the Kelly Clarkson show show what’s the next Holy Grail for you I don’t know the MGM sphere in Vegas sure

Yeah you know I mean what’s does you two need an opening ax yeah but first Ralph Steiner in Worcester go by day Chris is a software engineer Brendan constructs crossword puzzles I feel like we’re kind of a rock band at heart we’ve sort of planted the flag and

You know everyone has to catch up one carriage return at a Time and Thompson NBC News Boston they deserve a ribbon for that performance that’s Nightly News for this Thursday thanks for watching I’m Lester H 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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>>> WITH >>> WITH HOLIDAY SHOPPING IN FULL SWING, POLICE ARE CRACKING DOWN ON A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR PROBLEM, ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT. TONIGHT, WE HAVE EXCLUSIVE REPORTING ON ELITE TEAMS WORKING UNDERCOVER TO CATCH SUSPECTS IN THE ACT. HERE’S MIGUEL ALMAGUER. >> Reporter: TONIGHT,

AT SHOPPING CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UNDERCOVER SURVEILLANCE TEAMS LIKE THESE SAY THIS IS THE MULTIBILLION DOLLAR PROBLEM EXPLODING OUT OF CONTROL. >> WE’VE DONE PROBABLY ALREADY SIX OR SEVEN THIS WEEK. WE ARE STEPPING UP OUR EFFORTS OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

>> YOU GOT HIM. >> Reporter: GIVEN RARE EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO COVERT OPERATIONS, WE FOLLOWED THE LOS ANGELES RETAIL DEPARTMENT TASK FORCE AND CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL. >> LET HIM COME OUT. WE’LL GET HIM. >> THAT’S THE SUSPECT. >> Reporter: AS OFFICERS SWARM SUSPECTED SHOPLIFTERS,

WHO THEY SAY OFTEN WORK WITH A NETWORK OF CRIMINALS LIKE THIS IN WHAT’S KNOWN AS ORGANIZED RETAIL CRIME. WE SEE THESE REALLY SHOCKING VIDEOS THAT COME OUT FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WHY IS THIS CRIME SO PERVASIVE? >> I THINK THERE’S AN ABSOLUTE PERCEPTION

THAT NOTHING IS GOING TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT’S THEFT. FOR YEARS NOW, WE’VE BEEN LOOKING AT MOBS OF USUALLY IT’S YOUNGER KIDS, AND THEY BELIEVE THAT IF THEY DO IT IN PACKS, IT’S HARDER TO DETAIN AND ARREST. >> Reporter: THE

THIEVES, WHO ALL TOO OFTEN GET AWAY, CAN SWIPE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF MERCHANDISE, TAKING THEIR HAULS TO STASH HOUSES LIKE THIS ONE. THE CHP SAID THIS MAKESHIFT STOREFRONT HOLDS OVER $500,000 IN STOLEN GOODS. AS OFFICERS RAIDED THIS HOME, WE WATCHED

AS BAG AFTER BAG OF MERCHANDISE WAS RECOVERED. >> WE’VE SEEN BOXES OF SHOES, STOLEN GOODS, THE PRICE TAGS ARE STILL ON THEM. >> THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME CRITICS WHO SAY IT’S A DOG AND PONY SHOW. NOT ENOUGH ARRESTS ARE BEING MADE.

>> IT’S A CHALLENGE, AND I THINK WHEN THE THEFT OCCURS, WE’D LIKE TO THINK WE RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, AND WE’RE INVESTIGATING ALL OF THEM. WE ARE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN. >> Reporter: WHILE NOT EVERY CITY HAS SEEN A

SURGE IN RETAIL CRIME, SOME OF THE BIGGEST ARE WITH LOS ANGELES THE NATION’S EPICENTER, MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS COAST TO COAST ARE SEEING A DANGEROUS SPIKE, AND AUTHORITIES SAY CURRENT LAWS AREN’T WORKING. >> IF THE VALUE IS UNDER $950, IT’S CONSIDERED A MISDEMEANOR.

IF THEY DON’T HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING CASES OR OUTSTANDING WARRANTS, THEY WILL BE CITED AND MORE THAN LIKELY RELEASED. >> Reporter: IN THE LAST FEW HOURS WITH UNDERCOVER TEAMS, WHAT’S BECOME APPARENT AND QUITE ASTONISHING IS HOW RAMPANT SHOPLIFTING IS. YOU PICK THE STORE,

IT’S GETTING HIT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE COST OF THESE THEFTS, WHICH INCLUDE EVERYDAY ITEMS, ARE EVENTUALLY PASSED ON TO CONSUMERS, WHO PAY HIGHER PRICES FOR THE SAME PRODUCTS, BUT FOR SMALL SHOP OWNERS LIKE MONA ZARGAR, THIS HEIST NEARLY PUT HER

OUT OF BUSINESS. >> I DON’T WANT TO BE HERE ANYMORE. I DON’T WANT TO BE IN THIS STORE ANYMORE. HOW DO YOU REPLACE SOMETHING LIKE THIS OVERNIGHT?