New escalations in the Caribbean today with the Navy's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, now arriving in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. Part of President Trump's pressure campaign against the Maduro regime there.It comes just after the Trump administration says it launched another military strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the region. ...

Days of drenching rain, bearing streets beneath mud. In just 72 hours, this atmospheric river dropped more than 6 in of rain, giving some areas their wetest three days in November ever recorded. While outside Sacramento, a 71-year-old man drowned after officials say he ignored posted warnings and tried to cross a flooded bridge to meet a delivery driver.Back south in Altadena, >> we just heard a unnatural noise like a just a big bang. A massive oak tree crushing a parked car after water logged roots gave wa ...

Tonight, new details as the NBA expands its investigation into the gambling schemes still rocking professional basketball. Investigators hired by the league now asking multiple teams for access to cell phones and phone records, according to a new report from The Athletic. NBC News has not independently confirmed the reporting, but The Athletic, citing six league sources, says the law firm hired by the NBA is expected to seek documents from at least 10 Lakers employees.The team declined our request for comme ...

Tonight, pressure growing on President Trump as lawmakers march toward a vote to release files on Jeffrey Epstein. >> We're forcing this vote and it's going to happen. >> Early this week, the House is expected to vote on whether to force the Justice Department to release more information about Epste's crimes.Despite House Speaker Mike Johnson stalling it, >> President Trump has clean hands. He's frustrated that they're turning it into a political issue. >> It's not about Donald Trump.Congressman Ro Con Kana ...

A new public plea tonight from 11 Epstein survivors. >> I was 14 years old. I was 16 years old.This was me. This is me. >> When I met Jeffrey Epstein, >> this PSA, a call to action, urging Americans to make their voices heard ahead of that vote to try to force the release of the Epstein files.>> There are about a thousand of us. >> Two of those women, Annie Farmer and Danielle Bensky. What is your message to lawmakers here just hours before this House vote happens.>> I would say please remember that these a ...

right now. >> Tension mounting in Charlotte as border patrol surges in the >> residents shouting down federal agents. Other voices kept to a whisper >> as officers led two handcuffed men out of an apartment complex and into an unmarked van.Border Patrol Commander Greg Bavino says agents arrested 81 people in about 5 hours Saturday. Part of what they're calling Operation Charlotte's Web. >> US at Spanish Mass this morning.Pastor Alejandra Montes told us hundreds in his congregation chose to stay home, their ...

Days of drenching rain, burying streets beneath mud and turning Southern California highways into a dangerous slip and slide. This crash causing a frightening chain reaction in Ventura, one of many blamed on slick or even submerged roads. In just 72 hours, this atmospheric river dropped more than 6 in of rain, giving some areas their wetest three days in November ever recorded.Overnight, fire crews rescuing a driver and his two dogs after witnesses watched his car slam into a wall before catching fire. >> H ...

Tonight, 29-year-old New York Jets cornerback Chris Boyd is fighting for his life after a shooting in Midtown Manhattan. Boyd was shot in the abdomen outside a restaurant around 2 a. m.According to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation >> confirmed shot 3 on Broadway. The source telling NBC News the bullet lodged into Boyd's lung, leaving him in critical condition, adding that Boyd was in a fight when the shooting happened and no arrests have been made. The Jets saying in a statement, "We ...

moving. >> On the field at Whittier Tech High School, coach Kevin Bradley has one message. >> Never give up.Do not quit. >> I'm not qu >> a mantra he promotes and live. But he got tongue cancer and he would face new tests like issues speaking and a grueling combination of radiation and chemotherapy at Boston's Mass General Brighgam Cancer Institute.Coach Bradley walked the walk, pushing through treatment with courage and conviction and never quitting. >> We got a message on the patient portal from from Kevi ...

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