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the top of the mark marked its 85th anniversary. today, the penthouse lounge is on the 19th floor of the iconic intercontinental mark hopkins san francisco hotel. its views of the skyline, the bay and golden gate bridge, and has attracted dignitaries and celebrities from all over the world since 1939. to celebrate today's anniversary, the top of the mark had a live band and interactive bar. guests were

dressed to the nines, some in hats and the gloves. oh good man , that sounds looks really nice in that view. up there. that is one of the best views in the city. jeff is here to close us out as we head into wednesday, and it's going to get a little warm and windy. yeah, it is. we're looking at temperatures going up into the 80s inland. the highest risk of some mountains would be in the north bay, 15 to about 45, especially in the mountains. and then we're going to see those temperatures stay in the 80s. thursday friday, saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday. what a week ahead. that looks great. we are in the thanks for being with us. we tonight, the riveting testimony in donald trump's hush mone tonight, the riveting testimony in donald trump's hush money trial, as the jury hears from a star witness at the center of the case, stormy daniels. the adult film actress taking the stand just

ten feet from the former president, describing in explicit detail her alleged sexual encounter with him, which prosecutors say he tried to hide from voters in 2016. daniels testifying about an imbalance of power between them and, quote, blacking out during the experience. mr. trump denying her claims. his attorneys demanding a mistrial. but the judge rejecting it. then, the tense showdown during daniels' cross-examination. our team at the courthouse. plus, the big news in mr. trump's classified documents trial. the move the judge made today. also tonight, a tornado watch up for several states in the midwest, including the entire chicago metro area after a deadly tornado strike in oklahoma. israeli forces entering rafah, seizing a critical border crossing as a possible ceasefire deal hangs in the balance. new crackdowns on pro-palestinian protesters, as president biden condemns what he calls the ferocious surge of anti-semitism in the u.s. tiktok firing back. the lawsuit filed

today to block a law that could ban the popular app nationwide. and our trip to the new wonderland, where classic childhood books come to life. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. good evening and welcome. a star prosecution witness in the criminal trial of donald trump appeared on the witness stand here in new york today. the former president coming face-to-face with adult film actress stormy daniels as she testified, at times graphically, about a sexual liaison she says she had with mr. trump in 2006. he denies an encounter and wrongdoing, but is nonetheless accused of illegally altering business records to disguise hush money payments to ms. daniels, meant to buy her silence during his 2016 run for president. the actress testifying that she understood it was donald trump who

would benefit from the nondisclosure deal she ultimately signed. later, daniels sparring with defense lawyers under aggressive cross-examination, but there is major news in another trump prosecution tonight, his federal documents case in florida now on indefinite hold. but first, laura jarrett on the big day in court for stormy daniels. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump seated just ten feet away as the woman at the center of his hush money cover-up trial, stormy daniels, testified in vivid detail about their alleged sexual encounter nearly two decades ago that prosecutors say he was desperate to hide from voters before the 2016 election. the adult film actress speaking quickly at times, looking directly at the jury, recounting how she first met mr. trump at a celebrity golf tournament in lake tahoe in 2006 and went up to a hotel suite where the pair ultimately had sex, which mr. trump says never happened. >> mr. trump, how's it going in there?

>> did stormy get you? >> very well. >> reporter: she told the jury she was not threatened and wasn't drugged, but her testimony about an imbalance of power and blacking out during the alleged encounter prompting the defense team to ask the judge to declare a mistrial, arguing the lurid details were only meant to embarrass the presumptive gop nominee, saying the testimony is impossible to come back from. the judge refusing to declare a mistrial, but agreeing some of daniels' testimony would have been better left unsaid. all leading to a heated cross-examination. the defense zeroing in on testimony daniels gave about an unknown man she says confronted her in a parking lot in 2011, a story she recounted to "60 minutes." >> a guy walked up on me and said to me, "leave trump alone," and then he leaned around and looked at my daughter, and said, "a beautiful little girl. it would be a shame if something happened to her mom." >> reporter: the defense pressing her about why she didn't call police or tell her then boyfriend at the time. the testimony stretching far afield from the criminal charges the former

president faces for allegedly disguising how he reimbursed michael cohen, his former fixer and attorney, who paid daniels the $130,000 to stay quiet just before the 2016 election. the judge chiding daniels to move it along at times. >> their case is totally falling apart. they have nothing on books and records. >> reporter: daniels telling the jury today she was focused on selling her story, but "my motivation wasn't money, it was to get the story out." adding she didn't feel safe after the parking lot threat. mr. trump's defense attorney taking direct aim at her credibility and past denials of their alle their alleged encounter, grilling her. "you are looking to extort money from president trump, right?" daniels responding, "false." >> and laura, at the top of the newscast, i mentioned a big development in another trump case, this the classified documents case in florida. what happened? >> reporter: yes, lester. the judge tonight making official what was already widely

expected, putting that trial date officially on hold, wiping it away, saying essentially there are too many unresolved issues and complex motions left to resolve here, lester. >> and one more federal case, the one focusing on election interference. where does that stand? >> reporter: lester, that one too also in limbo, with no trial date as we await a ruling from the u.s. supreme court about whether the former perhaps president is in fact immune from prosecution at all, making this case in new york, lester, perhaps the only case that will be complete before the november election. lester? >> all right. laura jarrett, thanks. tonight, there is more dangerous weather ahead after a string of reported tornadoes hit the plains, including an ef-4 in the same city that was hit by a tornado just a month ago. sam brock now with the unfolding dangerous weather situation. >> we need to go to the basement. grab the dogs. >> reporter: tonight, the spate of severe weather sprawling across the country has expanded to the

midwest, with michigan in the midst of a tornado emergency. >> this is right where they came through. >> reporter: damage already seen, as the state faces several possible twisters. barnsdall, oklahoma, tonight is a sight that won't easily be forgotten. homes twirled in to speckles of wood and mangled metal after a vicious tornado tore through the city of 1,400. >> we need a lot of prayers. >> reporter: claiming one life and prompting hours of search for a missing person. yet the sheer force of mother nature -- how did you survive? >> i guess the good lord. >> reporter: countered by the resolve of residents like carl killey, who used his body to shield his 80-year-old mother. how long were you covering your mom for? >> however long it was, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, a minute, i don't know. >> reporter: time stops? >> it stopped for me. >> are you okay? >> reporter: barnsdall authorities say they rescued around 25 people. one of the stunning aspects of this storm

is that the tornado could be so violent that it would shear the side off of a home, snap a tree in half, take an entire home and life possessions, and stack them like this on top of property, and flip over a car which still has a headlight on, and to this point the casualties are only a handful. many here know that could have been different. >> everything literally is exploding and blowing everywhere. >> reporter: chase short nearly drove into the tornado to reach his panicked girlfriend. >> the only thing that completely stopped me from going through the tornado itself was somebody coming out of it flashing their lights at me. >> reporter: while feet away at bartlesville's hampton inn, there was a partial roof collapse. and families holding on for dear life. >> we all went running and the windows popped out of the hallway. the suddenness of the severity was shocking. >> reporter: tonight, gratitude to be alive for loved ones, despite the physical destruction surrounding them. sam brock, nbc news, barnsdall, oklahoma. >> and the severe weather threat is far

from over tonight. that brings in dylan dreyer, who is tracking it. what are you looking at? >> lester, we have a particularly dangerous situation across southern michigan. we've had reported tornadoes in portage, michigan, also moving through sherwood and union city, where we have seen tornadoes on the ground. so we do still have tornado watches in effect for that part of the country, and naturally, that's also where we are expecting our most severe storms tonight with this enhanced risk, not just for tornadoes, but for hail, egg-sized in diameter. also wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. that could cause some damage. this whole cold front is moving east. so those storms will move east through the night. we'll see another round of storms redevelop in a much larger area tomorrow. again, with tornadoes and hail, and then finally on thursday, it will approach the east coast and the gulf coast before exiting for friday, lester. >> all right, dylan, thanks very much. a forceful condemnation of anti-semitism today from president biden, who invoked the holocaust, the hamas terror attack on israel, and the wave of protests on american college campuses. peter alexander is at the white house with more. >> reporter: with an explosion of violent clashes and hateful comments directed at jews on campuses nationwide, president biden tonight is

condemning what he calls a ferocious surge of anti-semitism. >> there is no place on any campus in america, any place in america for anti-semitism or hate speech or threats of violence of any kind. >> reporter: with a bipartisan group of leaders holding photos of holocaust victims, the president drew parallels between the horrors of the holocaust and hamas' terror attack on israel on october 7th, the deadliest day for jews since world war ii. >> people are already forgetting, already forgetting that hamas unleashed this terror. it was hamas that brutalized israelis. it was hamas that took and continues to hold hostages >> reporter: president biden's been facing intensifying pressure . i have not forgotten, he coun. nor have you. >> reporter: president biden's been facing intensifying pressure

from progressive democrats, calling on him to stop sending arms to israel. >> there are protests all over the country. we have a president that just refuses to talk. >> reporter: and from republicans blaming him for not criticizing the protests sooner. >> instead of protecting jewish students, joe biden has pandered to the pro-hamas wing of the democrat party. >> reporter: the latest flash point, the university of chicago. police in riot gear this morning sweeping in to clear a pro-palestinian encampment, scuffling with demonstrators protesting israel sending tanks into southern gaza. those protests amplify a politically challenging issue for the president, who polls show is losing support among young voters. meanwhile, the anti-defamation league reports anti-semitic incidents, harassment, and vandalism incidents were up 140% in the last year, surging nearly 900% in the last decade. this forceful condemnation of anti-semitism comes as president biden has been highly critical of benjamin netanyahu's handling of the war in gaza, but today vowed his commitment to israel's security is, quote, ironclad, even when we disagree. lester?

>> all right, peter alexander at the white house, thank you. tonight, israel calling a hamas counteroffer a non-starter, but saying it will negotiate to try to reach a cease-fire, all while israeli forces target hamas in rafah, trying to pressure the group to release its hostages. here is richard engel. >> reporter: the israeli military today said the only language hamas understands is force. and all day, israel shelled the southern city of rafah. israeli tanks rumbled in, trampling over palestinian signs, taking over a border crossing with egypt it says hamas uses for terrorist purposes, but also stopping the flow of aid. the white house says the operation is limited, not israel's long anticipated major offensive, which president biden opposes, because the city is packed with more than a million civilians ordered by israel to come here for their safety. israel's defense minister says the

operation is designed to pressure hamas to free its hostages, but that israel is also prepared to make concessions to bring them back. as we're learning more about hamas' counteroffer, claiming it will free all hostages in stages in exchange for releasing palestinian prisoners of hamas' choosing, and a full israeli withdrawal from gaza. israel says the proposal doesn't meet its security needs. prime minister benjamin netanyahu dispatched a negotiating team to cairo to discuss the proposal. but today he sounded dismissive, calling the offer an attempt to sabotage the rafah operation, which he said is vital to destroying hamas. in rafah today, our crew filmed at one of the only remaining hospitals where mohammed abu amra cries for his nine sisters, brothers, and niece, all killed in an israeli strike today. he is racked with guilt. he invited them to stay in his home because it's further away from israel's new positions. then, he says, for

reasons he doesn't understand, israel bombed his house. "no one is left," he cries. "it's just me and the rest are here." the cia director is in cairo, along with negotiators from israel and hamas. the israeli military says it will intensify its operations in rafah unless there is a deal. lester? >> richard engel in jerusalem, thank you. in 60 seconds, tiktok goes on the offensive. its chinese parent company is now fighting an order to sell. so what happens next for the millions who love one of the most popular apps in america? (♪♪) but this is a not flash. (♪♪) for moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms due to menopause... veozah is the first and only prescription treatment that directly blocks a source of hot flashes and night sweats. with 100% hormone—free veozah... you can have fewer hot flashes and more not flashes. veozah reduces the number and severity of hot flashes

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[cheers and applause] >> kelly: all right, all right all right. welcome to "the kelly clarkson show." give it up for my amazing band. that was two story house. she released to the same year she rose to fame, earning the academy country music award for new singer. a new documentary is dropping on hulu. she is great. you should check her out. i am in awe of teachers and that is why we are excited to celebrate teacher appreciation day. [cheers and applause] we have a special guest. she created a happy cart on her

school and she goes door to door giving educators snacks. say hello to amelia and her mom erica. you look so beautiful. how did this get started? >> my first grade teacher gave everybody in my class $1 and she said do something compassionate with it and i started my happy cart. i bought snacks, drinks, and treats for my teachers and that is how i got started. >> kelly: that is incredible. how did the teachers react when they saw you coming around? >> they jumped up and down. they said -- made my day. >> we get excited for snack time. erica, you are a teacher. thank you for being a teacher.