Tonight the horror right before the holidays, the disturbing video of a car plowing into a Christmas market,

leaving at least two people dead in Germany.

Police saying a driver plowed a vehicle into the large crowd at this Christmas market.

At least two people killed more than 60 injured.

The suspect in custody tonight, officials saying he is a doctor originally from Saudi Arabia,

the latest from Germany just ahead.

And breaking news on Capitol Hill, the House just a short time ago,

passing a deal to avert a government shutdown, just hours before the midnight deadline.

The last-minute scramble after President-elect Donald Trump

sank a previous bipartisan deal. The winter storm moving into the northeast, the rain and snow

hitting just as record holiday travel ramps up. The man convicted in the Delphi double murder

of two teenage girls receiving the maximum 130 years in prison.

The judge is scathing words before handing down the sentence.

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century-year-old clock. This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. Good evening and welcome.

We start tonight with the breaking news from Germany. We're a peaceful night out at a traditional

Christmas market

turned to horror and bloodshed. The pictures were about to show you we warn are shocking and upsetting.

In fact, let me pause for a moment for those who may want to look away.

All right, now the video. It shows a car being driven at high speed, plowing into crowded rows of shoppers

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