Tonight the death toll rising from the wildfires in Southern California as yet another

inferno erupts in Los Angeles.

More evacuations ordered as that new fire spreads and stunning images revealing the utter

devastation.

More than 12,000 homes and buildings destroyed, at least 11 dead.

More than 150,000 still under evacuation orders. Plus a firefighting

plane out of commission after striking a drone, the FBI investigating, and after her home was

spared actress Jennifer Garner, speaking out the friend she says she lost in the flames, our team across the fire zone.

Also tonight, Donald Trump's sentence in his hush money case, the judge imposing no penalty,

but formally making him the first convicted felon to be president.

You'll hear his defiant words to the court for the first time.

The winter storm slamming the south, Delta passengers

evacuated into the snow after an engine issue in Atlanta. Major travel troubles, more than

3,000 flights canceled. New images from the shootout during the terror attack in New Orleans,

the body camp shows. The Supreme Court hearing arguments over a law

that could ban TikTok in the U.S. just over a week from now, will the justices let it go into

effect what they signal? And as the fires rage in Los Angeles, the hero saving some of the most

vulnerable from the flames. This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome. With one eye on the wind gauges, the other on new fires popping up.

Cruise in Los Angeles are taking advantage of what's expected to be a brief improvement in the weather

picture as they struggled to eke out gains against the region's deadly wildfires. Tonight, the death

toll rising in the Los Angeles area where at least five major blazes are burning, the biggest

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