Tonight, the new fallout from President-elect Donald Trump's controversial choices for his cabinet.

Several of Mr. Trump's picks, such as Matt Gates for Attorney General and RFK Jr. for Health Secretary facing backlash.

Senators demanding to see an unreleased House ethics report on Gates, but Speaker Mike Johnson now saying he strongly opposes it and RFK

Jr.'s controversial vaccine beliefs. Under scrutiny tonight as he eyes the nation's top health

job. And if the Senate won't confer Mr. Trump's picks, will he skirt the process to appoint

them? Also tonight, the trial underway for the undocumented migrant

charged with murdering Georgia nursing student Lakein Riley. Prosecutors saying he was, quote,

hunting for females. The chilling new details revealed in court. The stairs in the air, severe

turbulence forcing a U.S.-bound plane to U-turn on American Airlines plane, suddenly

climbing to avoid hitting a mountain, and the Alaska Airlines plane blowing a tire on takeoff.

In the Northeast, $42 million under fire warnings and tracking Tropical Storm Sarah tonight,

the potential impacts to the U.S. new documents revealing the Menendez brothers' life behind bars as the new DA speaks out about

their push for freedom.

And the remarkable rescue, the man trapped underground for more than eight hours pulled

out alive.

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome.

Amid this week's blizzard of personnel announcements for key roles in the next administration,

one name is at the center of growing debate on both sides of a political divide.

Matt Gates, who Donald Trump wants as his attorney

general, would, if confirmed by the Senate, become the nation's top cop. But there is the matter of a now

closed House ethics investigation of Gates concerning allegations of sexual misconduct

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