Tonight, the alleged plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump linked to Iran and the three men now charged.

After two assassination attempts on Mr. Trump, the FBI now saying it thwarted a murder for hire plot against him,

involving an Iranian operative and two men arrested in New York City.

The images of their alleged gun arsenal and the calls for

more security for the President-elect.

It comes as Mr. Trump's transition is underway and the surprise as Elon Musk joins his call

with Ukrainian President Zelensky.

Plus the move by the special counsel today in Mr. Trump's criminal cases and the potential impact in the

Supreme Court, why there's growing pressure on liberal justice Sonia Sotomayor. The anti-Semitic

attacks on Israeli soccer fans in the streets of Amsterdam. Dozens injured, more than 60 arrests,

Israel sending planes to fly those fans out. The wildfires

raging on both coasts, multiple infernos burning in New Jersey, and the state of emergency

in California, after more than 100 homes were burned. The new twist for the Menendez brothers,

how will a new DA impact their push for freedom?

The new screening that may be able to detect breast cancer that other tests miss.

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome.

While Donald Trump was doing battle with Kamala Harris on the campaign trail back in September, a deadly

plot to kill the former and now future president was quietly unfolding. Separate from the two

assassination attempts we knew about, this one, according to a criminal complaint, was hatched in

Iran, directed by a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The plan revealed today aimed at killing Mr. Trump before or after the election were he to lose.

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