Tonight the rare and amazing celestial event the excitement across America for the total

solar eclipse tens of millions of Americans from small towns to big cities looking

to the sky massive crowds like the one here at the Indianapolis

Motor Speedway. Gathering to witness history, our team along the path of totality,

stretching from Texas to Maine and even 20,000 feet in the air for a view like no other.

Also tonight, the deadly shooting inside a law office in Las Vegas, two victims and the shooter dead.

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the GOP front runner declining to endorse a national ban and saying it should be left up to the states,

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slipping performance among younger voters? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

Netanyahu now saying there is a date for the Rafa offensive, defying warnings from President

Biden. The terrifying midair scare, the engine cover ripped off a Southwest Airlines

plane, the FAA launching an investigation.

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome from Indianapolis. It was a view quite literally that was out of this world.

Tens of millions of us getting a once in a generation look at a total solar eclipse.

The moon coming between the Earth and Sun, casting a path of

total darkness extending diagonally across the eastern half of the country from

Texas to Maine, bringing some who watched to tears, others to laughter, enjoy.

So many others hitting the road to get the best view possible, feeling a remarkable connection

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