Tonight the emergency response is a frightening earthquake rattles Los Angeles

the 4.4 magnitude quake striking just miles from downtown reports of

shaking being felt more than 100 miles away.

Police warning people to prepare for possible aftershocks.

We're in the quake zone tonight.

Also this evening, the race for the White House.

Donald Trump's interview this evening on X with the platform's owner,

Elon Musk, who has endorsed Mr. Trump's campaign.

It comes as Kamala Harris rises in the polls, Mr. Trump ramping up his attacks making false claims about Harris's

crowd size. In the Middle East the US deploying a guided missile submarine to the

region as the Israeli military goes on to its highest alert for a

possible retaliatory strike from Iran. The surprise Ukrainian incursion into

Russia, Ukraine now saying it controls nearly 600 square miles of Russia. Ukraine now saying it controls nearly 600 square miles of Russian territory.

The stabbing caught on surveillance near a New York synagogue.

The suspect now charged with a hate crime.

The new tropical storm Ernesto forming in the

Atlantic. Plus the Olympics may have ended but the drama has not the battle over

stripping team USA's Jordan Chs of her bronze medal.

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome.

Residents and visitors across a wide section of the Los Angeles area are preparing

for possible aftershocks tonight.

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