Tonight, Wall Street in turmoil, $5 trillion gone in just two days. The Dow drops 2,200

points, the worst week since 2020. China hits back hard, 34% tariffs after President Trump

targeting nearly every country we trade with. Fed Chair Jerome Powell warns of high prices and weaker growth. J.P. Morgan now warning over a recession.

What's the White House's next move?

As American consumers wonder what to do, companies make tough choices.

The Nintendo Switch pre-orders postpone.

And the impact on everything from coffee beans to washing machines. First tornadoes now floods

with eight dead in storms and floodwaters rising. A nine-year-old boy tragically swept away,

Al Roker tracking the next wave. Actor, comedian, provocateur, Russell Brand, charged with rape and sexual assault, his denial and what he's accused

of doing.

The father deported to an El Salvador prison, even though his family says he's not a gang

member.

What a judge ordered the Trump administration to do.

The timeshare dispute that landed a Michigan family in a prison in Mexico. Now they're out,

how it happened, and what they're telling us about the ordeal. This is NBC Nightly News with

Lester Holt. Good evening and welcome. The financial market sinking further today,

their worst weekly performance since the start of the

pandemic in 2020. The major difference, this market meltdown appears to be largely self-inflicted.

The Trump trade war, the president's new tariffs being imposed on 180 countries,

faced retaliation today from China, which announced it will place a 34% levy on American products,

matching new U.S. tariffs on Chinese products, and hastening today's market sell-off.

The three major indexes dropping around 6% each today, the breathtaking fall-stripping $5 trillion in wealth from U.S. markets in just two days.

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