Breaking tonight the new U.S. operation off the coast of Venezuela, the Trump administration announcing a second tanker with sanctioned oil has been intercepted just days after U.S. forces seized another ship.

The late developments tonight and what it could mean in the escalating showdown between the U.S. and Venezuela.

The Justice Department facing pushback and tough questions over its release

of the Epstein files, the new details about his criminal scheme and the young women he victimized.

And tonight, what happened to the files about Donald Trump that were released yesterday and now

appear to be missing? The long airport lines on this record holiday travel weekend,

and now a threatening mix of snow, wind, and rain just in time for that last minute getaway.

What to expect is you head out the door. New developments tonight about Nick Reiner now facing

first-degree murder charges in his parents' deaths, what we're learning tonight about his

mental health condition, and the changes to his medication before his parents were killed.

A long-time children's pastor now facing life in prison after an NBC News report uncovered

decades of missed warnings, the charges he is facing tonight.

Breaking barriers in the final frontier.

We are in space. Let's go here. Oh my God. Oh my God. We'll hear from the first person in a wheelchair to visit space. He's shot to fame making us laugh as an iceberg, a hippo, and even the vice president tonight, S&L's

Bowen Yang is preparing for his final show. Meet the Montana family on a mission to save lives

who they are reaching out to. And there is good news tonight about one city's special visitor

every holiday season and her commitment to make sure no letter goes unanswered.

This is NBC Nightly News with Jose Diaz Belard.

Good evening. I'm Peter Alexander in for Jose.

Tonight, President Trump is escalating his pressure campaign against Venezuela's authoritarian leader

Nicholas Maduro with U.S. forces today,

stopping a second massive tanker off that country's coast that U.S. officials say was carrying

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