Tonight, President-elect Trump gearing up to get his cabinet picks confirmed with new reporting about sexual assault allegations against one of them.

Mr. Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, acknowledging paying a woman who accused him of sexual assault to stay silent.

Why Pete Hegset's lawyer says he's innocent, what we now know about the accusation

against him, as some lawmakers ramp up calls to release a report into another controversial pick.

A big 180 on U.S. policy, President Biden will now let Ukraine strike inside Russia with long-range

missiles supplied by America, what that could mean for a larger conflict.

And breaking tonight, a small plane crashing into the packed parking lot of a racetrack in California.

Look at that. You see it's smashed between RVs. How everyone on board miraculously survived.

Mystery in Dallas, who fired at the cockpit of a Southwest plane filled with passengers?

The search for the shooter as people on board share their stories.

That's very concerning because with a bullet it could hit anywhere.

What you need to know about a deadly E. coli outbreak in carrots sold at some of the biggest

supermarket chains. And are more mansions of

pro athletes being targeted? Police now investigating whether break-ins at the houses of NBA players

could be connected to the robberies at Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey's. This is NBC Nightly News with Hallie Jackson.

Good evening.

We begin tonight with the battle President-elect Trump may face to get some of his preferred cabinet picks over the finish line,

as Mr. Trump himself takes in a different kind of fight at a UFC match this weekend,

alongside the House Speaker, Elon Musk, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Mr. Trump's

controversial selection to run the nation's health agency. But it's a different cabinet pick

making headlines now. Former Fox News anchor Pete Hegseff tapped to lead the Pentagon.

His lawyer, acknowledging today, Hegsetth did pay a woman a settlement last year after she accused him of sexual

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