Breaking news tonight the federal judge denying Donald Trump's motion to dismiss his classified

documents case. The former president back in a Florida courtroom today for another

showdown with special counsel Jack Smith but the judge denying Mr. Trump's

bid to throw out the charges over the documents the FBI seized from Maralago and

in New York word that Mr. Trump's hush money trial could be delayed, but by how long?

Also tonight, the massive tornadoes in the Midwest, millions under severe threats from Texas to Ohio,

plus the major winter storm slamming the west

up to four feet of snow in Colorado.

After five months of war in Gaza,

some of the sharpest criticism yet from a top U.S. official

Senator Chuck Schumer urging Israel to hold new elections and oust Benjamin Netanyahu.

American stranded as Chaos grips Haiti and put the U.S. housed migrants fleeing the violence

at Guantanamo Bay.

The all-out search for a missing 22-year-old college student, the last known videos of him, was he

over-served alcohol before disappearing? His family speaking out to us. The

biggest rocket ever built successfully launched by SpaceX, but breaking up during reentry

now the FAA investigating.

And meet the new class of astronauts training to take America back to the moon.

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome.

There are big developments in the criminal cases faced by former

President Donald Trump. The first related to the federal classified documents case. A judge

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