Breaking news just in, we have the letter just sent from Sean Diddy Combs to the judge that will

sentence him tomorrow. Combs saying he's sorry and asking to be released and sent home to his family,

describing how being locked up has changed him forever. We'll show you the letter just sent to the

judge. Also tonight, the deadly terror attack at a synagogue.

Two people killed and more hurt after a man rammed his car into a crowd than started stabbing people.

The brutal ambush happening at a British synagogue on Yom Kippur, as tensions over anti-Semitic attacks are on the rise. Also breaking tonight the White House on offense,

after blowing up boats from Venezuela,

the Trump administration declaring the U.S.

is engaged in a formal armed conflict with drug cartels.

Shut down deadlocked, the president poised to take the historic step

of laying off federal workers.

My interview with the top Republican in the Senate, what he said about the urgent negotiations.

A commuter bus bursting into flames, the massive fireball closing roads.

Two delta jets colliding on the ground at one of the country's busiest airports, one plane's

wing smashing into the nose of the other, the investigation into what went wrong.

The Eiffel Tower shut down, a Tesla dealership trashed as fiery protests spread across France.

Nightly News starts right now.

This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamas. And good evening. As we

come on the air tonight, we do have some breaking news on the eve of his sentencing. Sean Diddy

Combs, the fallen music mogul, writing a federal judge pleading for mercy. He writes in part, I have to admit, my downfall

was rooted in my selfishness. He apologized to two of the women who accused him of abuse,

including Cassie Ventura, who he assaulted. This, as prosecutors are asking for an 11-year

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