Tonight the jury in Donald Trump's hush money trial on the verge of getting the case

after hearing closing arguments the former president back in court along with

three of his children as both sides made their final cases.

The prosecution accusing Mr. Trump of trying to illegally influence the 2016 election by covering

up a payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, the defense attacking star witness Michael Koh and

is quote, the greatest liar of all time, and the chaos outside the court actor Robert

De Niro clashing with pro-Trump protesters.

Also tonight's severe storm slamming Texas flash flooding on the highway in Dallas,

vehicles trapped, a church and homes possibly hit by lightning.

Hurricane force winds pushing a plane away from the gate,

more than a million without power on the heels of a deadly holiday weekend.

The massive explosion on a chase bank in Ohio

debris blowing across the street. Multiple injuries reported. Israeli forces

entering the heart of Rafa for the first time and deadly new strikes as

outrage grows over the attack on a tense city that killed 45 people.

The new study on preventing peanut allergies and children what parents need to know

and the needle in a haystack search the divers on a mission to reunite a couple

with a wedding ring lost 25 years ago.

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome after 21 days of trial, the opposing lawyers and the Donald

Trump hush money trial have spent today appealing directly to the jurors. Today's

closing arguments, the last chance for each side to convince 12 everyday New Yorkers of Donald Trump's guilt or innocence

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