Tonight, President-elect Donald Trump making another surprise pick, tapping a TV personality for his new administration.

Mr. Trump in Texas for Elon Musk's SpaceX launch, and late today announcing he will nominate TV's Dr. Mehmet Oz to oversee the Medicare and Medicaid agencies that tens of millions of Americans depend on for health care.

And Mr. Trump says he's not reconsidering his pick for Attorney General Matt Gates,

as a source tells NBC News a hacker stole damaging testimony from the woman who alleges Gates had sex with her

when she was 17, Gates denying all accusations.

Also, today Ukraine for the first time launching long-range U.S.-made missiles into Russia,

and Vladimir Putin's new nuclear warning as the war reaches its 1,000th day.

Caught on camera, the deadly house explosion in Ohio, a powerful bomb cyclone targeting the

west coast and the new brush fire spreading in the northeast.

The new surveillance video shown in court of Lake and Riley jogging the final moments of her

life and new images of the man accused of killing her.

The head of FEMA grilled on the government's hurricane response

and the now-fired employee who told workers to stay away from the homes of Trump supporters.

And your ticket inside the fanciful amusement park dreamed up by some of the world's most famous artists.

This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.

Good evening and welcome.

Tonight, President-elect Donald Trump is engaging in the fight to save the nomination of Matt

Gates to become Attorney General.

Even as a computer hack appears to have unearthed potentially damaging information about the former

congressman.

Sources familiar with the case confirmed the hack accessed sworn testimony from a civil case of two

women, including one who says she had sex with Gates when she was 17, an accusation Gates

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