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Sep 2024
20m 58s

Monday, September 23, 2024

LESTER HOLT, NBC NEWS
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Hundreds killed in Israeli airstrikes, Lebanese officials say; Iran's new vice president says Iran does not want a wider war; New details revealed in alleged Trump assassination plot; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

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