NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt Season 2025 Episode 349 Dec 20 Sat

The United States Coast Guard is intercepting a second vessel off the Venezuelan coast, two U.S. officials confirm to NBC News. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin has the latest. The Justice Department continued its release of thousands of records related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Saturday after Congress passed bipartisan legislation last month forcing the release. It comes as the department faces growing questions over how those files were released, and why some documents are no longer available. NBC News' Ryan Nobles has more. Joe Campbell, a Pentecostal preacher who for half a century ministered to thousands of children across four states, has been arrested on child sex abuse charges, the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office said. NBC News' Kate Snow reports. Nick Reiner was diagnosed with schizophrenia several years ago and his medication was changed or adjusted at some point before the killings of his parents, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the case. NBC News' Liz Kreutz reports. A paraplegic engineer became the first wheelchair user to float in space after a historic Blue Origin launch over the weekend. NBC News' Valerie Castro has more. A community activist group known as the "Montana Bar Fairies" is fighting drunk driving by encouraging drivers through positive reinforcement, leaving thank-you notes on cars after their owners take sober rides home. NBC News' Camila Bernal reports. Every December, Mrs. Claus travels from the North Pole down to the city of Rockford, Illinois, to help Santa Claus collect children's Christmas wishes and hand-write responses to each of them. NBC News' Peter Alexander has the story.