joe fryer, nbc news. >>> convicted killer robert durst has died. the wealthy new york real estate heir was serving a life sentence after he was convicted in september of murdering his long-time friend susan berman durst was also suspected of killing his wife kathleen who vanished in 1982 and a neighbor who was shot at durst's apartment in 2001. robert durst was 78. >>> coming up, the dangerous cold wave gripping much of the country. al roker tells us where and for how long >>> and the u.s. figure skating dream team now heading to beijing. >>> an arctic blast is bringing the coldest temperatures in years to parts of the country. al roker is tracking it. what are you watching, my friend? >> well, we are watching this big arctic blast that's coming down. it is sub freezing temperatures the jet stream has dipped down to the south. and, so, these are the coldest temperatures we have seen in three years in parts of the northeast. and, in fact, overnight lows windchills of 2 in pittsburgh, minus 1 in new york city, 10 in d.c., minus 9 in chicago. the good

then robert durst was like, "i died too," and i was like, "no, robert durst this is not about you! do not try to sneak in there while we're mourning beloved americans. shame on you!" then machine gun kelly and megan fox got engaged, and i was like, "what? that's fantastic!" i for one cannot wait to see pictures of their smooth, angular children then i read about it and they were like, "we got engaged and then we drank each other's blood. and i was like, "what?!" [ laughter ] why do you have to ruin everything you don't need each other's blood. what is wrong with you you might [ bleep ] around and get a taste for human blood. is that what you want? just reckless. i wouldn't let someone drink some of my margarita, let alone some of my blood which, by the way, is mostly margarita. then something horrible happened jason momoa and lisa bonet split after being together for 16 years and i was like, "what?!" i'm devastated but not for them -- for me like all americans, i desperately wanted them to make me the third in their open marriage. and now i am in mourning did somebody say mourning?

. >>> convicted murderer robert durst dying in a prison hospital. >>> the arctic blast of cold and up to two feet of snow al roker is here. >>> the amazing medical breakthroughs. the first successful pig to human heart transplant. >>> and dramatic body cam. officers pulling a pilot out of a crashed plane seconds before it's hit by a train. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening the numbers remain staggering tonight, stretching our patience and our capacity to fix all that covid has broken. from the millions forced to isolate at ho

. >>> new york real estate heir robert durst is dead. he was just a few months into a life sentence for murder for killing his long time friend susan berman. he is also suspected of three other murders including the killing of his wife back in 1982. durst was part of an hbo documentary in 2015 where he seemed to confess to the killings in a recording. that got the whole investigation going. his lawyer says he died of natural causes. he was 78 years old. >>> now to the latest on the tragic apartment fire in the bronx. authorities confirm 17 people died, eight of them young children. fire crews and investigators worked through charred rubble and debris today. new york city's mayor describes this as one of the worst fires in modern times. officials say the fire was sparked by a malfunctioning space heater as people fled the apartment where that fire started. what was supposed to be a self-closing door to the unit apparently remained open, allowing flames and smoke to spread. >> i opened the front door to look in the hallways. oh, the smoke,

. >>> convicted murderer robert durst dying in a prison hospital. >>> the arctic blast of cold and up to two feet of snow al roker is here. >>> the amazing medical breakthroughs. the first successful

convicted killer robert durst is dead. his lawyer said he died of cardiac arrest while in custody this morning. durst was serving a life sentence at a prison in stockton. the former heir to a vast manhattan real estate empire was convicted in october of 2021 for the murder of his friend. he was suspected in two others over four decades. >>> governor gavin newsom is presenting next year's state budget. scott mcgrew has been listening to the governor speak so far. california is one of the few states that can brag about a surplus. >> that's right. no deficit. no spending more than we bring in. a budget surplus. so let's take you live to sacramento. that's where the governor is speaking currently. as you said, we've been monitoring that speech. now this is video provided by the governor's office itself. as you might imagine, there's money in the budget to fight coronavirus and there's more money for law enforcement to fight among other things, retail theft, those gangs of criminals that are attacking malls and shopping centers

convicted killer robert durst died in a california jail yesterday. the wealthy new york real estate heir was serving a life sentence for murdering his longtime friend susan berman. in november, he was also indicted for the death of his first wife kathleen who vanished in 1982. authorities say he died of natural causes he was 78 years old. >>> now to a medical first doctors in maryland have transplanted the heart of a pig into a human patient 57-year-old david bennett is doing well fours days after the highly experimental surgery. bennett was not eligible for a human heart transplant and he just had no other options. too soon to know if the operation will take. but it marks a step in the decades long quest to use animal organs for life-saving transplants. >>> the u.s. mint has started shipping quarters featuring legendary poet maya angelou. the american author and civil rights activist is the first black woman ever to appear on the coin she was honored with a presidential medal of freedom in 2010 by barack obama she died in 2014 at the age of 86 >>> a