on board a united plane, forcing it to turn around. multiple people injured. what officials say caused it. new images from the navy s recovery of the chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast. the fbi examining the wreckage. what we re learning. the intensive assault on the ukrainian eastern city of bakhmut as russia prepares gnaw offensive. our richard engel on the ground. new evidence in the alex murdaugh trial. what his former law partner told the jury about murdaugh s alleged financial crimes. and the team of teachers that s inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for being with us. sadly, the number killed in that catastrophic earthquake hitting turkey and syria has more than doubled since we were with you last night. now topping a staggering 7,500 people. these are desperate hours where time is quickly running out for those still trapped in the rubble. silence in some cases the most effect
the growing frustration for residents. and a first look at china s spy balloon. take a look at this picture, as we learn that some of the surveillance aircraf is now at the fbi lab at quantico. announcer: this is the from the nation s capital. norah: good evening and thank you for joining us on a busy night here in the nation s capital. president biden set to address the nation tonight and what will likely be the largest television audience of the year for him. he is going to be touting his accomplishments, and we have just learned that he will directly address republicans, urging them to work with them. the other major news tonight, the quick thinking flight attendants preventing a midair disaster after a fire started right after take off. what caused the fire? we will have more on that in just a minute. but we do want to begin overseas as time is running out for victims buried in turkey and syria after that massive earthquake with a death toll at nearly 8,000. offic
wife and son and today murdaugh s own brother on the , why he broke down on the stand and the defense arguing that there had to be more than one shooter.ton. t breaking ns owner rupert murdoch acknowledging under oath fox news hosts endorsed false election fraud claims saying any fox news executives who know knowingly allowed lies to be broadcasten 0 the air should be reprimanded or maybe got rid of saying in a deposition i would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it in hindsight. jon karl standing by. tonight the next question after that toxic train derailment in ohio. where should that waste be taken? the new fight, states blocking it and in that community tonight questions over the drinking water. our reporter with erin brockovich. the war in ukraine and intense fighting under way for control of a key city and this evening the u.s. warning to china not to help russia with weapons or ammunionti. what the state department said about it today and what china is s
brawl breaking out on a southwest flight a day after that midair attack on a united plane. we hear from a passenger who helped take the suspect down. the new storm threat in california as the death toll grows after record snow. we re tracking it. fox news under fire. president biden blasting house republicans for giving tucker carlson the video he cherry-picked to falsely portray the january 6th attack as peaceful and the newly revealed text messages. what carlson really thought about donald trump after the election. and on this international women s day, the all girls team of young scientists who fled their home and are wowing the world. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome on this wednesday night. rarely has an american police department, its practices, its culture, its performance been so thoroughly and broadly condemned. the u.s. justice department announcing results of its nearly two-year-long review of the louisvill
years ago we lost a member of our nbc news family covering the war in iraq. tonight, my conversation with david bloom s widow about the lives his story may have saved announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. the tears of grief that consume nashville, tennessee, just ten days ago over the murders of young children and school staffers are replaced tonight by cries of anger and accusations after an extraordinary move by tennessee house republicans to seek the expulsion of three democratic members for their roles in a gun safety protest on the house floor last week. all day angry supporters and gun safety advocates crowding the statehouse where the gop majority was putting the resolutions up to a vote one by one, declaring the three participated in disorderly behavior when they led supporters in chants demanding stricter gun safety measures. expulsion a rarely exercised right of the tennessee house that critics on the left tonight are c