shoulders of law enforcement on the front line. that includes texas dps and u.s. border patrol. today, the head of border patrol told lawmakers the united states have lost control of its own border. does dhs have operational control of our entire border? no, sir. that s border patrol chief raol ortiz, ortiz disputed homeland security myorkas who previously said our border is under control. do we have our border under control? yes, we do. chief ortiz testified there is been a staggering 385,000 known got aways at the border pushing the total to 1.4 million gotaways. they are the threat, they are the migrants who do not surrender. ortiz defended his horse back agent who he is accused of whipping migrants. the chief also told lawmakers that he does not agree with president biden s decision to shutdown construction on the 200 miles of border wall. the goal was to examine the link between president biden and secretary myorkas on the crisis of the borborder. i just got
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. after a dangerous confrontation in the skies, a warning tonight from russia to the u.s. not to fly aircraft near its airspace throwing the onus on the united states for that midair collision between a russian and american plane over the black sea yesterday. the u.s. making clear its pilotless surveillance plane was flying legally in international airspace when it was knocked from the sky by a russian fighter jet that had been flying close and aggressively the act raising alarms in the pentagon. secretary of defense lloyd austin confirming he spoke by telephone today with the russian defense minister, though not revealing the nature of their conversation. the u.s., however, accuses the russians of reckless and unprofessional behavior, and we have new reporting tonight on just how high up the orders came from in russia. peter alexander is at the white house with more reporter: tonight, for t
a year of hope. a year of endurance. a year of unity. the year of invincibility. the furious year of invincibility. following a devastating year of russia s war of aggression, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy vows to do everything to win this year. if putin s goal was to devour ukraine, he s clearly failed. from the beginning he s underestimated ukraine and the west with severe consequences within russia. and you have been following the alex murdaugh murder trial, we re not going to get into that testimony. instead, i m going to tell you about what this case tells us about generational power and privilege and the oligarchs living among us in america. we begin tonight with the somber one-year anniversary of russia s illegal and unprovoked invasion of ukraine. the war remains the biggest threat to peace and security in europe since the end of the cold war. the scale of human suffering is unimaginable for so many. according to the united nations, nearly 18 million p
that hearing is young way right now in texas. the house homeland security committee is holding a hearing on protecting the southern border. democrats were supposed to be there before they backed out suddenly earlier this week. the hearing comes after more than 1,000 migrants rushed across the texas bridge and smugglers are going to new depths to hide things in plants even as they try to evade the border. we ll have the latest from the border coming up. sandra: from the hearing as well. we begin with this fox news alert as the stock market right now in the u.s. has fallen to its lows of the session over growing fears on whether the president can meet the moment to protect the u.s. economy. big questions are looming at this hour. we will dig into it. hello and welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york. john, good to be you. john: always something. john roberts in washington. this is america reports. credit suisse their shares heading to an all time low, trading te
three feet of snow in parts of the northeast. in the west evacuations after storms bring rain and floods to california. now crossing the country. stocks falling on wall street amid fears another major bank could fail. the terrifying accident at a texas zoo. a tree falling on multiple people including a child. what we re learning. the high-stakes hearing. the judge in texas who could ban the abortion pill nationwide, even in states where abortion is legal. what happened in court? and america has a new favorite pup after more than 30 years. which breed beat out labrador retrievers to become the top dog. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. after a dangerous confrontation in the skies, a warning tonight from russia to the u.s. not to fly aircraft near its airspace throwing the onus on the united states for that midair collision between a russian and american plane over the black sea yesterday. the u.s. making clear its pi