bloody war in ukraine. is that what was behind this week s confrontation with the u.s. drone and what does it say by him asking billionaires to save the russia economy. and the roller coaster on wall street shows no signs of stopping the s&p 500 is actually up what it all means for finances of everyday americans. and donald trump and his allying ramping up on ron desantis. and vladimir putin is under exterior and growing pressure both at home and abroad. mired in a war that s gone on far loster and cost more money and lives than nearly anyone had predicted. today putin addressed business elite in person, the first time he s done that since the war started. he called on them to invest in russian society, to put patriotism above profit. the latest sign of how badly russia s economy is suffering. it comes on the same day they released the have i i don t. nbc has learn that the pilots was on to harass the drone before ultimately colliding with it, forcing it to crash in t
the russian forces continue to surround the eastern ukrainian city, and what it does and does not mean for bigger battle ahead. another frightening scare in the air. frightening moments as smoke fills the air of a southwestern united airlines. and what chris rock has to say about the infamous slap heard around the world. that is what we are watching at this hour. i m kate bolduan, and russian forces are closing in on bakhmut as the ukrainians may have to retreat to prevent being surrounded by russian forces. but president zelenskyy says they want to strengthen their resolve. and there is only about five to ten people being evacuated each day, and for what is at stake here, let s go to melissa bell who is in ukraine today, and what is happening on the ground right now in bakhmut? well, it is who is going to take the city s center, and right now, the russian forces are near the river to the east of the city for some time, and the question is how closer to the city s c
earlier in the week. the tesla founder elon musk has been cleared of wrongdoing for a tweet in which he said he had funding secured to take the electric car maker back into private ownership. the former sex pistols frontman, john lydon, has failed in his attempt to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest. he d hoped his song hawaii would give him the chance to raise the issue of his wife s alzheimer s disease, but his band public image limited came fourth out of six acts. from dublin, daniel rosney reports. ladies and gentlemen, it s the late, late show. eurosong, 2023. welcome. john lydon s song was a tribute to his wife nora, who lives with a form of dementia. # remember me. # i rememberyou. and you ve been together many years. yeah, nearly 45 now. 45 and she s not so well. yeah, she, unfortunately, got alzheimer s. - and so this song from an idea from the fabulous lou here i we pieced together to try and tell the story as genuinely and real. as we possibly
incident. as part of a pattern of aggressive, risky, and unsafe actions by russian pilots in international air space. i just got off the phone with my russian counterpart, minister shoigu. as i have said repeatedly, it is important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. the united states will continue to fly and operate wherever international law allows. in a news conference with the defense secretary joint chiefs chairman general mark milley said retrieving the wreckage will be very difficult and that it is now in 4,000 or 5,000 feet of water. the u.s. military said on tuesday a russian jet dumped fuel on an mq-9 reaper drone which officials say was doing routine operations in international air space. the russian jet then hit the propeller of the reaper forcing its remote pilots to bring it down in international waters. let s go to cnn s national security analyst and senior white house correspondent. the general said that it is not clear that th
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