intercept an asteroid. was it a success and remembering a beloved tv sleuth, the legendary angela lansbury announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening it is really anybody s guess what the russian strategy is tonight after vladimir putin s military trained its missiles and lethal drones once more today on ukrainian cities, a follow-on to yesterday s long-range attacks that killed at least 20 people and knocked out power in several regions. russia says the strikes have been aimed at critical infrastructure but new images of the attack appear to show missiles impacting in civilian areas russia s long arm hitting at least 12 regions across the country. ukrainian officials say russia has fired over 100 cruise missiles and dozens of armed drones many, it claims, were shot down by ukrainian forces today president zelenskyy anxious for advanced air defense systems from the u.s. and western allies to blunt the russian aerial assault our richard engel is
committee member jamie raskin said that s the moment that trump became the first president in american history to call for a protest against the peaceful transfer of power. we expect the committee to try to link this to extremist groups mobilizing around january 6. also, the committee has suggested they will probe possible links between trump s circle and some of the extremist groups. one of the witnesses today, stephen ayres, a convicted rioter. also a former spokes keeper for the oath keeper will join us. joining us now elie honig. your gravitational force is pulling us over here. we re talking about what the committee wants to do today. the tweet from donald trump why that inspired them to mobilize around january 6. and why is that important? yeah, john, the committee is going to make the point that the one and only reason that the mob descended around the capitol, liz cheney wrote, president trump assembled the mob. we re going to hear about the december 18th meeting
people to come to the capitol building to protest the peaceful transfer of power think it ll be wild, stephen ayres posted that and said there will be a civil war. so you ll be testifying today, to the committee, also testified today is jason then, he s a former spokesperson and so proclaim propagandist for the both keepers. he will be providing testimony and we will see as we know from committee members, video clips from others including the former white house counsel, pat cipollone, who testified at length, last friday. and you ve got some reporting on what he testified to. he was asked a lot of questions about a meeting that preceded this tweet? i reported on that meeting at the time, december 18th. this was a meeting when you had trump allies coming together with white house officials like pat cipollone and others, and basically there was a chaotic scene that ensued where you have the trump allies pushing the president to use his power to overturn the election results
Heard a loud pop. I thought it was a balloon. I had my back turned to the door. As soon as i turned and saw it was not a balloon, he was holding a weapon, i went down the lane and slid to where the pins are. We looked out the window, saw a sea of lights, and it was sirens. A lot of Police Obviously but you could hear the balances like they were running back and forth, back and forth. I think theres going to be very few people in this community that have not been touched by this. Reporter many asking were Warning Signs missed. The shooter was reported as behaving erratically at a Training Facility this past july and sources say he made statements about Hearing Voices and wanting to shoot up a National Guard base. He was the then transport today an army hospital. Im sure there will be a lot of review, analysis, was he deemed a danger to himself or someone else . Reporter were now at the scene of the first of the shootings. The Bowling Alley is right behind me thats the justintime recreat
Into this situation. They stormed our kibbutz, they kidnapped me. Bring them home, bring them home. Nothing will be the same because at the end of the day our community lost 10 of its population. Sandra begin a brandnew hour breaking moments ago, two Security Sources telling reuters a Rocket Attack has targeted an air base in iraq which hosts u. S. And other forces just west of baghdad. An update from john kirby. He is going to be joining Karine Jeanpierre at the White House Press briefing, expected to begin just moments from now. Bill also well hear from the pentagon as a new report reveals the u. S. Military is stepping up its surveillance now in the middle east. Sandra a lot happening at this hour, over on capitol hill, lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs committee are set to receive a classified briefing on the threat from iran. Another busy day in our Nations Capital and beyond. Sandra smith in new york. Bill, great to have you here. Bill i dont know roberts is off today. Bill