re-election bid. the republicans who jeered and booed his speech. the threat of severe storms and tornadoes across the south. al roker tracking it all for us. the deadly crash. a city bus slamming into a day care. the charges the driver is facing. the alex murdaugh murder trial halted for hours. why the courthouse was suddenly evacuated. the family terrorized with racist threats caught on doorbell cam. the charges announced today,but why did it take police more than a year to make an arrest? our nbc news exclusive. on the ground with the u.s. troops training somalians to take on one of the world s biggest terror threats. and all hail the king, lebron james earning his place in nba history. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone. the clock and the calendar say time has nearly run out to find survivors in the earthquakes that rumbled across turkey and syria. heart and raw determination tell another story as res
right now, two separate senate committees are drilling into u.s. and china relations. in the wake of that chinese spy balloon entering the u.s. just last hour senator jon tester made the stakes abundantly clear. china s a real threat and one we need to take seriously, which is exactly why we re here today. house members this morning receiving a classified briefing on the balloon ahead of a vote scheduled just a few minutes from now to condemn china s use of a spy craft. senators are set to receive an all members briefing of their own in about 30 minutes. all of this happening as the state department is revealing fresh details about china s surveillance program this morning. and just what the balloon hovering over the u.s. was capable of. in a few moments, i ll talk to former u.s. ambassador to china max baucus about what we can learn and the very real threat posed by china. plus, fading hopes for survival, days after devastating earthquakes rocked turkey and syria. the
the choice is between normal or crazy. and, kristen, the president stays on the road now going to florida tomorrow. reporter: lester, that s right. the white house wants to build momentum after a speech they think went well and included some savvy unscripted moments. in a new interview tonight, the president said despite interruptions most republicans were gracious, lester. kristen welker at the white house, thanks. tonight as the search continues for remnants of that chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down, u.s. officials say china s balloon spying program is far more extensive than previously known. andrea mitchell has late details. reporter: tonight, new information that the debris being salvaged from china s spy balloon and intelligence collected as u2 spy is paying off. the moon as it circled the country is paying off. secretary of state blinken says they ve learned that china s balloon surveillance had a global reach.
information in the future about the extent of this balloon spying program. ali, the house is set to vote in the next 20 minutes on a resolution condemning china s use of this spy balloon. what do we expect from that and from all the activity happening on the hill today centered around china? reporter: look, it is briefing season up here. it is hearings season on the china balloon. this is something that lawmakers have been pushing towards for the last week or so, just clamoring to get more information and this is what it looks like as they re starting to get more of these briefings from key state and defense department officials like wendy sherman. watch. that we not only have an integrated strategy towards china, working with the interagency as well, but every single mission around the world has a bespoke china strategy because as you pointed out, china s everywhere in the world. reporter: so sherman there speaking about the broader policy and foreign policy landscape around c