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
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
bright stars through the perilous fight o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave will: good morning and welcome to fox and friends on this saturday morning. last saturday in february. we are back in new york city together once again. after a weekend in daytona, florida, fuels like coming home to a house after a long vacation. rachel: the couch feels different. pete: i don t know if they improved it or what. i am glad to be here. rachel: great to be back. we had a great time. pete: president biden spending the weekend at home in delaware after he says he is not going to visit east palestine, ohio. the federal government is saying the federal government will send people door to door to check on the welfare of its
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
children over about an hour? where was law enforcement? those are just fair questions, though they are. they are essential questions. if you want to prevent similar atrocities, you need details, you ve got to find out what exact we happened. if this is a well-known concept. every time a commercial airliner crashes in this country federal investigators painstakingly recruit the final moments of the flight. not because they are ghoulish. want to know what caused it. if and that s the main reason that air travel is so safe. after action reports work. yet somehow our leaders rarely respond as rationally to violent crime, almost never. a mass shooting is just too tempting a moment for them to demagogue. at the public is often grieving and then shock, so it s the perfect moment for the usual opportunists to leap forward and cast blame on the political opponents, to seize all the power they can while the country is too traumatized to notice. if you almost hear anyone in washington a