vietnam that s, you couldn t ask for anything and you better. fulfilling a marine motto, always faithful. harry smith, nbc news, florida. my dad who served in that called me this morning, and ask me to acknowledge this day, and i m grateful that we are. because we are grateful today, and every day for the service and sacrifice of our military and their families. on that note, i wish you all a very good night from washington d.c.. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc, thank you for staying up, i will see you at the end of tomorrow. at the end of tomo thanks to r joining us this, hour i m ali velshi in for alex tonight. this is the ukrainian city of bakhmut, or what is left of it anyway. prior to russia s invasion last year, but was a small relatively unremarkable city of about 75,000 people. now it is one of the most important cities in the war. for seven straight months, ukrainian forces have held back move while being attacked by russian forces from th
thank you. thank you. that s all in for tonight. alex wagner is next. with ali velshi. high drama playing out right now. questions that he wasn t able to answer when he was running for president back then. some of the things that starbucks have done to people who have indicated they want to be unionized. that s a right we believe people should have the right to have. it s 2023. why can t i put a tip on my credit card because workers at the store decided to be unionized. the photo of the line getting into this hearing, an enormous line. highly consequential. thank you for joining us tonight. this is ukrainian city of bakhmut. prior to russia s invasion last year, bakhmut was a small city of about 75,000. now it s one of the most important cities in the war, for seven straight months ukrainian forces have held bakhmut by being attacked by russian forces. this is the longest continual battle of the war so far. thought to be europe s deadliest land battle since world
survivors. their cries for help can be heard through the rubble. we need help. we need the international community to do something, to help us, to support us. survivors being pulled from the wreckage including this toddler. i ll speak with a u.n. official about the recovery effort. also this morning, tensions flaerg with china as the u.s. rushes to collect the debris from that spy balloon. china calling it a clear overreaction. the fallout from that hanging over president biden one day out from his second state of the union address. what we know about tomorrow s high stakes speech. we re going to begin with those massive deadly earthquakes rocking turkey and syria. p nbc news foreign correspondent meagan fitzgerald has the latest on the damage. i m joined by senior communications adviser and spokesperson for the u.n. high commissioner for the refugee office for middle east and north africa. the images coming out of the region are horrifying. children being pulled from
we ll dig deeper into the decisions made by police and first responders and the decisions officials are faced with right now that could stop the next attack from happening. our new nbc news poll showing americans increasingly grim about the country s future saying it s a disaster. the warning signs for joe biden s expected re-election bid, how can he turn things around. no golden elevator, no wild crowds. donald trump s 2024 campaign kicks off with what one publication called a sleepy event in new hampshire. just 400 people in a high school auditorium. does that kind of kickoff open the door even wider for other republicans to jump into the race? a lot to talk about today. at this power the country is struggling to come to grips with the sheer brutality and inhumanity of the death of tyre nichols, put into devastating focus by today s new york times analysis. it concludes that officers shouted at least 71 commands in 13 minutes, many of them orders described as impossib
george floyd. in that video you could see him cry out for his mother as officer derek chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes. all over a pack of cigarettes. floyd allegedly paid for with a fake $20 bill. we would not see any of the police body cam footage for another 11 weeks. the lack of transparency there, the delay and the horror of floyd s death ignited a mass movement. i can t breathe was plastered across signs and social media posts as millions across the country protested. facing intense pressure, then president donald trump signed an executive order calling for police reform. at the ballot box, voters said yes to legislative policing reforms in at least 30 states. at least a dozen cities promised to slash police budgets and redistribute those funds to community programs. though not all followed through. then it was congress s turn. democrats introduced the george floyd justice in policing act. the bill passed twice in the house but died in the senate aft