how close they came to catastrophe. you ll hear the urgent calls from air traffic control. the black boxes found after the passenger plane crash that killed at least 69 in nepal. the final moments caught on camera. the search tonight for answers. the death toll growing in one of the worst russian strikes on civilians since the war in ukraine began. italy s most wanted man captured. how a notorious mafia boss was found hiding in plain sight after 30 years on the run. and honoring a civil rights icon. the images from across the country on this martin luther king jr. day. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. california tonight suffering the effects of its tenth consecutive storm. weeks of rain from an atmospheric river undermining roads. some crumbling right before the eyes of horrified onlookers. saturated hillsides turning to mudslides. the round of storms now blamed for the deaths of at least 22 people. search and rescue
continues his push for voting rights on this mlk day. as republicans pounced over his handling of classified material. then one of the deadliest attacks on civilians since the war in ukraine began, nearly one year into the conflict, what would a resolution even look like, we will break down what is at stake for our economy, and what we stand to lose if it doesn t get resolved. as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. this monday night good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle as today we honor the life of dr. martin luther king junior, president biden is renewing his call for federal voting rights protections. today in d.c., the president link the fight to protect democracy, is one of the key goals of his administration. federal measures to protect and expand, the right to vote. this is a time for choosing. what we choose democracy over a top roughly, and community over chaos. love over hate. these are the questions of our time. but i ran for, president and t
the great food ever in laos, the mardi gras, and so now what folks are doing around the interstate, especially in this trillion dollar infrastructure bill, so money going to communities to help them end. especially when it comes to infrastructure. new orleans and at that interstate, and a moment where the community has come together from all parts of the city to try and heal around this interstate, and figure out what to do with it. do you use that money to tear it down? do you unify? do you leave it as a symbol of what it was? but also contextualizing the current sense of moving forward. this is wrestling america. thank you for joining us tonight, and thank you for what you are doing tonight. thank you. jermaine lee gets tonight s last word, and he will get tomorrow night s last word at this hour. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now. tonight, president biden continues his push for voting rights on this mlk day. as republicans pounced over his handling
irritated by the backlash and what he views as the probable sloppiness of his aides who packed his things when he left office. but the constant drip of new information is intensifying calls for transparency. and on the hill it s providing fuel more republicans hungry for investigations. in moments, the latest reporting from inside the white house and on capitol hill. and the unrelenting barrage of storms battering california has 7 million more people under flood was. half an inch of rain could fall per hour for people dealing with mudslides, buckled roads and homes submerged. in ukraine, the race to find remaining survivors after a russian strike destroyed an apartment building in dnipro. we are in the region with concerns about russia s new military strategy. we start with more pains found from president biden s post obama years. nbc news reports that president biden is frustrated with the backlash. explain what we re learning and what s happening inside the white hous
would like to live a long life, longevity has its place, but i m not concerned about that now. i just want to do god s will. and he s allowed me to go up to the mountain, and i ve looked over, and i ve seen the promised land. i may not get there with you but i want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. a haunting speech from reverend martin luther king jr. delivered the night before he was assassinated in memphis. we ll be honoring dr. king this morning and exploring his legacy throughout the morning on morning joe. also ahead this hour, we ll have the latest developments on the classified documents found at president biden s home, and the gop s false equivalency when it comes to this discovery. hundreds of files of donald trump tried to stash away at mar-a-lago, to equate is a little tough. congress is on the clock to raise the country s debt limit. it comes after a dire warning from treasury secretary janet yellen. plus, we ll get a live