america is at a breaking point. norah: the speaker and more than 60 house republicans traveled to america s southern border. their demands as president biden blames congress for the crisis. guns in america. our look tonight at a family s mission to change gun storage laws. we always taught our kids about gun safety, but there are so many places that kids go where guns are in the home. norah: winter s first major storm heads east, with new york city, philadelphia, and washington bracing for the first significant snow in years. ford recalls over 100,000 vehicles. we will tell you which models are affected. clark for the win! norah: and the amazing caitlin clark s buzzer beater. this is why caitlin clark will go down as one of the best to ever play the game. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us on this wednesday night. we want to begin tonight with the southern border, where no matter what part
her attorney says school officials ignored. our nbc news reporting. the concerned texts the teacher sent to a loved one just before the shooting. the major winter storm moving into the northeast after a tornado outbreak left a trail of destruction farther south. al roker is here. president biden reversing course, now pledging the u.s. will send 31 abrams tanks to ukraine. so, what changed? just in, two years after he was suspended, facebook lifting its ban on donald trump. the dramatic video, a man with a long gun shooting up at a police helicopter. and the team of 25 performing a medical miracle for two infant twins. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and one of the country s most closely watched criminal cases today south carolina prosecutors began laying out their double murder case against alex murdaugh, prominent attorney and patriarch of a powerful charleston area family accused of murdering his wife and 22-year-old son.
and his warning tonight to the oil companies. will it work? and that news on your taxes. how the tax brackets are shifting to take into account inflation. will you get more back to ease the pain, and how soon? mary bruce at the white house. she ll break it all down. what american families need to know about gas and your taxes. there is also major news in the war in ukraine. tonight, vladimir putin declaring martial law in four territories in ukraine. what does this now signal? what s coming next? and what secretary of state antony blinken told our george stephanopoulos late today. ian pannell inside ukraine. in the u.s. tonight, the alarming scene playing out at hospitals in at least 22 states. the alarming rise in children now hospitalized with respiratory illnesses. this isn t covid, but what authorities are warning about this and what parents should look for. here in florida, three weeks to the day since hurricane ian hit. our team making their way across that destro
puttingclaiming several lives ig a police officer, and that happened in an apparent ambush in bristol, connecticut. plus, bad news of economic administration for the biden administration. the take away is things could be worse if the so-called maga republicans takeover. and others saying that the president has nothing to show for his fist bump in the middle east. plus, this democrat doubling down on his view that god is a s a choice when it comes to abortion. joe has more with answers and we begin tonight with what we are hearing from police organizations and why they are saying the defund the police message is a deadly message. that s right, since monday, a dozen police officers were shot nationwide, tweeted spewing of anti-police rhetoric by some media figures, as well as the failed policies of rogue prosecutors and judges are placing officers in greater danger. this culture of lawlessness must talk. and that includes an off-duty officer killed in north carolina last nigh
delivering that speech on democracy in our country, preserving it in the wake of the attack on pelosi and other threats to leaders. and the escalating rhetoric. mary bruce at the white house. just six days now until the midterms. the economy issue number one. in nevada tonight, the first latina senator in the u.s., a democrat, fighting to hold onto her seat. former president obama trying to help. and what the voters there told our martha raddatz. pus tonight, georgia, pennsylvania, new hampshire, and ohio. rachel scott on these very tight races. we ll show you the numbers tonight. the fed hiking interest rates three quarters of a percent today to try to slow down inflation and try to stave off recession. how americans will feel this. in parkland, school shooter nikolas cruz face-to-face with families, formally sentenced tonight to 34 consecutive sentences of life in prison. victor oquendo is there. the alarming escalation by north korea. more than 20 missile tests lau