disaster that sent toxic chemicals into a small community. tonight, we hear from residents who say they ve been dealing with eye infections and sore derailment. our team on the ground in ohio. a beloved catholic bishop known for peacekeeping in the in his residence near los death angeles. what we re learning about the investigation, and the victim who d been a priest and later a bishop for decades. a scare at an indoor waterpark, the new video coming in of a decorative helicopter falling into a pool, injuring multiple people. killed in the line of duty. a temple university police officer is gunned down, leaving behind his wife and four children. the suspect, just 18 years old, arrested miles away. his wrists placed in the slain officer s handcuffs. two deadly crashes involving teslas on both coasts, just days after that huge tesla recall. we remember richard belzer, who played the wisecracking detective john munch, one of tv s longest running characters. and final
politicsnation. tonight s lead profiles in courage. on this presidents day weekend, two of our commanders in chief one current and one former are facing perhaps their greatest challenges in politics and in life. tomorrow, president biden will travel to poland where he will mark the one year anniversary of mush russia s invasion and war in ukraine. calls for ukraine s allies to stay the course. as the u.s. accuses russia of crimes against humanity in ukraine and the republican majority in the u.s. house threatens to curtail the billions of dollars in aid that has gone to ukraine. now going into a second here in here at home the earliest electoral challenge in our materializing. on the republican side, former republican south carolina governor nikki haley has joined donald trump in pursuit of the gop nomination in 2024. and 2020 democratic contender marianne williamson is expected to make her own announcement that she is running for the white house again. she would be the first
plus, two jewish men shot outside of synagogues in los angeles on different days. tonight authorities say they re connected. the victims targeted for their religion. the federal hate crime charges just filed. the outrage in ohio. families waiting in long lines for help in east palestine two weeks after that toxic train derailment and new details on what may have caused this crash. the tragedy on the field. a 12-year-old dying after collapsing at football practice. the family says the ambulance took 30 minutes to arrive. what his mother says could have saved his life. and the book of 125,000 names, the story it tells and the deep connection for our correspondent. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight. they were sworn to protect, but today five fired memphis police officers were in a courtroom facing charges of murder that they beat tyre nichols so badly during his arrest last month that he died
hi, are othello. the epa previously said nor folk southern was completely responsible for cleanup efforts. now the agency says they will review. it is set to start in minutes. we will go to senior correspondent live. communications breakdown has a cleanup stalled in a bunch of contaminated soil and water stuck with nowhere to go. particularly the water used to fight the fires was supposed to go till waste disposal company outside of houston. half a million gallons already delivered. a judge in harris county texas said no one told local leadership and until they can learn all the details harris county will not take anymore east palestinian water. one thing that i want to share that i think the public should know is that i learned about this, not from a regulatory agency, not from the company, but from a member of the press and that is unacceptable. a lot of the soil, 15 truckloads, 210 tons went to a disposable facility in wayne county commission. they also were not in
governor that does it for us this evening, we will see you again tomorrow it s time for the last wor with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence good evening, i hope my friend roberto clemente in los angeles is watching to kno that his cousin, the book abou his cousin, roberto clemente i back on the shelf. where it belongs, exactly thank you, alex mike pence will never be president, but he will be witness against donald trump mike pence has decided not t appeal a judges order forcin him to testify to specia prosecutor jack smith investigation with donald trum leading up to and on january 6th. mike pence has already tol much of that story for money in a lifeless book, that h wrote titled so help me god. mike pence appears to have tol his story to other authors like possibly bob woodward, ro acosta, as an unnamed source for their books about the fina days of the trump white house. and now mike pence will testif under oath to jack smith s grand jury about every singl