years ago we lost a member of our nbc news family covering the war in iraq. tonight, my conversation with david bloom s widow about the lives his story may have saved announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. the tears of grief that consume nashville, tennessee, just ten days ago over the murders of young children and school staffers are replaced tonight by cries of anger and accusations after an extraordinary move by tennessee house republicans to seek the expulsion of three democratic members for their roles in a gun safety protest on the house floor last week. all day angry supporters and gun safety advocates crowding the statehouse where the gop majority was putting the resolutions up to a vote one by one, declaring the three participated in disorderly behavior when they led supporters in chants demanding stricter gun safety measures. expulsion a rarely exercised right of the tennessee house that critics on the left tonight are c
democrats seats. also tonight in a new report in the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan the white house largely blaming the chaos and decisions by former president trump on the actions it says the u.s. should have taken even sooner. the rising tensions in the middle east. israel striking back tonight after the biggest barrage of missiles from lebanon in more than 16 years. tracking severe storms on the move tonight in the midatlantic on the heels of that deadly tornado outbreak. nbc news investigates after our report on toxic air concerns near a louisiana school. what the epa is now doing about it. and it was 20 years ago we lost a member of our nbc news family covering the war in iraq. tonight my conversation with david bloom s widow about the lives his story may have saved. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. the tears of grief that consume nashville, tennessee, just ten days ago over the murders of young children and
high level talks. the bipartisan group meeting with taiwan s vice president and later this weekend president tsai after her historic visit with house speaker kevin mccarthy in california. taiwan is grateful to have the united states of america by our side. reporter: china blasting the show of support from the u.s. for taiwan, vowing to firmly defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. china says the island democracy of taiwan is part of its territory. the united states stands by you and will protect you. reporter: tonight a top house republican, michael mccaul, saying the u.s. needs to arm and train taiwan s military. while taiwan s vice president says they are already on the front lines of combating china s authoritarianism, u.s. intelligence says china s president xi has instructed his military to be ready too invade taiwan by 2027. we met enoch wu, a
do you see that as one of the key aims of this summit? do you see that as one of the key aims of this summit? really, i think that underlines aims of this summit? really, i think that underlines almost aims of this summit? really, i think that underlines almost everything i aims of this summit? really, i think| that underlines almost everything on the agenda here. for the years of the agenda here. for the years of the trumpet presidency, the west was going through what was almost a near death experience. trump. the biggest achievement of this summit is the west is coming together again, and it needs to because the challenge from china is much greater thanit challenge from china is much greater than it was a decade ago. china has been more assertive across a whole range of policy issues, and importantly, china is not primarily a military challenge, it s a much more holistic challenge. it s a technological challenge and economic challenge. a challenge of seeking influence across
years, i think, the last 70 years, which in recent years, ithink, has the last 70 years, which in recent years, i think, has come under increasing threat from the growth of nationalism, most of all in the united states under president trump, an america that stood on its own and no longer saw the europeans as very close allies would be one which would be enormously to the benefit of both china and indeed russia, but in order to confront china, the west has to show that it has better answers than it has had perhaps in the last couple of decades to global problems, to problems of inequality and poverty, problems of the pandemic, not least of climate change. pandemic, not least of climate chance. ., . ~ pandemic, not least of climate chance. ., ., ~ ., pandemic, not least of climate chance. ., . ~ . ., change. you talk about confronting china, but it change. you talk about confronting china, but it is change. you talk about confronting china, but it is a change. you talk about conf