is a coume our reliance on what you do. there is a coume of our reliance on what you do. there is a couple of things our reliance on what you do. there is a couple of things they re - is a couple of things they re worried about. china s economy is not performing very well right now and the government would like to reassure businesses particularly foreign businesses that now is a great time to invest and should be expanding your operations in china. business confidence particularly foreign business confidence in china, has been dented of the last four years because they have been a number of crackdowns on the acts of private businesses so this is a message that businesses need to hear. that is the short term concern for the government. but there is this broader issue of the way the global economy right now does seem to be factoring into blocks centred on the us, the western powers and centred on china and china s leadership wants to portray china as the bit that is open
brawl breaking out on a southwest flight a day after that midair attack on a united plane. we hear from a passenger who helped take the suspect down. the new storm threat in california as the death toll grows after record snow. we re tracking it. fox news under fire. president biden blasting house republicans for giving tucker carlson the video he cherry-picked to falsely portray the january 6th attack as peaceful and the newly revealed text messages. what carlson really thought about donald trump after the election. and on this international women s day, the all girls team of young scientists who fled their home and are wowing the world. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome on this wednesday night. rarely has an american police department, its practices, its culture, its performance been so thoroughly and broadly condemned. the u.s. justice department announcing results of its nearly two-year-long review of the louisvill
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
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the grand jury on donald trump s possible interference in the 2020 election. key parts of its report released today. what it says about possible perjury charges. the tornado threat in the south and the winter storms slamming the midwest. al roker is here. pennsylvania senator john fetterman checking himself into the hospital. why he is seeking treatment. tesla recalling more than 300,000 cars. the potential danger with the self-driving system. a devastating diagnosis for bruce willis. what his family revealed today. and remembering an all-star catcher and hall of fame broadcaster. the legendary tim mccarver. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for joining us. today for the first time, president biden addressed in detail what is known about those three high-flying objects shot from the skies of north america last weekend, offering more about what they weren t than what they were. the president saying the objects are