Hospital director at the epicenter of the outbreak in china dies from the virus. Hes in. Michael bloomberg makes the cut to join his democratic rivals in wednesdays night debate. The new poll out this morning that has the former new york city mayor ahead of joe biden. And frontrunner Bernie Sanders surging. Those stories plus chapter 11, the boy scouts of america file for bankruptcy overnight amid a wave of sexual abuse lawsuits from coast to coast. I want my childhood back. I want my adulthood back. Could this mark the beginning of the end for an American Institution . Hanging in the balance, Harvey Weinsteins fate in the hands of a jury as they get the case against the disgraced movie mogul today. And the Leaning Tower of dallas. A demolition gone wrong in texas has residents saying who needs to go to pisa . Announcer from nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome everybody to today. Thank you for joining us on this
the militias that they sponsor. we are also getting some more details on the timing of the response to those three american soldiers killed in jordan last week and how it unfolded throughout this week. just in a moment, i will talk with deputy director for the very latest response from the administration as well as the defense department. but first, we re going to head to the region and nbc news chief international correspondent, who s joining us from iraq. welcome, here, so has the region reacting? what can we expect next? well alex, i think what we saw last night was not insignificant. that is true. but it was also limited. granted, an escalation by the biden administration. we haven t seen anything like this in recent years, frankly, in this part of the world. but still limited so that the strikes were along the east syria, iraq border in a trench there that we know has a number of militia groups and camped there. now, that s a part of that border that runs through
alejandro mayorkas committed high crimes and misdemeanors? and growing pressure on president biden to respond after a drone attack killed three american troops. and there are new questions about how that drone was able to evade u.s. defenses. also ahead, could donald trump get booted from another state s ballot? elections officials in illinois are meeting this hour just days ahead of a high stakes supreme court hearing. and later, is sci-fi becoming reality? elon musk now claiming the first neuralink implant into a human brain. thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. let s get to the breaking news on capitol hill, where this morning the house homeland security committee is trying to do something that hasn t been done in more than 150 years. impeach a sitting cabinet secretary. republicans alleging high crimes and misdemeanors by dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas, claiming he, quote, willfully and systematically refused to co
from tucker carlson that he hates that is the headline of the night, that s tonight s last word the 11th hour stephanie ruhle starts right now. tonight, it s a look behind the scenes fox news, during the 2020 election. but texts and emails released, as part of dominion s 1.6 billion dollar lawsuit. hosts continue to oppose push trump s with rupert murdoch questioning if they went too far. then, tucker carlson cherry-picking, and flat out misrepresenting the events of january 6th. the condemnation we are hearing from some republican lawmakers, and the brutal kidnapping in mexico, two americans, dead to survivors back on american soil. the warnings to americans traveling to that area, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle, we have still to get into a mountain of new evidence tonight, a brand-new court filing and the 1.6 billion dollar defamation, suit from dominion voting systems, against fox news. drop just a few
and then getting back up to reengage. officers being hailed as heroes for stopping him from killing more people. were there warning signs? and what his neighbors are saying. damage control. new revelations from the leaked classified intelligence documents, putting u.s. alliances in question. the manhattan district attorney sues a top house republican, claiming interference in the investigation of donald trump. the battle over an abortion pill. big pharma pushing back against a ruling, as some states start stockpiling drugs. tough new auto emission standards about to be announced, but will they push more americans to go electric? a big upside of artificial intelligence, detecting cancer much earlier, and predicting when it might strike. and the young bold athletes sharing their culture and moves with skateboarding superstar tony hawk. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. once again, in the tragic aftermath of a tragic sh