re-election bid. the republicans who jeered and booed his speech. the threat of severe storms and tornadoes across the south. al roker tracking it all for us. the deadly crash. a city bus slamming into a day care. the charges the driver is facing. the alex murdaugh murder trial halted for hours. why the courthouse was suddenly evacuated. the family terrorized with racist threats caught on doorbell cam. the charges announced today,but why did it take police more than a year to make an arrest? our nbc news exclusive. on the ground with the u.s. troops training somalians to take on one of the world s biggest terror threats. and all hail the king, lebron james earning his place in nba history. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone. the clock and the calendar say time has nearly run out to find survivors in the earthquakes that rumbled across turkey and syria. heart and raw determination tell another story as res
jim jordan and all of the republicans in that twitter hearing today. gerry connolly also there, he ll be joining us. and jamele bowie will be joining us. he s the new york times columnist who i don t just read, i read, i underline, i reread, i learned so much every time. i even want to have him here forever for so long, finally, tonight. we are so happy to see jamelle bouie on msnbc. i ll be watching that. and it does not surprise me that a freshman senator managed to embarrass jim jordan. and that s putting it mildly. the youngest member of the house of representatives. sorry, freshman congressman, maybe one day a freshman senator. who can know with maxwell frost? right. thank you, alex. i m a great show. thank you. the day after joe biden s state of the union address, which is by far the most clever state of the union address ever delivered. and if you predicted the oldest person to ever deliver a state of the union address would go off script extemporaneously
federal government. plus, in the next 30 minutes, president biden takes his political fight to florida, home to his biggest potential rivals. and devastation in syria and turkey, almost unimaginable as the death toll closes in on 20,000. we re live in turkey where one of our reporters just witnessed an incredible rescue. but we start with some explosive moments in those hearings we just mentioned, both democratic and republican lawmakers going hard at the biden administration and its officials for not doing something sooner about that chinese surveillance balloon. the truth is i got a problem with the chinese balloon flying over my state. by the administration s logic, we would allow the chinese to fly surveillance balloons over the pentagon or other sensitive sites near populated areas. as an alaskan, i am so angry. i want to use other words, but i m not going to. i want to bring in nbc s ryan nobles who s on capitol hill and michael crowley as the diplomatic c
i m paola ramos, in for alicia menendez. as we begin a new hour, looking for accountability for the big lie, as investigations involving donald trump pushed for new revelations that fox news knew what they were saying was all a lie. they knew that. plus, a new challenger in the 2022 for five for the gop nomination. is nikki haley offering a different path for the party? also, part of my interview with russians fleeing war and seeking asylum at the u.s. mexico border. and leading by example how a senators battle with depression could change the conversation on mental health in this country. this is american voices. we begin this hour with the power of lights, and what happens when those in power prioritize profit over truth. this week we, saw new documents from the dominion voting systems defamation lawsuit against fox news, including communication between fox news host, producers and executives. here s the bottom line. they knew donald trump s big lie of a stolen elec
wisconsin, and his reaction to the heckling in the chamber during the state of the union. the moment he had democrats and republicans standing to preserve medicare and social security. mary bruce at the white house. also, that tense exchange before the address even started. senator mitt romney with harsh words for embattled congressman george santos, who made up much of his life story before getting elected. tonight, george santos saying it romney.very and mitt romney explaining why he felt the need to say something. rachel scott live on the hill. as we come on the air tonight, we are tracking severe storms and a tar know dae watch right now. alerts across 20 states. wind gusts topping 50 miles per hour. then the system moving into the northeast. rob marciano timing it out. for the first time tonight, the pentagon confirming four previous chinese spy balloons have flown over the u.s. martha raddatz standing by tonight on where they were, what they flew over, and when.