through the south into the northeast at this hour. a tornado watch now in effect across several states. a confirmed ef-2 tornado already, winds up to 130 miles per hour. what to expect tonight in atlanta up through washington, philadelphia, new york to boston. rob marciano timing it all out. the remarkable images coming in from parts of california tonight families lined up for food. the community writing in the snow, help us. the state of emergency and how long it could take to get to them. the white house doctor tonight revealing a small skin lesion removed from president biden s chest was skin cancer. mary bruce standing by at the white house. the heated confrontation at a town hall in east palestine, ohio. president biden with the german chancellor at the white house tonight. united on ukraine. while overseas tonight, the laughter in fact room after what vladimir putin s top diplomat claimed. and you ll hear it. back in the u.s. tonight, the family outside salt lak
threatening to destroy them. classified documents found at former vice president pence s home. washington wonders who s next. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good morning. we begin with a wave of reported tornadoes, more than a dozen of them, wreaking havoc across southwest texas and southeast louisiana. oh, my god. in the suburbs east of houston, only one injury reported, remarkably. but officials are calling the damage catastrophic. house is gone so the whole top section of the house is completely ruined. so it s toast. the house will be torn down now. kind of hard to take but, hey, we re alive. that s the main thing. we all ran to the restrooms and just watched the whole building fall. luckily the restrooms didn t fall. that was the only thing that kept us alive. reporter: numerous cars and tractor trailers overturned. buildings smashed. roofs torn off. one nursing home had to be evacuated and power
going on behind the scene. russia is respond to go this news. the russian ambassador to germany says berlin s move brings the conflict, quote, to a new level, as creme len spokesperson peskov says russia will destroy ukraine s tanks. natasha, is the u.s. s view this is a game change r? in a way. they re not going to hit the ground immediately, it could take as many as three, four months for the ukrainians to even be trained on them, but what we are told is that this could potentially be game changing in terms of breaking through russia s defensive lines in ukraine. they want to take the fight directly to the russians so they can take back that territory versus striking them with longer-range equipment that the u.s. has given them. they re still asking for the extremely long-range missiles, but in terms of a grinding fight that allows them to break those russian lines, they say this could be game changing. the reason would you the u.s. has been pushing jerchy for weeks,
u.s. troops have come under attack 78 times by iranian backed groups. good morning. alexandria: good morning, according to defense department u.s. contractor was killed after a group crashed unmanned ariel vehicle into a building in northeast syria 1:30 local time. once determined it was iranian origin, the war posing group says eight iranian fighters were killed in that action. lloyd austin said the airstrikes were conducted in response to attacks by the group irgc. we will defend our people. no group will strike our troops with impunity. republican congressman matt gates offered this, it is deeply sad to see americans killed and troops killed in syria. this is price of guarding oilfields in other countries. iran continue to stain desert sand with the blood of america s best. since 2021, air kurilla says u.s. troops have come under attacks by iranian backed groups and we will defend our people and respond at time and place of our choosing. we are postured in the face of an
delay in the new york grand jury probe into donald trump. also, mr. trump s feud with potential 2024 rival ron desantis is heating up. the colorado dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife, formally charged with murder in court. midair scare. the captain on a southwest flight suffering a medical emergency, and the off-duty pilot who stepped in to help land the plane. our nbc news exclusive. on patrol with nato, guarding against the rising threat of russia at sea. and kids helping kids. the heartwarming idea inspired by our edition of nightly news just for children. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome on this thursday. is the clock ticking down for tiktok in america? the head of the wildly popular but also heavily criticized social media platform came to capitol hill today and walked right into a bipartisan storm of suspicion and distrust about the app. its chinese owners and its potential national security risks