wife and son and today murdaugh s own brother on the , why he broke down on the stand and the defense arguing that there had to be more than one shooter.ton. t breaking ns owner rupert murdoch acknowledging under oath fox news hosts endorsed false election fraud claims saying any fox news executives who know knowingly allowed lies to be broadcasten 0 the air should be reprimanded or maybe got rid of saying in a deposition i would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it in hindsight. jon karl standing by. tonight the next question after that toxic train derailment in ohio. where should that waste be taken? the new fight, states blocking it and in that community tonight questions over the drinking water. our reporter with erin brockovich. the war in ukraine and intense fighting under way for control of a key city and this evening the u.s. warning to china not to help russia with weapons or ammunionti. what the state department said about it today and what china is s
effect for parts of indiana and ohio as severe storms moved across the west. you can see what appears to be a funnel cloud in the distance there. hours earlier, the same storm system unleashed at least nine tornadoes across oklahoma and kansas. at least seven tornados hit oklahoma alone. this is just outside of oklahoma city. officials say at least 12 people have been injured and the national weather service says preliminary data indicates the tornado that hit this area was at least ef-2. more than 200,000 homes and businesses still without power across several states. listen here as one woman describes the moment the tornado hit. before i could even blink, i could hear the wind. all the back windows where the kids bedrooms are, i could hear them crashing, busting out. i got up and then the wind just threw me back. and i m screaming. it was like a blizzard inside the house with all the debris flying. i was screaming for my kids. you know, because they were in their bedroo
lab in chiwuhan, china. and in east palestine, the new technique to track contaminated water from that city. and the growing concern to other cities taking in truckloads of contaminated soil. and an image in oklahoma, cnn is on the scene. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with the groundbreaking assertion with the u.s. energy department that the covid-19 pandemic likely began from a lab leak in wuhan, china. this all comes after the energy department updated its 2021 report with this claim, saying it made the new conclusion, based on new evidence coming to light. two sources telling cnn the department is issuing the report with, quote, low confidence. that s a term that doesn t mean that they don t believe their own conclusion. it means that the evidence as of now is only circumstantial. the new assertion reveals that the u.s. intelligence community is more divided than ever on how the pandemic began. four other agencies in the u.s. government said the outbr
dangerous toxins have been removed and a lot of people saying we don t want them. the president says he has no plans to go to east palestine. but should these developments force him to change his mind? we re going to ask ohio s lieutenant governor, john houston. he s here. i m neil cavuto. the lieutenant governor will be coming to join us right now and we to have these various officials from the epa, fema and others that will address where this cleanup process stands. we should say it was temporarily stored for more than a temporary amount of time. mike tobin is there with the latest. mike? neil, the work is getting underway at the cleanup site here once again. it was halted over the weekend because they had a communication breakdown and ended up with no place to ship the contaminated soil and water. they found a couple of locations here in ohio, a couple of hazmat locations to move the contaminated soil and water so they can do that safely. one thing that people here in ea
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