And nine fire trucks, had been called to the incident. Thousands of Roman Catholics have begun paying their respects to the Pope Emeritus Benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. Youre watching bbc news. Now, whats killing our rivers . You see herons and dragonflies. You see lots of little fish in the shallow parts, and then, sometimes, youll see a Salmonjumping Out of the water. You start to realise how many people dont have stuff like this, particularly in lockdown, when we were very grateful to have it. These School Friends have made the most of a record breaking summer, like thousands of others. But theres something wrong with our rivers. What a sad sight to see. Its absolutely devastating, what were finding up here today. Look at the water, look at this. Just look at it. This is algae. Its taking over our rivers and waterways. And when human and animal waste gets into a river, not only is it bad for our health, it is also full of nutrients like phosphate which ac
dramatic new video released by the u.s. military showing the moment a russian fighter jet harassed a u.s. drone over the black sea forcing it down. this was also part of a pattern. a senior russian official promised they would try to recover what they could from that drone. kremlin spokesperson saying today that the relations between the two countries are at the lowest point. we don t want to see any escalation. there is it no need for that. georgia investigators have another recording pressuring election officials to overturn the election. third phone call is to the speaker of the house of the georgia state house. what this would show me is donald trump had a specific strategy and approach about how he was going to go about pressuring the state officials. donald trump wanted it done and went person by person to try to get it done. fears over the broader banking industry are local. the central bank is ready to bail out credit suisse if necessary. markets are
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. after a dangerous confrontation in the skies, a warning tonight from russia to the u.s. not to fly aircraft near its airspace throwing the onus on the united states for that midair collision between a russian and american plane over the black sea yesterday. the u.s. making clear its pilotless surveillance plane was flying legally in international airspace when it was knocked from the sky by a russian fighter jet that had been flying close and aggressively the act raising alarms in the pentagon. secretary of defense lloyd austin confirming he spoke by telephone today with the russian defense minister, though not revealing the nature of their conversation. the u.s., however, accuses the russians of reckless and unprofessional behavior, and we have new reporting tonight on just how high up the orders came from in russia. peter alexander is at the white house with more reporter: tonight, for t
politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us today an abortion case with implications everywhere. a texas trump-appointed judge will determine if pregnancy pills should be pull ed off the shelf from coast to coast. plus more economic turbulence as american markets tumble on fears a global bank mugt go over the edge. and wrong, disturbed, the chamberlain approach. washington say the florida governor is way off target to suggest the united states should forget about ukraine. up first this hour, a texas classroom that may echo in w women s lives no matter where you live. the case, the alliance of hippocratic medicine versus is the fda. the plaintiffs are five out of state antiabortion groups. the argument that the fda put it ahead of science two decades ago ignoring evidence and safety rules when to go on the market. it s one of two drugs used to terminate pregnancies. it s as important or important than the specific legal arguments. today s h
three feet of snow in parts of the northeast. in the west evacuations after storms bring rain and floods to california. now crossing the country. stocks falling on wall street amid fears another major bank could fail. the terrifying accident at a texas zoo. a tree falling on multiple people including a child. what we re learning. the high-stakes hearing. the judge in texas who could ban the abortion pill nationwide, even in states where abortion is legal. what happened in court? and america has a new favorite pup after more than 30 years. which breed beat out labrador retrievers to become the top dog. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. after a dangerous confrontation in the skies, a warning tonight from russia to the u.s. not to fly aircraft near its airspace throwing the onus on the united states for that midair collision between a russian and american plane over the black sea yesterday. the u.s. making clear its pi