richard engel is in ukraine as the country prepares to mark one year of war. reports tonight that donald trump s daughter ivanka and son-in-law jared kushner have been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating january 6th. it comes as mr. trump visits the site of a toxic train derailment in ohio. how he attacked the biden administration s response. will alex murdaugh take the stand at his double murder trial? what his attorneys signaled today. the newly revealed image taken by an american pilot of that chinese spy balloon as it overflew the u.s. and the surprise in space. new images of distant galaxies captured by the webb telescope. why they left scientists stunned. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. it is massive, it is powerful, it is historic. tonight much of the northern half of the country is feeling at least some of the effects of that coast-to-coast storm with more than 100 million people under winter alerts, wind a
deadly rampage. police say the suspect in the murder of a 38-year-old woman later returned to the scene and shot and killed a 24-year-old reporter who was covering the story before fatally shooting a 9-year-old child in a home nearby. for the journalists in orlando, it s a story that hits unbelievably close to home. this is every reporter s absolute worst nightmare. coming up, the details we re learning about the 19-year-old suspect and how the community is trying to make sense of this tragedy. plus, any second we expect to get our hands on the national transportation safety board s preliminary report on the ohio train derailment that led to the controlled burning of hazardous chemicals. it could offer new clues about what went wrong. there are still lingering questions about the health is and safety of the air and water. this land is everything to me. we have a stigma here that we re dirty, and it hurts everybody here. transportation secretary pete buttigieg is i
it s not rocket science. and adding you won t be too surprised. joining me now is nbc legal analyst, lisa ruben. not to guess at what she s talking about there, but it s not so veiled. it s not, katy. and she told the associated press this morning that she had been instructed as had the other grand jurors about what they could and could not say by the fulton county superior court judge. i wonder now and reading the new york times report, the judge believes they overstepped. she was careful with the associated press talking about sketches she made of various witnesses. who was funny, who was unhappy to be there. who might have invoked privilege, but telling the times the grand jury did invoke indictments and it wouldn t be rocket science who they were against. i wonder if she overstepped that line today. she also tells the times they started in the grand jury with that call that donald trump made to secretary of state brad raffensperger where he asked raffensperger to fi
nearly all of his 150 soldiers were killed or injured over the past year. and now the soldiers say russian troops are 800 yards away. just up there? yeah. and do they have similar trenches to this? reporter: but now there s a problem, a russian drone is overhead. incoming small arms fire right here. yes, yes, he says. the soldier s fire a rocket propelled grenade. lieutenant bogdon tells us it s like this every day or worse. why does this war matter to americans, do you think? because it s a war for democracy. ukraine and russian war is war of democracy versus russia dictatorship. so it s important. reporter: a fight ukrainians say they will take to the end. our thanks to richard engel
recovered for two months and is now back. nearly all of his 150 soldiers have been injured or killed over the last year. and now there s a problem. a russian drone is overhead. soon, there s incoming. our position was shot out by russian forces, a soldier says. yes, yes, he says. russian troops are about 800 yards away. ukrainian troops fire a rocket propelled grenade to keep them back. the soldiers say it s like this every day. and is intensifying. why does this war matter to americans do you think? because it s a war for democracy. reporter: a fight ukrainians say they will take to the end. if the west could speed up sending what they want most. more weapons and ammunition. that s richard in the east. joining me now from kyiv is erin mcloughlin.