been hired by the wall street journal. ah the russian government, despite assurances that they would provide this have not provided him any access to any u. s embassy staff in moscow which, as you noted earlier as a flagrant violation of international law, so everything we know about evan and media reports. we re getting from our lawyers as he s in decent health is a very optimistic very curious young reporters, so you know, so far so good under the circumstances just emphasized. the circumstances are he s in solitary confinement in a russian security services prison with no access to any american government official and in russia, defying international law with their actions. paul beckett, thank you. we are all standing with all of you. thanks very much very much. appreciate it. of course, cnn this morning continues right now. 25 year old gunman opened fire inside the bank, killing five people and injuring at least eight others. police revealing the shooter was an employee a
her attorney says school officials ignored. our nbc news reporting. the concerned texts the teacher sent to a loved one just before the shooting. the major winter storm moving into the northeast after a tornado outbreak left a trail of destruction farther south. al roker is here. president biden reversing course, now pledging the u.s. will send 31 abrams tanks to ukraine. so, what changed? just in, two years after he was suspended, facebook lifting its ban on donald trump. the dramatic video, a man with a long gun shooting up at a police helicopter. and the team of 25 performing a medical miracle for two infant twins. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and one of the country s most closely watched criminal cases today south carolina prosecutors began laying out their double murder case against alex murdaugh, prominent attorney and patriarch of a powerful charleston area family accused of murdering his wife and 22-year-old son.
with you. i am anne-marie green. breaking overnight, ukraine said russia launched a new wave of missile and join attacks in the country. air raid sirens willed across the nation, as officials warned people to take cover in shelters during the morning rush hour. ukraine said it shot down 15 missiles fired towards the capital of kyiv. the attack came hours after president biden reversed course, and announced plans to send 31 m1 abrams battle tanks to ukraine. germany also said it is sending tanks. now it could take months for the u.s. to deliver its tanks and train ukrainian troops on how to use them. jarred hill is in new york, i will have more on all of this. good morning, jarred. good morning, anne-marie. one called this an american expedition to the battalion, a punching force. but let s talk about the timing. u.s. officials say they believe russia will try to go on the offensive in the spring, and that the tanks will help ukraine not only defend itself then, but also ret
did you take any classified documents with you from the white house? i did not. yes, he did. poppy and i are here without classified documents. more classified documents have been discovered at the home of former vice president, mike pence. it s the former vice president this time leaving lawmakers stunned. breaking overnight, a significant development for the war on ukraine. the german government agreeing to deliver leopard two tanks to ukraine. this is a big story we re following from the southwest to new england. more than 80 million people are facing winter weather alerts. some cities are expected to get hit by nearly a foot of snow. plus this. it could have been my son. it could have been you. don t gavel me. i m here to let you know i can speak whenever i want. we want the tape. we want the tape and we want it now. tensions running high after the beating death of tyre nichols at the hands of memphis police what a new autopsy is revealing. we begin with
now, this is a gas line on fire in the middle of all the wreckage. emergency responders say they were slammed with 911 calls for d gas leaks and building collapses. we have a all hands on deck right now. all neighborhoods not just this nei neighborhood. my 25 years here, this is probably the worst damage ooi v seen. just catastrophic. cnn s rosa flores on the ground in pasadena, texas. you have been seeing the damage there. tell us about it, please, rosa. reporter: there were so many intense moments. that s what the people here say. and we re on the path of that destruction. i want you to look over my shoulder because what you re seeing here is some of the downed power lines at this height of this storm. you can see that some of the power poles were snapped like toothpicks. at the height of this storm, about 100,000 customers were without power. if you look beyond these power lines, you ll see there s a mangled mess back there. that s actually a gym. the owner of that