the united kingdom of great britain the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland? i solemnly promise so to do. she was anointed, blessed and consecrated. choir sings zadok the priest by handel she took possession of a 1,200 year old throne. she knew that it was a role from which only death could release her and yet, when she was born, no one had thought that it would be her destiny. elizabeth alexandra mary windsor was born on 21 april, 1926. she was the first child of the then king s second son, the duke of york. she cried at her christening perhaps the only time in her life that she made a public scene. she was a happy child with occasionally a child of make sense of mystery. mischief. this was the young princess elizabeth at the age of four and three quarters, visiting a photographic studio in london. her life then was comparatively carefree. a politician called winston churchill noted she had an air of authority that was astonishing in an infant. fate pro
how close they came to catastrophe. you ll hear the urgent calls from air traffic control. the black boxes found after the passenger plane crash that killed at least 69 in nepal. the final moments caught on camera. the search tonight for answers. the death toll growing in one of the worst russian strikes on civilians since the war in ukraine began. italy s most wanted man captured. how a notorious mafia boss was found hiding in plain sight after 30 years on the run. and honoring a civil rights icon. the images from across the country on this martin luther king jr. day. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. california tonight suffering the effects of its tenth consecutive storm. weeks of rain from an atmospheric river undermining roads. some crumbling right before the eyes of horrified onlookers. saturated hillsides turning to mudslides. the round of storms now blamed for the deaths of at least 22 people. search and rescue
tentative from me for now, now it s time to the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening lawrence. good evening rachel, we ve heard many speeches on this day, and martin luther king s birthday over the years since his assassination. i heard when today for the first time, that was delivered in 1983. and it is just the most extraordinary, 60 minutes long, we re gonna show some of it later in this hour, the most extraordinary speech about martin luther king, i ve ever heard, it was delivered by then funniest man in the world, richard pryor. in washington d.c.. and thanks to c-span, which is something we say all the time, thanks to c-span, it is been preserved, and we must show some of it later, it s like nothing you ve ever seen on this day, i have no memory of it, i don t member seeing it, know remember hearing about it. it wasn t in a news cycle that day, that s for sure. that is fantastic i did not know this existed. not only have not heard it before, they know exi
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another plane suddenly in its past. gio benitez standing by. the major storm hitting the west at this hour. the last in a brutal pattern of extreme weather. los angeles with more rain this month than all of last year. the new system moving coast to coast now, reaching the east by thursday. ginger zee timing it all out. the war in ukraine. the death toll rising from a russian missile strike on an apartment building in dnipro. at least 40 people killed, a dozen missing. while the u.s. is now training ukrainian forces here on american soil. matt gutman on the ground. news on the chilling plane crash in nepal, killing at least 69 people. authorities recovering the black boxes from the crash site. italy s most wanted mafia boss behind bars tonight after 30 years in hiding. back in the u.s., a university of alabama basketball player charged with murder, allegedly firing into a car near campus, killing a woman in the passenger seat. his coach coming before the cameras toda