what prosecutors say happened to her body. and the disturbing google searches he allegedly made the case she disappeared. the winter storm on the move. a pileup shutting down a snowy highway. we re tracking the threat. in ukraine, a helicopter crashing into a kindergarten, killing at least 14, including the interior minister. was it an accident or intentional? george santos facing new allegations, a veteran who said he stole thousands in go fund me cash for his dying service dog. and ukraine s wounded warriors coming to the u.s. to get the help they could and find back home. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. prosecutors in new mexico are unveiling shocking new details of a series of shooting attacks on the homes of democratic lawmakers, allegedly orchestrated by a defeated republican candidate for state office. that candidate, solomon pena, appeared virtually in court today where he was charged with 15 counts, including shooting at an occu
happening now, another child s body found in the rubble of a ukrainian residential apartment building as the death toll from a powerful russian missile attack rises. this hour i ll ask key white house official john kirby about new u.s. and western military aid to ukraine and whether it s enough. also tonight the white house is ramping up its damage control as the crisis over classified documents intensifies. the biden team defending its delayed and incomplete release of information while accusing republicans of fake outrage. and the husband of a messing massachusetts woman is now charged with murdering his wife. we re breaking down the new evidence in this very high profile case as it takes a dramatic turn. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the growing carnage from russia s attack on an apartment building in ukraine, one of the single deadliest strikes of vladimir putin
u.s. agrees to send tanks of its own. lester? raf sanchez in ukraine tonight. thank you. now to the special counsel investigation into whether president biden mishandled classified material found at his former office and inside the garage at his delaware home. peter alexander joins us. peter, there is a new headline about why the fbi was not involved in the search for documents. reporter: yeah, lester. the justice department decided against having fbi agents monitor the search for classified documents by president biden s lawyers at his delaware home. a decision the doj reached after first discussing it with the biden legal team. that s according to the wall street journal. the report that cites sources familiar with the matter says the call was made not to have fbi agents present, both to avoid complicating the investigation, and because the president s lawyers were cooperating. nbc news has not independently confirmed the report. the doj is not commenting. but republicans are
providing information publicly where, appropriately with that. reporter: a clear public effort to draw attention elsewhere. and wolf, while the white house has pledged full cooperation with that special counsel investigation, the two house republicans probes now under way may have a little bit less so. white house officials saying they ll engage in good faith with good faith efforts. the attacks on the republican efforts up to this point pretty implicit saying probably don t view those as in good faith, wolf. phil mattingly at the white house, thank you very much. let s bring in our legal and political experts right now joining us. the wall street journal is just now reporting that the justice department actually considered having fbi agents monitor the search for classified documents at president biden s home but decided against doing it. what does that say to you? it says it me there s a high level of cooperation between the