good evening. we begin tonight with a single frame of video from the war in ukraine. the stunning reality and brutality of this war. this is the image. what you are looking at is the precise split second before a russian missile explodes next to a team of aid workers, including an american tending to a wounded civilian earlier this month. it may be hard to see, but we ve circled it. the missile is circled as flying parallel to the ground. it s an antitank missile, which means that someone had eyes on the target, which is the vehicle driven by the aid workers to the left of where the missile s about to go. the vehicle they are standing right next to. one of the men killed is pete reed, a marine corps veteran. in january, he went to work in ukraine with the aid organization global average. global outreach doctors, it s called. and on the second this month, he was killed. tonight, we also have stunning information about a systematic program run by the russian government to take
you are looking at is a precise split second before a missiles exploded next to a team of workers spending to a civilian earlier this month. it may be hard to see but we have circled it in the light. the missile is circled, it is flying parallel to the ground. it is an anti tank missile which means that someone had ice on the target which is a vehicle driven by the aid workers to the left of where the muscle is about to go. the vehicle, they are standing right next to. one of the men killed as pete reed, the marine corps veteran. in january he went to work in ukraine with the aid organization, global outrage. global outreach, doctors it is called, the second of this month he was killed. tonight we also information about a systematic program around by the russian government to take ukrainian children and we educate and indoctrinate them in camps in russia in crimea. some of the kids are believed to be given weapons training and others have been sent to live with foster familie
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[ shouting ] right now, fallout, people who live near a toxic train wreck demand answers. and plus a military chopper plunges to the ground, there are no survivors. and moments ago, vice president harris touched down in munich, more on her mission to germany. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around of the world. the head of the epa travels to ohio today to assess the ongoing federal and state response to a devastating toxic train derail the. michael regan will meet with city, state and federal leaders and he might get an earful from people who live there if last night s town hall is any indication. is it okay to still be here? my kids say, other people say is the future of this community safe. we all know the severity of that question. what is at stake. i m a mayor of a town ever 4700 people. if you think that i can fight against the arare railroad or e, you re crazy. jason carroll has more. we re strongly recommending those who have not yet had t
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank with us. official assurances that all is safe near the site of that ohio toxic train derailment aren t playing well with many area residents tonight, not with people experiencing physical symptoms and fish dying by the thousands in nearby streams. it has been almost two weeks since the train jumped the tracks in eastern ohio near the pennsylvania border spilling tanker cars carrying hazardous chemicals. after a controlled burn meant to avert a catastrophic explosion, officials signaled it was safe for evacuated residents to return, but tonight there is worry, skepticism, and anger about what is really happening and about what people are being told ron allen is covering it for us tonight. reporter: tonight outrage growing less than two weeks after that massive train derailment and the controlled burn of hazardous chemicals sent up a toxic plume of black smoke in east palestine, ohio. it doe