bench. the top names on his short list and the timeline he gave for making his choice as the 50-50 senate gears up for a confirmation fight. also tonight, tracking the major nor easter threat. 40 million under winter storm watches along the east coast up to two feet of snow expected virginia declaring a state of emergency al roker timing it out. the shootout in houston. three police officers wounded. what we re learning about the suspect. the pentagon warning russia has moved more troops to the ukraine border in the last 24 hours as president biden holds a critical call with ukraine s leader what they discussed. richard engel on the front lines. the deadline for millions of health care workers to get their federally mandated vaccines. the critical pilot shortage and the major airline launching its own flight academy no experience necessary. and after 42 years of telling america s story, a beloved member of our nbc news family signing off