right now secretary of state antony blinken is in the west bank, set to speak at any moment. this at the end of his three-day tour of the middle east, the trip gained new urgency following an outbreak of deadly violence. he met with mahmoud abbas earlier today and met with benjamin netanyahu yesterday in an effort to get both sides to work together to end the bloodshed. also kevin mccarthy will meet tomorrow with president biden at the white house for the first time since becoming house speaker. top of his agenda the debt ceiling. republicans with that slim majority in the house are holding the threat of defaulting on the nation s debt to demand budget cuts. and this morning two more memphis police officers have been put on leave in connection to the death of tyre nichols. that in addition to the five officers who have already been fired, charged with second-degree murder. plus, the memphis fire department has also fired three employees for their response or nonresponse
finding in the home and in dumpsters, including a saw and a purse. what authorities say the husband began searching for on the internet at 4:00 in the morning. stephanie ramos in the courtroom. the war in ukraine tonight. and the horrific images. a government helicopter crashing near kyiv, killing everyone onboard, including a member of president zelenskyy s inner circle. multiple victims killed on the ground, hitting an apartment building near a kindergarten. was it mechanical failure, pilot error, or was the chopper hit? matt gutman inside ukraine tonight. here at home, the republican candidate in new mexico who lost in a landslide, but then claimed it was rigged, accused of hiring hitmen to fire at multiple homes of democratic state lawmakers in court today. and what we ve now learned, where he was on january 6th. house speaker kevin mccarthy facing heat tonight, after far right members of congress, including marjorie taylor greene, who questioned the 9/11 attack at
tragedy in ukraine. a helicopter crashes near a kindergarten, killing at least 14, including a child, and the ukrainian minister in charge of security. the growing school lunch crisis. districts across the country are running up thousands of dollars in debt to feed hungry students. here you go. what are you getting, cutie? o donnell: and, history made in maryland. tonight, oprah winfrey s message to the state s first black governor. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, there are new details in that case of a missing mom. her husband, accused of murdering her. well, he is being held without bail tonight, and investigators are now laying out a time line of his alleged google searches. the day of her disappearance at 4:55 a.m., police say brian walshe searched how long before a body starts to smell. p
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
that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. and right now we re watching for a major decision set to come any moment now about the deadly shooting on the set of the movie rust. it s been 15 months since cinematographer halyna hutchins was struck and killed by a live round fired from a prop gun by actor alec baldwin. now a new mexico district attorney is about to announce whether any charges in the case will be filed. i want to get right to nbc s vaughn hillyard in new mexico. what do we know so far? reporter: yeah, lindsey, we re talking about a tragic case here in which there was a certain level of intelligence, several layers of negligence on the part of alec baldwin and individuals who were a part of the crew on this western set here of rust which was being shot just outside of santa fe. but the ext