contaminated waste over that train derailment that was sent to other places without warning. the famous creator of dilbert his shocking comments leading to hundreds of papers nationwide to pull the comic strict. plus, hours to liftoff. a new crew is headed to the international space station after mishaps in spaces on the space station. and the amazing celebration for a team manager who got his big moment on the court. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening. that strong storm that dumped rain and snow on california is h heading east now the same scene across new mexico today 11 million people are at risk for wind gusts for 80 and 110 miles per hour, and tornadoes are likely across oklahoma. and in california, after historic snow, now raging rivers. the ground so saturated, rock slides are the concern, like this one northwest of l.a. dana griffin starts us off tonight. reporter: tonight, the remnants of a massive storm that battered the re
pounding air rescues like this one captured by the pasadena fire department. thisng an rv plunging into the santa clara river after teetering on the edge of a cliff. we re tracking where it s headed next. a fresh wave of violence across ukraine. overnight russia launching more than a dozen unmanned drones into ukraine exhausting air defenses according to ukrainian officials. now u.s. officials says china is weighing whether to send artillery and ammunition to help russia s campaign. the new response from china this morning. court is back in session in the alex murdaugh double murder trial. after blockbuster testimony from the defendant himself, how soon it could be in the hands of the jury. the extreme weather impacting millions of americans this morning. we re tracking damage in the central u.s. after reports of several tornadoes touched down in oklahoma overnight. california faces the possibility of more snow. in the aftermath of historic winter weather that brought u
here at home this evening, the warnings of a possible imminent explosion sending families fleeing in ohio. a train carrying dangerous chemicals derailing, forcing evacuations. several of the cars carrying vinyl chloride. and tonight, the careful operation under way at this hour at the site. trying to assert a potential explosion. tonight, news on that chinese spy balloon shot down by the u.s. by an f-22. the teams moving quickly to recover key pieces. the debris field more than 15 football fields wide. and what we re already learning tonight about the balloon, how it maneuvered. and the trained u.s. navy teams now using unmanned, underwater vehicles to detect whether there could be any explosives. martha raddatz right had here with me tonight on what she s learned. here in washington, president biden on the eve of his state of the union address, after that very promising jobs report, and after some key victories, including that bipartisan infrastructure law. the white hou
station. why didn t sirens go like a tornado? off likethat could have put it ? it s safe to say it is heartbreaking. the administration s response to this derailment has been abysmal. biden s epa administratorup i finally showed up inn ohio the today. that was p only because ofub the public outcry and mounting political fallout. and today there was yet anotherr derailment of a train carrying. hazardous materials, this time just outside of detroit. is it just me or does it seem like there have been a lot of train derailment lately?sed or are we supposedas to believe this is all part of the new normalt of? i of course, this is not normal. it is totally unacceptable until we at fox and a handful of other journalists started to demand answers. the biden team seemed to beo fairly unfazed by all of this. so when they finally do speakpru out under political pressure, rethey have zero credibility.. they ve left behind suchie a trail of lies on all subjects that i wasn t surprised
ours. we have our community the disaster happened to that we didn t know how to respond to it. we just want answers. people who live near the toxic train derailment in east palestine, ohio, are demanding answers about the potential health risks, as the biden administration vows to hold the railroad accountable. senator sherrod brown who met with the families today will join me. as those lawmakers were trying to help people, kevin mccarthy was engaing in political theater at the southern border while ron desantis is seeking a rewrite of the constitution. and leslie jones is here. we ll get her take on ufos and much, much more. we begin tonight with the latest rebuke in the ongoing saga of a twice impeached former president who continues to push the unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen. newly unsealed portions of the georgia special grand jury s final report looking at potential election meddling by donald trump and his allies detail what literally every c