tractor trailers flipped after a string of tornadoes ripped across mississippi and alabama. we can t account for everybody and it just is hard. plus, the terrifying survivor stories. this woman hiding in a freezer. deadly explosion at a chocolate factory in pennsylvania. at least two people dead. one person found alive under the rubble, but others still missing. the blast so big, it rocked nearby buildings off their foundations. vladimir putin s nuclear escalation. russia now moving tactical nuclear weapons to belarus right on the border with ukraine. how the white house is responding tonight. former president trump s first big rally since announcing his run for president. thousands of supporters lining up for hours. what he now says about the looming indictment in manhattan. kidnapped in haiti. this american couple held for ransom. their relatives in the u.s. now pleading for help. we re going to find you and we re going to bring you home. plus, the former stud
the da alvin bragg. according to a senior law enforcement source, that letter is just one of several hundreds threats bragg and his office have received in the last few weeks. this comes as the years-long hush money probe into possible indictment, which we could learn more about next the grand jury is expected to reconvene on monday. as for trump, he appears to be capitalizing on the chaos waco, texas, right now. sources tell nbc that the ex president is keenly aware of the political opportunity created by a fight with bragg. trump has repeatedly tried to downplay the investigation witch hunt carried out by a political enemy. i asked legal experts ryan goodman and andrew weissmann this investigation is serious. ex president would like you to believe. just listen to what davis, the attorney for trump s former fixer michael cohen, told my colleague symone sanders-townsend earlier today on this network. if this case goes forward and that still and if this
let s get down to business. america s supreme court is set to hear two cases back to back that could reshape the internet. the first is gonzalez vs google. the second case being heard on wednesday is twitter vs taamneh. both deal with whether tech platforms should have legal immunity for what their users choose to post. for more, here s our north america business correspondent michelle fleury. should tech companies be held liable for harmful content promoted by their algorithms? that is the question being put before america s top court. eight years ago, gonzalez, 23 year old exchange student was killed by ices gunmen in paris. the family in seeking justice for her death is targeting google s video platform, youtube, alleging that by distributing terrorist training videos on its side, the tech giant acted as a recruiting platform for isis, in violation of us laws about helping terrorists. at the centre of this landmark as is a federal court forged in the earliest days of today
reeling, letting in five goals at anfield for the first time in their history in the champions league. the swimming pools struggling to stay afloat an urgent plea from grassroots sports bodies for more government help to pay the energy bills. something needs to happen in some capacity, because if it s not funding, well then, how are these places going to survive? we ve actually got some rain around this morning quite widely. things were brighten up in the north and west later. it will feel chillier. good morning. it s wednesday, 22nd february. the health secretary, stephen barclay, is to meet representatives of the royal college of nursing this morning, after the union suspended a strike planned for next week in england. following months of disputes, the two sides have said they would begin intensive talks on pay, terms and conditions, and reforms. discussions about public sector pay for the next financial year are also underway. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson r
aggravated kidnapping. we are awaiting an update from the shelby county district attorney that is set to begin soon. we re also awaiting the release of video taken during that traffic stop that ended in a violent confrontation between nichols and the officers. the family of nichols have seen that video and nichols died in the hospital after being beaten for three minutes, he died in the hospital three days later. joining me from memphis is antonia hylton. and the lawyers for the nichols family have compared this body cam footage to the beating of rodney king. what more can you tell us and how tense is it right now in memphis as we await the release of this video? reporter: katy, it has been tense here for days now, and people have been anticipating this. you know, not just in news from local officials, the naacp, from the family, but you know, in whispers among black residents here in the city, that this is going to be horrific, hard to stomach, hard to watch, but the news