increase in medical tourists heading south of the border coming up. on page 1 of that threat assessment, china, among the fascinating details, how beijing is doubling its efforts to sway local politicians in the u.s. as a way to gain some diplomatic breathing room with washington. but we start with the brand new litmus test for republicans, being forced to publicly choose sides following the latest release of videos from january 6th. for a second straight night, fox news host tucker carlson perpetuated the lie that the insurrection was a mostly peaceful group of meek and orderly people who were sightseeing that characterization drew an angry, even visceral reaction from some republicans, although not all of them. i think what happened on january 6th was despicable, if you disagree with something congress is doing or not doing, you can t try to take over the capitol. tucker carlson that january 6th was i don t know what tucker carlson said. he said it was mostly
toxic train disaster. all i know is our town needs help. how did a train derailment in ohio become america s latest political flash point? you were met with indifference and betrayal. the same people who want to play political games are the same people who sided with industry again and again and again. tim scott edges closer to a presidential bid. i see kids ought the abcs, not crt. will the message on race resonat with gop voters? march ri taylor greene has a radical plan to fix the union. dissolve. the last thing i want to see in america is a civil war but we have to do something about it. welcome to inside politic sunday. it s been 23 days since a train carrying hazardous materials went off the rails in ohio. 23 days of dread for the nearly 5,000 americans asking whether the air is safe to breathe and the water is safe to drink. like so much else in america, this environmental disaster quickly divided the country. former president trump led that charge
the road. hang on. hey soft! mr mr. clark please stop clock. mr. wendell, please. that is that is not appropriate. the suspension of the rules. request mr clerk. can we just go back? over what what that was. one second one second. alright, we re gonna. be watching the proceedings here just to bring people up to speed state representative gloria johnson. ah again born just like a former state representative jones, not born in tennessee, moved to tennessee to go to college. he went to university of tennessee at knoxville became an activist more traditional path for her knox county democratic party chairwoman and then elected to the tennessee house, which includes knoxville. tennessee um and she and two of her colleagues in the wake of that horrific covenant school shooting christian school were three little babies, 39 year olds and three students, three faculty and staff were murdered. by a disturbed individual. um she took to the floor and disruptive manner that was made me th
it s about getting rid of cons. antifa doesn t care about the environment. i haven t seen them in east palestine and we haven t seen them at the jersey shore protesting windmill whale murder. when police started kicking the forest defenders out of the trees one of the members known as little turtle started shooting at cops. a state trooper was seriously wounded and little turtle was killed. and now antifa is avenging little durettle s death. hid inside a group of peaceful protesters outside the construction site. they had comedy shows, music festivals, they even gave tours of the forest. and that s when things started turning mostly peaceful. and then 150 antifa militants pealed off, changed into camouflage clothing and black mask was and stormed the construction site. the antifa militants chucked bricks and molotov cocktails at police. lit construction equipment ablaze. this was a highly organized attack. and it won t be the last. antifa is getting stronger. they are interna
trapped for more than a week and the new winter threats we re tracking. protesters and police clashing in atlanta. nearly two dozen now facing domestic terror charges. the ntsb investigating after another norfolk southern train derails in ohio. our one-on-one with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. we asked should the company be forced to pause operations? jurors in the alex murdaugh double murder trial breaking their silence. what they say about his decision to take the stand. and he was the last original member of a legendary rock band. remembering guitarist gary rossington. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. and thank you for joining us. chilling images tonight appear to show four americans kidnapped at gunpoint moments after crossing from texas into mexico on friday. tonight the fbi asking for the public s help, offering a $50,000 reward to help locate the americans who were attacked by armed men after crossin