to our viewers watching in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m paula newton ahead this hour. we re following a developing story out of trigg county, kentucky, where two u. s. army helicopters crashed during a training mission. plus pope francis remains in the hospital, where he s being treated for a respiratory infection will go live to rome in just a few moments, and us first lady jill biden was just one of the many people who gathered in nashville , tennessee, to remember the six victims killed in monday s school shooting. and we begin with that developing story in southern kentucky officials at the u. s. army base, fort campbell have confirmed the crash of two blackhawk helicopters and it s believed the incident could be deadly. you know, we are told the aircraft went down in nearby trigg county around 10 p.m. wednesday night. that s local time. the helicopters were with the 101st airborne division, and they were doing apparently routine training when t
last night on the five. it is true. i did eat the salad with my fingers. i didn t have a fork and didn t use a comb. let s get back to the news. the second state of the unya than for president biden. his first before a divided congress. the president made lofty claims about his record. fact checkers are having a field day today. bill: headline, joe lieden. it had vocal pushback in the house chamber. president biden: some republicans want medicare and social security to sun set. we ll need oil for at least another decade. if china threatens our sovereignty we ll a act to protect our country and did president biden: fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 americans a year. let s also come together on immigration. we ve been sent to finish the job. let s finish the job this time. dana: among the issues the president made no mention of, cartels, chinese spy flight, afghanistan and didn t mention his classified document. bill: surprise. president spent 12 minutes about th
the train derailment emergency in ohio. authorities release toxic chemicals from tanker cars. the race to recover that suspected chinese spy balloon shot down off the south carolina coast. the military saying the debris field is roughly 15 football fields by 15 football fields wide. what can the u.s. learn from the remnants? president biden on the eve of the state of the union address. our new reporting on last-minute changes to his speech. a day after she made grammy history, tickets to beyonce s new tour on sale. and the father, the daughter, and the bucket list in inspiring america. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for joining us. powerful and dangerous aftershocks have continued to rattle parts of turkey near the syria border where the death toll has climbed above 3,000 after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake. as we begin tonight, let me warn you, some of the videos are terrifying. multiple-story buildings crashing into
officials telling nbc news the goal of the president s address tonight is to affirm the core promises of his 2020 presidential campaign. restoring the soul of the nation. tonight s critical address as the polling shows the president faces growing dissatisfaction at home. the administration is not taking care of our own people. you have to get these old guys out. i will be joined by chris jansing and katy tur. plus, looming large. the diplomatic fallout from shooting down the 200-foot tall chinese spy balloon over the atlanta expected to play heavily into tonight s address. some of the lines of the speech referring to china were being edited in the wake of the military operation. how hard will the president go against china tonight? death toll rising. more than 5,100 people dead after two powerful earthquakes striking we were hearing voices, messages from under the rubble. we couldn t do anything. good morning, everyone. i am andrea mitchell in washington. this
for police reform. stephanie ramos in memphis. that dangerous ice storm, winter alerts across 30 states. 50 million americans. that ice storm causing those multiple accidents already. concerns over the power grid tonight. hundreds of flights canceled. and the record-breaking cold right behind it. wind chills well below zero by tomorrow morning. mireyavil villarreal in dallas. ginger zee timing it out. police appealing for the public s help. the suspect accused of brutal by beating and kidnapping a woman who is now in critical condition. authorities say he may be using social media and their warning tonight. matt gutman reporting. secretary of state antony blinken in israel tonight, urging calm on all sides after some of the worst violence in years. and the mysterious drone attacks in iran. what we re learning tonight. back here at home, the alec murdaugh trial. the new interview played for the jurors. and what he told investigators just after the murders. 6 and the de