himself. one of the drops, he literally completely hit the ceiling and dropped down and was completely horizontal. reporter: on board, actor matthew mcconaughey and his wife, camila, they posted about the couple s chaotic experience writing everything was flying everywhere and the turbulence kept oncoming. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour on capitol hill, the senate back in session just one hour from now for a busy week ahead with top intelligence officials about to face a grilling about classified documents and the chinese spy balloon. an unforivable crime, that s what iran s supreme leader is calling the suspected poisonings of school girls. state media is reporting a journalist has been arrested while covering the story. officials have not confirmed that arrest. in atlanta, 23 people now facing charges after clashes between police and protesters, who police say is behind the violence.
chief of the faa i asked him why do these near misses seem to be happening so often. and the bakery helping young chefs rise to their full potential and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank you for joining us we ll get to that major weather news in a few moments. but first, we want to bring you the latest in what we know about a dangerous aerial encounter in the sky today between the united states and russia the pentagon saying a russian fighter jet poured fuel on an unmanned american drone, then collided with it over the black sea. it sent the american aircraft into the water the confrontation escalating already high tensions between the countries which are telling different versions of today s event. courtney kube has the latest for us from the pentagon. reporter: the stunning showdown happening over the black sea near ukraine and russia when an unmanned american drone like this one called a reaper was c
reckless what the kremlin is saying, and how will the u.s. respond? also tonight, states of emergency as two major storms slam the east and west coast a powerful nor easter bringing more than a foot of snow to the northeast. treacherous travel in new york, one plane making a bumpy landing, another rolling off taxiway. in minnesota a mall roof collapsing under snow. the west coast braces for more catastrophic floods. the dramatic rescues we re tracking it all. president biden signing a new executive order on guns. what it does for background checks new fallout from the failure of silicon valley bank the justice department and s.e.c. now launching investigations did bank executives unload stock before the collapse? yet another close call on the runway, this time near washington, d.c. my exclusive with the acting
county, entire cars submerged by blizzards. people were barely able to dig out their front doors. it s all hands on deck with depp deputies at the county sheriff s office hiking their way to snowed in homes. in this case, rescuing an elderly woman, and then going back again for her small dog. let s bring in sheriff tyson pope. i can t imagine what you re facing from the pictures i ve seen. local reporting i ve heard. tell me how things are looking right now, sheriff. you know, thank you. we re a small rural county located right at the southern gate in yosemite. we have had six major storms slam our county and strain our resources. i ve lived here my entire life and the cycle of the last three back-to-back storms has brought more snow and hazardous conditions to our area than i have ever seen. do you feel like you have a
tick to ck. three days to super tuesday. who stays, who goes? tonight, it s all about the washington caucuses. tsunami on tape. incredible new images out of japan like you ve never seen before. why there could be thousands more like these to come. that and more right here, right now on cnn. good evening, i m don lemon. tonight, you re going to meet some of the people mind images of destruction that you won t soon shake. you ll hear stories of survival from americans who through quick thinking, luck or divine intervention will live to see another day. we begin in henryville, inn inl. if you re ever this close to a tornado, run to a safer place. luckily our i-reporter did survive. [ bleep ]. we ve got to get in the house. [ bleep ]. look at that. my friend lives right over there, too. oh, good! come on, nick. that is nuts! [ bleep ]! same town, same storm, but a different man who has to duck into a gas station for cover. a fearsome sight of a swirling mass tearing u