announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank with us. official assurances that all is safe near the site of that ohio toxic train derailment aren t playing well with many area residents tonight, not with people experiencing physical symptoms and fish dying by the thousands in nearby streams. it has been almost two weeks since the train jumped the tracks in eastern ohio near the pennsylvania border spilling tanker cars carrying hazardous chemicals. after a controlled burn meant to avert a catastrophic explosion, officials signaled it was safe for evacuated residents to return, but tonight there is worry, skepticism, and anger about what is really happening and about what people are being told ron allen is covering it for us tonight. reporter: tonight outrage growing less than two weeks after that massive train derailment and the controlled burn of hazardous chemicals sent up a toxic plume of black smoke in east palestine, ohio. it doe
tribute to nicola sturgeon for her long standing public service, and i wish her well in the future. nicola sturgeon s record as an impressive vote winner is undisputed but her record in power has divided opinion in scotland. i really liked her, as a person as well as a first minister. she s not done anything for scotland. they need somebody to take over, somebody they need somebody to take over, somebody fresh to take over. also on the programme. police reveal that the missing woman nicola bulley had alcohol related issues connected to the menopause. the one year old who s received the most expensive medicine ever approved for the nhs a £3 million life saving gene therapy. ican rub i can rub and scrub this house. and the hollywood film star and model, raquel welch, has died at the age of 82. and coming up on the bbc news channel. high stakes both on the continent and domestically at the top two battle in the premier league while chelsea aim for a first leg lead in the c
and us actress raquel welch, often credited with paving the way for modern day action heroines in hollywood films, has died at the age of 82. hello and welcome to the programme. it s seven am in singapore, and 6 pm in south carolina where nikki haley has officially launched her campaign. some things to know about her she s a republican, was the us ambassador to the united nations under donald trump and while she once said she would never run against him she s now doing exactly that. the launch came in a packed hall in charleston where she told a thrilled audience of supporters, it was time for a new generation of politicians she talked about the need to help ordinary people at home and be stronger abroad citing china as a huge threat to the us. have a listen. i stand before you as the daughter of immigrants, as the proud wife of a combat veteran, and as mum of two amazing children. i stand before you as the daughter of immigrants, as the proud wife i have se
china watcher gorden chang warning we must prepare for war because of it. he means what he says. it s all coming up. welcome, everybody. glad to have you. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it with jacqui at the white house. jacqui? the washington post has been reporting that the chinese spy balloon s path over the u.s. may have been driven by the wind and that analysts are examining the possibility that the chinese did not intend to penetrate the american heartland with their surveillance equipment. i m told that that is not the full story. we re learning a lot more right now. officials tell me that we don t know if the balloon s direction over the continental u.s. was intentional. because it s a balloon, its trajectory depends on a range of factors that includes the wind. the balloon also went over guam, we ve learned, which is u.s. territory. it also later loitered over several sensitive sites in the continue continental u.s. the chinese still had the ability to maneuver