years ago we lost a member of our nbc news family covering the war in iraq. tonight, my conversation with david bloom s widow about the lives his story may have saved announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. the tears of grief that consume nashville, tennessee, just ten days ago over the murders of young children and school staffers are replaced tonight by cries of anger and accusations after an extraordinary move by tennessee house republicans to seek the expulsion of three democratic members for their roles in a gun safety protest on the house floor last week. all day angry supporters and gun safety advocates crowding the statehouse where the gop majority was putting the resolutions up to a vote one by one, declaring the three participated in disorderly behavior when they led supporters in chants demanding stricter gun safety measures. expulsion a rarely exercised right of the tennessee house that critics on the left tonight are c
democrats seats. also tonight in a new report in the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan the white house largely blaming the chaos and decisions by former president trump on the actions it says the u.s. should have taken even sooner. the rising tensions in the middle east. israel striking back tonight after the biggest barrage of missiles from lebanon in more than 16 years. tracking severe storms on the move tonight in the midatlantic on the heels of that deadly tornado outbreak. nbc news investigates after our report on toxic air concerns near a louisiana school. what the epa is now doing about it. and it was 20 years ago we lost a member of our nbc news family covering the war in iraq. tonight my conversation with david bloom s widow about the lives his story may have saved. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. the tears of grief that consume nashville, tennessee, just ten days ago over the murders of young children and
president trump whahad left office eight months earlier including citing sharp draw downs of u.s. troops. it is also undeniable that decisions made and the lack of planning done by the previous administration significantly limited options available to him. reporter: though acknowledging the biden administration should have started the evacuation earlier. despite facing withering criticism president biden at the time called the withdrawal a, quote, extraordinary success. no nation no nation has ever done anything like it in all of history. reporter: and today this push back from a white house spokesperson. for all this talk of chaos i just didn t see it not from my perch pad. i just don t buy the whole argument of chaos. it was tough in the first few hours. reporter: but a former top trump official tonight firing back. they came in, took the plan we had and just botched it. it s outrageous to somehow try and blame anyone but joe biden. reporter: we pressed the white ho
rob, thanks. two days after the president was impeached by the house, nancy pelosi sending the president an invittation to deliver the state of the union address on february 4th. the president has accepted but he s locked in a new feud with christianity today for publishing a scathing new editorial calling for his removal from office. president trump tonight firing back. here s our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. reporter: just days after voting to impeach president trump, speaker of the house nancy pelosi today sent him in an invitation, writing, in the spirit of respecting our constitution, i invite you to deliver your state of the union address. and she set a date, february 4th, that could coincide with the senate impeachment trial. speaker pelosi still hasn t decided when to send the articles of impeachment to the senate. but in an interview with the associated press, she said, no matter what the senate does,
democrats on the impeachment question, and tonight president trump feeling the pressure, has okayed the release of a transcript from that call there is a lot t get to with our team let s begin with peter alexander. reporter: tonight after a high stakes closed door meeting with house democrats, speaker nancy pelosi announcing a formal impeachment inquiry into president trump the president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. reporter: pelosi, who for months had resisted those impeachment calls, making the dramatic move after more than 75% of house democrats demanded action. the actions of the trump presidency revealed dishonorable facts of the president s betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security, and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. reporter: the president tonight firing back on twitter, calling pelosi s move more breaking news witch hunt garbage, and presidential harassment the democrats