the house ethics committee opens an investigation into embattled republican george santos. congress and the house of representatives needs to hold its own members accountable. norah: ohio residents meeting face-to-face with the company responsible for that toxic train derailment. you re worried about having your kids play in your yard or your dog go outside without getting sick. dragon spacex go for launch. engines full power. and lift off. the vehicle is supersonic. the crew is in orbit. welcome to orbit, congratulations. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, we re going to take a look at the opioid crisis ravaging communities across the country. in our eye on america, school teachers are now enlisted to help save lives amid the rising number of teen fentanyl poisonings. plus, we ve our retirement series continues with a lesson on never giving up on your dream from a 79-year-o
loading after matthew mcconaughey was on board that international flight. the house ethics committee opens an investigation into embattled republican george santos. congress and house of representatives needs to hold its own members accountable. norah: ohio residents meeting face-to-face with the company responsible for that toxic train derailment. worried about having your kids play in your yard or your dog go outside without getting sick. dragn spacex go from launch. it is full power pier and lift off. the vehicle is s e cr iorbi elcoor ngratutions. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. tonight, we take a look at the opioid crisis ravaging communities across the country. in our eye on america, school teachers are now to help save lives amid the rising number of team fentanyl poisonings. plus, we ve got our retirement series barely continues with a lesson on never giving up on your lifelong dream, from a 79-yea
in a digital world, why film cameras are suddenly flying off shelves again. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone it is not only been one of the race s most critical to the control of the u.s. senate, but also one that has generated some of the biggest personal controversies and surprises. tonight, with 22 days left until the midterm elections, early voting is under way in georgia, where republican hopeful herschel walker sat down for a wide-ranging interview with nbc s kristen welker, making news on a subject walker wants to put behind him, the accusation that he paid for an ex-girlfriend s abortion over a decade ago. the former football star acknowledging to kristen that he had indeed written the check the woman says backs her claim, but that he can t recall why. walker also talking about why he thinks the economy will win the day for him over incumbent senator raphael warnock. and the reason why he says he carries a sheriff s bad
Those trapped on the lower floors could see fire crews trying to get to them, but higher up the building the inferno was too intense to let rescuers get close. People living nearby alerted by the smell of smoke, came to the site and filmed what they saw. Many had come to see if they could help, but with flaming debris falling from the tower block their lives were at risk too. They need to ring 999 and there is a dedicated line for this incident. 0k . On the ground, police cleared a wide cordon and closed the nearby aao in and out of london. Some 200 fire engines were brought in to tackle the blaze. As the hours passed, the concern was whether the building might collapse and who might still be trapped inside. Many people were led to safety, but some 30 were taken to hospital. Others were counting their blessings. David benjamin was in the block when the fire began. There was smoke everywhere. Literally everywhere. There was people downstairs. There was bits of cladding falling off the b
And the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning between 12 and one oclock. The first call to the Metropolitan Police was at 1 15am. The blaze, you can see now there are no flames this stage, just smoke, and you can see the damage done to the building. Lets give you a sense from the images last night from the early hours of the morning. You can get a real sense of the scale of the blaze that was engulfing the building. Lets tell you about who is tackling the fire at the moment. Around 200 firefighters, a0 fire engines, and of course London Ambulance has sent a number of vehicles and medical staff to the scene. 0ur Correspondent is at the scene this morning. Tell us what you can see. Well, you can see the block is still alight. You can see some flames there. You can see the Fire Brigade Hosing down the lower reaches of the building. But the fire service said that this was a blaze reaching from the second floor right up to the 27th floor. Its been a blaze for five hours now. We