americans and book your first cleaning today for just $19 this situation room with wolf blitzer. week nine to six point cnn you are in the cnn newsroom. hi, everyone. i m jessica dean and washington and we start with breaking news. as severe weather threatens more than 70 million people. this memorial day weekend, intense tornadoes baseball-sized hail, and hurricane-force winds, all threatening parts of texas, oklahoma, and kansas take a look at this storm chaser video in oklahoma city. you see blue sky overhead, but they are also driving straight into that gray sky as well. it s very ominous looking cnn meteorologist elisa rafah joining us now, and at least it looks like those tornadoes are starting to spin up and it typically happens are a lot of times when the sun s starts to go down yeah, the sun is what we need to fuel the atmosphere to create these intents and strong thunderstorms. and it s been doing that all de the atmosphere has been cooking all day. that s w
records and issue markers, making sure every veteran service is honored. in alexandria, virginia on karen kfile and thank you so much for joining me today. i m fredricka whitfield, the newsroom with jessica dean starts right now you re going to see in a newsroom. hi everyone. i m jessica a dean in washington and we begin with breaking news out of ukraine as russia ramps up its attacks on the country s second-largest city of kharkiv military officials there say russia launched a third strike this afternoon that left more than a dozen people injured that includes a 13-year-old boy, that attack coming just our whereas after a strike on a shopping center in the city dramatic surveillance video capturing the moment of that attack. officials say at least two people are dead, more than three dozen injured and 11 when people who work at that hardware store are now missing. cnn chief international security correspondent nick paton walsh is live in eastern ukraine. he s been tracking
condone lawlessness and when you use violence in order to manifest your protest, you have stepped over the line and we heard those very words coming out of joe biden s mouth yesterday. representative kliger and it went lastly, ask you about something that isn t that should not be so controversial. and you are receiving the presidential medal of freedom and this year you re sharing the honore, several others, 18 others, including civil rights hey khan medgar evers, who fought desegregation in mississippi before he was shot in the back by a white supremacist in 1963. what does this mean to you to receive this honore this is a great, great honor that i am very, very proud of. and as i said, to the president biden when they call me to tell me he was confirm this other upon me. i just hope to live long enough it s prove myself deserving of it. thank him so much for the recognition. i congratulate the other 18 people who will get an a merrily fs is still living. i hope the wido
pressure on hamas to accept israel s new cease-fire offer. and the concerns among israeli officials. could the international criminal court issue an arrest warrant for prime minister netanyahu? our nbc news exclusive. the biden administration announcing new automatic emergency brake rules for new cars. how it could save pedestrian lives. five years after the san diego zoo said good-bye to its giant pandas, the exciting new announcement. and the amazon return with a secret stowaway and her more than 1,000-mile journey back home. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone. there is breaking news tonight as we come on the air. three members of a u.s. marshals task force were shot and killed today near charlotte, north carolina. five others were wounded including four charlotte police officers. officials say they came under fire while trying to serve a warrant today.law they were all part of a multiagency law enforcement t
about a possible second shooter. also tonight, the growing unrest on campus. new arrests as police clash with pro-palestinian protesters at u.t. austin. the massive walkout at ucla. and at columbia the school suspending protesters who refuse to clear out. the deadly tornado outbreak across the central u.s. at least five killed, including a four-month-old infant. the first ef4 of the year hitting in oklahoma. and now the new severe threat. al roker is here tracking it. the u.s. turning up the pressure on hamas to accept israel s new cease-fire offer. and the concerns among israeli officials. could the international criminal court issue an arrest warrant for prime minister netanyahu? our nbc news exclusive. the biden administration announcing new automatic emergency brake rules for new cars. how it could save pedestrian lives. five years after the san diego zoo said good-bye to its giant pandas the exciting new announcement. and the amazon return with a secret stowa