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announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good eveningwhe words have failed to deter, the u.s. and its nat splay of mil fire power in eastern europe might discourage a russian incursion into ukraine. the pentagon tonight placing 8,500 troops on heightened alert status many of them earmarked to join a nato response force should the decision to activate it come tonight russia again saying it has no plans to invade, but its posture, roughly 100,000 troops arrayed at ukraine s doorstep, may speak otherwise. as a precaution, families of american embassy workers have been told to leave the country amid worries russia is already planning the seeds of a political takeover it s where we start tonight with nbc chief foreign correspondent andrea mitchell. reporter: with fears rising that russia could invade ukraine, president biden tonight considering a major show of force near russia, putting up to 8,500 u.s. troops on heightened alert, mostly as part of a nato ....
. we start with our nation s anthem. start with the fox news alert. breaking overnight, a man who held a handful of people hostage at a texas synagogue is dead. thes who tanks thankfully are safe and free. mike tobin following the developments. good morning. reporter: good morning. of a tense 11 hours standoff at the congregation beth israel in sin gone in texas the only casualty the apparent hostage-taker. 9:15 p.m. a hostage rescue team breached the building. officials are holding back some of the details saying the hostage-taker was killed by gunfire, not making public if he was killed by himself or the tactical team. the threat of having weapons is not known if it was real. four hostages freed early in the evening. the others freed by the tactical team. the four people rescued are not in need of medical attention. with fbi agents with their family unharmed. he did not harm them in any way. reporter: still unidentified, the man claimed to be a brother of aafia s ....
capital could fall in 72 hours. bill: u.s. forces arrived in poland over the weekend. the president dodged a question. national security advisor jake sullivan saying an invasion could be imminent. we re in the window. any day now russia could take military action against ukraine or could be a couple of weeks from now or russia could choose to take the diplomatic path instead. the key thing is that the united states needs to be and is prepared for any of those contingencies in lock step with our allies and partners. if war breaks out it will come at an enormous human cost to ukraine but based on our preparations and our response it will come as a cost to russia as well. dana: we ll talk to general jack keen. mark meredith is live at the white house. later today reporters will have a chance to ask president biden and germany s new chancellor about all things ukraine. what potential consequences russia could face if it invades. a lot of speculation what kind of act ....
alleged coconspirators, but how will it fit in. plus a live report from maui, where the governor says the death toll has risen and probably over 1,000 people could still be missing. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin with two pieces of breaking news tonight. the first, we ve just learned of charges in texas connected with alleged threats against judge tanya chutkan, who has presided over the subversion trial of the former president. according to the court filing, the woman, who lives in alvin, texas, left a threatening, racist, and bigoted vase mail for judge chutkan on august 5th, saying, if trump doesn t get elected, we re coming to kill you. you will be targeted personally, publicly, all of it. authorities visited the woman on the 8th and according to the filing, she admitted to making the call from her home telephone. breaking news as well in the georgia racketeering trial. a federal district judge setting mark meadows request to move charges to f ....
again, that is going to take place saturday 8:00 pm eastern right here on cnn. the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins starts now. tonight, straight from the source i have new reporting on how rudy giuliani is learning the hard way there s a hard use huge price to pay for pushing trump s election lies. and the ex president who demands loyalty doesn t often reciprocate. what my sources are saying about a mar-a-lago meeting and giuliani s big ask. was, the prosecutor in georgia with an ambitious trial line. she wants trump in court the day before super tuesday. could the 2024 front-runner be in front of a judge for most of that election year? and hawaii s governor says that more than 1000 people tonight are still potentially missing, as fema is acknowledging challenges in the relief efforts there, we ll get an update from a top official and a new look at some of the harrowing scenes on the ground. i am kaitlan collins and this is the source. we begin ton ....