Thomas standing by. The monster blizzard slamming the west from california to nevada to colorado. Up to 12 feet of snow possible in some places. Lifethreatening conditions. Winds at the Higher Elevations well over 100 miles per hour. And where this is all headed. The same system set to bring tough conditions to texas as those massive fires burn tonight. One fire burning more than 1 million acres now. The horrific images coming in. Tonight, one day after the deadly chaos surrounding the desperately needed aid arriving in gaza, tonight President Biden saying american aid drops will begin in gaza. That collision on that bridge, then the Daring Rescue over the ohio river. A tractortrailer dangling 70 feet in the air. Firefighters trying to reach the woman driver who was praying. They say they began to pray with her. The future of two trials tonight involving donald trump. The classified documents case at maralago. The Special Counsel tonight saying there is no rule that says the trial cann
reporter: you never had an insurrectionist president before who would seek reelection. the president of harvard university resigned today weeks after her controversial testimony before congress about antisemitism. the average, came not from her academic peers, but rather from her political foes led by conservatives who put her career under intense scrutiny. i think it s going to be very tremendous victory in iowa. i will defeat president trump, foreign square. i have no doubt about that. i m the only one who has a chance to beat trump and win the general election. you saw with our own eyes, when that mob stormed the united states capitol. everything is on the line right here, the question is what kind of century is this going to be? when a democracy is still americas separate causes the most urgent question of our time. they left weaponized government and the same threat to democracy. we all know who donald trump is, the question we have to answer is, wh
ahead. i ll speak with the family of paul weiland, another american, the kremlin has locked up on espionage charges and a group of military families gets the tragic news. nine service members killed when two black hawk choppers crashed. cnn has a crew right near that save. plus tension in the house from paper tossing to hallway shouting in your face. debates are getting heated on the hill. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start today with our world lead. top u . s. officials are strongly criticizing russia after an american reporter was detained on charges of spying. evan gersh covic appeared in a moscow court today accused of trying to steal russian state secrets. his employer, the wall street journal, says it quote vehemently denies those claims. but now gorshkov itch faces up to 20 years in prison. and today , lawmakers on capitol hill are accusing russia of using this journalist as leverage, and the white house is dismissing the charges.
arrived. prince charles and prince william second to line to the throne, brother harry and wife meghan in europe now heading to scotland as well. buckingham palace confirming to nbc news just yesterday that the queen had to pull out of a virtual event to rest. tuesday she met with the new prime minister liz truss. first time in her 70-year reign she did not perform the ceremonial duty as is custom. the last public engagement in june opening a new hospital alongside princess anne and also we know princess anne has been staying alongside the queen at balmoral as well. we have an expert team of folks following this breaking news for us and bringing us anything new that happens. nbc news senior international correspondent keir simmons with us from london. katty kay and msnbc contributor. daisy mcandrew, nbc news royal commentator as well. welcome, guys, as we follow this breaking news out of the uk i want to go around the horn if i can, keir and start with you. as to your thought