up about one year later to the senate with his hands very bruised and it is still kind of unclear as to what caused that. the condition of the minority leader remains unknown and we will keep you up to speed as the show goes on. also breaking right now, three police officers in los angeles have been shot in the line of duty after some sort of standoff with a barricaded suspect. a tactical alert has been issued to, which is another phrase for all hands on deck. this happened in lincoln heights which is near downtown los angeles, primarily an asian hispanic area. we are told they responded to a call and someone open fired and somebody involved in a standoff. the police officers were taken to usc medical center, a level 1 trauma center that s good news. we are being told that we don t know exactly what the injuries are and we are being told all three officers are expected to survive. we ll have breaking information on that as well as the show moves on. now to our other top story
to row strict gleech i don t think i have seen anything more disturbing in my career. red threat rising china vowing to fight back if taiwan s president meets with mccarthy. we are in a con flint and we to talk about it that way. trump s lead growing. economy results show 64% disprove of the economy. economy on the border and all kinds of things 7:01 here in new york and a fox news alert. starts this hour. multiple deaths are being reported after two u.s. army helicopters crashed in kentucky about 10:00 last night. the apparent collision between the blackhawks during a training mission northwest of fort campbell in trigg county, kentucky. emergency crews are there on the scene. black hawk helicopters crashing on the field. no houses or buildingies in that area they were not damaged. military helicopters used to transport soldiers to the battle field deploy medevacs and deployed for separations. we l with early reports of a helicopter crash and fatalities are exp
mexican cartels are responsible for the surge of deadly fentanyl. the opioid is killing americans by the tens of thousands and it is getting worse by the year. bill: as you can see on the map the gangs have a tight grip on the entire country and the mexican government is unable or unwilling to fight back. dana: a growing number of lawmakers wanting the cartels marked as terrorists opening to military strikes in mexico. here is one of them. senator joe manchin. this is a war. it has become a war. look at the people we lost. we haven t lost this many people in our wars. bill: we action from the former a.g. first news and reporting from the hill with aishah hosni there today. good morning. good morning to you both in new york. look, in just about an hour, members of the house intelligence committee will get to sit down and grill the nation s top intelligence chiefs and they will get to ask them directly about what they are doing with the cartels at the u.s./mexico bord
draining their bank accounts. for some victims it s fatal. one mother who fought to convince police her son s death was no accidental overdose. those images of unruly passengers on planes. today, the flight attendants on the steps of the capitol. what they re demanding congress do about it. the growing scam involving ai. how criminals can impersonate you or a loved one and cash in. and on this vietnam veterans day, , haarry smiith on a a journey home more than 50 years in the making. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. we begin with developing news out of the vatican tonight surrounding the health of pope francis. just days before the start of holy week observances, the 86-year-old leader of the roman catholic church is in a hospital in rome tonight after suffering breathing difficulties in recent days. tonight the vatican reports pope francis is being treated for a respiratory infection and will remain hospit
higher taxes proposed for big companies and high earners. that revenue would fund a big federal pay raise and the largest peacetime military budget ever. republicans quick to say the proposal is a progressive pipe dream that is going nowhere fast. the president claims his plan will actually cut $3 trillion from the federal deficit. critics are saying that expiring covid-19 payments are probably to thank for that. mcconnell called it a wish list. thank goodness the house is republican. more reaction from senate republicans here. i think that what we ll be seeing is their aspirational budget if they were king of the world and could wave a magic wand, this is what they would want. they think you should give all your money and freedom in washington because they, the biden administration, knows better who you to spend it than you do. i don t agree with that. i don t suspect that we ll pay any attention to president biden s budget. julie: charles payne is here to break it dow