announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and thank with us. official assurances that all is safe near the site of that ohio toxic train derailment aren t playing well with many area residents tonight, not with people experiencing physical symptoms and fish dying by the thousands in nearby streams. it has been almost two weeks since the train jumped the tracks in eastern ohio near the pennsylvania border spilling tanker cars carrying hazardous chemicals. after a controlled burn meant to avert a catastrophic explosion, officials signaled it was safe for evacuated residents to return, but tonight there is worry, skepticism, and anger about what is really happening and about what people are being told ron allen is covering it for us tonight. reporter: tonight outrage growing less than two weeks after that massive train derailment and the controlled burn of hazardous chemicals sent up a toxic plume of black smoke in east palestine, ohio. it doe
it s how you use your radar. we typically are focused on things that are moving fast. and so it s a bit more difficult to collect on slow moving objects like a balloon. and as they made adjustments, they were able to seize that. the secretary of defense giving an explanation for the string of unidentified objects over the northern united states. it comes as president joe biden may address today how his administration will deal with other objects in the future. also happening this morning, we ll get our first look at pieces of the grand jury report investigating donald trump s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. and meanwhile the former president s only challenger so far in 2024 kicks off her campaign with comments about her former boss and president biden that are getting a lot of attention this morning. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president j
dream. most americans in a brand-new poll say the ability to achieve their true goals is increasingly out of reach. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. and john, hello to you. john: good to be with you on this tuesday. this is america reports. 61% of those polled by the wall street journal say they are pessimistic about being able to achieve the american dream. as families get crushed by record high gas prices, skyrocketing inflation. sandra: it is hard to believe, the average price of gasoline has jumped nationally today to another $0.05, i should say, overnight. and now setting a record for 28 of the past 29 days. the cost of gasoline has more than doubled since president biden took office. john: the white house is scrambling to respond to the growing economic crisis with a new plan on solar energy? critics say the move will only hurt american businesses even more. sandra: ro khanna will join us in moments. john: according to the white house,
Are not reaching the peaks of the top performers in the company immediately. It didnt does seem to bl setting process and that will probably hold true in a political speech space as well, again it is 2027488000 for Eastern Central time zone. 2027488001 for mountain pacific. Fever talk about efforts in congress purposely today senator schumer is going to unveil what he described as a roadmap this week when it comes to look yet ai. We believe this programfa at this point for live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Today lawmakers are considering the nomination of a u. S. Permanent representative to the parisbased u. N. Educational scientific and Cultural Organization known as unesco. A focal take place at 5 30 p. M. Eastern to advance her nomination. Live coverage of the u. S. Senate this year on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal father, thank you for this day, for a lan
With one notable exception can you guess who is the princess of unpopularity and passengers on a British Airways flight have been forced to disembark before takeoff at bermudas Main International airport after a bomb threat. 7 thats all coming bomb threat . Thats all coming up in your next hour. Bomb threat . Thats all coming up in your next hour. Welcome to up in your next hour. Welcome to the show. Hope you have a fantastic bank holiday. Well, for a bank holiday, it is not a quiet news day. Loads to talk about politics. What next for the conservative party that we know . General election coming early. Well, why would they for vote christmas . These turkeys seem to be struggling. Must they go to the right . Must they stay where they are . Can they avoid wipe out . Plus, well be live wipe out . Plus, well be live from dublin. A huge protest already amassed the biggest in dublins recent history. Thousand of thousands of ordinary working class people mums, dads , parents, mums, dads, par