fate. plus, ron desantis wish list. drafting bill after bill in florida. chaos at 30,000 feet. a man tries to open the emergency door and then stabs a flight attendant. just the latest in an alarming number of dangerous incidents on american flights. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, gunned down, executed in broad daylight. horrific video surfacing tonight out of ukraine, which appears to show this ukrainian soldier allegedly a prisoner of war executed seemingly by russian soldiers after he says glory to ukraine. now, the video is graphic and extremely difficult to watch. it s horrible to watch. if you ve seen it, you can t unsee it. and so what we re going to show you is the moment up until the execution. watch that. [ sound of gunfire ] you saw we went to black. they re not going to show the moment that the man was executed. but we played those gunshots so you could hear just a sudden barrage of gunshots to kill one man.
by gunman in matamoros was a case of mistaken identity. u.s. official tells cnn a mexican cartel likely mistook the americans for haitian drug smugglers when in fact they were tourists there for medical procedures. at least three of the victims were from lake city, south carolina. the mother of one says there is not much to to ndo now but pray wait. the waiting is the worst part. it has its advantages and disadvantages. but however, no news is good news. that is the way i m staying with it. no news is good news. reporter joining me live from bogota. what are the governments doing to get the americans back? reporter: the authorities are conducting search and rescue operations across the border area in particular in matamoros. and you can see from the images that yesterday there was increased police presence especially from federal mexican police. and at the same time the fbi is conducting their investigation on the northern side of the border. and they visited the hotel
today, there are no reports of any toxic chemical spills, but lots of questions about how in the world this happened again. what started out as a wild weather story has quickly turned into a life-threatening disaster. scores of california residents penned in by literal walls of snow more than six feet high. they re trapped and running out of food. we ll have a live report on rescue operations under way right now. today the battle lines for the 2024 republican nomination are being more clearly than we ve seen to date, setting up what may be a long and nasty fight for the republican nomination. we heard it in donald trump s borderline apocalyptic address to a less-than-robust corrode at cpac, while ron desantis amped up his attack on liberals to a packed house at the reagan library. in four years you didn t see our administration leaking like a sive. you didn t see a lot of drama and palace intrigue. what you saw was surgical precision, execution day after day after day a
himself. one of the drops, he literally completely hit the ceiling and dropped down and was completely horizontal. reporter: on board, actor matthew mcconaughey and his wife, camila, they posted about the couple s chaotic experience writing everything was flying everywhere and the turbulence kept oncoming. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour on capitol hill, the senate back in session just one hour from now for a busy week ahead with top intelligence officials about to face a grilling about classified documents and the chinese spy balloon. an unforivable crime, that s what iran s supreme leader is calling the suspected poisonings of school girls. state media is reporting a journalist has been arrested while covering the story. officials have not confirmed that arrest. in atlanta, 23 people now facing charges after clashes between police and protesters, who police say is behind the violence.
went to the hospital what you need to know. a tanker truck explodes on the highway in maryland. nearby homes up in flames look at this! look at this the new mug shot of alex mur dau, head shaved and the new interview with a juror and one piece of evidence he says convinced him he was guilty. reports of new gas attacks targeting girls schools across iran girls collapsing, hundreds hospitalized. the major medical study on a statin alternative to lower cholesterol. how it could help millions. and remembering tom sizemore, the actor known for his tough-guy roles and hard-lived life has died announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart good evening millions of americans on both coasts are dealing with major snowfall right now this is the scene in northern california where they re expected to see as much as five feet of snow in the southern part of that state, residents are still trapped in their homes, many running low on food and supplies after gettin