hit. russia s new offensive. intense attacks on ukraine s infrastructure the shocking new estimate of the rising death toll among russian forces terrifying video of a delta plane s wing on fire, the flight forced to make an emergency landing what caused the flames growing outrage after a 14-year-old girl died by suicide after she was bullied and beaten in school why the superintendent is now resigning and the university that took the unprecedented move of suspending its division 1 basketball program. now we re learning why. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening it has happened again. for the third day in a row and fourth time in just nine days the united states has shot down an unidentified, high flying object today it happened over lake huron between michigan and canada. a senior administration official telling nbc news the unmanned object was detected over montana, wisconsin, and michigan at the direction of president biden, it was sh
maryalice parks standing by at the white house, and retired colonel steve ganyard with analysis. also developing tonight, the unprecedented action. the entire new mexico state men s basketball program suspended. the coaching staff put on paid leave pending an investigation. the school chancellor calling hazing a despicable act. zohreen shah with late reporting. more than 100 arrest warrants issued in turkey over alleged shoddy construction of some collapsed buildings. one contractor taken into custody at the airport nearly a week after that devastating earthquake. incredible rescues taking place again today, but hope is fading as a major humanitarian crisis looms. marcus moore on the ground in turkey. the powerful storms moving up the east coast. and millions on alert for potential severe weather outbreak later this week. rob marciano timing it out. the scare in the skies. flames pouring out from under the wing of a delta plane bound for new york city. making an emerg
michigan. we do know that object was shot down by an f-16. norad s commander says they aren t calling that object a balloon because they re not able to say right now how that object was able to stay in the air. the uncertainty is escalating the war of words between the united states and china. china claims the united states has been flying balloons over chinese airspace without permission. that s an argument admiral john kirby flatly denied earlier. not true. not doing it. that s absolutely not true. we or not flying balloons over china. also this week, over a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, rescue crews are amazingly still finding survivors in the rubble this morning, but the devastation is immense, spanning the area nearly the size of texas, and the number of people confirmed dead is now more than 35,000. in moments i ll be talking with former arizona senator jeff flake, now the ambassador to turkey about how the u.s. is helping people there.
katy tur, welcome to katy tur reports at 3:00 p.m. eastern. we know that three more objects were shot down over american and canadian airspace over the weekend. what we do know not know is what exactly all of those objects were, what they were doing, and who sent them. we also don t know if we re just seeing more of them because we re looking more closely. these are answerable questions and the white house just tried to fill in some of those blanks, speaking from the podium and the white house briefing room a moment ago, national security council spokesperson john kirby told reporters the intel community is assessing. as of now, it does not look like these additional objects were conducting surveillance. they weren t maneuverable. there was no propulsion, and they were not manned. as to who sent them, that is still unclear. but kirby did begin the briefing by calling out china. china has a high altitude balloon program for intelligence collection that s connected to the peo
reporting from the white house. also tonight, the death toll surpassing 28,000 following the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. and one u.n. official saying that number could more than double. still, new rescues five days after the quake hit. today, a family pulled to safety, after being trapped in the rubble for 129 hours. marcus moore on the ground in turkey. the frightening airport collision involving a plane that was being towed and a bus at l.a.x. several people taken to the hospital. the fourth dangerous incident on a u.s. tarmac in just weeks. russia stepping up its offensive in ukraine. in the east, block after block of homes obliterated by russian bombs. children being put in flak jackets. how u.s. intelligence is playing a crucial role in helping ukraine fight back. tom soufi burridge is in ukraine. disturbing video showing a teenage student assaulted and bullied in what appears to be a planned attack. days later, she takes her own life. her father