announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome. after a dangerous confrontation in the skies, a warning tonight from russia to the u.s. not to fly aircraft near its airspace throwing the onus on the united states for that midair collision between a russian and american plane over the black sea yesterday. the u.s. making clear its pilotless surveillance plane was flying legally in international airspace when it was knocked from the sky by a russian fighter jet that had been flying close and aggressively the act raising alarms in the pentagon. secretary of defense lloyd austin confirming he spoke by telephone today with the russian defense minister, though not revealing the nature of their conversation. the u.s., however, accuses the russians of reckless and unprofessional behavior, and we have new reporting tonight on just how high up the orders came from in russia. peter alexander is at the white house with more reporter: tonight, for t
three feet of snow in parts of the northeast. in the west evacuations after storms bring rain and floods to california. now crossing the country. stocks falling on wall street amid fears another major bank could fail. the terrifying accident at a texas zoo. a tree falling on multiple people including a child. what we re learning. the high-stakes hearing. the judge in texas who could ban the abortion pill nationwide, even in states where abortion is legal. what happened in court? and america has a new favorite pup after more than 30 years. which breed beat out labrador retrievers to become the top dog. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome. after a dangerous confrontation in the skies, a warning tonight from russia to the u.s. not to fly aircraft near its airspace throwing the onus on the united states for that midair collision between a russian and american plane over the black sea yesterday. the u.s. making clear its pi
overcome and inspiring a new generation announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. for the defense, accused murderer alex murdaugh taking the witness stand today in south carolina dramatic and at times tearful testimony from the man at the center of the country s most closely followed criminal trial murdaugh under questioning from his lawyers saying i didn t shoot my wife or son and addressing what has appeared to be some of the prosecution s strongest evidence murdaugh from the witness box admitting he lied about his whereabouts the night his wife and 22-year-old son were shot to death. chalking up the lies to opioid addiction and paranoia under cross-examination, murdaugh, a former lawyer, also admitted to stealing from clients. the prosecution has maintained the murders were part of murdaugh s attempt to escape accountability for financial misdeeds we begin tonight with catie beck reporting from walterboro, south carolina. reporter: after ne
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so many travel nightmares ghislaine maxwell s 20-year sentence for sex trafficking underaged women for jeffrey epstein. and our exclusive with the tennis player who had the ultimate save announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone jaw-dropping testimony here in washington in today s short notice january 6th hearing focusing on former president donald trump s actions that day that may have included trying to wrestle away the wheel of the presidential vehicle in order to get to the capitol where his supporters were gathering we were also told today the ex-president waved off concerns about armed supporters at his rally that preceded the attack. trump quoted as saying they re not here to hurt me. let them in. let my people in. the stunning stories came from the day s only live witness, 25-year-old cassidy hutchinson, an assistant to former trump chief of staff mark meadows she was in the west wing on january 6th and is now offering pot