hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing the sad news day with us. a massive earthquake shakes turkey and syria leaving thousands dead, buildings toppled. fear now that more will die waiting for rescues that won t happen in time. plus, super power spy games, right now american investigators are searching for the records of that chinese balloon, the weekend shoot down off the carolina coast, punctuating a tense moment between washington and beijing. and president biden enters tomorrow s state of the union with plan to spotlight his accomplishments but does so with americans, in a sour mood about his leadership, his management of the economy and his plan to wrangle inflation. up first tragic deaths and devastation, an enormous earthquake changing the landscape in syria and turkey be neath the feet of millions. the number of dead stands at 2300. it is sadly rising every hour. now, pulling people out is a constant, critica
students at george mason university are pressuring to cancel a pledge of governor glenn youngkin served as the 2023 commencement spe speaker. directly target people on this campus. it enrages people. the u.s. military equipment they seized after the withdrawal. as many as 300 vehicles. over classified documents. i think the american people are looking for transparency. lawmakers investigate biden s growing border crisis at both our southern and northern borders. it is affecting every state in the union. ainsley: this is a fox news alert. shocking security footage shows the nashville school shooters storming into the christian elementary school, killing three 9-year-old students and three adult staffers yesterday for the suspect identified as transgender was a former student. authorities, parents, and the entire community in shock actually the whole country after the senseless loss of life. the daughter of the school church s pastor is among the dead. i saw lit
life-threatening cold. we re tracking it all. also tonight, the january 6th committee s final report recommending donald trump be barred from holding office ever again. how the former president is responding. the new numbers from the cdc. will the holidays lead to another spike? the crash caught on camera. a plane slamming into the beach in santa monica. the warning from fedex and u.p.s. for last-minute shoppers. will your holiday packages arrive on time? and celebrating christmas in wartime. st. nick bringing holiday cheer to children in ukraine. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and a good friday evening to you. i m craig melvin in for lester. for many tonight, mother nature has decided to be quite the grinch. this is going to be the coldest, wettest, snowiest holiday in recent memory thanks to a once in a generation massive winter storm that s disrupting plans for millions. for some it s the really strong wind gusts already knocking out
birmingham and the commonwealth games, where it s a huge morning ahead in athletics and netball, while the premier league season got under way, with a convincing win for arsenal 2 0 away at crystal palace. and while we have a bit of rain again today in scotland, most places after a fresh start will be dry sunny and warm. getting even warmer next week and i will have the details to sixth of august. a campaign group supporting the family of archie battersbee say his parents have been told his life support will be withdrawn this morning. christian concern says it follows the exhaustion of all legal routes. the royal london hospital, which has cared for the 12 year old since april, has made no official statement. vinnie mcaviney reports. for nearly three months, archie battersbee has been at the centre of a lengthy legal battle over the withdrawal of life support. it has been in a coma withdrawal of life support. it has been in a coma since withdrawal of life support. it ha
now the pentagon is also responding and doing some cleanup on this story today for the president as well. we ll take you there as well to hear what they have to say. a shocker in the johnny depp trial. they ll call super model kate moss to the state. we ll get you up to speed on what is going on there. first up on the story today, we go to the d.c. courtroom where there were more fireworks in the john durham case against hillary clinton s campaign later. we have covered this whole story. he ran the fbi s counter intelligence division where they did crossfire hurricane in 2016. that was prior to the election. his note that he wrote during some important meetings could be crucial to the evidence in this case. former federal prosecutor trey gowdy standing by with what he makes of what s going on. first to david spunt live at the courthouse in d.c. where all the action is taking place. hi, david. hi, martha. yeah, a lot of action going on. and bill prestep is the big ticket.