they shouldn t get away with it. and any day now a texas judge could make one of the biggest rulings on abortion access since roe v. wade was overturned could a popular and fda approved abortion pill be pulled off the shelves nationwide plus, what we now know about a top college basketball star being linked to a fatal shooting and the dancing grannies hit the streets during mardi gras. why it was so much more than just a celebration announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening we begin tonight with a rare storm that hasn t been seen in california in decades. as we come on the air, millions are under life-threatening flash flood alerts after an historic system pummeled the state. just listen to this, a blizzard warning was issued for the first time ever in san bernardino county, where they saw more than 5 feet of snow other parts of the state saw hurricane-force winds and torrential rain. rescue workers raced against the clock to save stran
from obesity world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with the growing concern over china s posture on the war in ukraine. three u.s. officials telling nbc news new intelligence suggest china is considering sending artillery and ammunition to russia. this could be the latest in a series of insults. here is an exchange between my colleague, chuck todd, and white house national secretive of jake sullivan on meet the press today. we re sending more troops to taiwan. that shine is ignoring calls from our defense secretary. secretary blinken to cancel his trip. the president wants to have a call with xi, there s no evidence that anything it s been scheduled. this like a communication, how dangerous is the situation with china right now? we have said repeatedly that we need to have military communications channels to avoid escalation, to avoid surprise, to avoid mistake. it is unfortunate that the chinese defense ministry has d
of iran are not backing down their efforts to gain rights and dignity that they ve long deserved. coming up, i will speak to two activists about the ongoing defiance still being seen to this day by millions of iranian women. later on this hour, failing to comply. why so many hospitals around the country are not following a new federal law forcing companies to be transparent about charges that patients are receiving. we begin this hour with the shocking release of sensitive footage from january 6th to fox news host, tucker carlson. top democrats are speaking out about just how dangerous it is. here is congresswoman, madeleine dean, earlier on msnbc. it is revealing of where the capitol police are in different staging. what was going on. it would give access to bad actors to try to do it again. it is extraordinarily irresponsible how irresponsible of the speaker of the house to live up some campaign promise to the fall right, and tucker carlson, to release the tapes. she is
Tremendously, tremendously. China would have superseded us in two years as an economic power, now they are not even close. China, i found it very insulting. I said it to them, china, 25 is very insulting. 25, they are going to take over economically, the world. I said thats not happening. Weve gone way up and theyve gone down i dont want them to go down, weve had a good meeting and we will see what they can do. Millions of dollars will soon be pouring into our treasury from taxes china is paying and if you speak speak to mr. Pillsbury who is probably the leading authority on china, you know who else hasnt . China hasnt . We are going to try to make a deal with china, i want to have
great relationships with president xi, as i do, and also with china. Reporter mr. President , how do you see your role as a moral leader . As a moral leader, though . President trump i think i am a great moral leader and i love our country. Go ahead, please. Reporter you said earlier in the Press Conference
Tremendously. Tremendously. China would have super seeded us in two years as an economic power. Now theyre not even close. China got rid of their china 25. I find it insulting. I said that to them. I said china 25. That means in 2025 theyre going to take over economically the world. I said thats not happening. And were going way up. And theyve gone down. I dont want them to go down. Well have a good meeting, and were going to see what we can do. But i have to say this. Billions of dollars will soon be pouring into our treasury from taxes that china is paying for us, and if you speak to mr. Pills bury who probably is the leading authority on china, he was on the other day saying hes never seen anything like it. You know what hasnt . China hasnt. But were going to try to make a deal with china because i want to have great relationships with
president xi as i do and also with china. Reporter how do you see your role as a moral leader . Theres so many people. Im. Reporter as a moral leader