donald trump. the new bomb cyclone targeting the west and the urgent relief effort in the south after that deadly tornado outbreak. our team in the storm zone with families who have lost everything. the deadly fire at a migrant center near the u.s.-mexico border. dozens killed. was it started as a protest? allergy season off to an early start. why it s getting longer and stronger, and how you can get relief. and the photographer who teamed up with young engineers to keep chasing his passion. he is inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone, and welcome. as families grieve the lives of six people murdered in a nashville private christian school, we re getting a chilling look into the heart-pounding moments when the first responding police officers braved gunfire, entered the school, and advanced from room to room, locating and fatally shooting the suspect. newly released video of the attack just part of a tro
16 million citizens with 20 million weapons of war. the people in power acknowledging that change isn t in the cards right nowment so do we have to wait for a whole new generation before kids are safe in their classrooms? music lovers at a concert, or shoppers at the grocery store, and if we have to wait, how many more americans will die between now and then? plus, gut wrenching claims in missouri where residents who lost everything in those devastating tornados say they had warning sirens set up, but they never went off. so why not? and former vice president mike pence testing the campaign waters in iowa, but he can t escape questions about his looming legal issues in d.c. what he s saying now about the court order to force his testimony against former president trump and about his plans for 2024. but we start with those weapons of war, the ar-15 an estimated 20 million of them stored and stashed across the country as republican lawmakers refuse to address or even ackn
at this hour, the usual suspect, the federal arrest made possible by an unlikely source, the dna left on a partially eaten burrito. the senate just voted to repeal authorization for the gulf and iraq wars, but how likely is it to pass the republican-led house. also, home prices are cooling for the 7th straight month. we ll dig into latest numbers. and gun safety bills were just introduced in the last couple of hours. we have an exclusive interview with the congresswoman behind them, and two gun violence survivors from her district. our nbc news reporters are following the latest developments. let s start in d.c. where congressional lawmakers are deadlocked when it comes to gun laws. that doesn t mean they aren t doing anything. nbc s julie tsirkin is on the hill with new action this afternoon. what can you tell us? reporter: yeah, that s right, chris. i actually just sat down with congresswoman slotkin, who was in a press conference with two students from her district