retaken more than 1,000 square miles from russia. in just 48 hours russia retaliating by striking ukraine s power grid. is the war at a turning point? donald trump s legal team objecting to the doj s special master candidates to review the classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. what they re asking the judge to do. extreme weather in the west. heavy rain triggering mudslides. more than 50 people rescued as dozens of wildfires rage in the region. caught on camera, jeff bezos s unmanned blue origin rocket bursting into flames after lift-off. and the tributes for the queen. and what officials are now asking mourners to stop leaving behind. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. the coffin of queen elizabeth ii lies at rest tonight in edinburgh, scotland where thousands have lined up to pay their respects. tonight the queen s daughter and three sons led by charles holding a vigil for their mother at st. giles cathedral. it was a day
this about the massive tranche of classified documents that were in trump s possession and have been ever since he left office in january 2021. they write this, quote, the extent to which such a large number of hailey sensitive documents remained at mar-a-lago for months, even as the department sought the return of all material that should have been left in government custody when trump left office suggested to officials that the former president or his aides have been cavalier in handling it, not fully forthcoming with investigators or both. the first batch of documents 15 boxes in total retrieved in january reportedly contained 150 classified documents, and the national archives relayed to trump s team just how sensitive these documents were in their may letter, telling trump s attorneys those boxes contained 700 pages of classified materials, some of them with the highest levels of classification possible. which suggests that they contain some of the government s most ferv
At least 18 individuals died when a bus crashed with a fuel truck in a fiery collision. In a devastating incident that has shaken Pakistan, a bus crash has resulted in the loss of at least 20 lives and left 11 more people injured.
Somewhere else. that s a lot different than donald trump running for president of the united states. it would be hard for him to slip out. he s got an interest in sticking around here. very recognizable. thank you very much for bringing all that to us. well, developing this morning, russia retaliates. ukraine says it shot down a barrage of cruise missiles and drones that russian forces unleashed on the southern port city of odesa. cnn team on the ground witnessed ukrainian air defenses firing up into the sky and a loud explosion that rocked the city. russia is now confirming the strikes were in retaliation for yesterday s attack on its bridge that occupied crimea. another big development this morning, wagner mercenaries have reappeared nearly a month after marching on moscow, the group s whereabouts have been a mystery, but videos are now emerging that appear to show a large convoy of wagner fighters heading to a military base in belarus.