new reports of deaths and buildings collapsing. the catholic bishop fatally shot in los angeles. there is word tonight of an arrest. what police are saying. the cross-country winter storm on the move with heavy snow and freezing rain. we re tracking it. the massive explosion in ohio just about 70 miles from the site of that toxic train derailment. what we re learning about injuries. former president jimmy carter in hospice care at his home. the tributes pouring in tonight. the big legal win for alec baldwin in the deadly rust shooting case. and the marine veteran who used his battlefield skills to reunite a girl and her beloved dog. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and thank you for joining us. we have seen american presidents quietly slipping into war zones before, but never quite like what we saw today. americans waking up to news that president biden had arrived in the ukrainian capital of kyiv on an unannounced visit c
continue to liberate parts of their country, a special report from inside a police station where russian forces are said to have tortured people. and the giant of the french new wave cinema, visionary film directorjean luc godard, has died at the age of 91. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. another emotional staging post has been completed in the queen s long journey from balmoral to westminster abbey. her coffin is now at buckingham palace for the night after it was flown from edinburgh airport to raf northolt, west of london, a few hours ago, accompanied all the way by her daughter princess anne. the weather changed from sunshine in scotland to pouring rain in london, but still huge crowds lined the roads on the journey into central london. traffic came to a standstill as people pulled up and got out of their cars to watch the queen s hearse pass by on the other side of the carriageway. on wednesday, her coffin will travel to westminster hall wh
president getting a big vote of confidence from the university despite major backlash over congressional testimony concerning anti-semitism on campus attracting widespread outrage. the university released a statement of support and right now we re waiting to hear from house republican conference chair elise stefanik with a couple of fiery exchanges with dr. gay at that hearing. she is scheduled to speak in moments. right now the push to impeach president biden taking a major step forward. the house rules committee is meeting this hour preparing a measure to formalize the impeachment inquiry into president biden setting up the resolution for a vote by the full house as early as tomorrow. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. we start with a bang. bill: yes, we do. we saw that coming, didn t we? i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. it now appears house republicans have the votes to authorize what is called an impeachment inquiry. house speaker mike
president zelensky went inside congress on capitol hill. he is there pleading with lawmakers for more money for the war, republicans will not sign off on that until they get security on the border. negotiations have stalled. zelensky s visit seen as a hail mary. joint news conference with the president and cover that live for you. first i want to get to this. breaking news also. moments ago harvard s governing body announced its unanimous decision, he said, not to oust the school s embattled president. a week after she appeared to testify in defense of students calling for jewish genocide. it was weak testimony at that. good morning, everybody. a big two hours. i m bill hemmer. good morning and morning to you, partner. dana: great. i am dana perino, this is america s newsroom. we do have a hopping two hours for you. claudine gay will remain in office despite her hesitancy to condemn calls for the mass murder of jews calling it a matter of context. bill: we re told the m
joe biden, thank you for everything, joe biden. the border is overwhelmed. yesterday s numbers over 9,000. add 1500 got-aways, plus the thousand through the port of entry, it s not slowing down a bit. arizona can t do this alone, nor should we have to. the reality, help is not on the way. sandra: outnumbered and outresource, migrants on the border each and every day. the flow of people is constant day after day after day, and unprecedented levels. live pictures from arizona screen right, and on the left that, is texas. these are checkpoints showing large groups of migrants that have already crossed over and they are waiting to be processed before they come on in. hello, well come, everyone. sandra smith in new york. great to begin another hour with you. john: i m john roberts in washington as we kick off hour two of america reports . lukeville, arizona, quickly becoming a hot bed for smugglers. fox has learned more than 600 migrants arrived there overnight, some