identified. first tonight, tracking this new storm, from texas up to michigan, over to the northeast. multiple states now under alerts for ice and freezing rain, as the death toll now rises from these brutal winter storms. at least 75 dead. the rescue playing out, several stranded on lake erie. a fire truck spinning out of control. and the images coming in out of the west this hour, the rescues and the life threatening storm system hitting now. ginger zee standing by to time this all out. we have breaking news tonight. the u.s. launching those new air strikes on iranian-backed militants. it comes after a missile attack on a u.s. base in iraq. james longman with late reporting. tonight, the identities of two u.s. navy seals lost now revealed after they fell from a ship during a daring mission. the race for president. the new hampshire primary is tomorrow, and tonight, the showdown between donald trump and nikki haley. haley trying to make the case that she is the only
suburbs of chicago. first tonight, tracking this new storm from texas up to michigan, over to the northeast. multiple states under alerts for ice and freezing rain, as the death toll now rises from these brutal winter storms. at least 75 dead. the rescue playing out, several stranded on lake erie. a fire truck spinning out of control. and the major change coming. ginger zee standing by to time this all out. the u.s. launching those new air strikes on iranian-backed militants. it comes after a missile attack on a u.s. base in iraq. james longman with late reporting. tonight, the identities of two u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s lost now revealed after they fell from a ship during a daring mission. the race for president. the new hampshire primary is tomorrow, and tonight, the showdown between donald trump and nikki haley. haley trying to make the case that she is the only person left to prevent a trump/biden rematch here in the u.s. rachel scott in new hampshire. the border, and
i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. at a start of a historic week for our country. later this morning donald trump is expected to travel from new jersey to florida where he ll be arraigned tomorrow, set to become the first former president ever to enter a plea in a federal case. but there could be a wrinkle in the proceedings. we ll explain that. this as some of trump s closest former allies are warning the facts are against him. if even half of it is true, then he s toast. it s a pretty it s a very detailed indictment. it s very, very damning. security in miami ramping up ahead of the former president s arrival. we ll have the latest on the massive effort to keep everyone safe. plus a travel nightmare. a fire causing a section of the very crucial interstate 95 to collapse. this is near philadelphia. we ll have a live update on the repairs and the investigation repairs that could take months. later, a miracle in absolutely every sense of the word. four missin
right now secretary of state antony blinken is in the west bank, set to speak at any moment. this at the end of his three-day tour of the middle east, the trip gained new urgency following an outbreak of deadly violence. he met with mahmoud abbas earlier today and met with benjamin netanyahu yesterday in an effort to get both sides to work together to end the bloodshed. also kevin mccarthy will meet tomorrow with president biden at the white house for the first time since becoming house speaker. top of his agenda the debt ceiling. republicans with that slim majority in the house are holding the threat of defaulting on the nation s debt to demand budget cuts. and this morning two more memphis police officers have been put on leave in connection to the death of tyre nichols. that in addition to the five officers who have already been fired, charged with second-degree murder. plus, the memphis fire department has also fired three employees for their response or nonresponse
trial between johnny depp and his ex-wife amber heard. the vicious accusations during closing arguments. the case now in the hands of the jury. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight it was a gutting admission today from texas law enforcement that a decision was made not to enter the classroom where the gunman was with an entire fourth grade class for almost an hour police admitting today that was a mistake we also learned for much of that hour there were 19 police officers outside the door who did not go in we have shown you the video of frantic parents outside the school pleading with officers to go in. today we learned that there were children inside the school calling 911. one of them begging, please, send the police now still they did not go in 19 children and 2 teachers were killed when asked how many lives could have been saved if they acted earlier the official could only say i don t know new imag