infamous snapchat video taken by paul murdaugh that puts alec at the scene of the crime that night. despite his denial that he had been there. four minutes later the state would have you believe that alec murdaugh up and blew his son s brains out of his head and murders his wife, after having that conversation about bubba having a chicken. there s nothing on that tape that indicates there s any strife, any conflict, any anger, any planning, anybody being afraid, anybody running, anybody scurrying. nothing. maggie, paul, and alec down at the kennel. that s it. and john stood up after the defense to offer the rebuttal, meadors was brought on my the south carolina attorney general s office. maybe he got angry at paul. maybe he got angry, he started all of this. and maybe he just lost it. maybe he just lost it. maybe it looked like a suicide, and then maggie came and he had to shoot her. maybe he just lost it. the jury set to begin deliberations any moment. as judge clifton
the epa chief in ohio again today as officials battle over where to send the waste from that toxic train derailment. why the epa s plan to transport contaminated water to texas is back on after local leaders objected. the new drone strike deep inside russia, and our rare look inside crimea. will it become the new flash point in the conflict? the white house giving a deadline to remove tiktok from all government devices. could the popular app be banned altogether in the u.s.? and the american skier who just made history on the world stage. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone, in a pair of cases that will impact tens of millions of student loan borrowers, the supreme court heard arguments today on whether the biden administration had the authority to forgive some of those loans. the president s loan debt relief plan calls for erasing up to $20,000 in student loans for certain borrowers at an estimated cost of $400
of mar-a-lago for classified documents. but also since he launched not one, but two special counsel investigations into both former president trump and president biden. we just saw garland walk into the hearing room moments ago. he didn t answer any questions on the way in. we are live on the hill. also, congress intensifies its scrutiny of china. one lawmakers even warning of a, quote existential struggle with the nation during the very first meeting of a house select committee dedicated to china. what we learned. plus, the warning from the head of the fbi about china s efforts to hinder investigations into the origin of covid. we are also following breaking news in greece, a devastating head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train carrying 350 passengers. officials saying dozens were killed with reports of people being thrown out of windows from the impact. the desperate search this morning for survivors in the wreckage. and an extraordinary moment
up by the facts and when everybody from the tippy top all the way down to the company knows that that network is broadcasting lies to millions in america. should anyone still call that network a news network? it is a question worth asking today about fox news. in light of allegations by voting machine company dominion. we are still for our part pouring through court documents filed by dominion. those documents are filled to the brim with stunning revelations and evidence that fox news knew at the highest levels at the time that it was broadcasting misinformation to its audience. misinformation so dangerous that it led to death threats, harassment, ultimately it led to a deadly terror attack, so described by fbi director chris wray on the u.s. capitol dominion knew that sidney powell had never entered into an agreement to represent donald trump as his attorney. yet, she appeared on fox news over and over and over again. here is what lou dobbs said on december 10th, 2020, with
trapped for more than a week and the new winter threats we re tracking. protesters and police clashing in atlanta. nearly two dozen now facing domestic terror charges. the ntsb investigating after another norfolk southern train derails in ohio. our one-on-one with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. we asked should the company be forced to pause operations? jurors in the alex murdaugh double murder trial breaking their silence. what they say about his decision to take the stand. and he was the last original member of a legendary rock band. remembering guitarist gary rossington. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. and thank you for joining us. chilling images tonight appear to show four americans kidnapped at gunpoint moments after crossing from texas into mexico on friday. tonight the fbi asking for the public s help, offering a $50,000 reward to help locate the americans who were attacked by armed men after crossin