Viewers in the u. S. And Around The World. Im Amara Walker in atlanta, Jim Sciutto is in Tel Aviv as we continue they will follow Breaking News out of The Middle East. And fears are continuing to grow that the exchange of fire across the border between Israel And Lebanon could turn into a Ground Incursion and potentially an even wider regional war thats right. It would be quite a step. Us officials say that israeli troops have mobilized at israels northern border in preparation, at least for a possible Ground Offensive inside Lebanon Israel says, however, the crossing the border is only one option. It is considering we need to understand theres a huge amount of different tools that we have in our Toolbox Ground operations is one of them. We are preparing for that if it is required, if were we receive the instructions well, it would be quite a significant tool. The idf has not let up its Air Offensive inside lebanon. Lebanese officials say four people were killed in an israeli airstrike
where the system is headed next bringing heavy rain with it. and the child lost in the shuffle, flying alone and sent to the wrong city. what the airline is saying tonight. deep inside hamas tunnels. new video from underground as israel s military says that s where they found the bodies of five hostages. the latest on the long shot effort to restart negotiations with reports of dozens killed in a new refugee camp strike overnight as new warning signs the conflict could expand. a tanker struck by iran an ocean away plus, the post-message of peace and richard engel s rare access in bethlehem, a silent night in the holy land covid, rsv, and flu on the rise the sharp increase of cases just as families get together for the holidays and our visit to the tiny town where the iconic dolls are still being born 40 years after the nationwide frenzy. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening i m garret haake in for kate a near record number of americ
it s been one year of death and destruction in russia s war on ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy insists his country can win this war. here s what he said to troops earlier today. [ speaking non-english ] translator: it depends entirely on you whether we all survive or whether ukraine survives. every day, every hour depends on you, the ukrainian soldier. you are our most important person who is standing and thanks to whom millions of ukrainians are standing and thanks to whom ukraine will survive. thanks to you, glory to ukraine will ring out forever. let s bring in our chief international correspondent clarissa ward on the ground in kyiv. clarissa, always great to see you. so, tell us what it s like one year in on the ground there. reporter: it s really a mixed picture, alisyn. the very fact i m talking to you from here in kyiv is something that a year ago we might not have expected because all the intelligence services were saying the city would likely
we ll give you an update on that and on the thousands of people without power in washington state after three electrical substations appear to have been attacked as people get together with friends and family over this holiday week, more and more concerns about a rise in cases connected with the triple-demic of flu, covid and rsv. we ve got a look at that in just a minute and the future of title 42 in the hands of the u.s. supreme cou court. a look at how the biden administration is getting ready for what could happen next. and we re learning what the january 6th committee learned and what comes next for the doj investigation into the insurrection we re starting with the winter weather that has already killed dozens of people. those freezing temperatures are going to keep up this week look at officials in eerie county, new york they re announcing 12 more people have been killed by that winter weather meaning 25 people in that county alone have died. nearly 60, 55 total
wound. several people were also wounded. none of their injuries l life-th life-threatening. police received reports of an active shooter of a physician s office building just before 5:00 p.m. yesterday. this is not a random event. it is not as if he went to a hospital and was indiscriminately shooting at people. he very purposefully went to this location, went to a very specific floor and shot with very specific purpose. it is so sad. i was coming to the doctor and i got my grandkids with me. and this terrible scene. just awful. it is sad. my daughter-in-law is from buffalo. so now it is so slow to home. it is not even safe if you come outside anymore, you you know. this really does happen. you see it on tv but you don t think that it will happen in front of your eyes. this is a wake-up call that it can happen anywhere. you can t even go to a school, can t go to school, now you can t go to the doctor. and police say that they are getting close to identifying the suspe