Are they the next step that would push the United States and its presence out of europe altogether . General jack keane, former Secretary State and mike pompeo and senator Tom Cotton On Board with us with these difficult questions that america faces in an urgent situation as 8,500 u. S. Troops get ready for action. All that as we await a live update from the State Department. A lot of focus there, a controversial move to pull americans out of ukraine leaving them in some cases to their own devises to get out. Is this like afghanistan . Well take you live there next. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin joins us live with the pentagon with the latest. Good afternoon, jennifer. Its very important to reiterate that none of the 8,500 troops on alert by the pentagon would be going to ukraine. None are going to be fighting russian troops, in other words. If they are called up and they havent been so far, it would be to defend article 5, nato allies like romania, poland, the balti
world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, i m savannah guthrie, in for lester. as we come on the air tonight, significant developments in two cases of police shootings that have captured the nation s attention. in the city of charlotte, north carolina, tonight, a state of emergency in effect as the city braces for what could be a third night of violent protests after the shooting of an african american man there. and in tulsa, oklahomate today that the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed african american driver last week, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter. in both cases, accounts of what happened conflict, emotions are raw, and long-simmering tensions between police and communities are in sharp focus. nbc s blake mccoy starting us off tonight with the criminal case launched today in tulsa. reporter: video from a police helicopter shows terence crutcher with his hands up just tulsa police last friday.
world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, i m savannah guthrie, in for lester. as we come on the air tonight, significant developments in two cases of police shootings that have captured the nation s attention. in the city of charlotte, north carolina, tonight, a state of emergency in effect as the city braces for what could be a third night of violent protests after the shooting of an african american man there. and in tulsa, today that the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed african american driver last week, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter. in both cases, accounts of what happened conflict, emotions are raw, and long-simmering tensions between police and communities are in sharp focus. nbc s blake mccoy starting us off tonight with the criminal case launched today in tulsa. reporter: video from a police helicopter shows terence crutcher with shot and killed by tulsa police last friday. shots f
world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, i m savannah guthrie, in for lester. as we come on the air tonight, significant developments in two cases of police shootings that have captured the nation s attention. in the city of charlotte, north carolina, tonight, a state of emergency in effect as the city braces for what could be a third night of violent protests after the shooting of an african american man there. and in tulsa, ok today that the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed african american driver last week, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter. in both cases, accounts of what happened conflict, emotions are raw, and long-simmering tensions between police and communities are in sharp focus. nbc s blake mccoy starting us off tonight with the criminal case launched today in tulsa. reporter: video from a police helicopter shows terence crutcher with shot and killed by tulsa police last friday. shot
world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, i m savannah guthrie, in for lester. as we come on the air tonight, significant developments in two cases of police shootings that have captured the nation s attention. in the city of charlotte, north carolina, tonight, a state of emergency in effect as the city braces for what could be a third night of violent protests after the shooting of an african american man there. and in tulsa, oklahoma, late word today that the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed african american driver last week, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter. in both cases, accounts of what happened conflict, emotions are raw, and long-simmering tensions between police and communities are in sharp focus. nbc s blake mccoy starting us off tonight with the criminal case launched today in tulsa. reporter: video from a police helicopter shows terence crutcher with his hands up just moments before b