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the ultramarathoner inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening tonight we are getting an up-close look at the relentless russian assault on the azovstal steel plant in mariupol, ukraine in what may be the last stand for ukrainian forces trying to hold it. the dramatic video capturing a series of shells exploding on the grounds were shared by the ukrainian national guard, though impossible to know exactly when it was shot a ukrainian commander there reports russian forces have entered the site and heavy, bloody battles were being fought unknown tonight, the fate of civilians still at the plant first, what nbc has just learned about the role of u.s. intelligence in the sinking of a russian warship. kelly cobiella has late details. reporter: tonight nbc news reports u.s. intelligence shared with ukraine helped lead to ukraine s sinking of the russian cruiser moskva. one of the most embarrassing setbacks russia faced sinc ....
assault on far away kyiv. russia, however, is failing in the air. the uk now says ukraine has retained control of the majority of its air space. russia unable to conquer ukraine s air force or its air defenses despite having more planes in the sky. there is also new evidence emerging from bucha showing russian forces were indeed operating in the exact locations where the bodies of civilians were found after russia s retreat. isa soares is on the ground in ukraine for us. isa, good morning. russia has repeatedly denied that its troops had anything do with all the atrocities that we saw, but of course the pictures don t lie. pictures do not lie. good morning to you. what we are seeing is a very different story from what we re hearing from the russians. the very disturbing story, disturbing images we ve seen this morning of the atrocities being committed in bucha and the cities just outside of kyiv of course where scores of civilians were killed. if you remember back in ....
take their twitter accounts away? and saying the country was too crazy. jon karl with the audio tonight. this evening, 24 hours after a federal judge s announcement that he would block any early rollback of former president trump s policy that allowed the u.s. to send back migrants over pandemic concerns, tonight, the biden administration reacting. will they ultimately move forward with their plan? there is news this evening about a kidnapped 3-month-old baby boy taken from his grandmother s home while she was unloading groceries. they have found the baby, and news tonight of potential suspects. this evening, harvard committing $100 million to address its ties to slavery. the new report tonight and its findings and what the university said today about its moral responsibility moving forward. your health tonight and news on aspirin. millions of americans taking aspirin for their heart health. the new guidance tonight. the plane shot while landing in massachu ....
america s new viral hero. and his cousin who today spotted the new york city subway shooting suspect. and jared kushner dubious deal with saudi arabia. the crowned prince giving him $2 billion. are there no rules left? it s been another day of intense shelling in ukraine. second largest city kharkiv bombarded with another strike as russia s brutal aggression shows no sign of letting up. in just a few moments i ll speak with the former adviser to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy about what his country needs to survive. first, we re 205 days away from the midterm elections here at home. and there s really no way to sugar coat this. the democratic party looks like it s headed for an absolute blood bath in 2022. approval rate hitting an all time low. 33% of americans approve of the job performance. at the same time in trumps presidency, his approval rating was 39%. another poll found on a congressional ballot, republicans had a six point lead over democrats. that s ....
this is the northeastern city of kharkiv being bombarded by russian missiles. killed 5 people and injured 13 civilians. the southern city of mariupol has been levelled by the campaign. the devastation comes as karl sat down with vladimir putin this week, the first european leader to do so since the war began. here s the chancellor today earlier on nbc. i think he s in his stone wall. you know, he thinks the war is necessary for security guarantees for the russian federation. he doesn t trust the international community. he blames ukrainians to for genocide in the donbas region. so, well, he is now in his world, but i think he knows what is going on now in ukraine. so the chancellor believes he thinks vladimir putin thinks he s winning the war, that he s still living in the same alternate reality that led him thinking that invading ukraine was actually a good idea. so to put it in another way for you, putin s own human being ris and isolation led him to badly judge ....