over two weeks, 17 days to be exact, then-chairman engel said these words. mr. guest: it is unacceptable and deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow american citizens based on their political views including support for the u.s.-israel relationship. we all take the same oath. representative omar's remarks invoked a slur. chairman engel said such comments have no place in the foreign affairs committee or the house of representatives. i agree with the state -- i agree with the statements made by chairman engel. not only do representative omar's comments have no place in the foreign affairs committee, i hold that anyone who makes such statements have no place serving on the foreign affairs committee. and i ask all members to support this resolution removing from

over two weeks, 17 days to be exact, then-chairman engel said these words. mr. guest: it is unacceptable and deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow american citizens based on their political views including support for the u.s.-israel relationship. we all take the same oath. representative omar's remarks invoked a slur. chairman engel said such comments have no place in the foreign affairs committee or the house of representatives. i agree with the state -- i agree with the statements made by chairman engel. not only do representative omar's comments have no place in the foreign affairs committee, i hold that anyone who makes such statements have no place serving on the foreign affairs committee. and i ask all members to support this resolution removing from building 100,000 mil o new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. charter communications supports c-span as a puic servi along with these television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. coming up today on c-span, live coverage with representatives from the he

over two weeks, 17 days to be exact, then-chairman engel said these words. mr. guest: it is unacceptable and deeply offensive to call into question the loyalty of fellow american citizens based on their political views including support for the u.s.-israel relationship. we all take the same oath. representative omar's remarks invoked a slur. chairman engel said such comments have no place in the foreign affairs committee or the house of representatives. i agree with the state -- i agree with the statements made by chairman engel. not only do representative omar's comments have no place in the foreign affairs committee, i hold that anyone who makes such statements have no place serving on the foreign affairs committee. and i ask all members to support [captioning performed by thenat, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2023] >> lisping to programs on c-span through c-span radio just got easier. tell your smart speaker, play c-span radio, and listen to "washington journ

warning from nato, a new russian offensive long in planning is now under way in ukraine our richard engel in a city under siege >>> terrifying plane plunge why did a united airlines flight nearly nosedive into the pacific ocean? >>> and the celebration in kansas city after the chiefs' thrilling super bowl win. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, and thank you for joining us a country still uneasy over that china spy balloon tonight still waiting for answers about the multiple unidentified objects shot down by u.s. fighter jets over the weekend. three objects over three days

richard engel is on the ground in ukraine this morning. richard, just to punctuate the daring trip of an american president into an active war zone where missiles have been landing regularly, including in the capital city kyiv. >> reporter: so, this is an extraordinary visit. other world leaders have come to kyiv over the last several months. but not an american president. not the president who is personally so committed to this war. the united states is, by far, the main supplier of weapons and financial support to ukraine. so, this is different than to have the british prime minister or the italian leadership coming. this is a significant step. american presidents have gone to war zones in the past, but generally when they went to iraq or afghanistan, they were going to places that had a large u.s. military presence often just staying on military bases. that didn't happen today. instead, president biden came into kyiv amid great secrecy, tremendous amount of security, telephones disrupted, traffic not ail allowed on the streets because o

richard engel is there. >>> the new arms race over artificial intelligence what it could mean for you and the way you search the web >>> and from brass to grammy gold, the college band that marched its way into the history books. ♪ >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, and thank you for joining us breaking as we come on the air tonight for the second time in less than a week, the u.s. military has shot down a suspicious high altitude object flying in american airspace officials say president biden ordered the object to be taken down this afternoon as it was traveling off the coast of northeast alaska the object flying at 40,000 feet, an altitude many commercial jets are capable of reaching. the pentagon calling it a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. officials have not identified who sent the object, but notes it is smaller in size than the chinese balloon brought down over the south carolina coast last week tonight searchers in alaska are working to recover debris from frozen u.s. territorial waters kelly o'donnell with late deve

lester. >> all right, richard engel, thank you. you can see much more of richard's powerful reporting from ukraine, watch "on assignment" this friday at 10:00 eastern on msnbc and streaming on peacock. >>> also developing tonight, new reporting, the special counsel investigating former president trump's actions after the 2020 election has subpoenaed mr. trump's daughter ivanka trump and her husband jared kushner to testify before a federal grand jury. that's according to "the new york times" citing two people briefed on the matter. >>> and today mr. trump was in ohio visiting the site of that train derailment and toxic chemical release as many residents remain worried about the quality of the air and water. ron allen has the latest. >> reporter: in the heart of east palestine, mike mckim worries how business will be when he opens his new winery next month. the fiery derailment happened just a few blocks away and he fears may have ruined his dream. >> we have a stigma here that we're dirty, and it hurts. it hurts everybody here. >>

nbc's richard engel.ondent joins me next to talk about why some of this people remain at home despite the destruction that is unfolding around them. (woman 1) i just switched to verizon business unlimited. it's just right for my little business. unlimited premium data. unlimited hotspot data. (woman 2) you know it's from the most reliable 5g network in america? (vo) when it comes to your business, not all bars are created equal. so switch to verizon business unlimited today. >> welcome back to a special edition of velshi live from kyiv, ukraine. over the last year, we've shown you video and firsthand accounts of how devastating russia's invasion of ukraine has been. millions of ukrainians have had to uproot themselves in their families and leave their homes without looking back. children have been forced to grow up all too fast. innocent people have been living in constant fear of what's to come. here in kyiv, the capital, ram today, despite the aid sirens of sono several times each day, there is some sem

it's a special - episode of on assignment with richard engel -- ukraine's secret resistance, tonighteaming on peacock. richard, stay safe. we will see you tomorrow. >> thank you very much. thanks. >> right now, hundreds of thousands of ukrainians are fighting to defend their country and our freedom. coming up next, i have the privilege to sit down with six incredible members of the ukrainian military who specific mission in this war is a little different than you would expect. expect shingles. the rash can feel like an intense burning sensation and last for weeks. it can make your workday feel impossible. the virus that causes shingles is likely already inside of you. 50 years or older? ask your doctor about shingles. ♪♪ inner voice (kombucha brewer): if i just stare at these payroll forms... my business' payroll taxes will calculate themselves. right? uhh...nope. intuit quickbooks helps you manage your payroll taxes, cheers! with 100% accurate tax calculations guaranteed. restless nights fogging up your day? tonight, try zzzquil pure zzzs cheers! sleep plus next day energy, with mel

richard engel talks to us from the front line to hear from civilians that can't escape the >>> tonighturkey and syria reaching a grim milestone. more than 20,000 dead. time is running out as rescuers race to find survivors in the rubble our cameras are there as a woman is pulled out alive more than four days after the quake struck u.s. teams arriving to join the response, and among the dead, at least three americans. what we're learning. >>> also tonight, new images from the recovery of the chinese spy balloon off the u.s., and fbi agents processing the debris new evidence of the balloon's capabilities, what it was equipped to collect over the u.s president biden in a new exclusive telemundo interview. does he regret not shooting it down sooner >>> high wind warnings for tens of millions gusts up to 60 miles per hour we're tracking it. >>> a top executive from southwest airlines on the hot seat on capitol hill, telling lawmakers the company messed up when it canceled nearly 17,000 flights over the holiday. the warnings that pilots say southwest ignored. >>> alec baldwin facing new lega

thanks let's turn now to richard engel in eastern ukraine. richard, this surprise visit happening as russia's massive offensive is under way where you are tonight. >> reporter: and that's why this visit was so important, because of the timing. because russia has launched a new offensive out here in the east and because we're now at the one-year anniversary, or almost at the one-year anniversary of this war. things could have turned out very differently. it seemed when russia first invaded, having a massive military advantage, that russia would win. and it could have been vladimir putin in that square today celebrating victory. instead it was president biden. and ukrainians are deeply appreciative that president biden, that the united states has been with them this whole time. and now they say the united states needs to stay with them and push for more weapons, and they want to see as fast as possible more weapons heading to this country so they can stop this offensive that russia has launched, and this offensive does seem to be gaining more s

lester >> richard engel, thank you. >>> now to turkey and syria where, amazingly, survivors are still being found after last week's earthquake but there are also concerns about the 7 million children the u.n. says were impacted by the disaster matt bradley is in turkey for us. >> reporter: tonight in turkey, rescue workers still finding miracles like these two brothers 17 and 21 years old pulled from the rubble, amazingly, still alive after 198 hours. "the last thing i saw was the ceiling tumbling on me," he says an astonishing sight for these rescuers peering into the darkness and seeing the outstretched hand of a 65-year-old survivor, later pulled out after nearly nine days but rescues are becoming rare. teams are increasingly focused on recovery and rehabilitation, especially for children "it was a shock for me," this 13-year-old told us. "i heard that so many of my classmates are dead." we met 7-year-old ahmed now living in a tent and reliving a nightmare. how do you feel now? are you still scared "i'm not afraid anymore," he told me, "but i'm still afraid of that light stand that

tonight, a side to the war in ukraine we rarely see the impact on schools on the front lines richard engel made his way to one school where children and teachers are persevering against the odds >> reporter: russia launched more deadly rocket attacks today they're tearing eastern ukraine apart. and i wondered what it's like to be a child after a year of this so we're on our way to a surprisingly rare place, a school. education in ukraine is now online. but out here by the front line, there is no internet. so the children still left huddle together to learn so we were planning to take this road and this bridge this morning until we got here and realized there is no bridge anymore. this is one thing they do not show you on google maps. >> reporter: but they're not easy to find many villages look abandoned. so this is the school. they've asked us not to film it from the outside so we don't expose their location. they're that worried that if the russians knew where children are that they would be targeted and destroyed. and the russians have bombed many hospitals, many places where vulnerable

open to see if china can or will convince putin to stop his invasion lester >> all right, richard engelank you tonight you can see much more of richard's powerful reporting from ukraine. watch "on assignment" at 10:00 eastern on msnbc and streaming on peacock. >>> in a speech in texas today, former vice president mike pence pushed for unwavering u.s. military support for ukraine. afterward he spoke with ali vitali and gave his take on former president trump's bid for another run at the white house. >> i think the times call for different leadership, and i'm confident we'll have better choices >> and you're thinking about being one of them. >> than my old running mate come 2024, because -- >> have you talked to him lately >> i -- i have not >> ali vitali joins me now from austin. that wasn't the only thing mr. pence had to say about the former president. >> reporter: that's right, lester. mr. pence drawing a sharp contrast with his former boss saying americans want, quote, civility to return to politics and that these times in his words call for different leadership experience as for the

warning from nato, a new russian offensive long in planning is now under way in ukraine our richard engel in a city under siege >>> terrifying plane plunge why did a united airlines flight nearly nosedive into the pacific ocean? >>> and the celebration in kansas city after the chiefs' thrilling super bowl win. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, and thank you for joining us a country still uneasy over that china spy balloon tonight still waiting for answers about the multiple unidentified objects shot down by u.s. fighter jets over the weekend. three objects over three days tonight, administration officials saying they don't know what they are, what their purpose is, who launched them or even if they're connected the first object was downed friday off alaska's arctic coast. saturday, another was shot down by a u.s. jet over northern canada, an area defended jointly by the two countries. and then yesterday a u.s. jet downed a flying object over lake huron officials say the latest objects do not present a military threat to anyone on the ground, but w

before than, i want you to pay attention to this incredible reporting from my colleague, richard engel, where he is speaking to ordinary civilians who joined an underground resistance in ukraine. it is a must watch. [sirens] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> russian troops tried and failed to topple ukraine's capital, kyiv. they still launch attacks on the city, from a distance. kyiv remains free. it endorse, that isn't true everywhere. i'm heading for hundred miles south from kyiv to the city of kherson. kherson was the first city russian troops captured and occupied when they invaded ukraine. >> the journey will take all night. i met a soldier named daniel on his way to kherson. he tells me the russians are finally starting to lose their grip on the city. >> they are getting their asses kick and don't know what they're doing. >> the russian military is a times the size of the ukrainian military. >> yeah, yeah, we have quality, and they are quantity. that is a big difference. >> it's about heart? >> it's about heart. it's about truth, it's about what is ours, and what is our, our land. >> soldiers aren't the

uh, in engels, the inhabitants of several apartment buildings. of a sudden they were left without communication because of the management company, which for some reason disconnected the line of one of the internet providers, they didn’t warn anyone , they didn’t consult with anyone, they didn’t ask anyone. well, they had to, including the deputies. remind e about the constitutional right of people to receive information, which the management company is clearly not aware of, but voronina understood this scandalous story. my house decided my rules that way, the management company in engels declared war on the communication provider and without warning disconnected all its consumers in their homes from the network. we have internet in several houses. uh, somewhere in the region of five, even houses have already been turned off and no one has informed us, but they want to turn off our provider and, apparently , shove their proder through without asking residents in houses cut off from communications, people have lost access to the site of public serv

richard engel reporting from a city under siege. we have to warn you, some of the images are disturbing. >> russian troops are throwing everything they can at their new offensive in eastern ukraine, hitting more than a dozen cities in the last 24 hours. the ukrainian military is fighting back hard, but is slowly losing ground. nato today warned ukraine is using up ammunition faster than western allies can provide it. we entered a town, some have had enough. i thought it would get better, but now i don't, nicola says. he boards a bus for a safer village. others here waited too long. vera left her basement shelter to find food two hours ago. a russian artillery shell killed her. >> we just heard a big explosion. she has a son, 14 years old, she says. how long can we bear all of this? the mayor and his team arrive with aid. he tells us he's encouraging people to get out now. then -- that's incoming, he says. we're leaving. >> he's saying that the incoming is getting a little too close and thinks we should go inside. >> we will go down

. >> joining me now, nbc chief white house correspondent kristin welker in warsaw and richard engel in eastern ukraine. the big headline today is the quick response that the president gave the press pool on putin's suspended russia involvement in s.t.a.r.t. for those who may not have picked it up, it was quick and off mike. bring us up to date. >> reporter: that's right, andrea. this is the first time we are getting president biden's reaction to that dramatic announcement by president putin that he is suspending russia's participation in the s.t.a.r.t. treaty with the u.s. the president calling that a, quote, big mistake. this comes as you pointed out as he was meeting with the bucharest nine, that group of key allies in the region. they have a personal interest in russia's aggression given their proximity to russia. it's worth noting the group was formed in 2015 when russia invaded crimea for this very reason, to solidify and to unify in the face of russian aggression. this makes diplomacy with russia as the war in ukraine enters its second year that much more challenging. the fact th

richard engel, nbc news, dnipro, ukraine. >> back with us tonight, michael mcfaul, former u.s.sia and msnbc international affairs analyst. and ben rhodes is here, former deputy national security adviser for president obama. ben, president biden covered a lot of ground on this trip. what were your biggest takeaways? >> well, look, i think that the visit to kyiv is going to be what sticks in our heads. and i think that shows the progress that has been made in the last year in terms of upending the expectations at the beginning of the war. you would've thought, i'm sure vladimir putin thought, that he would be visiting ukraine before an american president. and the fact that he was able to visit, that kyiv is still free and still standing strong as they said, is the message of what has been accomplished in the last year. now, we are also at a very pivotal moment in the war, we're in the coming weeks and months, as richard engels ' report showed, we're going to see two theories put the test. the russian idea that they can wear down the ukrainians on that front line by throwing basic

our richard engel on the ground. >>> new evidence in the alex murdaugh trial. what his former law partner told the jury about murdaugh's alleged financial crimes. >>> and the team of teachers that's inspiring america. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, and thank you for being with us. sadly, the number killed in that catastrophic earthquake hitting turkey and syria has more than doubled since we were with you last night. now topping a staggering 7,500 people. these are desperate hours where time is quickly running out for those still trapped in the rubble. silence in some cases the most effective rescue tool, as searchers pause at moments to listen for sounds of life. still finding survivors, but too often recovering the dead. in turkey alone almost 6,000 buildings have collapsed. the rescue effort hampered by brutal cold and hundreds of aftershocks. but still officials say 8,000 people have been rescued. turkey's president declaring a state of emergency for the next three months, but it's these crucial hours that will m

magomedovich, is present dear engels magomedovich, i want to remember the feat of your son.ing brigade, senior lieutenant gadzhimagomedov. in the first days of the special operation in ukraine, he was abandoned to the rear , performing a special task, being in surrounded by superior enemy forces. he decided to take the fire on himself, having received a severe wound. he fired back until the last battle of the supply, and the last remaining grenade blew himself up and the neo-nazis trying to grab him, engels magomedovich , what can you tell about your son now? i want to thank the supreme commander of our country for the high praise of my son. the son was very cheerful. to the well-developed boys , he loved his job, he wrote poetry a month before the special operation, he spoke the highest peak. europe elbrus i remember his words his words. he always said, they will never kneel before anyone, and this is the act of a russian officer of a real paratrooper. but the words of the president, which we made the epigraph to our concert, i will quote i am a russian person. and as they

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russia is in that direction and, of course, willie, the big question right now and richard engel hasorting that a new russian offensive is under way. the big question is when that offensive gets away -- gets under way in ernest, that it happens from the east, whether, again, belarus will be part of that now. one of the important things about being here, of course, is to try to see whether there is any sign of that. we haven't seen any sign of that. the belarusians are showing us around. there are reports of russian troops on belarusian territory over towards the east. but it could be that some of that is about trying to persuade the ukrainians that there will be an offensive here to dilute their forces, if you like, make it harder for them to mount a defense. so this is -- we're very close to ukraine. literally just there. we're on the belarusian side. and this is a fairly unique opportunity to see this. the belarusians putting on a press tour of all of this. the question, again, is whether belarus at some point will enter the conflict with the russians. my judgment would be that tha

. >> that was nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel reporting from kharkiv.one month into the war. russia's new offensive is focused on an area about three hours south of there. richard brings us the latest from the front lines. >> reporter: after a year of fighting -- [sound of artillery] russia has failed to capture a nation a fraction of its size. the most intense battles are now on the front line in the east, where ukrainian soldiers, like this lieutenant, our defending against russia's advances with the help of american weapons. why does this war matter to americans, do you think? >> because it's a war for democracy, versus russia dictatorship. >> reporter: but further up the road, around the city a buck moot, russian forces are closing in. russian forces have now surrounded buck moved on three sides and this is the only remaining route in and out of the city that ukrainian forces can use, the only route considered somewhat safe. bakhmut is the main target of russia's new offensive. being carried out with blunt force. [sound of artillery] you never know

not just the soldiers on the frontline that you just heard about from richard engel there.y hear from their have the, volodymyr zelenskyy, again and again. what they want are long-range weapons systems, they want fighter jets, and tha's not a promise joe biden brought to kyiv and not something that he spoke about in warsaw. despite this, people are very happy that joe biden made the way all the way here to kyiv. they're very proud, as well, that they were able to bring him here all the way to the capital city, because there is another president who also spoke today, vladamir putin of russia, who may be at the start of russia's full-scale invasion might have thought he could have been the president who would walk these streets of kyiv at this time. of course, because of a myriad of military defeats for russia in ukraine, that obviously is not possible. and it was joe biden instead who was able to openly walk these streets with that air raid siren in the background. >> kind of amazing. there was an air raid siren. rick, in this country, people ignore those sirens because they

he seriously talks about how, uh, they are free kupala people, when they return to the building on engelsey will play a peacock, that is, play a peacock for them or not play a peacock for them. don't you think that he, to put it mildly , is mistaken when he builds such grand plans. you know a person in his essence, he lives in hope. yes, in any situation. even the most terrible and in the most terrible diseases. in the most terrible situations, and therefore, of course, one can say with the words of a classic that hope is also fed to young men. let him think so. let him speak if this makes him feel a little better in his very difficult terrible life. that is, you feel sorry for him and understand that he has a terrible and difficult life. i understand that it is terribly difficult. i understand that oh, how difficult it is, and i i understand, especially if one of them left of their own free will. i always emphasize this, yes, but the thought arises about what could have been if it had been unscrewed two and a half years ago. and i think that some of them will not say that everything but

. >> nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in kramatorsk.e talking earlier. russia is now engaging in a second war, if you will, a brand-new war plan because the first one didn't work on this one-year anniversary. >> so one year on, russia is starting over again effectively. putin tried to invade this country a year ago. many said he was suffering from hubris. he wasn't listening to advisers or was misadvised and he thought he could take ukraine easily, topple the capital. soldiers brought policing gear in order to manage the population. they didn't really think the ukrainian people would rise up and defend this country. it didn't work, and now a year on, he's starting a totally new war, a new strategy, back to the basics, and instead of having his troops spread out all over the country where they have supply chain issues, logistics issues, it's primarily focused near the russian border out here in the east and a very slow, destructive campaign, moving the front line or trying to move the front line forward into ukrainian territory, but alre

our chief correspondent richard engel has more from the front lines. >> reporter: this is the city of to keep this city, and russian troops are invading. and there is small arms fire russian troops and mercenaries from the private army, the wagner group are already in the city. we've heard some pretty close gun battles, just a few blocks behind this building right now. there is talk in this country, ukrainian officials suspect that russia is planning a major spring offensive, but it is not waiting until the spring. that the spring offensive is already beginning, and it is going to intensify over the course of this month. the reason the russians are going early is that according to ukrainian intelligence, they don't want to wait until all the new weapons arrive, until the ukrainians are flush with those new american tanks and the german tanks. and both sides believe there is an advantage to striking first. and this city, bakhmut, which used to have around 60,000 people. only around 6,000 of them remaining, is the center of this tug-of-war, the center of this new offensive which the rus

news chief international correspondent keir simmons has more from moscow and correspondent richard engel activity landing in moscow? >> reporter: badly, honestly. we do know the kremlin was told just a few hours before about president biden's trip to ukraine. the national security adviser saying that they were advising russia for deconfliction purposes. we're not entirely sure what the kremlin exactly was told, but very likely president putin saw it properly for the first time on russian television. it began to appear on russian tv just a short time after it began to appear on american television. the kremlin saying he was busy working on that speech for tomorrow. i suspect that speech will be angrier than ever. you can certainly expect no compromise from president putin who is likely to reiterate his determination to keep going to try to wear down the west, if you like. and i think president putin will see this now as a symbolic fight, as ukraine is symbolizing something crucial just as president biden does. of course, president putin a year ago would have liked to have been in kyiv jus

we want to bring in richard engel who's in the eastern part of the country.to read you a statement the president of the united states just released. he says, i'm in kyiv to meet with president zelenskyy and reaffirm our unwavering and unflagging commitment to u.s. democracy, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. when putin launched his invasion one year ago, he thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided. he thought he could outlast us. he was dead wrong. the reaction there? the president has made his trip to ukraine days before the first anniversary of this war. >> reporter: i can tell you ukrainians are very excited about this. there have been other world leaders who have visited kyiv, including western heads of state and government, but it's different with president biden. he is the leader of the united states. he is the main backer of ukraine. it is the united states that's overwhelmingly providing financial support and military support, about $4 billion a month over the course of the last year. so he is a principal figure in this country n this c

recall last year the russians accused the ukrainians of striking an air base in russia called the engels air base where russia has strategic bombers that are of course nuclear capable, the ukrainians have said that russians are using those to launch cruise missiles at ukrainian targets. vladimir putin in his speech today as a justification for suspending the start agreement he said, look, they are helping ukraine to bomb our bases and now they want to inspect the bases. he considers that to be, quote, nonsense. so that was the justification that vladimir putin gave on that. certainly could be quite a significant step, at the same time he is kind of leaving the door open as we said. you guys are absolutely right, vladimir putin really trying to stylize this, if you will, to a conflict between russia and the west. it's very important for vladimir putin obviously especially with some of the setbacks that the russians have been suffering on the battlefield. that was one of the things that we noticed vladimir putin did actually not talk very much about. he did say that russia was in it for th

but as it as nbc's richard engel reports, ukraine is bracing for a very tough road ahead. >> this war does not appear anywhere close to over. poland today delivered new german made leopard tanks, just the first four of 13. ukraine is expected to launch a new counteroffensive when more weapons, including american tanks, arrive. a year ago, russian president vladimir putin thought ukraine would fall quickly, and ukrainians would be happy to join russia. instead, they packed off their families to be refugees, 13 million are displaced from their homes. and then ukrainians went out to fight. today, the white house announced another two billion dollars in military aid for ukraine and imposed new sanctions on russia. >> [speaking non-english] >> although, sanctions are far have not deterred putin. secretary of state blinken with a blunt message at the u. n. -- >> members of this council should not fall into the false equivalency of calling on both sides to stop fighting. one man, vladimir putin, started this war. one man can indicate. >> and now, after giving russia a critical economic lifel

our richard engel on the ground. >>> new evidence in the alex murdaugh trial.hat his former law partner told the jury about murdaugh's alleged financial crimes. >>> and the team of teachers that's inspiring america. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, and thank you for being with us. sadly, the number killed in that catastrophic earthquake hitting turkey and syria has more than doubled since we were with you last night. now topping a staggering 7,500 people. these are desperate hours where time is quickly runnint

richard engel for us. josh lederman as well. thank you both. >>> fallout from the toxic train derailment in ohio is spilling over into high stakes political game blaming. the white house saying rail companies longtime resistance to safety regulations led to the disaster. norfolk southern's ceo says he's pledging millions of dollars in support and will work with the government to clean up the mess. former president donald trump is visiting today. transportation secretary pete buttigieg visits tomorrow the same day federal investigators will release a first report on the derailment. ron allen is following the story from the beginning, our correspondent in respect today for us. ron what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, cynthia, this is trump country. he won this county by some 70% back in 2020 and critics will say now that he's on the campaign trail, that's why he's here. he's said he is here to show support for this community. and to say that they will never be forgotten. when he talked to people here, very critical of the bide

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