matt bradley has the details. >> reporter: tonight, ukraine is reeling from what it says is russia's biggest aerial attack yet. ukraine's president saying 158 missiles and drones swarmed out across the country this morning leaving dozens dead, more than 100 injured, and reminding ukrainians that not even the holiday season is sacred. [ speaking in a global language ] "the joy of the holidays is what it is," this woman said. the tears and pain inside. in kharkiv rescuers pulled an elderly man out from beneath rubble. he was alive. russia announced it launched one massive attack striking military and industrial facilities and ammunition storage sites, but many of today's strikes hit civilian targets. an apartment building in odesa, a huge shopping center in dnipro. and a kitchen in kyiv fresh from holiday cooking. no one was killed or injured at this maternity hospital in dnipro. these nurses said they were able to rush mothers and babies to a shelter, but as russia's invasion approaches the two-year mark, the u.s. congress just sent its last $250 million to help ukraine, some republic

joining me now from london is matt bradley. what can you tell us?> reporter: the targets according to the russians were military installations, places that were storage facilities for ammunition, howitzers and other weapons. that's what the russians said. we saw, and i think you're seeing on your screen, these were not all military facilities. we saw a maternity ward was hit in nipiro. no one was hurt there in that ma tern ward. we saw a school getting hit any very small western city of laviv, long considered a safer area. we've seen massive bombardments, but ukrainians have already called this one the biggest so far, the biggest simultaneous attack, the largest number, most diverse numbers of targets. it just goes to show the russians are still very much in this fight. that might be a reminder here. a lot of ukrainians are saying this was in retaliation for an attack on a russian landing ship. that was an embarrassment for the russian navy, but, you know, as this goes on and on, more civilians are killed. this is a particular moment for the united

>> matt bradley, thank you for that. the global climate summit in dubai is going into overtime with countries still divided over a key issue. fossil fuels. diana olick is at the conference. what can you tell us? >> chris, it's now approaching midnight in dubai and we're told there will not be another draft of the cop deal tonight. we've really heard nothing at all from leadership today. the latest draft totally dropped language to phase down or face out fossil fuels. it just said countries should take action that could include reducing their consumption of fossil fuels. this is a major blow to those who wanted to slow global warming. representatives from governments, policy groups, ngos. one called it alarming that this is much more amenable to oil and gas procedures. another, a nightmare and former vice president al gore posted on x that this cop is on the verge of complete failure and the deal reads as if opec dictated it word for word. he said it is deeply offensive to those who have taken this process seriously. now,

nbc's matt bradley is reporting on this.hosen wasn't say definitive, necessarily, on phasing out fossil fuels but it's more than they thought they might have gotten just a couple of days ago. >> reporter: that's right, chris. a lot of voices wanted to phase out fossil fuels completely, and instead, this agreement. it's important to mention, this is a non-binding agreement for those nearly 200 nations who signed on to it. instead, it calls for transitioning away from fossil fuels, but towards 0 emissions by 2050. again, some of the greener voices also wanted to see tougher language against the construction of coal power plants, from rich countries to help the poorer countries transition toward lower emission standards. that's a big question, and one that has to be ironed out. these are poorer countries that are in many ways most affect bid climate change, and they'll have the most trouble adapting to the new rules, the new idea for them as they're in the middle of transitioning toward using hydrocarbons, they're being asked t

matt bradley, nbc news. >> matt bradley, thank you for that story.airstrikes on gaza, our cameras were there when a young girl was found in the rubble of an apartment building. josh lederman reports on the frantic search to reunite her with her family. >> in the gaza darkness, an airstrike has ripped through rafah. palestinians dig for survivors with their bare hands. and then, there, in the rubble, a child is found. just ten months old, named cotula. she is covered by a mattress, unconscious, but breathing. they chant, she's alive, she's alive,. her father, documented, buried feet away, is freed. [applause] seconds later, baby kala is freed as well. >> [speaking in a global language] >> she clings to life, carried by a neighbor to the hospital. the child survives, but her mother, siblings, grandmother, and three ankles did not. the next morning, ahmed has yet to see his daughter. her cousin collector from a nearby tent city. her leg is broken, but she is okay. [screaming] [crying] >> where is your brother, and sister, she he says? a father and daugh

. >> leading us off this hour, nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. matt, bring us up to speed on what is actually happening in ukraine, quite frankly we haven't paid as much attention to ukraine lately where does that war stand? >> it has been eclipsed by events in the middle east. it is hard to overstate just how important zelenskyy's trip into washington at this moment, given how poorly things have been going for ukrainian forces on the ground. remember, it was a year ago, back when ukraine was front and center in the news, and it was this time that zelenskyy visited washington for the first time and was the first time he had left ukraine since the war had begun earlier that year. now he addressed congress to standing ovations. he thanked lawmakers for their weapons and their support. and then he asked for more. and that's the problem zelenskyy is now facing. going to what was on his christmas list last year, more of that money and that incredibly sophisticated weaponry, but now a year later, ukraine doesn't have all that much to show for it. not as

nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley is following the latest from ukraine. matt, president zelenskyy said most of the incoming missiles and drones were shot down, but some people are still buried in all that rubble. what's the latest? >> reporter: yeah. the rescue workers are still trying to dig people out. we saw footage of rescue workers drag an elderly man out of the rubble and president zelenskyy said at least eight people have been dragged out from underneath the rubble. let's not stop thinking about the 30 or more people, the number about to go up, killed in these attacks which are already being called by the ukrainians the biggest single strike against ukraine or at least in terms of time, ever since this war began in february 2022. there have been more lethal strikes but this has been the largest number of projectiles sent across the border striking targets throughout the country, all the way from schools in lviv, a city supposed to be a refuge for a lot of ukrainians, all the way to dnipro where with saw a maternity hospital that was struck. a rain o

we've been doing these q&as after screenings and i was backstage like a week later with bradley and carey and matt "you know, an interviewer that -- for the piece on you called me she said that you said we didn't know each other well i was like, 'we're totally good friends!'" and i was like, "that's so weird. yeah, we're totally good friends. [ laughter ] and i'm just telling - now if he sees this i'll be like - i don't know i didn't want to be like, "yeah, we're good friends." i mean, i don't know, i don't have his email address but i have his cell phone number >> seth: yeah. [ light laughter ] i feel like that's a better friend like, if we -- like, for example, if you only had someone's email, i would say that person has told you, we're not friends. [ light laughter ] >> right but i've only had his cell phone number since the movie >> seth: oh, okay. >> making the movie. but we - >> seth: was the newspaper person ever like, "just give me a straight answer, kid." >> ay! [ light laughter ] >> seth: do you know him or not? [ light laughter ] what do you mean, "peripherally for a long time? >> what