on board a united plane, forcing it to turn around. multiple people injured. what officials say caused it. new images from the navy s recovery of the chinese spy balloon off the south carolina coast. the fbi examining the wreckage. what we re learning. the intensive assault on the ukrainian eastern city of bakhmut as russia prepares gnaw offensive. 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 effect
hello, everyone. thank you for joining me, i m fred whitfield. and we begin with new details on the latest potential threat shot down in north american air space. the third object taken down in the last week by a u.s. fighter jet. this shootdown happened on saturday over the canada central yukon territory, about a hundred miles from the u.s. border. chuck schumer suggesting that intelligence suggested it was another balloon. joe biden and trudeau giving an update a short time ago. yesterday afternoon, i also spoke with president biden and confirmed together that we will continue to do everything necessary to protect the sovereignty of our shared north american air space. but also to do everything necessary to keep our citizens safe. u.s. fighter jets assigned to norad scrambled to take the object down. canadian authorities are now ron ducting recovery operations. jasmine wright and kylie atwood are tracking the developments. jasmine, to you first, what do we know about th
the 6.3-magnitude quake hitting the same region. the devastating images already coming in tonight. here in the u.s., we are tracking a major new storm moving across the country tonight. don t be fooled by these warm temperatures. 20 states from california to all the way to michigan already on alert tonight as this then moves right into the east. snow, rain, ice, and ginger zee timing it out. the beloved catholic bishop murdered. tonight a suspect under arrest in los angeles. the bishop s body found inside his home. we have new reporting here about the suspect. and the question how did he know the bishop? tonight, the major plant explosion outside cleveland. the images coming in. there are multiple injuries to report. also, the growing concern about toxic chemicals in east palestine, ohio. many in that community do not believe the water and air are safe. so, what happened today? we re on the scene tonight. former president jimmy carter receiving hospice care at his
joining us for getting answers today. we will be here every weekday at three tonight inside the secret trip into ukraine president biden s historic visit how they pulled this off and who they warned just before they went in nearly one year since the russian invasion of ukraine, president biden and president zelinsky on the streets of kiev air raid sirens wailing in the background president biden taking a 10 hour train ride from poland to kiev. promising 500 million in new military aid. the president now on the eve of a major speech in europe and all eyes on vladimir putin to and his own speech. how will putin respond in panel live in ukraine tonight? mary bruce, traveling with the president? also tonight another deadly earthquake hitting turkey. several killed, hundreds more injured the 6.3 magnitude quake
0 joining us for getting answers today. we will be here every weekday at three tonight inside the secret trip into ukraine president biden s historic visit how they pulled this off and who they warned just before they went in nearly one year since the russian invasion of ukraine, president biden and president zelinsky on the streets of kiev air raid sirens wailing in the background president biden taking a 10 hour train ride from poland to kiev. promising 500 million in new military aid. the president now on the eve of a major speech in europe and all eyes on vladimir putin to and his own speech. how will putin respond in panel live in ukraine tonight? mary bruce, traveling with the president? also tonight another deadly earthquake hitting turkey. several killed, hundreds more injured the 6.3 magnitude quake hitting the same region, the devastating images already coming in tonight. here in the us, we are tracking a major new storm moving across the country tonight. don t be fooled by t