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>> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening, and welcome. after a dangerous confrontation in the skies, a warning tonight from russia to the u.s. not to fly aircraft near its airspace throwing the onus on the united states for that midair collision between a russian and american plane over the black sea yesterday. the u.s. making clear its pilotless surveillance plane was flying legally in international airspace when it was knocked from the sky by a russian...

holds a safety summit today. gio benitez reporting. here in new york city tonight, the mysterious fire breaking out in a luxury building, just hours after the fbi arrest of an exiled chinese billionaire. and a one-time close ally of steve bannon. and what authorities have just revealed tonight. aaron katersky in new york. this new cross-country storm moving east tonight. 18 states now on alert from california all the way to michigan. the midwest and south bracing for this. and then...

international rival is being tied to a number of major stories this evening. china is pushing back on a threat by u.s. officials that the social media site tiktok could be banned country wide if chinese investors do not sell their interest. there is also word american banks may have to reimburse companies in china for losses from the collapse of a major u.s. financial institution. allegations that several members of president bidens family received payments from a chinese energy compan...

coast of myrtle beach, south carolina, collecting the wreckage of the downed balloon. republicans are condemning president biden for failing to take action on the balloon sooner. lets get the latest on the balloon and todays recovery efforts, zachary cohen is here. zachary, what more are we learning about this balloon and, i guess, at some point, they need to pull it up out of the ocean and start examining it. >> i think at this early stage, u.s. officials are not buying the chinese go...

administration acted indecisively and waited too long, letting the balloon float across the continental u.s. for days. president biden says the military advised him there would be less danger to the public in shooting down the balloon once it got over the ocean. lawmakers are reacting sharply and along party lines. >> i want to start by doing something that i dont do very often, which is commending joe biden for actually having the guts to shoot this down. that was the right thing to d...

tonight. i am going to take a contrarian view. i have got some questions. here is my first question about this story. the china balloon story. this is like laughter out of uncomfortablity. i cant believe this actually happened. right? sow china. they seem to have chosen the most low tech spying mechanism possible to humiliate the united states. a balloon. when my grandmother took me to the zoo when i was a kid with my grandfather, i got a balloon. its the same technology china is flyin...

today ukraine battles its way into a second year of war defying russian expectations and denying moscow the swift victory it expected. this was the view one year ago yesterday as russian tanks rolled into ukraine launching its unprovoked war. to mark the anniversary, western allies bathed their landmarks in the colors of ukraines flag and more importantly pledging more financial support. the u.s. has announced a $2 billion package. 8 million ukrainians have fled their country. of those...

welcome back to the cnn newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. across the globe, major landmarks are lighting up in the colors of ukraine as the war there enters its second year. its a stunning milestone for a battle many thought would end with a quick defeat by russias powerful military. as vladimir putins tanks rolled across the border last february. there was little hope that kyiv would be able to stand up to moscow for very long, but ukraine has shocked the world and perhaps rus...

>> a troubling new cdc report reveals the maternal mortality rate rose by 39%. >> birthing is such a critical piece of our society. thats our next generation. ♪ ♪ >> norah: tiktoks ultimatum from the biden administration. >> the biden administration is also demanding that tiktoks chinese parent company divest itself from the social media platform, or it might see a nationwide ban. ♪ ♪ [buzzer] >> norah: and check those brackets. its time for march madness. >> furman has not bee...

janet yellen today appearing before congress. what she said about the safety of american banks. the u.s. threatening to ban tiktok over national security fears. how the popular apps owner is responding. the cross-country storm, tornado warnings and hail in texas. snow in the midwest, and caught on camera, the daring flood rescue in los angeles. nbc news investigates, why is this school still open near a plant the epa says emits a toxic chemical? families demanding answers. the ...