cruise missiles and not going to be effective against drones. so it s doubtful you could say if they had the patriots it would make a huge difference in this particular type of barrage because this was largely cruise missiles and drones. any indication they are using iranian missiles yet, john? no indications that they have purchased or are using missiles from iran. we suspect, we believe that most of what they are using are those drones. i want to get you to respond because we hear from the russian ministry of defense, they say they launched this retaliation strike for an alleged attack in russia. can you respond to is that? it s difficult to know. i can t confirm the russian s account of this. we need to take what the russians are saying with a huge grain of salt here in terms of their justification. i mean, these kinds of these strikes while they were certainly massive are very much a piece of the kinds of brutalizing tactics that mr. putin has been visiting upon
charges he faces. the new storm threat taking aim at california with an untold number of residents still trapped by record snow. we re tracking it. the crash that killed a norfolk southern conductor, the company s third accident in ohio in just over a month after those two derailments. and the special investigation, the ntsb announced today into the company. my report tonight on how a letter from a prisoner led to a 20-year-plus search for the truth is now the subject of a hit nbc news podcast. and the bluegrass star and the obstacles he overcame to become one of the best fiddlers in the world. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for joining us. a violent kidnap drama that targeted a traveling group of four americans in matamoros, mexico, is over, sadly with word two of them were killed. the others recovered alive in what may have been a case of mistaken identity in an increasingly lawless area near the texas bord
from last month s derailment in east palestine. and right now the fbi offering a reward for the return of four americans believed to have been kidnapped at gunpoint in mexico. we ll bring you details on what happened. and jurors who convicted alex murdaugh of killing his wife and son are speaking out. i didn t think he was crying. he turned it on and off, yeah. it wasn t genuine. do you think he hurt himself by taking the stand? did he make it worse? i think he did. we begin in atlanta where nearly three dozen people were detained after a chaotic clash between police and protesters. atlanta police say outside agitators mounted what they call a coordinated attack on the future site of a public safety training center throwing rocks, bricks, molotov cocktails and fireworks at police officers. some equipment including construction vehicles were set on fire, but no police officers were injured. sunday s protest part of a week-long series of demonstrations against the f
explaining quote to protect your life and take cover. now a former mayor of rolling fork also described the tornado hitting his home, telling a local television station at the tornado blew the windows out of the back of his house and the sharkey county sheriff s office reporting several gas leaks and people still trapped in piles of rubble. mississippi governor tate reeves saying in a twitter post that search and rescue teams are active right now, and that more ambulances and emergency assets are also being sent to help those who have been affected. the governor also saying quote many in the mississippi delta need your prayers and god s protection. and this storm is not over yet. let s go now to fox weather meteorologist jane men are for the very latest on the track of the storm. jane hello, marianne . yeah definitely. just a devastating night. we saw these storms really start to fire up once the sun went down and tracked across mississippi, where we saw the worst of the dama
protect your life take cover, now a former mayor of rolling for telling a local television station that the tornado blew the windows out of the back of his home. and the sharkey county sheriff s office reporting gas leaks and people still trapped in piles of rubble. mississippi governor tate reeves, also saying in a twitter post that the search and rescue efforts were ongoing , and that more ambulances and emergency assets are being sent to those areas that are affected. the governor also saying many in the mississippi delta need your prayers and god s protection. the storm prediction center, saying the greatest threat of for more tornadoes overnight as an arkansas louisiana again in mississippi and tennessee storms with damaging winds and hail are also forecast from eastern texas and southeastern oklahoma in the parts of southeastern missouri and southern illinois. once again if you re just joining us 10 people now confirmed dead and unknown number of people. injured and pos