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>> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening, and thank with us. official assurances that all is safe near the site of that ohio toxic train derailment arent playing well with many area residents tonight, not with people experiencing physical symptoms and fish dying by the thousands in nearby streams. it has been almost two weeks since the train jumped the tracks in eastern ohio near the pennsylvania border spilling tanker cars carrying hazardous chemicals....

to the 2020 election. coming up, what it tells us and what it could mean for donald trump. and at this hour, a message from residents of east palestine, ohio, to federal, state, and local officials. do your jobs because we are scared and were worried. just a short time ago, the head of the epa arrived at the site of that toxic train derailment, but he shouldnt expect a warm welcome after residents spent hours last night laying into officials who insist the air and water are safe, des...

what were they? how much has been recovered. do we definitively know the level of threat they posed or lack thereof. bipartisan critics have been saying theres plenty that isnt classified that the american public has a right to know, and we are now waiting, as you see, for the president to come to that podium and begin. but in the meantime, lets talk to nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly odonnell, along with nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles and robert gibbs...

The ships chandeliers, the new footage from previous explorations coincides with the 25th anniversary of the blockbuster film >> im flying. >> why are people still so fascinated by the wreckage >> the drama, the human drama of "titanic." this is something that i think sits in the human psyche. >> reporter: shoving off from southampton, england, to new york in 1912. >> she was hailed as the most luxurious steamship in the world. >> reporter: after the "titanic" struck an iceberg and sank, more th...

Say here is an identity and heres a purpose, years of risk? its a perilous situation. >> absolutely. there is scientific evidence n r nine causes of depression and anxiety. everyone knows that junk food has taken over our diets and meet us physically sick buts there is equally strong evidence that a kind of junk values have taken over our minds. but, a lot of you think about lifes as money and status and showing off and, thats not not exactly confucius but the gist of what he said. no one scient...

>> jamie: all eyes at the sky. homemade gliders soaring in the air at the contest in california? i have never seen it until now. 35 teams compete for the title. this is what they do. they launch human powered machines off a 30-foot deck before flashing into rainbow harbor. dozens of spectators as the contestants dance before shoving off. the winners, an all woman crew getting their handy chic shaped glider -- im not sure which one that is. it went 98 feet from the ramp before oop! going down! �...