east coast 8:00 here in los angeles and this is america s late news, fox news at night. and breaking tonight, president biden is reportedly getting more and more frustrated with his dismal poll numbers and not just his anemic approval rating but also a variety of polls that show him losing to former president trump. and to add insult to injury, fox news has brand new polls tonight and for president biden there are no bright spots. the chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live to kind of help us break down the numbers. jonathan good evening. reporter: good evening trace, president biden s approval numbers remain at dangerously low levels for someone aiming to he were a second term in the white house. with 57% of recommending centered voters saying they disapprove of the president s job performance according to the latest fox news poll. and on specific issues, the poll also makes for grim reading for democrats. almost two-thirds of voters disapprove of biden s handling of bor
pounding air rescues like this one captured by the pasadena fire department. thisng an rv plunging into the santa clara river after teetering on the edge of a cliff. we re tracking where it s headed next. a fresh wave of violence across ukraine. overnight russia launching more than a dozen unmanned drones into ukraine exhausting air defenses according to ukrainian officials. now u.s. officials says china is weighing whether to send artillery and ammunition to help russia s campaign. the new response from china this morning. court is back in session in the alex murdaugh double murder trial. after blockbuster testimony from the defendant himself, how soon it could be in the hands of the jury. the extreme weather impacting millions of americans this morning. we re tracking damage in the central u.s. after reports of several tornadoes touched down in oklahoma overnight. california faces the possibility of more snow. in the aftermath of historic winter weather that brought u
questioning today in the aleck murdaugh double murder trial, and closing arguments could come within days. we re learning more about what the feds are now doing to help the people of east palestine, ohio, the scene of that toxic train derailment, and now health concerns are spreading beyond ohio. we ll explain. plus, the department of energy says it found the likely source of the covid outbreak, but the intelligence community still doesn t agree about the origins of covid. and new reporting this morning on how child migrants are being dangerously exploited working brutal jobs in factories that made products we use every day. we ll talk to the journalist behind this new york times investigation. this morning 56 million americans remain under winter storm alerts as huge parts of the country are recovering from a weekend of extreme weather. right now tens of thousands are still in the dark after a string of storms caused destruction in the heartland with nine tornad
neighborhoods in oklahoma and kansas in ruins today after tornadoes reportedly ripped through that region. and another astonishing twist at the double murder trial of alec murdaugh, the jury is going on a field trip just days before they re expected to start deliberations. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments for us. we want to start with catie beck outside the courthouse in waltersboro, south carolina, as she has been throughout. first of all, some graphic testimony today, but also that block buster decision by the judge. they re going to take the jury to the scene of the crime. reporter: yeah, chris, that was a bit of a surprise. this jay way more often than not sides with the prosecution, and today he granted that defense motion to take the entire jury to moselle, to this hunting property, to the crime scene to get a spatial understanding of exactly how these murders happened. at least that s what the defense said they were hoping. separa
city unexplained in the last six days. that including a fuel depot as well as the steel works there that the russians use as a military base. the british mod tweeting, quote, russia will likely be concerned that unexplained explosions are occurring in a zone it had probably previously assessed as beyond the range of routine ukrainian strike capabilities. the exiled ukrainian city mariupol confirming the explosions but not specifying what caused them. ambassador, last night the attacks were staggered over several hours, part of a tactic to wear out air defenses. can the air defense systems keep up? and if you want also to respond to the gentleman whom erin interviewed who essentially said i want a ukrainian flag staked in every territory including crimea. to your first question, can they keep up, yes, but they need