democrats seats. also tonight in a new report in the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan the white house largely blaming the chaos and decisions by former president trump on the actions it says the u.s. should have taken even sooner. the rising tensions in the middle east. israel striking back tonight after the biggest barrage of missiles from lebanon in more than 16 years. tracking severe storms on the move tonight in the midatlantic on the heels of that deadly tornado outbreak. nbc news investigates after our report on toxic air concerns near a louisiana school. what the epa is now doing about it. and it was 20 years ago we lost a member of our nbc news family covering the war in iraq. tonight my conversation with david bloom s widow about the lives his story may have saved. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. the tears of grief that consume nashville, tennessee, just ten days ago over the murders of young children and
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 app s 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 first big upset in march madness. the tiny school pulling off a stunner in its first tournament appearance in 40 years. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. the u.s. tonight offering compelling evidence that russian fighter jets were the aggressors in a confrontation with an american air force drone over the black sea this week. newly declassified pentagon video from the drone s camera captured a russian warplane spraying jet fuel dire
they re the targets of more than 60% of religious hate crimes reported in this country. since october, jewish day schools have closed or had to hire extra security. synagogues have gone into lockdown and college campuses in particular have seen a surge in antisemitic incidents including assaults. over the next hour, dana bash explores the roots of antisemitism in america and how they ve spread. you ll hear from some on how they ve started higding their jewish identity in public out of fear for their safety. sunday, october 29th in southern russia. barely three weeks after the october 7th attack on israel by hamas. deadliest day for jews since the h holocaust. an angry mob rushed a plane that jujust arrrrived in tel aviv.. theyey were e hunting fofor jew. they weweren t sayiying give israelis, which would have been terrible anyway. that was playing all over antisemitism. she s the u.s. state department s s special envoy to monitor r antitisemitism. she was sworn in in 20
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levels of a likely human carcinogen. so why after seven years are kids still breathing toxic air? here s cynthia mcfadden. reporter: 4-year-old george says he loves going to school at fifth ward elemementary inn reservrve, louisiaiana, bubut according to the federal government, going to school here could be shortening george s life, as well as the lives of his 400 or so primarily black classmates. one of your neighbors says it s like sending the kids to a gas chamber. exactly. exactly. reporter: 83-year-old mary hampton is george s great grandmother. she lives a few blocks from the school. her father bought the land once worked by slaves giving parcels to his nine children. he thought he was leaving us a legacy. he actually left us a death sentence. they don t care about us. it s racial. they don t care. just inhale and die. reporter: hampton and her friend robert taylor had been