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michigan state university, naming several others, most of whom remain in critical condition. today, funeral services were held for two of the slain msu students, and in just a minute, i will talk to a michigan congresswoman with her reaction to this tragedy, which was on my mind even as i was marching in florida on wednesday, joining a peoples protest against the state s governor, ron desantis, and his escalating war on black history. it was while i was on the ground in florida that i got word that the shooter who massacred nearly a dozen black shoppers at a buffalo supermarket two years ago had been sentenced to life in prison without parole. later, i learned that all five of the former memphis police officers charged with murder, murdering tyre nichols had pled not guilty. i thought about tyre s mother and her grief, and i also thought about so many grieving mothers in other parts of the world right now. as turkey and syria recover from the massive earthquake that has ....
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 aren t 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. after a controlled burn meant to avert a catastrophic explosion, officials signaled it was safe for evacuated residents to return, but tonight there is worry, skepticism, and anger about what is really happening and about what people are being told ron allen is covering it for us tonight. reporter: tonight outrage growing less than two weeks after that massive train derailment and the controlled burn of hazardous chemicals sent up a toxic plume of black smoke in east palestine, ohio. ....
are tense again. thank you so much for joining us this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. a self-loathing has swept our country. joe and kamala even say america is racist. this is not about identity politics. i don t believe in that, and i don t believe in glass ceilings either. strong and proud, not weak and woke. that s the america i see. [ applause ] the only challenger so far to donald trump in the 2024 presidential race kicks off her campaign. during that speech, nikki haley took a dig at her former boss and president joe biden. we ll play for you those comments. also today, we ll get our first look at the pieces of the grand jury investigating the president s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. plus, mike pence wants all the credit for doing the right thing on january 6th but doesn t want to talk about it under oath. we ll show you what he had to sa ....
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is horrible here. shannon: will ask fema administrator dan criswell what is being done to help americans of the hardest hit areas? and we will talk with brian camp about his impact in his state and his offer to help his neighbors. we are ready to roll when they need us. plus we will get the latest on governor kemp s highly anticipated midterm a rematch against democrat stacy abrams. we have got brand-new poles with just weeks ago. then, rush it ramps up its rhetoric with its war on ukraine but russian president vladimir putin saying he will annex occupied territory in ukraine after referendums the west is called nothing but a sham. we will ask our sunday panel how pollutant escalation could impact prospects for peace. plus, a sitdown with fox and built who is been the only constant media presence on our southern border part he will discuss what he has seen firsthand and why he came to capitol hill to ask questions of our nation s leaders. and the people at the heart ....