Greene defending herself on the Floor House Impeachment Managers asking donald trump to testify under oath at his trial. How his lawyers are responding tonight President Biden is declaring america is back in his first Foreign Policy speech. His new warning to russia and china my oneonone with his chief of staff i asked is there a plan to send masks to every americans. The former officer caught on body cam fatally shooting an Unarmed Black Man charged with murder. New reaction from andre hills family. Vaccine hunthunters, how storing doses would otherwise go under waste. Good evening, i am lester holt. Johnson and johnsons approval soon could mean more dose ages by the start of summer. New infections and hospitalizations fallen nearly 34 million vaccine doses administered while 91,000 people currently hospitalized experts warning those more contagious Virus Mutations could spell plenty more dark days ahead. I spoke to the chief of staff, ron klain, to get an update and an effort to spee
trump administration failed. and tonight, his message to americans and now a divided congress. this is what we are watching this hour. we want to welcome the viewers here in the united states and around the world. at this hour, i m kate bolduan. let s start with the urgent search for survivors at that huge earthquake in turkey and syria. the death toll is over 5,000 people killed and that number is to rise. the pictures of the reality of the aftermath of the quake are devastating. thousands of buildings collapsed, and the weather is making already challenging rescue efforts just that much harder, and add to that, the dissional reality that some of the places were in crisis. take northwest syria for example with more than 4 million people were already relying on humanitarian assistance there. there have been moments of light in the heartbreaking images. this video is showing a small girl being rescued after crawling out of a collapsed building. you can just imagine. we go to
good to be with you, i m katy tur. first it was the leaked memo from an air force general, warning his officers to prepare for a hot war with china in 2025. then it was news the u.s. is expanding its military presence in southeast asia, adding four more bases in the philippines on the doorstep of china. and now, the pentagon is faced with a chinese spy balloon first spotted over montana, which, by the way is home to one of the united states three nuclear silo fields. just a moment ago in a series of questions from reporters, brigadier general patrick ryder confirmed the balloon is not just drifting, that china is in control of it. the balloon is maneuverable. clearly it s violated u.s. airspace, and again, we ve communicated that fact to the prc. the fact is we know that it s a surveillance balloon. and i m not going to be able to be more specific than that. and we do know that the balloon has violated international airspace and international law which is unacceptable. we
across the country some experts now warn the perfect storm of troublesis putting the country s national security at risk new inflation numbers this morning were better than expected what it says about where the economy is headed and what it means for your wallet. and right now, toxic smoke is filling the skies over eastern indiana, as a recycling plant burns and thousands are forced to flee how long could that fire keep burning. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments to that breaking news first in eastern indiana, a massive warehouse fire is forcing families to leave their homes, schools are closed maggie vespa is in richmond, iowa the state fire marshal says the smoke is definitely toxic. obviously you re wearing your mask what is the situation, what is the major concern there right now? reporter: of course the biggest concern is basically what could be lingering in the air right now. i want to be clear, we re wearing a mask out of an over