his mission for puerto rico as the island faces a long recovery from another deadly hurricane. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone it s a threat that shadowed a generation of americans during the cold war a nuclear standoff with russia and now president biden giving voice to growing new fears and a dangerous new era once more framed by the threat of nuclear conflict. president biden saying, we face the prospect of armageddon comparing it to the cuban missile crisis his dark comments referring to threats by russia s vladimir putin to introduce tactical nuclear weapons or chemical and biological weapons on the battlefield in russia s war with ukraine. president biden saying he takes putin s threats seriously saying, putin is not joking while there s no indication thus far that russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons, the president s blunt comments are sending a chill from washington to the streets of moscow where our keir simmons
of state. the war of words erupting between the democrat and the gop governor of texas. the suspect accused in the deadly stabbing rampage on the las vegas strip appearing in court. what we re learning about the victims. new developments in the mar-a-lago investigation. is donald trump still keeping documents he took from the white house? our series climate challenge. the coastal residents moving their entire homes before the ocean can swallow them. and superstar lin-manuel miranda on his mission for puerto rico as the island faces a long recovery from another deadly hurricane. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. it s a threat that shadowed a generation of americans during the cold war. a nuclear standoff with russia and now president biden giving voice to growing new fears and a dangerous new era. once more framed by the threat of nuclear conflict. president biden saying, we face the prospect of armageddon comparing i
facility opened fire as russian casualties inside ukraine mount. plus elon musk s dramatic reversal that may help keep the ukrainian military fighting. dramatic new 911 calls from the moment the 15-year-old gunman kills five in raleigh, north carolina. i have a male shot. hispanic. we talked to the families dealing with immeasurable loss. a terrifying scene at a pumpkin patch in texas. more than a dozen cars going up in flames. black smoke everywhere. the government now will challenges stop the plan? on the football field, but are taking down barriers together. this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz balart. good evening. we begin with breaking news. for months the city of stockton, california, has lived in fear. a suspected serial killer was prowling the city. at least six people were killed on the street, another shot, but survived. the killings all believed to be connected. the only major clue the police made public was this surveillance video, a man the
facility opened fire as russian casualties inside ukraine mount. plus elon musk s dramatic reversal that may help keep the ukrainian military fighting. dramatic new 911 calls from the moment the 15-year-old gunman kills five in raleigh, north carolina. i have a male shot. hispanic. we talked to the families dealing with immeasurable loss. a terrifying scene at a pumpkin patch in texas. more than a dozen cars going up in flames. black smoke everywhere. the government now will challenges stop the plan? on the football field, but are taking down barriers together. this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz balart. good evening. we begin with breaking news. for months the city of stockton, california, has lived in fear. a suspected serial killer was prowling the city. at least six people were killed on the street, another shot, but
he also said that while israel is trying to maintain good relations with russia, the line has been crossed and demanded that the russian government apologize. now, while israel has condemned russia s invasion of ukraine, accused russia of war crimes and sent multiple plane loads of humanitarian aid to ukraine, they have not yet fully joined western sanctions. it s part of israel s delicate balancing act of sorts between the countries so that it can act after mediator. the prime minister of israel has been talking regularly with both zelenskyy and putin. and because of israel s own security concerns. russia s military presence in syria, which is on israel s northern border, means israel relies on russia s tacit compliance for freedom of action against iranian-backed targets in syria. so, now the question will be, as the atrocities in ukraine mount and with such outrageous comments from russia s foreign minister, will israel continue with its current stance or will it go further?