Saturday, February 28, 2026
NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas
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3.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight, America attacks Iran, President Trump announcing its supreme leader, Ayatollah |
| 0:07.0 | Hamani, has been killed as Iran retaliates across the region. |
| 0:11.0 | The U.S. launching strikes with Israel earlier today targeting Iran's top leaders. |
| 0:20.0 | New images of the Ayatollah's compound decimated. The country's |
| 0:24.5 | supreme leader now believed to be dead. Other attacks inflicted very great losses on their leadership. |
| 0:32.9 | Iran firing back against its neighbors, hitting this high rise in Bahrain. |
| 0:39.6 | Oh my God. |
| 0:40.4 | A drone blasting down in Dubai. |
| 0:44.7 | An intercepted missile crashing near crowds. |
| 0:50.1 | This explosion near a U.S. Navy base. |
| 0:57.1 | And Tel Aviv coming under attack. |
| 1:02.6 | Hotels for Western tourists and airports hit across the region. |
| 1:06.5 | We're getting our first look at the damage inside of Iran. |
| 1:08.4 | This is the moment for action. |
| 1:13.9 | President Trump addressing the nation in the early morning hours, laying out the mission's objectives. |
| 1:16.8 | They will never have a nuclear weapon. |
| 1:20.1 | Iran's foreign minister speaking out to NBC News. |
| 1:22.8 | There is no limit for us to defend ourselves. |
| 1:25.8 | But what happens now that the Ayatollah is dead? |
| 1:28.4 | What President Trump just told our Kristen Welker about the timeline for the mission. And the growing questions, what is the endgame? How |
| 1:35.2 | involved will the U.S. be? Our correspondents spread out across the region tonight as America's |
| 1:41.0 | attacks on Iran may only be getting started. |
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