Tonight, the monster winter storm targeting 170 million Americans, now just hours away from plowing across the country.

As more governors declare states of emergency with officials warning tonight, this storm will be life-threatening.

The growing storm emergency, blinding lake-effect snow, bearing neighborhoods, a lighthouse encased in ice,

all ahead of this sprawling storm set to bring crippling ice, feet of snow, and freezing rain

from Arizona to New England. Store shelves emptying out and fears of widespread power outages,

we have the latest track.

New chaos in Minneapolis, the border chief, launching gas at protesters,

and the outrage growing after this five-year-old was detained with his father.

Vice President J.D. Vance on the ground there, defending ICE but acknowledging mistakes.

Plus, President Trump taking on the nation's top banker,

suing Jamie Diamond for $5 billion. New Greenland deal, President Trump revealing more about that agreement, will the U.S. control any of the land? Barron Trump's life-saving call,

the president's son credited with saving a friend after witnessing an assault on a video call thousands of miles away.

What he told police.

Deadly Facebook marketplace meetup.

The Marine veteran killed over a cell phone.

What police are now warning.

Buck in a bank officers responding to this, burglary alarms and finding

a wild scene how they wrangled that deer out. Dazzling space light show the stunning Aurora

captured from above Earth. And there's good news tonight, a true sign of love, the touching

birthday celebration for a two-year-old girl going viral.

Nightly News starts right now.

This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamas.

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