Tonight the powerful storms are moving east after tornadoes left a trail of destruction in the heartland.

A dangerous night ahead after a tornado outbreak in the central US, a state of emergency in Kentucky, a college student blown off their feet.

Homes damage in Oklahoma. Tens of millions at risk tonight from the Great Lakes to the

Gulf Coast, then the system moving east as an April nor Easter.

Al Roker is here with the latest.

Also tonight the Israeli airstrike killing seven aid workers in Gaza, including an

American. Prime Minister Netanyahu calling it tragic and

unintentional.

The reaction from the White House saying it's outraged.

Donald Trump campaigning in the Midwest after posting a $175 million bond in his civil

fraud case.

President Biden and China's leader Shijin-Ping speaking for the first time since their November

summit, the security concerns the president

raised about Tik-Tok. The new 3D images of the Collapse Bridge in Baltimore

what they reveal. The American tourists who say their cruise ship stranded them on an

island off Africa, their race to get back on board.

Our NBC News exclusive how a group in a dozen states is bringing the Bible to public school

students. This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. Good evening and

welcome on an unsettled night ahead for potentially 53 million people living in areas at risk from another night of severe weather.

Tonight the cleanup is barely underway after violent weather barreled through parts of Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois,

Indiana, and Kentucky, toppling trees and knocking out power across sections of the Midwest

and Ohio Valley.

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