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NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

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🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Trump says peace talks over Ukraine War will begin immediately; Growing showdown over DOGE's efforts to downsize federal government; Parade of winter storms slam U.S.; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

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0:00.0	Tonight, the major reset with Russia over the Ukraine war. With Kiev under attack, the president
0:06.5	signaling a dramatic departure to the nearly three-year-old conflict. President Trump's
0:11.6	new phone calls with Russian President Putin and Ukraine's President Zelenskyy, saying peace
0:16.7	negotiations will begin immediately. The Secretary of Defense calling Ukraine's goals unrealistic where Trump and Putin could meet next.
0:25.6	Plus the new prisoner exchanges, one teacher now on American soil as another American is released.
0:31.6	The nationwide parade of winter storms in the Midwest pile of stranded drivers.
0:36.6	The dramatic flooding in Alabama,
0:38.7	thousands of flights delayed or canceled. Al Roker is here with the latest. The more than 50
0:44.6	lawsuits the Trump White House is now facing, the administration blasting the courts as the, quote,
0:50.4	reputization of justice. Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaking out. We're on the front lines of America's
0:57.2	farms, the lengths farmers are going to protect their flocks and why they say egg prices are
1:03.3	soaring. The Navy crew ejecting from their jet before splashing into the Pacific. The outrage of
1:09.4	O'Connier-West's anti-Semitism, how backlash in a viral
1:13.6	AI video are renewing the debate over online speech.
1:17.6	This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.
1:21.6	Good evening and welcome. A potential path to end the war in Ukraine in focus tonight after President Trump took steps to kickstart negotiations with Russia.
1:32.2	On the same day, Kiev was struck by a heavy Russian air attack, President Trump speaking by phone to Russia's President Putin and later Ukrainian President Zelensky.
1:41.9	After failing to end the war on day one of his new term,
1:45.7	as he boldly promised during the campaign, Mr. Trump telling Moscow his team is ready to start
1:51.2	negotiations to end the war immediately. But U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegzeth quickly tamping
1:57.9	down on expectations that all of Ukraine's territory seized by Russia would be in play.
2:04.0	The U.S. has poured billions of dollars into Ukraine's war effort since it was invaded by Russian troops in 2022.
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