Wednesday, January 21, 2026
NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight states of emergency, nearly half the country bracing for a potentially historic winter storm. |
| 0:08.3 | Tens of millions to face crippling ice, feet of snow, and brutally low temperatures. |
| 0:13.7 | Snow pounding parts of the northeast as a rare winter storm watch stretches as far south as Houston. |
| 0:20.5 | Governors already declaring states of emergencies, |
| 0:23.7 | supplies flying off the shelves, dangerous ice to threaten power grids, and travel expected to be |
| 0:29.9 | nearly impossible across thousands of miles. Al Roker standing by to time it all out. Is there a deal |
| 0:36.6 | over Greenland? President Trump backing |
| 0:38.9 | off his threat to take Greenland by force, announcing he struck an agreement for the territory |
| 0:44.1 | with the NATO Secretary. What we know about the deal as the president pulls his tariff threats, |
| 0:49.9 | sending markets soaring. A shooting involving a border patrol agent in California, crowds facing |
| 0:56.2 | off with law enforcement at the scene. Our reporter is there. The Clintons held in contempt, |
| 1:02.2 | the stunning move from lawmakers after former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton refused to |
| 1:08.0 | testify about Jeffrey Epstein, even Democrats voting against them. |
| 1:12.6 | Our series, the cost of denial, one man charged nearly $6,000 for a six-mile ambulance ride. |
| 1:19.6 | What you need to know about what could happen when you call 911, |
| 1:23.6 | while your insurance may not cover that ride to the hospital. |
| 1:26.6 | Fireway Highway Rescue, deputies and other drivers rushing in to pull this trapped driver |
| 1:33.0 | from the flames. |
| 1:34.3 | And there's good news tonight, the patriotic sendoff for the middle school teacher trading serving |
| 1:40.4 | his students for serving his country. |
| 1:43.2 | Nightly News starts right now. This is NBC Nightly News |
| 1:48.4 | with Tom Yamas. And good evening. We begin tonight with the states of emergency as more than half |
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