We are continuing to watch this story from Mount Hood in Oregon... where authorities are searching for 3 climbers who have been missing for more than a week.  It's a major operation and rescue teams could soon be approaching the top of the mountain.   NBC's Peter Alexander is following this story again tonight.

Also... from Iraq... new violence today following Saturday's reconciliation conference.  Insurgents pulled off a mass kidnapping today of workers at the Red Crescent office in Baghdad.  NBC's Jim Maceda reports.

In Washington, the ongoing debate over Iraq... and what President Bush's next step should be.  Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said today... that the U.S. Army is at the breaking point in Iraq ... and Americans are now less safe than when the war started.  NBC's Kevin Corke reports from the White House.

From the Middle East... NBC's Mike Boettcher where the situation appears to be going from bad to worse in Gaza as Palestinians continue fighting Palestinians.

NBC's Mike Taibbi reports on another black eye for the NBA.  A major brawl at a basketball game last night.  It comes in a year when the league promised to crackdown on players who engage in just this kind of activity.

NBC's Robert Bazell has a sobering look at global warming and what it could mean for all of us.

And NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports on a group that helps kids who have lost a parent in Iraq.  It's all coming up tonight on NBC Nightly News.