Get the vaccine . Lets make a deal president us plan, but theyre billions apart. Plus a week before his senate trial, former President Trumps lawyers quit. Officers suspended, after they handcuff and pepper spray a 9 yearold girl. Tony bennetts battle, the family of the legendary singer opens up about his alzheimers diagnosis. On this first day of black history month, Unifying America. How a Theater Company is inspiring americans to start frank conversations about race and bias. Snow day the pandas show us all how to properly enjoy the snow. Theations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. Well begin with Breaking News on that Monster Winter Storm thats pounding much of the east coast with blizzard like conditions, shutting down schools, businesses and even Vaccination Sites across moreanl outagee tef right now, nearly one out of every four americans is in the path of the noreaster and for millions of them, the worst is still ahead with
welcome to news room. erdogan secures the historic third term as turkey s president. we ll take a look at what it means for the country s relations for washington and we will show you the dramatic video of the moment a driver and passenger fired at each other while on board the moving bus. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. we begin in washington where there is an urgent push for a tentative deal to avoid a default. president biden and kevin mccarthy have cut the deal though they are facing pushback. the bill has to clear the senate. mr. biden says he is confident it will make it to his desk. the speaker and i made clear from the start that the only way forward was a bipartisan agreement. that agreement now goes to the united states house. and to the senate. i strongly urge both chambers to pass that agreement. mccarthy has released the text of the 99 page bill which includes raiseing the debt ceiling two years. increasing spending on defense and veteran is
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with president biden playing salesman in chief. the white house has been briefing house and senate democrats on the tentative deal to raise the nation s debt ceiling. a source says that a midafternoon phone call between president biden and house spe speaker kevin mccarthy has not happened yet. the call was to finalize the remaining details. experts say a default would be disastrous for the u.s. and global economies and that threat is still looming ominously at this hour. on capitol hill, lawmakers sound like they re unhappy with this deal. so passage is not guaranteed yet. this is unfolding as a june 5th deadline is drawing closer. we re following all of these latest developments. priscilla alvarez is at the white house for us. what are you learning about this phone call? is it going to happen? there s ever expectation that it is going to happen, jim. as you mentioned, president biden had said it wa
surrendering to face a manslaughter charge. new reaction from the homeless man s family tonight. the idaho mother known as the doomsday cult mom found guilty of all charges in the deaths of her two youngest children and her husband s ex-wife and what lori vallow now faces. the man who now admits he crashed his own plane, jumping out and recording the whole thing all for a promotion. and the new push for more support during birth what experts say is leading to better outcomes in the delivery room. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, and welcome on this friday new rules are taking hold along the u.s./mexico border tonight with the covid public health restriction known as title 42 lifted overnight. u.s. officials holding their breath over what may come under its new rules, the biden administration is once more allowing in those with asylum applications or other legal pathways as long lines formed at official processing points. those ill
shelters over capacity as the government races to add thousands more beds. plus, how did an unaccompanied migrant teen die in a facility in florida? the new warning from the homeland security secretary to migrants with the administration facing new questions over its handling of the crisis and our reporter inside a shelter tonight. tornado outbreak. a massive tornado bearing down. another one ripping through a town as millions face more severe weather overnight. we re tracking it. the marine veteran who put a homeless man in a fatal chokehold free on bail after surrendering to face a manslaughter charge. new reaction from the homeless man s family. the idaho mother known as the doomsday cult mom found guilty of all charges in the deaths of her two youngest children and her husband s ex-wife and what lori vallow now faces. the man who now admits he crashed his own plane, jumping out and recording the whole thing all for a promotion. the new push for more support during