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
walensky will join me. our conversation on the brand-new covid boosters. the potential for a once a year covid shot and the pandemic that s still killing nearly 500 americans every day. but first, it s decision time for the justice department. faced with the hugely consequential choice of whether to appeal a florida judge s decision to appoint a special master in the case of those classified documents seized from mar-a-lago. that ruling is now the subject of a ton of push back, even from conservatives including former attorney general bill barr. the opinion i think was wrong and i think the government should appeal it. it s deeply flawed in a number of ways. i don t think the appointment of a special master is going to hold up but even if it does, i don t see it fundamentally changing the trajectory. when you think the stakes can t be any higher, the washington post is revealing one of the documents taken last month revealed details about another country s nuclear cap
know of agents faced immense pressure that day, protecting the president from himself and the vice president from the mob his boss sent to the capitol. secret service agents feeling fearing for their own lives and they rush to get america second in command away from those chanting to hang him. the secret service acknowledging records were purged as part of a systemwide update. but today, based on a letter review by the new york times, dhs inspector general has informed the secret service to, quote, halted internal search for purged texts sent by agents around the time of january 6th so that it does not interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation. that s right. an ongoing criminal investigation. all of these developments coming to light thanks to the house select committee s quest for accountability. a number of these bombshells dropping during the panels primetime hearing thursday night. the committee, taking nearly three hours to trace what the associated press calls, q
pat cipollone has corroborated almost everything that we have learned from the prior hearings. and he had clearly tried to talk president trump down from his efforts to override the election. reporter: cipollone speaking to the committee after bombshell testimony by former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. he said something to the effect of please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy. keep in touch with me. we re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. reporter: meanwhile, in a stunning reversal, steve bannon now saying he is willing to testify publicly before the january 6 committee. after spending months refusing to cooperate. on monday, a judge ruled bannon s new willingness to testify will not delay his trial next week. for contempt of congress. charges brought because bannon stonewalled the committees s repeated questions. federal prosecutors calling it a last ditch attempt to avoid accountability. the main
Battle against covid-19. the white house physician updating us today on biden s diagnosis, saying he has developed some new symptoms but does continue to improve. the president s doctor also shedding like this saturday on which variant he likely has. nbc news chief white house correspondent and co-host of weekend today, kristen welker, is following the latest. kristen, bring us the latest on the presidents conditions. well, alicia, it s so good to be with you. this was really a striking statement, because the doctor said that the president continues to improve, and yet detailed more symptoms. you are absolutely right. he basically explained that dichotomy by saying, look, the symptoms are less troublesome overall. when white house official explained it by saying he has more energy. let me lift the symptoms for you. they include sore throat, runny