The hunt for variants. The house Impeachment Managers laying out their case against former President Trump a week before his trial democrats saying he summoned a mob and aimed them like a Loaded Cannon at the capitol. How trumps legal team is responding. The 9yearold Pepper Sprayed by police her mother speaking out to us about the action shes now taking paying tribute to the 100yearold world war ii veteran who inspired the world announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone its not often we start the broadcast with news of a change in one of this countrys corporate suites but arguably no company has changed the way we live quite like amazon. And late today its Ceo Jeff Bezos delivered the surprising news hes stepping down from the helm of the Shopping Empire Formed in 1994 that Late Development just one of the major stories were covering tonight that includes a deadly day for the fbi. Two agents killed while trying to serve a criminal warrant in florida. Th
And abilities categories, biden is losing ground big time. Check this out. He is down nine on likability. Wow. And is he down, down 9 on whether he displays good judgment in a crisis is shocking. And he lost 8 points on the is he a strong and decisive leader question. Now, on these same questions, trump is up a point or flat from 2020. And this poll isnt the only warning sign for biden. The trump trials have not moved the needle for biden at all. The border story keeps getting worse. And inflation remains, as jamie dimon said yesterday sticky. That means its bad. Voters just are not happy. Plus, even in blue states like nevada, democrat incumbents may be in trouble. And while the official reaction from the democrats, kind of cool as the cucumber, oh, the stories say oh, were confident and focused. There seems to be some Contingency Planning underway. The party that prides itself for being prowomen and, of course, they are all champions of diversity, is giving the first latina on the Su
Recent ruling by the Supreme Court when it comes to juveniles convicted of first and before sentencing chisolm sentence him to 40 years before being eligible for parole justice lowey addressed the events of three years ago. Its hard to imagine a family to endure. Do you want to say anything to the family . Reporter his mother left without comment as did his legal team. Reporter are you satisfied with the judges decision. I have no comment. I have no comment. Have no comment. Reporter . Reporter phillip chisolm will remain in a juvenile facility until his 18th birthday then he will be relocated to the maximum state prison at Cedar Junction at walpole and he is first eligible for parole in the year 2056 when he turns 54. Cooper, 7 news. Anchor the family of Colleen Ritzer voicing some frustration after todays sentencing. Byron barnett joins us now with more on their reaction today. Byron . Reporter well, tom and peggy ritzer say they feel devastate and betrayed over the sentencing. They
Now to the opioid crisis. The Substance Abuse task force is considering a number of hills to battle the growing heroin epidemic. Jc heather is here with the options. Reporter there seems to be a growing consensus that the penalties need to be increased along with better monitoring of prescriptions for opioids. The task force held the final meeting today. The new witness was the head of the New Hampshire state police. He says Law Enforcement is trying new tactics to deal with the problem, including a mobile enforcement team. They also heard about a Program Designed to keep addicts out of the criminal justice system. We see anywhere from 800 and hundred people a year in our programs, and that is because Law Enforcement understands addiction out here in vervain county, and understands that everybody doesn t want to be addicted. Reporter they are considering several bills for the process, d penalties, requiring drug education, mandating drug monitoring programs, and requiring companies to
Dont know. Honestly once we have a court order we have no obligation to knock on the door adam may investigates the land grab under way in new york state and worries about what lies ahead. Thanks for joining us, im joie chen, power political and the resource variety can cause unintended consequences and controversy in many communities. We look at the impacts. In upstate new york where resident were powerless against the rule of Eminent Domain. It gives the government the right to take your property for the greater good of the community, and in some cases for the greater good of corporate interests. Adam may found out what that means for neighbours when a pipeline comes to town. In the hills of Central New York tensions are running high. We are still in america. We want to know the five or six guys on here. You know who they were we dont know. Dan and laura are local home owners. The man on the right is a representative from the energy giant williams. Im not trying to make your life dif