and some of the most extreme far right members of the gop will have real power in the house thanks to kevin mccarthy s desperate deal making to become speaker. and also ahead, another tragic scene in ukraine. we ll have the latest on a deadly helicopter crash outside kyiv. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 18th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin in washington where the white house is making efforts to tamp down criticism about a perceived lack of transparency in the classified documents case involving president biden. in a phone call with reporters yesterday, a spokesman and senior adviser fielded questions. and both republican and democratic lawmakers have called on the white house to explain why it took until this month to inform the public that classified material had been found at the penn biden center in washington, d.c. and the documents were discovered back in early november. when asked yesterd
the first covid vaccination given to children under five, what parents need to know the iconic art museum giving its own employees a chance to shine announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. americans determined to stay on the move this holiday weekend despite inflation headwinds finding frustration at every turn to yet another holiday marred by airlin schedule meltdowns and stubbornly high prices at the pump. but tonigh relief may be on the horizon for drivers. president biden enjoying his own getaway in delawar revealed he may call on congress to suspend the federal gas tax perhaps before july 4th. a gas tax holiday if you will would knock 18 cents off the price of a gallon of gas which remains just under $5 but such a move has its risks americans paying high airfares and finding no relief from airport chaos and ruined vacations we ll get to that in a moment first, kelly o donnell on lowering the cost of driving reporter: the great getaw
two men captured by russian separatists. i definitely feel a bit guilty. o donnell: january 6th hearing and the fake electors, as mike pence speaks in chicago today, our new reporting on what day four of tomorrow s hearing will focus on. our cbs news investigation tonight, some of the deadliest mass shootings in history were financed with credit cards, how the financial industry is resisting an effort to flag those suspicious purchases. a violent weekend across america. in new york city and the nation s capitol. and as we celebrate juneteenth, a forgotten pioneer of cycling who rode into the history books is finally being recognized. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. tonight, a beautiful day in new york city turned into a nightmare, for people in the heart of manhattan. police say a yellow cab collided
Taking pictures with a bunch of people. If the warriors are feeling any stress at all, it certainly is not clear. Now, they havent played in a long time. Nine days off and theyve only played 13 games in the last 46 days. You just saw a shot of steph curry there going through his warm ups. I think thats much more preferable than the situation last year when steph was hurt, hobbled through the okc series. The warriors were able to overcome a deficit in that series, but he struggled in the nba finals. One final thought to wrap it up. Steve kerr talked about playing with joy. Some of the Assistant Coaches in the warm ups were talking about thats great, but against the cavs we need grit and we need physicality. Certainly when dealing with lebron jim cramer. In 15 minutes ill talk with an old friend from espn. There is a Huge International contingent of media here. Ill get you that and our own pregame show coming up at 5 00. Thats a wrap. Dan, alma, back to you. Look forward to that. Thanks