and the soccer sisters making history on team usa. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening as we try to take back our lives and put covid in the rear-view mirror, health officials are looking over their shoulders tonight, watching the delta covid variant gain ground. the head of the cdc telling me today that vaccinated americans appear to be protected from the highly aggressive strain of the virus while warning the unvaccinated that they should no longer put off the shots, calling recent covid deaths in this country avoidable. over 177 million or at least partially vaccinated in this country but a cdc panel tonight is offering rare insight into a rare heart-related issue that has occurred among some vaccine recipients we ll have some of my conversation with the cdc director about the delta variant and whether booster shots are necessary, but first, here s morgan chesky reporter: tonight, a cdc panel saying there is a likely association between a rare h
the show that is not quite ready for round two, but here we go! i am kasie hunt on this tuesday, february 9th. we will start with the news. today begins the historic second impeachment trial of former president donald trump, accused of incitement of insurrection for the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol that left five dead. trump is the only president to be impeached twice and the only former president to face trial in the senate. the floor is already set. the house prosecutors and trump defense attorneys are going to sit at two long tables. you can see them there, allowing enough room for social distancing. the proceedings expected to begin, as mandated by the rules, at 1:00 p.m., with one update. senators will need to pass a new organizing resolution after trump s attorney, david schoen, withdrew his request to pause the trial at the end of the week for the sabbath. schoen says his portion of the defense will be completed by then and that they no longer need to pause f
has occurred at the lincoln project one of the cofounders steve schmidt step down from the organization board on friday over criticism of how its leaders handled the sexual harassment allegations against lincoln project cofounder and longtime republican strategist john weaver but despite his leaving the board he is strongly defending how the super pack managed its finances. out of $87 million that was raised by the lincoln project about 63 - 66000000 of that money went to voter conduct for contact. david spunt live in washington with the very latest on the new develops under development with the lincoln project. steve schmidt said he has no problem opening up the books for the public to see if the donald trump campaign does the same thing also political action committee affiliated with the term campaign i checked online about 20 minutes ago it looks like you can no longer make donations to the lincoln project at least online the lincoln project raised roughly $90 millio
the lack of details leaves it in doubt. this is a package that really moves things forward for everyone. all can i say is strap in. tomorrow it is game day. now indicts steve bannon is expected to sur render on monday sending a message to trump allies refusing to cooperate with the january 6 investigation. he chose to defy a lawful subpoena and anyone else should take note including mr. meadows. britney spears in control of her own destiny for the first time in 13 years. what is next for britney is up to one person britney. and liftoff. three nasa astronauts are a lot of experience in space now join a very exclusive club. i m pamela brown in washington, you re in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. hours of bickers an barters in a last minute compromise on coal. world leaders have finally managed to hammer out an agreement at the united nations climate summit. the stakes involved nothing short of the health of our planet. the reception less than enthusias
he has two. but that s doubtful. one thing he likely will do is surrender. monday he s going to have his day in court and will be arraigned on two contempt counts, one related to his refusal to appear before the january 6th committee because of the deposition, the other over his refusal to produce documents to the same committee. so, as they say, this shizzle just got real. contempt now has teeth for congress. this is a clear message sent by the doj to others planning to follow in bannon s footsteps. if you defy subpoenas from congress, you will be criminally prosecuted. attorney general merrick garland made that crystal today. since my first day in office, i have promised justice department employees that together we would show the american people by word and deed that the department adheres to the rule of law. no trump pal pardons this time. so, the question is, who is and what is next. my guest is trump s former chief of staff. why? because mark meadows was a no show for h