His first classified briefing and his historic picks as he staffs up his administration the injury over the weekend hes recovering from and the two battlegrounds delivering a new blow today to President Trumps legal fight. Severe storms barrel through several states, tornadoes, strong winds, heavy rain al roker is here. Cyber monday expected to be the biggest ever how to score deals all week long. Plus, the shipping alert you need to know about. The man clinging to a capsized boat 86 miles off the coast. Tonight how he survived messages to santa in the pandemic. What kids are really asking for this year this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, everyone the specter of a covid surge on top of a surge is almost too much to imagine. But its exactly what Public Health officials believe we may be in for as millions of americans return to their lives today, some likely bringing home from thanksgiving gatherings more than just family memories officials urging travelers to take
Thousands of jobs, you would have covered that. Patrick mahomes and tom brady going ahead in the sunday super bowl. Who is going to get the ring . Hey, bucs you are going down. Born to be wild will. Brian playing host to super bowl lv. We dont have it two different cities. One city is playing home that is the Tampa Bay Bucs first time in history they did that not many people traveling during the pandemic. 25,000 people in the stadium. Millions will be watching at home. Maybe the highest ever. This game is the most seasoned scalable game in the history of the super bowl between brady and mahomes and it the electrifying way both these teams play offense. Its going to be fantastic. We know the weather is going to be good. Steve we do know the weather is going to be good. I have actually have something in common with Patrick Mahomes. Like Patrick Mahomes i need a hair cut. Im going to get one. Do you know why in the barber had covid as it turns out and they stopped doing that im wearing re
There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader A
Successful woman in olympic cycling, says the time is right to retire. People were asking me what competition i was going to go to and it was filling me with it was filling me with dread, i ust dont want it was filling me with dread, i ust dont want to fl it was filling me with dread, i ust dont want to leave i it was filling me with dread, i ust dont want to leave the i it was filling me with dread, i ust dont want to leave the boys. H and can fresh talks in florida smooth over the rift in world golf. Liv saudi backers have been meeting with senior players on the pga tour. Two wins away from the euros, a huge week ahead for welsh football. Good evening, Nottingham Forest have dropped into the Relegation Zone after being deducted 4 points for breaching the Premier Leagues profitability and sustainability rules. They were charged injanuary for going 3a and half Million Pounds over their 61 Million Pound threshold up to the end of last season. That threshold lower than normal, because t
We begin this hour with an historic Hurricane Barreling toward the u. S. Hilary is now a category 3 hurricane with top winds of more than 100 miles per hour. This is new video of the storm pummeling mexico as it inches closer to the u. S. The powerful system could bring a years worth of rain in one day to parts of the southwest along with potentially catastrophic and lifethreatening flooding. Right now parts of Southern California are under a Tropical Storm warning for the first time in history. Officials and residents there are preparing with sandbags and the California National guard is standing by ready to help. A State Emergency Official tells cnn its an all hands on deck situation. Weve got a cnn team at this hour tracking hilary. Meteorologist derek van dam is closely following the path Aina Tasha Chen has a look at storm preps in los angeles. Derek, lets start with you at the cnn weather center. I cant believe were talking about a hurricane and preparations for it in los angeles