From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. With the grief still palpable in this country over the death of a young arizona Woman Held Captive by isis president obama today asked congress to authorize the use of force against the terror group. The request at first glance may seem academic given that u. S. Warplanes have been pounding isis targets since last summer. But the president s request for a threeyear campaign against isis carefully spells out what the fight will and will not look like including under what circumstances american boots will set foot in the combat zone. Senior White House Correspondent Chris Jansing joins us now with full details. Hello, chris. Reporter good evening, lester. The president s critics have been calling for this more authorization since the first fighter jets went up over iraq. But the november election that gave republicans control of both houses of congress had leaders in both
An end game is illinois the most corrupt state in the country . As aaron schock faces a federal investigation. Why so many politicians from that state ended up in jail. Im chuck todd and joining me from provide insight analysis is john stanton Helene Cooper former democratic congresswoman and head of the Wilson Center jane harman and rich lowry. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. Good morning. We start with yemen a country once touted as a success in americas counterterrorism is spinning out of control. Yesterday special forces were withdrawn as iranian backed shiite rebels pushed south seizing the third biggest city. Yemens president has been kicked out of the capital holed up in the south in january is now appealing for intervention from the United Nations and emergency meeting of the Security Council will be held this afternoon. Andrea mitchell has been track being all of this. Yemen in chaos. Is this now a failed state . Its not only a failed state, this is now a proxy war, civ
An end game is illinois the most corrupt state in the country . As aaron schock faces a federal investigation. Why so many politicians from that state ended up in jail. Im chuck todd and joining me from provide insight analysis is john stanton Helene Cooper former democratic congresswoman and head of the Wilson Center jane harman and rich lowry. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. Good morning. We start with yemen a country once touted as a success in americas counterterrorism is spinning out of control. Yesterday special forces were withdrawn as iranian backed shiite rebels pushed south seizing the third biggest city. Yemens president has been kicked out of the capital holed up in the south in january is now appealing for intervention from the United Nations and emergency meeting of the Security Council will be held this afternoon. Andrea mitchell has been track being all of this. Yemen in chaos. Is this now a failed state . Its not only a failed state, this is now a proxy war, civ
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The integrity of the most popular sport in america is being called into question just days before its biggest game. Did the new England Patriots cheat their way into the super bowl by deflating game balls so they would be easier for the quarterback to grip and for receivers to catch . Today as the nfl investigates the man at the center of the controversy, tom brady talked to the press including anna werner. You know, i didnt alter the ball in any way. Reporter Quarterback Tom Brady said he did pick out the game balls but insists he doesnt know what happened after that. Reporter are you comfortable within yourself that nobody on sunday on the patriots said did anything wrong . I have no knowledge of anything. I have no knowledge of any wrongdoing . Reporter are you comfortable that nobody did anything wrong . Im very comfortable that nobody did it as father as i know. I was in the locker roo
Good evening on this Martin Luther king jr. Day. And a powerful trip back to that bridge in selma a bit later here. But first, another dangerous night on american highways. Its been a deadly 24 hours. Highways coated in sheets of ice. Take another look at this. That tractor trailer jackknifing there. Thats interstate i95 in new jersey. Can you see it through the back window of the car, going straight across the barrier, landing on the other side of the interstate. The White Knuckle moments playing out from the west coast all the way to the east. These cars spinning as they approach a toll booth. Emergency ginger zee with the new storm coming but first, abcs gio benitez on the harrowing drive. Reporter tonight, a new round of icy conditions for millions on their commute home. More deadly crashes in vermont and maine. This propane truck hit a car and killed its driver. A 45yearold woman. At least eight People Killed in crashes. More than 500 accidents from the midatlantic to new england.