trapped for more than a week and the new winter threats we re tracking. protesters and police clashing in atlanta. nearly two dozen now facing domestic terror charges. the ntsb investigating after another norfolk southern train derails in ohio. our one-on-one with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. we asked should the company be forced to pause operations? jurors in the alex murdaugh double murder trial breaking their silence. what they say about his decision to take the stand. and he was the last original member of a legendary rock band. remembering guitarist gary rossington. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. and thank you for joining us. chilling images tonight appear to show four americans kidnapped at gunpoint moments after crossing from texas into mexico on friday. tonight the fbi asking for the public s help, offering a $50,000 reward to help locate the americans who were attacked by armed men after crossin
health deteriorated. doctors performed an abortion, but serious infections led to sepsis and amanda spent three days in the icu. because of the law i very nearly died. nothing about this is pro life. reporter: now amanda is part of a group of seven plaintiffs represented by the center for reproductive rights who plan to file a lawsuit against the state of texas tonight. until there is a legal fight, nothing s going to change. and something has to change. reporter: but john sego, president of texas right to life, who helped craft the texas heartbeat act, says the law is clear as written and that doctors like amanda s are misinterpreting it. if they are saying they have to delay and wait the days like you re talking about, that is medical malpractice. but if it is uncertain that this child may survive or may not, texas is saying we don t jump to conclusions. doctors are saying the law is not clear and as a result i m going to act on the side of being cautious
more layer of safety. i think families can absolutely get together if you have vaccinated people, especially boosted people among high risk individuals. add in some testing, it will make a big difference. rapid tests are widely available, not a as cheap as i d like them to be but are getting cheaper. we have tools to do this. you don t have to cancel your christmas plans. to pull the curtain further, john was going to be in here but i think it became unclear if we are avoiding human contact. you have any thoughts about the mounting mental health toll and the important of getting vaccinated people back to places like school or workplaces? yeah. you know, look, we are going to see a big wave here, there s no reason for me to think that we will never see another wave of infections. we have to come up with a different mental model. in the past, we had the covid deniers who said it s just infections, they don t matter, but what we knew is infections led to hospitalizations, led to