anesthesiology performing i.v. sedation on patients, but experts insist this is not the norm, and there is no need for general alarm. if you have a dental cleaning today, don t cancel it. this is a very extremely rare case. this is the perfect storm of everything possible being done wrong. reporter: but for the 7,000 patients in oklahoma told they are now at risk, the threat is very real. our investigation is ongoing. we have not concluded it. there s so many other multi-facets to this that i can t even tell you. reporter: for this oral surgeon, a full hearing is scheduled for april 19th, and the oklahoma board of dentistry has said that additional charges may be added prior to that court date. matt? all right, nancy, thank you very much. dr. nancy snyderman in washington. new information this morning on the health of former south african president nelson mandela, the 94-year-old spending a second night in the hospital. nbc s keir simmons is in johannesburg. keir,
11:35 central time on your local nbc station. it s time for your first look at entertainment news. we have more proof it s hard for hollywood couples stay together as one of the biggest separates. after more than two years, scarlett johansson and ryan reynolds have decided to end their marriage. a source told us magazine, johansson initiated the split, unhappy with how much time they ve been forced to spend apart due to work. on the brighter hollywood side, jennifer conley and paul button bettany confirmed they re expecting their second child together. rip torn pleaded guilty to charges he broke into a bank while armed and drunk earlier this year. he received a 2 1/2 year suspended sentence and three years probation. and finally, hugh jackman, talk about a trooper. to kick off oprah winfrey s show in australia he agreed to zip line from the top of sydney s opera house, he failed to break
ac it tore hugh jackman goes wrong shooting oprah winfrey s show in australia. i m lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is first look on msnbc. we begin with legislative logjam. a final vote on the president s tax cut plan should happen in the senate today. however a trillion dollar spending bill proposal and a plan to repeal don t ask, don t tell could keep congress on the hill into their holiday break. tracie potts joins us from washington with those details. tracie, good morning. lynn, good morning. as you can see there is a lot going on. let s start with it taxes. the final senate vote is scheduled to happen it today. it appears they do have the votes to get that passed and it will move on to the house where despite the opposition of many democrats, house democratic leaders, also say they think that this can pass. republicans have warned them, don t change the bill or we won t approve it. even more urgent now, though, is the government spendin
today, we begin with legislative logjam. a final vote on the president s tax cut plan should happen today in the senate. however, a trillion dollar spending bill proposal and a plan to repeal don t ask, don t tell could keep congress on the hill well into their holiday break. nbc s tracie potts joins us with the details. reporter: lynn, good morning. as you can see, there is a lot going on. let s start with taxes. the final senate vote is scheduled to happen today. then it will move on to the house where despite the opposition of many democrats, how democratic leaders also say they think that ts can pass. republicans have warned them, don t change the bill or we won t approve it. even more urgent now, though, is the government spending bill, trying to keep government running and preventing a shutdown. their deadline, saturday. that s whe temporary funding runs out. democrats have put forth a $1.1 trillion bill that republicans want to take another look at. they want to pass
hello and good morning. i m lynn berry. today, we begin with legislative logjam. a final vote on the president s tax cut plan should happen today in the senate. however, a trillion dollar spending bill proposal and a plan to repeal don t ask, don t tell could keep congress on the hill well into their holiday break. nbc s tracie potts joins us with the details. reporter: lynn, good morning. as you can see, there is a lot going on. let s start with taxes. the final senate vote is scheduled to happen today. it appears they do have the votes to get that passed and then it will move on to the house where, despite the open session of many democrats, house democratic leaders also say they think that this can pass. republicans have warned them, don t change the bill or we won t approve it. even more urgent now, though, is the government spending bill, trying to keep government running and preventing a government shutdown. their deadline, saturday. that s when temporary funding runs