reporter: you don t have to get lost in the desert to get the brain benefits experts suggest changing your usual route, turning off the gps on routine trips, and getting lost on purpose for the challenge of finding your way. for kathy, who has a family history of dementia, her good old map and compass could be the key to keeping her brain sharp dr. john torrez, nbc news, cade creek, arizona good for her. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, surf, sand, and seaweed? we ll tell you about an enormous and frankly kind of scary looking blob that s threatening to ruin spring break on south florida beaches. school officials in los angeles scrambling to prevent a three-day strike, which would shut down school for hundreds of thousands of students. straight ahead, where those talks stand right now. the clock is ticking for tiktok the biden administration threatening a ban unless the owners give in to pres
rioters with the story we heard on tuesday. i informs the vicinity and they said something to the fact like i don t care that they have weapons, they re not here to hurt me, let me people in, they can march to the capital from here. president trump was aware that a number of the individuals in the crowd had weapons and were wearing body armor. and here is what president trump instructed the crowd to do. we re going to walk down, i ll be there with you. we re going to walk down to the capitol. former chief of staff said that was a claim changer. i have seen him try to bring violence with no violence at all. but after yesterday when he testified he knew there was guns on the property and he still encouraged people to go to the capitol that certainly changes my mind. so the question now is does that change other people s minds? or if they heard something in her testimony that might be a smoking gun. one of the key potential witnesses now is very clearly pat cipollone
Hello. Im kris jansing and there is Breaking News at this hour. The u. S. Military announcing it launched two air strikes on two locations over Eastern Syria used by iran guard and troops. The defense secretary said the launches were against ongoing iranian backed Militia Groups that began just over a week ago. In those instances militants used drones and rockets to attack multiple u. S. Installations in the region. The pentagon said those attacks left 21 americans with minor injuries, one u. S. Contractor die of a cardiac event. Now, there is a precedent here. The u. S. Has launched similar air strikes in Syria Including Last march when another u. S. Contractor was killed by a Militia Drone in syria. Defense secretary Austin Describeded the overnight launches as, quote, selfdefense and in a statement called them separate and distinct from the hamas conflict. But of course iran is a backer of hamas. All of it putting u. S. Forces in a delicate position, trying to protect personnel whil
school in person. federal health officials now say students need to remain only 3 feet apart as opposed to 6 feet as long as everyone is wearing a mask. that is a major policy change of interest to so many parents and so many kids who are eager to close the laptop on telelearning and get back to the classroom. we ll have much more on that in just a moment. the president s visit to atlanta was originally scheduled as part of the white house s help is here tour, touting that $2 trillion rescue plan, and although the main focus of the trip has turned to the aftermath of that deadly shooting rampage, the president and vice president will meet later this afternoon with asian american community leaders to discuss the escalating threats and violence against asian americans since the start of the pandemic. we re also learning a lot more today about the victims of those shootings, not only their names and their ages, but their stories. like delainie yan who went to the spa for mas
Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. Theres video showing the start of what would become a fatal encounter between a Charleston South Carolina policeman and the motorist he is accused of murdering. Police dash cam video shows a routine traffic stop. Walter scott pulled over for a broken taillight. Officer Michael Slager approaches the car. Theres brief conversation about whose car it is. Scott seems to say he is purchasing it. The officer returns to his car to apparently check on scotts drivers license. At one point, scott starts to exit the car, but come plies when told to stay inside. Then watch whats about to happen. Plies when told to stay inside. Then watch what. But it is the other tape the one seen around the world of slager minutes later shooting an unarmed and fleeing scott in the back thats turned this into a murder case. We will show you exclusively an emotional me