for our country. surely we can be touched by the better angels of our nature. surely we can be touched by the better angels of our nature. so beautifully expressed by president lincoln. this is the people s house. this is the people s gavel. it represents a sacred trust. may we all fulfill that trust and make real the ideals of democratic government. with respect for our constitution, with faith in the american people, with hope for the future of our country, i present the people s gavel to the speaker of the house, john boehner. may god bless you. [ applause ] to speaker boehner, may god bless this congress, my god always bless the united states of america. my colleagues, the speaker of the house, john boehner. [ applause ] leader pelosi, thank you for your kind words. members of the house and the senate and my wife debbie who is with us today, thankfully the girls are working. all of you and our fellow country men, we meet again at democracies great. every two years, at t
announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester hold holt. good evening. it s more than 24 hours since a jury of women was sent behind closed doors to decide a murder trial that riveted this country for the last several weeks. the shooting death by a neighborhood watch volunteer in sanford, florida. tonight still no verdict. the suspension this this emotionally charged case is building inside and outside the courthouse and so are tensions. the requesty to be answered, whether george zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin in an act of self defense. the prosecution contents it was second-degree murder. we will get legal perspective, but ron mott is outside the courthouse where there have been late developments. what s happening now? reporter: good evening to you. this jury has been almost three weeks and deliberating for 13 hours and counting and they asked the court to clarify the instruction for manslaughter. your verdic
election day in new jersey. heading to the senate for another to connect the dots any better. good morning from washington. it s 2013. this is t the daily rundown. let s get to the first read of the morning. well, it s over, right? we begin today where we thought we were beginning yesterday. on the brink of default and the only hope for a last minute deal with the senate leaders. the house is in total it announced that the government s aaa rating on a negative wash boarding. the political brinksmanship and reduced financing flexibility could risk u.s. default. yesterday the dow closed down 133 points, but futures are up on the hopes of a senate deal. after all day to find any bill that if the conference was passed and finally announced there would be no votes and no bill would be brought to the floor and it was time to go home. then actually it was good news for those wanting to make sure we don t hit the debt ceiling. the chaos began in the morning after a meeting startin
the same drug they are using in dallas on thomas eric duncan there. they came to the conclusion chose this with card nation of the fda and cdc and their assessment of his current condition that this is the best option they have right now. they will continue to look at other options as they see how he responds to this drug. but that is the treatment that has begun. we do know he is continuing to have problems with nausea. before he left liberia, he was able to eat and drink on his own, but the problems are continuing and getting worse, it seems. yesterday during the day, he felt well enough to ask for something for dinner, but when the food came yesterday evening, he didn t feel up to eating. that continues to be the main problem apparently. his father said he continues to be nausiate and has diarrhea and doctors did warn us or say his symptoms were likely to get worse before they got better as this disease ran its course. ronan? troubles news there. thanks if are keeping an
the democratic leadership in a position that will specifically have to do with communicating the party s message, as well as allowing progressives to have a seat at the table. the current makeup of the senate leadership is reed, durbin, chuck schumer. progressives often felt their voices were not heard loudly enough to those individuals specifically, warren being the firebrand within the liberal cause that she s will try to down play concerns. also, the idea is to give that group some fresh blood. harry reid as you saw during mid terms was effectively portrayed by republicans in red states where democrats are running as a boogie man, if you will. by having elizabeth warren there, someone who is harder to take shots at, mainly because of her populous story, and because she is somebody that s not afraid to go into rural areas and go after working class white voters that democrats had problems with, she s a rare democrat who can speak to working class white voters as well as be