joy to the world the lord is come let earth receive her king let every heart prepare him room and heaven brian: that is king and country. look at gingerbread made from scratch. is that the audience singing or his chorus? steve: the chorus. carley: that was in a studio. brian: those one day will be full. steve: six days from now. lawrence: can you imagine having people attend your concert that can also sing. brian: if you don t sing, don t get a ticket. lawrence: does that mean you will attend concerts going forward? brian: people are disappointed i dropped out. steve: it has to warm the heart of any performer when people are singing along. we see that with king and country. lawrence: they didn t know the lyrics, they were on key. brian, join in. brian: i don t qualify. i appreciate it. on my open, you are inviting me to sing. lawrence: if you are the face of the show. carley: a week from today, week after christmas, unboxes will be unwrapped.
i am anderson cooper. while the u.s. is the most expensive country when it comes to tkgiving birth, it s also th safest. the statistics are more dire when it comes to giving birth for black women. the question is why do black women face more risks when they go to the hospital to give birth? that s the question that cnn anchor and new mom, abby phillip, has been asking since the birth of her daughter two years ago. abby made unconventional choices when it came to her own childbirth experience, and since then she has been surprised to meet so many other women that made the same choices that she did. over the next hour she takes us to hospitals and birthing centers around the country to show us why more and more black women are turning away from traditional health care and finding other options when it comes to giving birth. hi. hi, baby. reporter: this is the sound of new life being brought into the world. the e kind o of momement mosostt women drdream of.. yet t this is
draining their bank accounts. for some victims it s fatal. one mother who fought to convince police her son s death was no accidental overdose. those images of unruly passengers on planes. today, the flight attendants on the steps of the capitol. what they re demanding congress do about it. the growing scam involving ai. how criminals can impersonate you or a loved one and cash in. and on this vietnam veterans day, , haarry smiith on a a journey home more than 50 years in the making. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. we begin with developing news out of the vatican tonight surrounding the health of pope francis. just days before the start of holy week observances, the 86-year-old leader of the roman catholic church is in a hospital in rome tonight after suffering breathing difficulties in recent days. tonight the vatican reports pope francis is being treated for a respiratory infection and will remain hospit
attacks on u.s. citizens are unacceptable. we think our mexican and u.s. law enforcement efforts to find these innocent victims, the task force is to ensure justice is done. do you know how many people currently working going about their lives will lose their jobs some. inflation is extremely high and it is hurting the working people of this country badly. he is constantly pointing to china as a critical competitor to the u.s. why w we need a more comprehensive approach to mitigate these threats. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, march 8. 9 3:00 a.m. in eastern texas and matamoros where authorities are working to learn more about the deaths of two of the four americans kidnapped last week. all four were found tuesday. a man is in custody in connection with the kidnappings, but officials vice president said if he is tied to a criminal group. the white house condemned the kidnappings. attacks on u.
world. you are watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church just ahead, expelled and then reinstated two democratic lawmakers in tennessee are pushing to get their seats back this week, president biden getting ready to visit northern ireland this as we mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement that brought peace and the fallout from leaked pentagon documents how it could make ukraine s fight against russia that much harder. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary coach. good to have you with us, and we begin here in the united states were officials in nashville, tennessee, to determine the fate of expelled democratic state lawmaker justin jones. in the coming hours. the nashville metro council will vote on whether to reinstate him back into the states house of representatives. jones was one of two black lawmakers expelled by a republican supermajority last week. for taking part in a gun reform protests on the house floor. third member who is whi