politicsnation tonight s lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes exposu
Triple lutz. And stunning upset. The u. S. Wins gold in dramatic fashion. A photo finish in the womens Cross Country team sprint, the first gold ever for the u. S. In that sport, showing all that glitters really is gold today. Today, wednesday, february 21st, 2018. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today, at the olympic games, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from pyeongchang, south korea. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its 7 00 a. M. On a wednesday morning back home. Its 9 00 at night here in pyeongchang, south korea. This is the photo finish that everyone will be talking about. It hasnt been seen in the u. S. Yet. A lot of people dont know whats happening right here. This is an American Woman crossing the finish line, and as she did that, making history. This is an incredible duo. Youre going to learn more about them. One of them is a mom. Its a great story. A photo finish, comefrombehind finish. You think theyre fired up about it . Well have more about
I kept working hard and im really proud of this medal. A tough night on the ice for american figure skaters. And stunning upset. The u. S. Wins gold in dramatic fashion overnight, a photo fin nish the womens Cross Country team sprint, the first gold ever for the u. S. In that sport. Proving that all that glitters really is gold. Today, wednesday, february 21st, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, at the olympic games. With Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from pyeongchang, south korea. And good morning, everybody, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Its 7 00 notice morning on the west coast, but its midnight here in pyeongchang, south korea. It is indeed. We have a lot to get to this morning. Starting with the breaking news from back home. Billy graham, the influential and admired evangelist known as the unofficial pastor of the white house, has died. He was 99 years old. Heres nbcs ron mott. God is saying tonight i love you. No matter what youve
Island. White house Officials Say President Trump has been briefed. The new York Police Department said this all started a little more than an hour ago, Police Sources telling cnn they believe the shooter is a former employee. It is unclear what work that person may have done at the hospital. The bureau of alcohol, to back co and firearms just tweeted they have special respondents responding to the scene. Jason carroll is here. What can you tell us . This entire incident began just a little bit before 3 00. Thats when the calls first started coming in with what was then an active shooter. Getting word that in the past few moments the shooter is, in fact, deceased. It is unclear how the shooter died. Did he die of his own hands or died at the hands of those who were there to stop him . That at this point is unclear. Also getting word that perhaps this shooter was a former employee there at the hospital. That is still something that is being worked on, being confirmed. Nypd telling us an
And i have one more request. Today is march 24th, march for our lives, but it is also the birthday of nick duart who was senselessly murdered in front of me and i would like to sing together happy birthday. One, two, three. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you happy birthday dear nick happy birthday to you thank you. Thank you. Okay. Have been watching there one of the students from Marjory Stoneman douglas who was overcome, brooke, there for a moment in the middle of the speech, because it is so emotional and obviously, you not only see the physical scars. When we last interviewed her, just a couple of weeks ago. Yeah. She had a black eye still, and she had the scars of shrap nell in her face and on the legs, and she has been going to carry some of them, because they are not remove the shrapnel in her face, and she gave one of the most pash nal and emotional speeches that we have heard today the amid so many, because of the obviously, they are carrying the scars forever. Forev