Will join us later this hour. Lets gun with afghanistan. Here to start us off with the latest, Nbc News white House Reporter and nbc national Security And Intelligence Correspondent And Nbc News Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube and Lieutenant Jern and Deputy Security Adviser for iraq and afghanistan. Thank you all for being here. Well start with you, mike, outside the White House. Talk about this decision to stick with that August 31st deadline. What led to that decision . Well, aaron, i want to start by noting that president s scheduled remarks that we were expecting initially at noon and then 2 00 p. M. Have just been postponed yet again. We now expect to hear from the president sometime after 4 30 this afternoon. If the president is watching as i hope he sometimes does, i say this not as a criticism but as the Data Point to really speak to what White House officials have been a dynamic situation. We do expect as White House officials and other Administration Officials have been
Situation on the ground increasingly dangerous. Vaccine boost. Full Fda Approval for the Pfizer Vaccine could come as early as tomorrow will it help convince the unvaccinated to get the shot as cases and hospitalizations keep climbing pushing Hospital Workers to the brink. Our special report the vanished, did a history of some Native American Boarding Schools. And dad moves. These Dancing Dads have become a sensation, and their moves have a Message Announcer this is nbc Nightly News with Kate Snow good evening much of New England still being drenched by tropical Storm Henri as we Come On the air. After being downgraded from Hurricane Status this morning, Henri Made Landfall In rhode island, and now heads toward vermont and new hampshire. Water rescues are already happening in New Jersey flooding, one of the biggest Concerns Tonight 38 Million people are now under some form of Flood Alert with more expected rivers are close to Flood Stage in many areas, and can you see just how many peo
Well, the Grand Jury exists for more than just hearing about any evidence in the Trump Case. Obviously, this is a panel that will be reviewing different cases at the time theyre sitting. The main take away here from the d. A. s position he wouldnt be doing this if he didnt think he had good evidence. Hes been obviously had been Looking at evidence for a number of years now. Same thing with the new York Attorney general Leticia James but this is a sign he feels like he has something and enough he might be able to convince jurors to bring charges. So could you explain to people that this sort of long term special Grand Jury, how long has it been im mpanelled and Looking at things not just trump related. Right. This is the Trump Case is a complicated case, obviously. Theyre asking jurors to Look at financial documdocuments, proba. Maybe Tax Information Understanding tax laws. Theyre meeting mondays, wednesdays, and fridays. We dont know specifically the date but recent weeks or months and
That they be sitting. The main take away here from the d. A. s position he wouldnt be doing this if he didnt think he had good evidence. Hes been obviously had been Looking at evidence for a number of years now. Same thing with the new York Attorney general Leticia James but this is a sign he feels like he has something and enough he might be able to convince jurors to bring charges. So could you explain to people that this sort of long term special Grand Jury, how long has it been impanelled for and you said its Looking at a lot of things not just trumprelated . Right. This is the Trump Case is a complicated case, obviously. They will be asking jurors to Look at financial documents probably, maybe some tax information, understanding tax laws. So theyre meeting mondays, wednesdays, and friday. We dont know specifically the date but recent weeks or months and, you know, the reason you call a Grand Jury is to give jurors time to Look at, you know, the details of the complex case that obv
in the south african city of cape town. a us judge throws out prince andrew s attempt to halt proceedings in a civil lawsuit against him. and different ways of seeing in the new year in different parts of the world. let s get the latest sport now and join chetan pathak. good morning. we are going to start with football. it could be a big day in the premier league title race. the two sides chasing manchester city at the top of the table they won it in stoppage site admits to some controversy. early kick off on new year s day. tired arsenal and city fans must hope luck improves in 2022. referees of course cannot afford to be bleary eyed. stuart atwell also had a decision to make. no arsenal penalty, he said. on reflection, var confirmed not without question. arsenal didn t dwell on that, though. no time to, no need to. bukayo saka extended new year celebrations. only the manager missed out he s in covid isolation. but in the second half came the hitch. a handful of bern