as a bird strike sparks a fire in a plane engine how airports are trying to stop birds from causing potential air disasters. is there a future for bed bath & beyond? as the chain files for bankruptcy, what you need to know how artificial intelligence is helping the visually impaired the life-altering technology in our series a.i. revolution. and d the tributes pouring in for dance legend len goodman announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome on this monday we start with three major headlines from the media world swirling tonight that involve some of the most influential and/or provocative figures in the business starting close to home for us tonight where jeff shell, the now former ceo of nbc universal, is out, becoming the latest hollywood executive accused of sexual harassment and sex discrimination admitting he had an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company that news eclipsed this morning with word embattled cnn
that s why i m running for re-election. biden wants another term in the white house to finish the job. meanwhile, the front-runner to take on biden, former president donald trump is face another legal challenge. a prosecutor in georgia set to reveal a decision this summer on whether to indict trump over alleged 2020 election interference and the legal challenges for trump don t end there. jury selection is started today, right now, in new york will trump show up to testify in his own defense? and later, one of the biggest media shakeups in decades. the shock waves after two big exits from the airwaves. first, the breaking political news president biden announcing his bid for a second term. we have every angle covered, with our reporters and analysts, symone sanders townsend and john kasich thank you all for being part of this conversation. the theme of the video is let s finish the job what can we expect from the white house and president biden in the coming weeks? we
and remembering one of the most famous voices in baseball announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone abortion rights advocates are savoring a significant and rare post-roe v. wade victory tonight. not in a statehouse but at the ballot box in kansas where voters upended assumptions, defeating by a wide margin a constitutional amendment that would have opened the door to a ban on abortions in kansas. the mechanics of the victory mustering an unexpectedly large voter turnout in the mostly red state, quickly becoming a case study for democrats and republicans as they weigh the potential impact of abortion as an animating issue in the november midterm elections. elsewhere last night, important wins for trump-backed candidates in several state primary elections. we have two reports beginning with kristen welker on the kansas vote reporter: lester, good evening this was the first time abortion was on the ballot since roe v. wade was overturne
she is saddened to hear of his death. born in london, goodman said he didn t start to dance until 19 a welder s apprentice, he reportedly injured his foot and a doctor recommended dancing as therapy. he quickly became a champion and opened his own dance school in dartford, england then tv came calling at age 60. i got to do the twist with chubby checker. reporter: hanging up his paddle last year it has been a huge pleasure to be a part of such a wonderful show reporter: tonight his colleagues remember goodman as a ballroom legend, dancer and teacher, forever a perfect 10 anne thompson, nbc news and that is nightly news for this monday. join us tomorrow night when i sit down exclusively with the president of south korea. thanks for watching, everyone i m lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night
unmeritous and riddle with allegations. in an equally shocking announcement on monday don lemon and cnn have parted ways reporter: the news coming out after lemon s morning show ceo chris licht thanked lemon, sending this memo to employees don will forever be a part of the cnn family lemon took to twitter with his reaction, saying he was stunned with the termination writing in part, i would have thought someone in management would have had the decency to tell me directly cnn denies the gclaim that management didn t offer him an opportunity for a meeting. he left two months after his controversial comments about women, specifically presidential candidate and former ambassador, nikki haley. this morning, co-anchors reacting to the news don was a big part of this show reporter: nbc universal