wilmington area down to the beaches like ocean isle and sunset beach. three dead, some trapped. we ll be following that throughout the morning. dana: new york governor andrew cuomo denying accusations of a cover-up as members of his own party accuse him of lying. he blames politics and refuses to apologize for underreporting covid nursing home deaths in the state. bill: the governor admitting his office made a mistake and too slow in getting information to state lawmakers but he says it wasn t a cover-up. both democrats and republicans slamming him calling for the stripping of his emergency powers. dana: new york post this morning labeling it a daily spin. new poll shows the governor s approval rating dropping four points from just last month. bill: nicole malliotakis is asking for him to step down. we re in brooklyn about bryan llenas. new york governor cuomo spent nearly an hour yesterday denying his policy worsened the state s covid-19 crisis in nursing homes t
capitol conspiracy, two members of the proud boys charged in coordinating the january 6th attack biden s big challenge. the giant migrant caravan heading into the u.s. border they tell us they think the new president will let them in will we? boiling point? parents enraged? schools are not reopening even if teachers get vaccinated figure it out get off the podium the new nba all-stars, how these dogs are keeping fans and players covid free this is nbc s nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening, in the race of getting people vaccinated before the new strain spreads, the stakes just got higher th th the south african strain has been found in other states the biden administration is slowing the spread including travel restrictions. the most effective method is getting shots in vaccines in arms facing now challenges we begin with kathy park on the new strain reporter: maryland confirmed of the first case of the south african covid-19 variant a patient living bal
carries out review of protection protocols here s former new york city fire commissioner thomas who held that job on 9/11 reacting to the initial decision. what are we doing? we ve got hundred thousands, millions of people that don t have the opportunity to get the shot and we re worrying about criminals that we spend millions of dollars year to take care of. but these 40 low lives didn t get the vaccine, wouldn t bother me at all. [laughter] we ll stay on top of this story and bring you the latest as it develops. arthel. eric meanwhile president biden leaving door open for a bipartisan approach, on more covid relief. relief making it clear that he will move ahead on additional stimulus, quote, no ifs ands or buts with or without support welcome to a brand new era of america news headquarters i m arthel neville. hi eric. eric: hello earn i m eric shawn shangs for joining us. the president is calling for nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill. while republicans are b
such professional fbi as well as the local cooperation i was told was incredible, was seamless, i just wanted to let you know that. okay. mr. president, how had the man gotten weapons, a report that he had been in the country for a couple of weeks? allegedly. i do not have all of the facts. allegedly, the assertion was he got the weapons on the street. he purchased them when he landed and turns out apparently there were no bombs that we know of that he said that there were bombs he had as well. but he apparently he spent the first night in a homeless shelter. i don t have all the detail yet. i m reluctant to go into much more detail but allegedly he purchased it on the street. what that means i don t know. whether he purchased from an individual in homeless shelter or homeless community or whether that s because he said he was. it s hard to tell. i just don t know. to ensure that guns are not as available? well, it does but it doesn t. what guns are, we should be th
malik faisal akram identified as the hostage taker. mike tobin in chicago and dan springer on the ground in colleyville, texas. dan, let s start with you, good afternoon. the fbi released the name of the man who terrorized this synagogue behind me for 11 hours during this ordeal yesterday. he was as you said malik faisal akram, 44, citizen of england who according to president biden just arrived in the u.s. within the last couple of weeks and he bought a gun on the streets, he may have actually spent his first night in the u.s. in a homeless shelter. he used the gun that he bought on the street to disrupt the shabbat service yesterday at the congregation that israel synagogue here in colleyville, texas a suburb of dallas, fort worth, he took four people hostage saying that he had bombs and was demanding the release of convicted terrorist being held in a federal prison just about 20 miles away. that led to a massive police response, some 200 officers, multiple swat team a