insurrection. the questions tonight, could it happen in other states, and will the supreme court weigh in? also tonight, the grim milestone in gaza. an estimated 20,000 now dead just as hopes grow for another cease-fire. the deal to free ten americans in a prisoner swap with venezuela and who the u.s. released in return. the powerful storm slamming the west coast while in the northeast, new rescues and evacuations days after that deadly storm. the christmas travel rush kicking off inside the tsa as they brace for massive numbers. our nbc news exclusive, the warning china s president gave to president biden at their summit last month about taiwan. nbc news investigates why patients are dying when they are not properly monitored. the lapses one woman says led to her husband s death. and the touching tributes at the secret christmas tree in central park. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. even as they tr
it is world book day when we are recording this episode. i hope you had some good costumes to hand. first of all, though, it is day two of what the daily telegraph is calling the lockdown files all those whatsapp messages between matt hancock, the health secretary during the early stages of the covid pandemic, and borisjohnson and rishi sunak and all their advisers and their pollsters and dominic cummings and patrick vallance and chris whitty and basically everyone who had anything to do with covid. where do you think that the story has kind of got to? well, it carries bubbling along, doesn t it? so, it s not quite, i don t think, necessarily yet at the kind of, the obvious comparisons for the daily telegraph is expenses, mps expenses the best part of 15 years ago. it is generating a lot of news, loads and loads of pick up in lots of different news organisations but it isn t necessarily the top story everywhere, every day for days and days on end but they have got shedload
relations lawyer. also this afternoon. there were more excess deaths than usual in the uk last year. the highest number outside the covid pandemic in half a century. some shops open at midnight to meet demand for prince harry s heavily trailed autobiography, which is now on sale. and a setback, not a roadblock. the team behind a uk space mission which failed to launch say they will keep on trying. and this picture has been causing something of a stir on social media today, because someone or something is missing. we will be revealing all. good afternoon. in the last few minutes, the government has been introducing draft legislation to limit future industrial action in the public sector. the bill would cover health, fire and railway workers. ministers say it would introduce a minimum level of service. unions have reacted angrily to the proposals, which they say potentially are undemocratic and unworkable, and would limit the right to strike. the business secretary grant shapps
Lets turn to south africa were Rescue Workers have been trying to save people trapped under the rubble of a building. Save people trapped under the rubble ofa building. Nearly save people trapped under the rubble of a building. Nearly a0 of the 75 workers who are on site remain unaccounted for. The structure collapsed in the south african city of georgia on monday. The authorities in the western cape sees seven people are confirmed to have died. The cause of the collapse which happened while the building was under construction is being investigated. The Rescue Effort includes two people with Sniffer Dogsin includes two people with sniffer dogs in heavy lifting equipment. The president is called for an investigation into the collapse and assumptions condolences and we can show you the live shot the scene in george where those Rescue Efforts are continuing in the hope still that people can be found alive under the rubble. We can hearfrom the west cape of south africa. You the rubble. We
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