swift t as she kicks off her first tour in five years. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for being with us on this friday night. in what is at least for this moment mostly symbolic act, an arrest warrant was issued today for russian president vladimir putin now formally charged by the international criminal court for war crimes in ukraine. the court says putin bears individual responsibility for the unlawful transfer of children from occupied areas of ukraine to russia while there is little expectation of putin ending up in custody any time soon, the charges were nonetheless welcome by ukraine s president zelenskyy, who thanked the court for its willingness to really bring those who are guilty to justice. tonight putin s spokesman dismissed the warrant saying, we do not recognize this court. erin mclaughlin reports from kyiv. reporter: tonight russian president vladimir putin now wanted for alleged war crimeses ththe int
trapped. alarming new findings about climate change. a new report says the melting of glaciers is off the charts can anything be done is the future of food grown in a lab? it s better for the climate, but what does it taste like? and back in the groove. with record sales rising, why so many are turning to turntables this weekend. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone facing an 11:59 p.m. eastern time deadline of its own choosing and a day of high drama, the u.s supreme court has just weighed in on another pivotal and consequential question in the nation s divide over abortion. the justices tonight deciding what s next for a texas court ruling that said the fda s 23-year-old approval of a commonly used abortion drug is no longer valid, a ruling temporarily paused from taking effect up until now. that has had the potential to impact medical abortions even in states where abortion remains legal. senior legal correspondent laura j
in the mass celebrating palm sunday. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the media show: geordie grieg: britain s best connected editor. geordie grieg: britain s what does the future hold for britain s newspapers? few people are more qualified to answer that question than my guest on the media show today and it is rare to get an interview with him. geordie grieg are set in the editor s chair at some of the country s biggest titles. the daily mail, the mail on sunday as well as the evening standard, tatler magazine and, since january, here at the independent. geordie grieg, welcome to the media show for the first time. thank you for saying yes and i wondered first of all, how you began injournalism? i think you come from, i think it is fair to say, a well to do background, yourfamily s fair to say, a well to do background, your family s family were royal courtiers for several generations and your twin sister was princess diana s lady in waiting. i went to an incredible
we ll give you an update on that and on the thousands of people without power in washington state after three electrical substations appear to have been attacked as people get together with friends and family over this holiday week, more and more concerns about a rise in cases connected with the triple-demic of flu, covid and rsv. we ve got a look at that in just a minute and the future of title 42 in the hands of the u.s. supreme cou court. a look at how the biden administration is getting ready for what could happen next. and we re learning what the january 6th committee learned and what comes next for the doj investigation into the insurrection we re starting with the winter weather that has already killed dozens of people. those freezing temperatures are going to keep up this week look at officials in eerie county, new york they re announcing 12 more people have been killed by that winter weather meaning 25 people in that county alone have died. nearly 60, 55 total
good evening the u.s. supreme court tonight ending a term that reshaped the court itself and the country in dramatic fashion. the first black woman to be confirmed as a supreme court justice sworn in today justice ketanji brown jackson replacing retiring justice stephen breyer she joins a court that days ago rocked the country with its ruling overturning the long-established constitutional right to abortions the term ending today with split decisions for the biden administration on immigration and the environment. in a win for its border policy, the court saying the administration acted properly in trying to end the trump-era policy that requires asylum seekers wait in mexico while their cases are decided. but the court also undercut the administration s climate change efforts, saying the epa overreached in its efforts to move the country from coal production to cleaner alternatives justice correspondent pete williams has details. reporter: in one of the most important envi