Industry, americas cabletelevision company, as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Reading everybody. Welcome to politics and prose. Im bradley graham, a coowner of the bookstore along with my wife lissa muscatine. While theres certainly been a lot of news this week, much of it of course about the start of Donald Trumps trial in the senate, but some important things have been happening in russia as well, particularly an announcement by Vladimir Putin shifting Greater Authority to parliament which has left many wondering what this means about putins on plans to relinquish the presidency, or not, in a few years. We are especially fortunate to have with us this evening an expert on putins russia, joshua yaffa, who is the moscow correspondent for the new yorker. Yorker. Hes been covering russia for much of the past decade, and his new book between two fires offers a truly fascinating and revealing look at the impact of the putin era has had on, above all,
And new information of where those contagious variants are threatening. Our nbc news exclusive with spacexs founder, elon musk. Announcing the first all civilian mission to state. The commander of fellow billionaire with a lifesaving mission of its own President Biden meeting with Senate Republicans the first major test for his call of unity. The new Body Cam Video, a nineyearold girl pepper sprayed in the back of the Police Officer what is now happening to the officer. The sudden death of dustin diamond. Tony bennetts secret battle, the secret, he kept for years. This is nbcs nightly news with lester holt we are spending the first several minutes of our broadcast in our lead story, the major Winter Snowstorm in the northeast with blizzardlike conditions over a foot of snow is already on the ground and still falling. The city under a state of emergency, not Essential Travel is banned but the impact is felt by 65 Million People under central appalachia to new england. It also forced man
Get the vaccine . Lets make a deal president us plan, but theyre billions apart. Plus a week before his senate trial, former President Trumps lawyers quit. Officers suspended, after they handcuff and pepper spray a 9 yearold girl. Tony bennetts battle, the family of the legendary singer opens up about his alzheimers diagnosis. On this first day of black history month, Unifying America. How a Theater Company is inspiring americans to start frank conversations about race and bias. Snow day the pandas show us all how to properly enjoy the snow. Theations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. Well begin with Breaking News on that Monster Winter Storm thats pounding much of the east coast with blizzard like conditions, shutting down schools, businesses and even Vaccination Sites across moreanl outagee tef right now, nearly one out of every four americans is in the path of the noreaster and for millions of them, the worst is still ahead with
Countries try to stop the spread of korean virus. So then europe is on the high alert has corona virus continues to spread rapidly across the continent and italy imposes unprecedented restrictions on the movements of its entire population european leaders are expected to hold an emergency meeting to discuss ways to halt the outbreak at this stage 27 European Union Member States have confirmed coronavirus cases the European Commission is calling for tougher measures to contain the spread. Member states must still focus on efforts to aggressively contain the virus particularly where there are few cases slowing down the virus must be our greatest priority in order to gain. In time for our Health Systems to function effectively and for research and development to france and italy people are stocking up on basic supplies as the government orders that 60000000 citizens to stay at home with massive restrictions on travel and public gatherings the country has the highest number of cases outsid
Blatantly wrong the bottom line on us politics and policies and their effect on the world. Is knowing something suchi complicit in war crimes or even genocide against the Rohingya Muslims of myanmar on up front ill ask one of her closest allies. I made the house also on the show there was a lot of optimism when emmanuel the crown came to power in france in 2017 but halfway through his term the french president is facing some of the worst protests and strikes in his countrys history so how much is he to blame especially for excessive use of force by the French Police thats our debate but 1st in january the International Court of justice ordered me out to quote take all measures within its power to prevent genocidal acts against the Rohingya Muslims minority but me i must defacto leader aung sang suu kyi says the abuses have been exaggerated so guilty of covering up not just war crimes but genocide. And former spokesperson this week headliner bernese activists on min. Min thank you for j