in the meantime, i m going to stay at home and keep hitting pause and play. i think rena is getting on something in terms of the movie experience. kara swisher basically kind of agreed with rena, we re comfortable at home and not going back. but i think the way people thought radio and television companies thought they were going to destroy theater. they didn t destroy theater, they destroyed vaudeville. i wonder if this could end up being as a cleansing moment, where we finally have a reckoning for all the crap that ruins going to the movies for us. that gets washed away and the things that serve us well have a chance to stick around. we were headed in this direction before the pandemic. people were going to see the big action movies, but a lot of the movies you watch at home, i just watched black widow at the house and it s two hours long,
this is the part where i could easily get negative about what his success and influence could mean for our future. not just msnbc s future, but america s future. but let s keep this in some perspective. do you know who people today watch more than tucker carlson? lester holt. an alumnus of msnbc and one of the most trusted anchors in america. just look at the recent ratings. remember i said that tucker carlson gets more than 3 million viewers a night? nbc nightly news gets about 6.5 million. in fact, when you take out sporting events or syndicated shows, nightly has been one of the top three shows in all television. mr. carlson is influential. but he is hardly the only one with the nation s attention. at least plenty of reason for concern but not at the expense of our confidence or our hope. and there s always reason for hope. my biggest reason is you. msnbc debuted with an interview
but we do know, as the world warms, there s an increase in extreme downpours. that is because a warmer atmosphere can hold more water. this increases the chances that a storm will produce more precipitation. according to the nbc news climate unit, the rain that fell over western germany made it one of the wettest, if not the wettest day on record in that region. some call it a 1 in 100-year rainfall event. well, it is the top of the hour and very good to be with you tonight. people across the country are celebrating the life and legacy of congressman john lewis, one year after his death. he spent decades fighting for voting rights and that fight continues. we ll get the current state of voting rights legislation, especially in texas. plus, is this the face of america s pastime. shohei ohtani from japan is shaking up the world of baseball and challenging ideas of who the game belongs to.
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the bill that bears his name, the john lewis voting rights act is currently stalled in congress. many democrats say passing it is critical to ensuring equal access to the voting booth. among them are more than 50 democratic members of the texas state legislature. they fled their state to pass package of restrictive voting laws. today we learned that three members of that delegation have tested positive for covid-19, despite being fully vaccinated. that s what s known as a breakthrough infection. worth noting, covid vaccines are meant to prevent hospitalization and death. doctors say it is still possible to get the virus and even to get symptoms. this evening, not too long ago, we got a statement from texas state represent, sylvia israel, who tested positive for covid. she writes in part, quote, let this be a reminder that covid-19 is still very much among us, with infection rates on the rise and more contagious variants spreading nationwide. while i have fully complied with