Lady paying their respects and today the moving tribute. The president s strongest comments on the impeachment of donald trump why he says the trial must move forward as trumps legal team arrives at the capitol. The house is set to vote disciplining republican congresswoman spreading Conspiracy Theories. Nearly a year into the pandemic, the shortages of everything from cars to frozen pizzas. What to know before you shop the lifechanging medical miracle. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening everyone, some welcome findings tonight that vaccinations are in fact putting us in the right track to get ahead of the coronavirus. The encouraging headlines came from astrazeneca, its vaccine reduces its ability to spread tonight as the pace of Mass Vaccinations pick up across the country with the strongest efforts on minority communities, we are getting a jarring look of how our first line of defense mask wearing is still being rejected in parts of our country. What our sam broc
Criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 president ial election in this state. The indictment brings Felony Charges against donald john trump. It was so important we had to wait until midnight. Among the 19 included in the indictment is trump ozzie for me former attorney Rudy Giuliani and former Chief Of Staff mark meadows. Trump is facing 13 counts in georgia now bringing his grand total, look at that number, to 91 criminal charges across four indictments. Never in American History has there been one. They have now brought 90 plus 1. 91 against there most feared political opponent. The former president has been charged with the racketeering influenced and corrupt organizations act which is what prosecutors used to go after gangsters and mob bosses. It carries with it a 20 year penalty. We know the left will not stop until they put them behind bars. The grand jury issued Arrest Warrants for those who are charged. I am giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily
President ial nomination. Well President Biden faces no serious competition, his margin of victory could shed light on the eagerness of democrats to check his name in november. And maybe the same could be said for donald trump, who has consistently lost 30 to 40 of the royal publican vote in early primary states. Joining us now to discuss it all is the democratic governor jb pritzker of illinois. Welcome governor. Its a tree having you here. Youve been bringing the fire on behalf of President Biden and the effort that is in front of the country, quite honestly. Given the menace that is meant represented by donald trump. I want to show you some polling though out there from the New York Times poll on the general election. Right now biden is trailing former President Trump by 43 to 48. Also you have conversations out there weve got mr. Trumps winning 97 of those who say that they vote for him four years ago, you look at that 2020 vote. Talk to us about the work that you see right now, an
From new york. Today on the program, the knesset votes to take away a key power of the Supreme Court. And as Benjamin Netanyahu urges calm, the nations Political Center and left erupt in anger. Ill talk to the New York Times tom friedman and with Emily Bazelon about the legal issues. Then, the secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on the good news and the bad news from americas Southern Border. Finally, did President Putin or gain power after prigozhins failed mutiny . Ill ask russian journalist in exile mikhail zygar. But first, here is my take. The Mystery Disappearance of chinas Foreign Minister is a timely reminder that the future of u. S. China relations about be determined not just by american policy, and what is happening domestically in the United States, such as the president ial election campaign, it will also be shaped by developments in china. Which at this point are opaque but troubling. From what outsiders could tell, china is reverting to a mild era style of
happening now, president biden vows the united states skpland the nato allies will not waiver in their support of ukraine. their critical summit here in lithuania ending with a strong show of unity, despite unanswered questions about when ukraine will be invited to join the nato alliance. also tonight, president volodymyr zelenskyy, he returns to ukraine with new assurances from western allays and face to face commitment ifs r president bi biden, but zelenskyy leaves the summit without concrete security guarantees or a time line for nato membership. we re watching all of this unfold here in the situation room. what does it all mean for ukraine s defense against russia s brutal war, i ll ask the ukrainian ambassador to the united states who s joining us live this hour. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer in vilnius, lithuania, and you re in the situation room. we re live here in vilnius, the capital of lithuania, and t