causing wind turbines to freeze. millions are without power. we are relying on an energy that has proven unreliable? u.s.a. ? so heart warming to see that spirit with the american public for someone that they know represents them sing a song sing a song sing a song good morning to you. thanks for waking up with us. hope you enjoyed your long weekend. pete hegseth filling in for brian. how many days. the weekend to a weekend plus five in a middle. steve: ainsley, pete has worked four days in a row. ainsley: wait until sunday after the show he will being exhausted. pete: sunday i will be feeling it. right now doing a week like you. ainsley: you are a patriot, steve. steve: it s great to have you. today, you know, tomorrow is ash wednesday. today is mardi gras. live it up whatever you are going to do. of course, within reason. they have completely shut down. pete: that s what new orleans does well within reason. steve: whatever the reason is for you. good to have
hello and welcome. joe biden has begun his time in office by reversing key trump era policies just hours after being sworn in as the 46th president of the united states. mr biden said there was no time to waste . he has signed executive orders tackling coronavirus, climate change and racial injustice. the us is to rejoin the world health organization and paris climate accord, and the keystone oil pipeline is being scrapped. the bbc s nomia iqbal is in washington. welcome to you. a busy first few hours in the oval office for president biden. he is doing his best to try and dismantle president trump s legacy full up at a faster rate than probably any president has done. certainly mr trump did the same when he took office in 2016 from barack obama. as you mentioned there there were some key executive orders, about 15 and all he needs to do is sign them with a pen and they will be reversed. the climate change, he will return america to the paris climate deal. there is also re
russia is laying the groundwork for invading ukraine, all that on top of runaway inflation record. lucas is live with more in delaware for the president is spending the weekend. lucas. reporter: the president arrived here last night, some of the strongest supporters say this week has been a disaster. there s a lot of talk about things we haven t done. reporter: this week u.s. inflation hitting fastest inflation nearly four decades. prices of houses 7% spike including 50% increase at the gas pump and 12 and a half points the grocery store in the fish in exile. the white house jen psaki lames nobody saw this coming. we are getting out of a pandemic the economic downturn at a rate faster than anyone thought could ve happened. week from hell some call it, talks from russia failing to stop tensions at the border with ukraine, the situation now growing even more tense serious speech in georgia by the president failed to give voting rights past, the segregation list. supreme c
after complaints of shortages. relieved and grateful the victims of ghislaine maxwell have been speaking after she was convicted of grooming girls to be abused byjeffery epstein her family say they can t accept the verdict. good morning. ending the so called loyalty premium. new rules means existing customers will pay the same price or car and home insurance as he once and it could save them billions over the next few years. manchester united ring out the year with a win. their unbeaten run under ralph rangnick continues with victory over burnley at old trafford. and with temperatures 15 degrees in parts of the uk, it is set to be the warmest temperature on record. more in 15 minutes. it s friday, the 31st of december. our main story. the prime minister has urged people to take a covid test before attending new year s eve parties this evening. no new restrictions have been introduced in england, but in scotland, wales and northern ireland tighter rules are now in place
lost this year the iconic figures who helped change the world. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening i m peter alexander in tonight for lester just a day ahead of those festive new year s eve celebrations, a sobering reality check with covid cases raging across the country. the latest tally another all-time high. nearly 500,000 new infections in a single day. the eye popping case count causing major staffing shortages and more travel nightmares some cities are now canceling their new year s festivities but here in new york the mayor is allowing a scaled-back crowd in times square for the iconic ball drop still tonight, there is some promising news that omicron cases are less severe among the vaccinated, keeping hospitalizations down. and we re learning new details about the effectiveness of the vaccine in kids. we begin tonight with nbc s sam brock. reporter: tonight the u.s. is barrelling toward the new year s holiday under a tidal wave of new covid