Trumps acquittal. The trial fallout and the gop divided. Will trumps daughterinlaw be the next to run for office those highly contagious variants in 41 states. The vaccine eligibility chaos, some tried days or weeks to get an appointment. Governor cuomo under scrutiny of nursing home covid deaths. S students on how the pandemic is impacting them the spirit of mardi gras, no parade. The party is on. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening everyone. At least 12 people have died. Snow and ice and Freezing Rain and brutal Cold Making Travel Across Texas and Oklahoma Paralis as temperatures drop into the single dimgits in some places we are following closely of the steady drop of Corid Infections in this country as some place are Easing Restrictions the new study giving us new insight of how this pandemic is affecting our children lets begin in our storm zone, kathy park has late details reporter a dangerous mix of snow and ice and bone chilling Temperatures Plowing through dozens of states. More than 130 million under winter alerts stretching from texas to maine acrosscountry chaos leaving behind slick roads and some crashes ending in flames as travel turned treacherous in oklahoma and mississippi. The house is quickly losing the heat reporter the Lone Star State slams with unprecedented storm and at times nearblizzard conditions in houston, distributing shots before they are spoil of storage of lost power. If you are without power right now, it is conceivable that you could be without power through the rest of the today and possibly going into tomorrow. Reporter the brutal blast of Cold Air Cutting power to more than a million in houston. In louisiana, a transformer blew out sending electricity surging through the lines. This holiday weekend, ice and snow grounded Hundreds Ollas ft. Worth in chicago, snow falling up to 2 inches per hour this is an all handson deck moment reporter the extreme weather did not end there. Seattle, the snowiest ever been in more than 50 years tornados are now in the forecast too, this one ripping through so Southeast Georgia hours ago. As the northeast bracing for Freezing Rain and over night. Reporter the department of sanitation have been running two 12hour shifts reporter we are not done yet crews in new york are gearing up again with up to 200,000 tons of salts ready to go for the next round kathy, we are in for much more, the snow and ice and record breaking cold, al roker is tracking it all whats ahead reporter the country is being affected by two storms one in the east right now thats causing a mess through tomorrow. The one in the Pacific Northwest thatll follow the current storm. Heavy thunderstorms and tornados for the southeast. Ice from louisiana and all the way to new england and we are looking for snow upwards of 1 inch per hour in some parts of the northeast and on into the great lakes and then the second storm could bring even more snow as we head on into friday plus, bitterly cold windchills that lasts onto the weekend repor with the impeachment of former President Trump, nancy pelosi is calling a new attack Geoff Bennett is following this for us. Whats the speakers Plan Reporter congress establishing an outside independent commission to look into what she calls facts and deadliest insurrection at the u. S. Capitol the commission will be modelled similar one created after the 9 11 terrorist Attack Pelosi says we must get to the truth of how this happen. Both are calling a 9 11 Style Commission to investigate why officials and Law Enforcement failed to stop the attack on the capitol. The House Speaker is proposing additional funding and the security of the capitol. Thank you, jeff. Seven gop sfenator voted to convict donald trump are f facing criticism. Reporter Hundreds Of Supporters cheering the former president back from golf today as the former president continues to dominate the Republican Party 75 of the republicans want the former president to play a prominent role in the gop. Reporter h daughterinlaw, laura trump, a North Carolina native considering a run for the open senate seat there two years from now. Reporter as the state party slamming on Richard Burkes tonight. In louisiana, people are centering bill cassidy for attempting to convict i am attempted to hold former President Trump responsible. Reporter trumps grip on the party and its fund raising illustrated by the two sides of House Republican leader, Kevin Mccarthy furious of the president during the riot and denouncing him a week later. The president bares responsibility for wednesdays attack by mob rioters reporter but then flew to maralago to make peace with him. This is going to be proxy battle across the country in 2022 where trump republicans are going to challenge a lot of incu incumbents does he dominant the Republican Party for years to come . Hes going to stay in the game and arena and keep talking even if they try to silence him and cancel him we never had a republican president who stayed in the game after they left the white house. Once again hes going to do it his way so andrea, what would be the impact of trump further dividing the party after losing the white house . Reporter divided party dont mean elections. Both former oneterm president losing the white house to Opposition Party after carter for 12 yaears and bush for 8 30 million americans received at least one vaccine Dose Hospitalizations number continue to drop there are new cause for concerns reporter our nation is now marking the most significant progress of the pandemic for the first time in months, the u. S. Recording fewer than 100,000 daily infections as daily deaths also plummet well below the record high one critical number is trending in the wrong direction. Variants of the virus have been confirmed in over 1,000 cases spread across 41 states we cant let our guard down we have to continue wearing masks. Reporter even as the cdc director says now is the time to double down on safety measures, states are Easing Restrictions, iowa eliminating the statewide mask mandate. I am happy to hear the mandate has been loosen up a little bit. Records in door dining is back in many regions too and next week the Barclays Center in brooklyn welcomes back nba Fans Reporter americans have been asked to stay home, the tsa reports a Spike In P Passengers over the holiday weekend. We need it so much. Reporter for Jacqueline Lopez who lost her father, there is no way of going back go home, this virus is sosilent, you dont know where you are going to catch it. Peace, stay safe reporter a reminder of whats been lost and whats still at stake miguel, is it likely those variants are widespread than we know reporter authorities do believe those variant strains are widely under counted and they expect the u. K. Strain to be the most predominant in the country for a matter of weeks lester thanks. Outraged over Andrew Cuomos decision to delay the release data of covid deaths at Nursing Homes. Now hes defending that move. Lets get more from anne thompson. Reporter today Governor Andrew Cuomo tried to separate what he calls political spin from facts. The New York State doh has always fully and publicly reported all covid deaths in Nursing Homes and hospitals. Reporter last week revelation that one of the governors top aide told lawmakers nursing home data was delayed saying we froze, fearing the number would be used against us by the trump administration. Today cuomo says State Lawmakers were informed and the federal governments request was addressed first. This follows the Reserveul Revelation that the nursing home was higher than the administration initially claimed. We should have provided more information faster we were too focused on doing the job and addressing the crisis of the moment, i take total responsibility for that reporter before the crisis, cuomo wrote a book about his leadership they need to own up to some of the mistakes that were made reporter losing loved ones and some faith in government. Anne thompson, nbc news, new york in 60 seconds, patients battling serious illness now battling finding the vaccine and another entre epidemic with students with unprecedented stress epidemic, students under stress during the pandemic. Can uncover clearer skin and improve symptoms at 16 weeks. Tremfya® is also approved for adults with active psoriatic arthritis. Serious allergic reactions may occur. Tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. Tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. Tremfya®. 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Among the big issues this evening who is getting the left over doses. We also have jessica with us. Raj and janelle, the World Health Organization just granted astrazeneca emergency use for 145 countries around the world. What does that mean for the fda approving it for use in this country . How do we benefit by other countries getting a vaccine . Ill have that, coming up. Well see you shortly. As thousands of people scour websites to find Vaccine Appointments thousands of people are also skipping their appointments. In just five days more than 4,000 people with confirmed