Make that happen. This is a risky operation. We right now, have established contact with the taliban to allow for the Safe Passage of people to the airport, that is working, at the moment. One of the contingencies we are very focused on, laser focused on, is the potential for Terrorist Attack by a group like isis k, which is a sworn enemy of the taliban. That is the president s national Security Adviser, thats a Heck Of A Claim he made, that if youre an american i want to get out of there, they will get you out of there. Pentagon says the military can airlift 5000, and 9000 People Today currently out of kabul, so far the u. S. Has airlifted about 7000 people out of afghanistan. Not all of them american, which by The Way, has been a herculean effort by the u. S. Air force, the airborne, the marines who are there and others. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan just referred to one of the biggest obstacles to evacuation, taliban fighters and their armed checkpoints surrounding the air
Mayor of boston now Labor Secretary is going to join us tonight And i might slip a little. My Boston Accent might crack. Theres another very special Boston Accent well hear later in the hour And that is my father, who i wish was still with us to hear this. A 1963 recording of him arguing a case, an important case in the United States Supreme Court. When i was listening to it today trying to find something the audience would understAnd because of his Boston Accent i felt so bad for chief justice Earl Warren And William O douglas And all of those people sitting up there trying to understAnd this guy from boston. Eventually they ruled in his favor but that Boston Accent is later in the hour. I always watch rachels show And your show in my Sweat Pants with my Mommy Water And i had to obviously get through this show in a different way but i am racing upstairs to change into Sweat Pants And watch your show And all the Boston Accents with my Mommy Water in hAnd. I cant wait. Great. Thank you.
The u. S. Adding more than half A Million jobs in may. Now a growing number of americans at risk of losing Unemployment Benefits the seasons first major Heat Wave sweeping across the country this weekend and the Government Report on ufos what it says about the possibility of extraterrestristrial Activity Announcer this is nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening im Kate Snow in for Lester Tonight theres a lot to get to on this busy friday night. But we begin with that urgent push from the cdc to get teenagers vaccinated against covid. The Cdc Director said today she is deeply concerned by a new Report Showing rising hospitalizations among adolescents. And shes calling on parents, relatives and friends across the country to make sure american teens get the Shot Tom Llamas starts us off. Reporter tonight the cdc urging parents to get their teens vaccinated an increase in hospitalizations in march and april leading to the new push i feel safer now. Reporter researchers note there ha
omit? so i go back to the video, and i see that in the middle of that phrase, he had said, you know, we won in a landslide, everyone knows it. the election was stolen, you know, so even when he s recounting a moment when his own life was in danger and when president trump wasn t helping him out, he is still covering for the boss. so that to me was very revelatory. the new book is entitled the washington book: how to read politics and politicians with, and it s on sale now. new york times opinion columnist carlos lozada. that does it for us this morning, have a great weekend, everybody. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on ana cabrera reports, donald trump in a courthouse in florida, high stakes hearing this hour in the classified documents case. what we re learning about the time line for a trial. plus, closing arguments today in the bid to disqualify the d.a. in the georgia election case. could that entire prosecution now be in jeopardy? also
trial. we ll have expert legal analysis for you on that in just a moment. also ahead, the end of an era for senate republicans. the party s longest serving leader in the upper chamber is stepping down at the end of the year. we ll take a look at mitch mcconnell legacy and who could replace him. and that comes as congressional leaders now have a deal to fund part of the government for a few more weeks, giving lawmakers a little more time to get a lot done. o get a lot done good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 29th, a weekday, just what we needed this year to be a little longer. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we begin with some massive news that broke late yesterday. the supreme court has agreed to consider former president trump s claim of presidential immunity in his federal election interference case. the conservative court s decision to hear the case will further delay a potential trial. the high court has