the senate joining the house to reject president trump s veto of that $740 billion defense bill. it is serious responsibilities. the president blasting his own party s leaders as pathetic. college football s finest. the national championship game is now set. and is in for a touchdown! alabama rolling over notre dame for a resounding rose bowl victory, while ohio state crushes clemson in the sugar bowl, avenging a loss in last year s playoff. and incredible rescue. a professional surfer enjoying a day at the beach becomes a hero after fighting through surging ocean waves to save a woman being swept away in hawaii. the unbelievable video now going viral. today, saturday, january 2nd, 2021. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with peter alexander, kristen welker and dylan dreyer. welcome to today. we thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. a very happy new year to you. kristen, happy new year to you. nice to see you in person. happy new year
what biden vows to do to kick it into high gear the one-two punch of storms on the move just in time for new year s new body cam video from the christmas bombing in nashville what it reveals. inside the first passenger flight of the boeing 737 max since it was grounded after two deadly crashes. and caught on camera the native american man tasered by a park ranger speaks out as outrage erupts and just out, the first ever u.s. guidelines on children and food allergies what every parent needs to know. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good tuesday evening, everyone. i m craig melvin in for lester with more than 337,000 americans dead from coronavirus and hospitalizations at record levels in most states, more troubling news tonight that mutant, very contagious covid strain many worried would find its way from the uk to america is here. this as the federal government s response, dubbed operation warp speed, isn t moving nearly fast enough to get
many in the lead bubbles believe the american people doesn t know what s good for them so they need to be tricked into doing the right thing well if anyone knows anything about elite bubbles here in the united states it s got to be senator rubio who back on december 19th used his elite bubble status as a u.s. senator to secure himself a vaccination before thousands upon thousands of at risk front line workers in the health care industry even got away with a one. so as we continue to fight for table scraps and elitists like marco rubio live off of our tax dollars my friends i think it s time we start watching. on a cd. player so let s see this is your state . strays see this least systemic deception is so much. welcome everyone watching the harks i am terrible and i m a just across so amazing i did you like that battle royal we saw in congress take place all the backstabbing in the craziness that happened over this relief bill over over the holiday break i will say that that w
greetings and sal you take. welcome back my friends from quite the fitting end to the 2020 holiday season and while most of us were forced to stay at home and lock down stuffing ourselves with christmas candy while watching bill murray get clobbered by the ghost of christmas past present and future well it was the united states congress were below their their inner scrooge this christmas as the world sat back in horror as they watched our elected officials here in the us quibble and fight over just how small of an amount of financial help $600.00 or $1200.00 that they felt they could get away with giving us citizens and still come across as well . you know. human beings by the time. for the next election cycle i m talking of course about the holiday battle over the paltry size of the coded stimulus checks yes the literal scraps from the congressional budget terry table that have lawmakers in such a tizzy this holiday season and despite united states president donald trump s i
we will speak to califnia congressman ro khanna of california about the covid bill at how because of trump s delay in signing, millions of unemployed workers lost benefits due while trump vacation and golfed over the holiday weekend. then we look at how dozens of immigrant women detained by immigration and customs enforcement at the irwin county detention center have joined a class-action lawsuit against ice over allegations they were subjected to non-consensual and invasive gynecological procedures and surgeries that were later found to be unnecessary. i don t think this is ok. the staff that is here, we cannot trust them anymore. let us be with our family. but despite our case outside the detention centers. let us fight our case outside the detention centers. this is my daughter s first christmas. her first thanksgiving. i missed it. amy: we will speak to two .urvivors one is still jailed and one is deported. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, demo