Now planned for joe bidens inauguration with all 50 State Capitols on edge, Police Hunting farright extremists potentially within their own ranks and the new arrests, the rioters seen wearing a neonazi sweatshirt and an olympic Gold Medalist now charged. And the covid crisis more vaccination megasites opening around the u. S our interview with californias governor gavin newsom. We ask, why has th rollout in the epicenter been so slow and what you need to know to get your shot as soon as possible announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt good evening, everyone added to the list of grave, unimaginable and stunning moments that keep rocking our country, for the second time in 13 months the House Of Representatives has voted to impeach President Donald Trump this time democrats backed by several republicans laying the mantle of blame for one of this countrys ugliest and most dangerous moments squarely at the president s fleet. Blinking our eyes wont make the searing images of arm
Emboldened after a phone call with donald trump. The backlash against her growing by the day. Senator mitt romney out with a stinging rebuke. The chasm between republicans and the list of gop lawmakers censured by their own party for impeaching trump. The latest target, South Carolina congressman tom rice. What hess how saying about his impeachment vote. Maryland announcing a second variant in its state. The more infectious South African strain. And the coldest weather of the season is gripping the northeast with arctic tech tours affecting nearly a third of the country this weekend. As we take a look at the live pictures of times square and d. C. , it will be a different picture within 24 hours from now. The biggest snowstorm these cities have seen in several years as we say good morning, everyone, it is january 31st, im kendis gibson. Im lindsey reiser. I emailed my wife and said i think we should go to the store today. We have a team of reporters and analysts following the very late
And todays judges put a hold on their own ruling to give his lawyers time to file an appeal. It comes as the select Committee Heard from four important witnesses today. That would be john eastman, author of the memo used to try and convince mike pence to toss out the election results. That would be former trump Cyber Security czar chris krebs, who publicly disputed the big lie, famously said at the time that our president ial election had been free and fair. Former pentagon official, kash patel, also Ali Alexander who organized stop the steal rallies after the 2020 election. He happened to meet with the committee today for eight hours. It was really just important to me as a man of faith and a man of peace to have come here and say, stop the steal held 500 rallies in all 50 states in the union, and not one turned violent. Alexander also denies his group had anything to do with the violence at the capitol. The Committee Vice chair, liz cheney, said today the committees approaching 300 w
Report into down street parties. Another of his mps have called for them to go. Andy who says medical waste from the pandemic is a threat to the environment and to human health. And the who. Let me bring you right up to date on the tensions around ukraine. In the past hour, the uk by minister Boris Johnson has warned that europe is at a critical moment. We also note the mats and russia and the west have been engaged in talks diplomats. And President Putin has made his first Public Comment on the situation there since december. Translation the United States most im ortant translation the United States most important goal translation the United States most important goal is translation the United States most important goal is to translation the United States most important goal is to contain translation the United States most important goal is to contain russia. Important goal is to contain russia. That is the most important thing. In that sense Ukraine Isjust that is the most important
Too 12foot storm surge and up to 12 inches of rainfall. 50 counties are now under states of emergency in florida. Correspondent Steve Harrigan is right in the strike zone as of now along floridas gulf coast. Good evening, steve. Good evening, bret. At this point more than 20 Million People across the state of florida are under some sort of hurricane watch, warning, or advisory. Idalia is expected to bring winds of 120 miles per hour. A major category 3 hurricane, Strong Enough in places to knock down framed houses and uproot trees. Most tracks have it headed for the sparsely populated big bend area of florida with a landfall wednesday morning but that could change. Mandatory Emergency Evacuations have been ordered in at least 12 low lying counties. While preparations are underway across the state, few areas are in as much danger as cedar key, which could be under 12 feet of storm surge. Despite the evacuation orders, not everyone is listening. Yall staying or leaving. We are staying. M