right now on early start, americans are lined up outside the supreme court to witness the biggest presidential election case since bush v. gore almost a quarter century ago. plus round two here. otherwise we re getting nothing on the border. two big republican priorities go down in flames in the same week. when can congress get its act together. and foul play, the new nikki haley campaign ad that called donald trump chicken. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is thursday, february 8, 5:00 a.m. on an historic day in washington. the supreme court will consider a question that has never before been asked. did donald trump engage in insurrection and if so does that allow him to be disqualified from the ballot before the justices answer has the potential to upend the 2024 race. trump is now for all intents and purposes the presumptive nominee and that is exactly how his party is acting. following his lead congressi
plun > money. how much snow will some areas get deady journey. at least eight people killed, more missing when their boat capsized off san diego. why authorities suspect human smugglers. former vice president mike pence takes a big swing at former president trump. one state urging people to avoid travel to all of mexico as spring break ramps up. should americans cancel their trips plus a young girl s song writing goes global. how musicians from around the world brought it to life this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening we start with a lot of breaking news. after a weekend of working in overdrive, the treasury secretary along with the fed and fdic just announce add nannounced a new plan, the goal to prevent more panic and failure of more banks. but at nearly the same time that statement came out there is yet another bank that has been forced to close, signature bank in new york city. the race against the clock this weekend was to find some sort of so
the house voted in a nighttime session tonight to adjourn until noon eastern tomorrow. still don t know why 9 am wasn t a possibility, more now with day three of trying to get speaker, that s fine. we re gonna go into a second and third day tomorrow about this very issue, of course, republican leader, kevin mccarthy, has been enduring a c series of stinging defeats. now losing a total of six rounds of voting. in his attempt to become speaker of the house. he is saying tonight, well there s no deal yet, the emphasis on yet, there s a lot of progress that has been made in talks with some of the holdouts to end the ongoing impasse. it s possibly now paved the way for him to become the speaker. of course, it seems to be far from certain, knowing that there seems to be at least 20 who have not budged in many a vote at this point. his most strident opponents are vowing again tonight, they are going to block his bid. i want to go now to cnn s melanie zanona who s on capitol hill
while the house voted in a nighttime session tonight to adjourn until noon eastern tomorrow, we still don t know why 9 a. m. was not a possibility and what could not be a day three of trying to get a speaker, but that is fine. they ll go into a second and third day tomorrow about this very issue, and of course, republican leader kevin mccarthy has been enduring a series of stinging defeats, now losing a total of six rounds of voting in his attempt to become speaker of the house. he is saying tonight that while there is no deal yet, and emphasis is on yet, he says there s a lot of progress made in talks of some of the holdouts to end the ongoing impasse. this possibly now paves the way for him to become the speaker. but of course, that seems to be far from certain that there seems to be at least 20 that have not budged in many a vote at this point. now, some of his most strident opponents are vowing tonight that they will go to block his bit. i want to go to cnn s melanie za
his family seen for the first time, claiming cops have the wrong man. plus, new video from a traffic stop showing the suspect. and, story of survival. how a four-year-old girl and nine-year-old boy survived this 250-foot drop. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. tonight, there is political chaos in the house of representatives, unlike anything we ve seen in a century, after the new congress adjourns on a on day one without a speaker. plus, the ongoing weather threat snow, ice and at least a dozen tornadoes have already been reported. but we do want to begin tonight with that terrifying scene in cincinnati, after buffalo bills safety damar hamlin collapsed following a tackle. hamlin tonight is still in critical condition. his family in their first statement saying they are asking to please keep damar in your prayers. in