Police nationwide preparing for possible unrest. Guilty plea, a heavy Metal Guitarist and founding member of the Oath Keepers pleads guilty in the capitol riot. Will he cooperate with prosecutors . The walkback, after criticismol from his party the president reverses his decision on a refugee camp. Search for survivors, the grim Discovery Tonight as the Coast Guard keeps looking for crew members off the coast of louisiana. Farewell to Prince Philip. Britain prepares to say goodbye to the queens husband. The meticulous arrangements right down to the Land Rover Hearse philip designed himself. And On The Road, Cbs Steve Hartman on why a family is pulling out all the stops to get a Madeup Word into the dictionary. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this friday night. Were going to begin with the search for a motive after a 19yearold Gunman opened fire at a Fedex Facility in indianapolis overnight. Eight people were killed and five others injure
about a christmas surge. millions traveling despite warnings hospitals so overwhelmed they may ration care. the christmas storm threat al roker tracking it. it s being called the worst cheating scandal at west poin in 45 years. dozens of cadets accused. attorney general william barr in the final days breakin from president trump on calls for special counsels to investigate the election and hunter biden. plus, the new charges barr announced in the 1988 pan am bombing. my conversations with victims families. and the spectacular sight in the sky tonight that hasn t happened in 800 years. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we re all trying to understand what the discovery of a mutated and more contagious strain of coronavirus in the united kingdom means for al of us here in the u.s., especially as the race to vaccinate americans spins into high gear. as we certainly know by now this virus doesn t respect borders. still tonight parts of the u
here in the united states and all around the world. it is friday, january 201st. kasie hunt has been watching over me. it s been a tough job. happy friday. you almost made it. we re almost there. this morning a completely different legal landscape for donald trump. new risks for him and growing peril. the fulton county district attorney requested a special grand jury for the former president s effort to overturn the 2020 election results in georgia. d.a. fanny willis has been investigating possible disruptions of the election for a year now. it indicates she is seriously pursuing criminal charges against the former president or his allies. and that is not all. trump s week from legal hell started when new york s attorney general announced she had uncovered, quote, significant evidence of fraud in the trump organization. and she s looking to question the ex-president, his daughter ivanka, and his son don jr. then, on wednesday, the supreme court cleared the way for p
the bank of england puts up interest rates for the first time in three years to 0.25%. five children are killed in australia after a bouncy castle was blown away in the wind. three more are critically ill in hospital. the rose effect more people are signing up to learn british sign language after seeing the star on strictly. and england struggle on the first day of the second ashes test in australia. coming up on the bbc news channel, mercedes drop their plans to appeal the outcome of the abu dhabi grand prix, after the controversial ending to the season cost lewis hamilton a record eighth title. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the uk s chief medical adviser has warned that the previous maximum daily number of people admitted to hospital with coronavirus could be exceeded. that was 4,500 seen injanuary. speaking to mp5, professor chris whitty said that the present wave of the omicron variant was likely to peak quite fast but that it could go down more q