this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone over 60 million of us woke up this morning to windchills at or below zero this evening, two-thirds of the country suffering beneath an arctic air mass and heading into a brutal night, including rare ice storm warnings this evening in parts of the eastern carolinas. places that rarely see such a threat. the weather service pulling no punches widespread power outages likely further south, cities including baton rouge, new orleans and boloxie under freeze warnings our emilie ikeda has details. reporter: tonight another winter wall line up pummelling the northeast. a january freeze in half the country sends temperatures plummeting 20 degrees below this time of year s average. i need all of my layers up, even the mouth and nose. reporter: 12 million are under winter alerts. a rare ice storm taking aim at weather weary residents in the carolinas, with dozens of utility crews preparing for the worst. w
of resilience and those towers that get blown over, wires snap. we ve got so much we can do with this legislation now. last week, we rolled out an historic investment in our nation s bridges like the one i visited in new hampshire, where restrictions could force school buses and fire trucks to go ten miles out of their way just to get across the small river. or the i-10 bridge i visited in louisiana. it s 20 years past its planned life. it doesn t have modern safety features. and it s lasted inspected, the bridge is deemed to be in poor condition. now it has two lanes on the bridge, okay? that a four-lane interstate feeds into, creating and causing major backups. we re going to upgrade thousands of bridges, creating good paying jobs, cutting commute times, ensuring that as we build back, no community gets left behind. folks, that mayors view of problem solving is exactly what we brought to the american rescue plan. it s designed to you would be able to have the resources and
pleading not guilty in the georgia election subversion case. why some of his co-defendants are turning to crowd funding to cover their defense. a manhunt underway after a convicted murderer escaped a pennsylvania prison. the district attorney says the killer s depravity knows no bounds and warns the public he is extremely dangerous with nothing to lose. and this hour the labor department is set to release the august jobs report. a snapshot of how the u.s. economy is faring. can the labor department stay in the sweet spot, not too hot, not too cold, a little goldilocks here, friday. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. former president trump has pled not guilty for the fourth time. this time he is saying he didn t conspire to overturn the results of the 2020 election in georgia in the case brought by fulton county d.a. against trump and 18 ledged co-conspirators. the former president opted not to enter the plea in person next wednesday, waiving his arraignme
admission about a glaring omission. some critics say it is too little too late. i am kaitlan collins, and this is the source. you can see it for yourself tonight here in black and white, donald trump in his own words, quote, i do hear by wave a formal arraignment and answer my plea of not guilty. i fully understand the nature of the offenses charged. with those words, donald trump avoided what could have been a historic show next week, the judge overseeing his case fulton county is now giving the green light for all proceedings in his courtroom related to this election interference case to be livestreamed and televised. yes, it is all going to be on camera. so far, four of trump s 18th codefendants of waved their right to an arraignment and pleaded not guilty. trump s attorney today also filed a motion to sever his case from the others who have asked for a speedy trial. that is sidney powell and kenneth chesebro so far. the two tierney fani willis to wants all 19 codefendants