major developments in two trials that could shake this nation. the lead starts right now. the man who shot unarmed black jogger ahmaud arbery on the defensive as prosecutors try to punch holes in his story. the stunning step by step account of the final moments of arbery s life. a critical day for the president s $1.7 trillion spending plan as we find out whether it will pay for itself like the white house claims. she was thrown in prison for reporting on the early days of covid in china. the new push to free her as her health now fails. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we begin with our national lead. a pair of emotionally charged trials are attracting nationwide attention. in just a moment we ll get to the latest developments as a jury deliberates the fate of kyle rittenhouse, a teenager facing homicide charges in the killings of two men during last year s black lives matter demonstrations in kenosha, wisconsin. let s start in georgia where th
president s popularity has plunged to a new low, being dragged down in part by surging consumer prices and growing concerns about the economy. also tonight, former trump political strategist steve bannon indicted for contempt of congress in the january 6th investigation. expected to surrender tomorrow. our political team is standing by in washington. severe storms striking the northeast. powerful winds and hail across several states. at least one tornado now confirmed, with more wild weather expected this week. rob marciano is standing by. an 11-year-old girl the lone survivor of a horrific plane crash in michigan. tonight, her mother shares the child s chilling last memory before the deadly accident. new concerns tonight about queen elizabeth s health. the 95-year-old monarch missing one of the country s most important events. and tonight, our coverage of the climate crisis. we take a look at global warming s devastating effect on australia s great barrier reef. go
plus, the house finally passes the big bipartisan infrastructure bill. the motion is adopted. president biden gets a much-needed victory, even as democrats delay a vote on the larger social safety net bill. i don t think it s an exaggeration to suggest we took a monumental step forward as a nation. also, my interview with new zealand s prime minister jacinda ardern on china, america s place in the world and climate change. it s not enough to simply say we ll wait until everyone else does their bit. i ve heard that argument. we have to all do ours now, lest we all end up on a steep drop to the bottom. joining me is white house chief of staff, peter baker, former democratic congresswoman donna edwards, pbs newshour s chief correspondent amna nawaz, and former white house political director for george w. bush, sara fagen. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet
our own catie beck is live in houston, texas, and zack despart, a reporter with the houston chronicle, covering this story from the beginning. zach, astro world, a huge concert, supposedly had a plan for mass casualty events. what broke down? that s a great question, stephanie. at this time, we re not sure about that, because none of the organizers want to talk with us about what went wrong. yesterday, we secured from them the actual operations and safety plans that they had put together. the entire purpose of that is to keep patrons safe. the plan is quite details. 56 pages long. lists what to do in all types of emergencies, including mass casualty events. talks about how to communicate with the public, about emergencies, about evacuations, about what to do if something goes wrong. it s clear they didn t follow some parts of it. it s not clear if they followed any key parts of it at this time. okay, but that s the thing. there s a big difference between a plan and ac
workers just days after they were unveiled. welcome to meet the press daily . the white house and are democrats on capitol hill finally have their first infrastructure bill to sell. it took months of wrangling. it exposed deep divisions within the party, and progressives basically had to hold their nose to back it. a group of them tried to reject it. still, it is headed for the president s desk for signature. democrats will take the win. and they need a win. in the wake of last week s setbacks at the ballot box, it s still unclear if they ve hit bottom politically. the president s approval ratings have been bouncing around from not great to really bad. depending on which poll you look at, they re basically all over the place. but the long-term trend has been pretty decidedly downward. democrats know they have a lot of work to do after last week s election night setbacks and they know the work has to start right now. it has to start yesterday yrngs and it has to start with