as the journal said the threat of court packing is intended to make the justices think twice about rulings that progressives dislike. many of our legal friends think the threat has already had a notable impact on chief justice john roberts on gun rights and abortion cases. white house correspondent seven digging deeper into the commission. hi, kevin. good evening, shannon. the commission s purpose is to provide an analysis of the principle arguments in the contemporary public debate for and against supreme court reform, which is really a mouthful way of saying let s argue about changing the number of justices on the court for the first time in over 150 years. discussing possible changes to the supreme court including adding more justices. also known as court packing and possible term limits for justices. the panel is being asked to do a number take a number of steps including the pros and cons on exactly that issue. the constitution does not establish a set number
legislation, and exactly what the testimony means for the prosecution and the defense in the trial of derek chauvin. mr. floyd died from a low level of oxygen. this caused damage to his brain that we see. and it also caused a p.e.a. arrhythmia that caused his heart to stop. the racial justice movement that the killing of george floyd ignited, the largest in american history, has taken place entirely during the deadly covid-19 pandemic. that s a situation which is far from over and is now seemingly a race between vaccinations on one side and variant-fueled surges along with a pandemic fatigued public on the other. there s good news and bad news as it relates to the ongoing battle against the mutating coronavirus. so let s start with the good news. right now 20.5% of the american public is fully vaccinated. 34.5 have received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine. now, pfizer, whose vaccine is the only one approved for people aged 16 and 17, has requested that the fda e
number three, fire! you do get a sense that so many of the residents there of edinburgh, on the left and right screen, midday local time have stopped in their tracks for this tribute to prince philip. it will be one gun salute for every minute. 41 minutes in all. prince philip spent 6-5 years supporting the queen. he renoupsed his own royal titles to become a british citizen and serve by her side. you are familiar with . fire kilogram zlam rchlts the 21-gun salute is done at funerals in different events all around the world. the 41-gun salute, i am told, is part of a royal tradition where you add the 20 extra gun salutes when it s being done from a like a fortress like it is there. the tower of london right off to the left. so that s why they are doing a 41-gun salute. in fact, when president obama visited the u.k. on an official visit, he received a 21-gun salute. and every year for the queen s birthday, which is coming up in just a couple of weeks, and prince phi
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good eveningwhe words have failed to deter, the u.s. and its nat splay of mil fire power in eastern europe might discourage a russian incursion into ukraine. the pentagon tonight placing 8,500 troops on heightened alert status many of them earmarked to join a nato response force should the decision to activate it come tonight russia again saying it has no plans to invade, but its posture, roughly 100,000 troops arrayed at ukraine s doorstep, may speak otherwise. as a precaution, families of american embassy workers have been told to leave the country amid worries russia is already planning the seeds of a political takeover it s where we start tonight with nbc chief foreign correspondent andrea mitchell. reporter: with fears rising that russia could invade ukraine, president biden tonight considering a major show of force near russia, putting up to 8,500 u.s. troops on heightened alert, mostly as part of a nato respo
. we start with our nation s anthem. start with the fox news alert. breaking overnight, a man who held a handful of people hostage at a texas synagogue is dead. thes who tanks thankfully are safe and free. mike tobin following the developments. good morning. reporter: good morning. of a tense 11 hours standoff at the congregation beth israel in sin gone in texas the only casualty the apparent hostage-taker. 9:15 p.m. a hostage rescue team breached the building. officials are holding back some of the details saying the hostage-taker was killed by gunfire, not making public if he was killed by himself or the tactical team. the threat of having weapons is not known if it was real. four hostages freed early in the evening. the others freed by the tactical team. the four people rescued are not in need of medical attention. with fbi agents with their family unharmed. he did not harm them in any way. reporter: still unidentified, the man claimed to be a brother of aafia siddiqu