is growing longer. the rockettes calling off the remaining shows of their famous christmas spectacular. just moments ago, the netherlands announcing a strict new lockdown for the next several weeks starting tomorrow morning. and in ireland, a new curfew begins at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow for bars and restaurants. and in paris, they are deciding to cancel planned new year s fireworks shows. the world health organization warning that the cases of omicron double in under three days for countries already seeing infections. in the u.s., covid hospitalizations are at levels not seen since september which was at the end of the summer surge, blamed mainly on the still-spreading delta variant. and now an admission from vice president kamala harris at a time when the administration is trying to instill public confidence in its handling of the pandemic. she tells the l.a. times we didn t see delta coming. i think most scientists did not upon whose advice and direction we relied didn t see
down for a one-on-one just ahead. plus sources telling nbc news that senate democrats are preparing to miss next week s deadline to pass the president s sweeping social spending bill. in fact, a vote could slide all the way into march. so a lot going on. good afternoon, i m chris jansing at msnbc world headquarters in new york. we begin with mike memoli traveling with the president in dawson springs, kentucky. allison barber is there where she s been in touch with survivors. and nbc s gabe guiterrez in mayfield, kentucky. let s start with allison. as we await president biden s arrival there in dawson springs, you ve been on the ground, you ve looked for yourself, seen the destruction, seen the scale of the need, what is the president going to see and experience when he gets there? reporter: he s going to see homes like this one. this belonged to a woman named shauna. you could see a lot of her children s things here. what remains of christmas wrapping paper. she was insid
as culpable, they are hearing modern day versions of the nixon tapes. donald trump could turn the insurrection off with a light switch. cheney s outage of access of information that fueled the insurrection leaving trump s inner circle sweating, culminating in a late night vote last night to hold mark meadows in contempt of congress, a body in which he once serve. cheney one of two republicans, along with adam kinzinger to vote to hold meadows accountable for stonewalling the january 6th investigation. last night she put her party on notice for its moral failings in response to the insurrection. all of my colleague, all of them, knew that what happened on january 6th was an assault on your constitution. they knew it at the time. yet now they are defending the indefensible. whether we tell the truth, get to the truth, and defend ourselves against it ever happening again is the moral test of our time. how we address january 6th is our moral test of our generation. moral test
with hope and help from some good samaritans. i ve been a lot of places. this place is devastated. there s a lot of need out here. anything can help. also this morning, this is mayfield, kentucky, candle factory before and after the storm. eight people died, according to the factory. employees who spoke to nbc news say folks inside heard warning signs, but at least five workers tell nbc that supervisors warned employees they would be fired if they left their shifts early. a company spokesman has called the allegations absolutely untrue. we ll have more on that story in just a moment. plus, a pandemic progress report. the cdc director says omicron is gaining a stronger foothold in the u.s., although delta does remin dominant. pfizer says its anti-covid pill is 80% effective at preventing people from being hospitalized and dying. and a recommendation from the january 6th committee, a full vote is expected on contempt of congress charges for former white house chief of s
app stabbed to death on the street in san francisco. the search for suspects and a motive the high stakes meeting. speaker kevin mccarthy welcoming taiwan s president to the u.s. our andrea mitchell one-on-one with mccarthy. is he worried the visit will escalate tensions with beijing in jerusalem israeli police storm the al-aqsa mosque as fireworks are launched at them the rising tensions. the deadly fire erupting in a high-rise in chicago and after her announcement that surprised the world, the history making leader with one final message of empowerment announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome former president donald trump has picked up where he left off prior to his arrest yesterday here in new york while his attorneys continue to attack the substance and merits of the 34 felony charges against mr. trump. the embattled ex-president himself almost immediately resumed verbally attacking the judge in the case, along with the