at this hour, protests in akron right now. a special grand jury in ohio declined to charge eight officers who fatally shot a 25-year-old black man last year. the city s response and the live report from akron as well as legal analysis plus, caught in the cross fire secretary blinken confirming a u.s. diplomatic convoy was attacked in sudan as two rival militaries fight for control quote, when hell freezes over that s the timing for one republican reogting to the possibility that democrats will try to replace dianne feinstein. plus, with more and more parents saying it s just financially out of reach, any minute now, president biden is set to speak in the rose garden about his administration s plan to make childcare more affordable our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments and i want to start with cnbc s senior white house correspondent. kayla, we are going to hear from the president any minute now he wants to make childcare cheaper. how s he going
Today forcing Secretary Of State blinken and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shelter in a bunker during highstakes talks. And the moment today, our team taking cover from incoming fire in belgium the deadly shooting near a Soccer Stadium investigated as a Terror Attack. And now the urgent manhunt. And the horrific stabbing in illinois a 6yearold boy dead. His mother gravely injured. The suspect, their Landlord Police say he targeted them because of their muslim faith and the israelhamas war the hate crime charges he faces our Special Edition of nightly news begins now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight live from israel. Good evening from israel as hamas Rockets Streaked over tel aviv tonight, Warning Sirens briefly interrupted delicate highlevel talks to dial back the israelhamas war and there is late word that President Biden may travel to israel as early as this week. Secretary of state Antony Blinken already on the ground here tonight leading
arrested after the death of a police officer injured in the capitol riot the charges they face. we re on the southern border. why fema is now being deployed to help with the surge in migrant children one of the new york governor andrew cuomo s accusers meeting with investigators for over four hours what she gave to them. our series the future of travel and what you may no longer see at the airport when you fly again and our one on one with michelle obama on her new netflix show and what she said about the feud between meghan markle and the royals announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. in more and more parts of this country, even those hardest hit by covid, life is beginning to look familiar again doors now reopening to things considered high risk just months ago amid growing confidence and an ever-expanding vaccination program, states and local governments are lifting restrictions the celebrations of life resumed drownin
Reaction to the decision reporter: you can see right now where i am in downtown akron, it is quiet where we ve been today it has been largely peaceful in this part of town. there have been roughly six arrests made since last night in conjunction with protests. i want to show you a live picture from the community our producer with a group who is gathering. you hear from people ahead of planned demonstration potentially and i m told he estimates more than 100 people are there and that this group includes members of walker s family so that s what we re waiting for over there right now we ve been expecting the possibility of more demonstrations and that summarizes there that there are people who feel justice was not served we know that according to the state attorney general there will be no state level criminal charges there are calls for a federal investigation. we know the police department is moving forward with its own investigation though the eight officers we re told who shot at
Court. the white house tonight brushing off speculation that president biden might nominate vice president harris the president has every intention, as he said before, of running for re-election and running for re-election with vice president harris on the ticket as his partner. reporter: the pick will not change the balance of the conservative court but for president biden, with inflation soaring, his agenda stalled, and poll numbers sinking, it s a chance for a much needed political win peter, is the white house giving any indication about how quickly the president will move on a decision reporter: yeah, lester people familiar with the process tell nbc news that president biden will try to put forward a nominee quickly. it is something the president has thought about since before taking office. even during the transition, top advisers gave him formal presentation about the best potential candidates lester peter alexander at the white house, thanks. as for the confirmation