press at this was accuse of driving into sheriffs. he claims he was running for his life. they were dressed completely in black and started charging toward him. i was there the entire time. in the air and intercepted by washington. i really can t stay baby it s cold outside i got to go away baby it s cold outside. brian: one of the most famous duets people decide to sing almost at the same time. a little bit off one beat to the next. ainsley: when was that song released like my grand parent s time period or after? brian: i don t know. how old are your grandparents roughly? we will have to see about that. steve: it s a remake. ainsley: the original i mean? it s been around a long time. brian: this is one of those songs they had to remake to not offend people. ainsley: remember they weren t going to remake it. steve: a larger point they are singing about it s cold outside. it s freezing here in new york city. exactly 32 degrees on this december 8th, 2020. brian:
just said about the trump administration s vaccine strategy. president trump set to headline the first rally since his election loss ahead of the runoffs to decide control of the senate as he wages a gop civil war in georgia. firefighters injured as powerful winds fuel an explosive wildfire as we track the first potential nor easter of the season. the historic step today toward endin the federal ban on marijuana. that fiery crash on the racetrack, our exclusive with the driver what went through his mind as he escaped alive. and deck the halls 2020 style this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone the cdc is expanding its mask wearing recommendations to virtually everywhere outside the home tonight in an urgent effort to slow the skyrocketing number of covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths all eclipsing ghastly records on a daily basis. right now health officials are focused on counting the days since thanksgiving travel, timing wh
succeeded yeltsin and showed what kind of ruler he would be, nemsov became a vociferous critic of putin. in 2015 he was planning owe opposition march to protest against the regime. it was two days before that march when nemtsov was shot, four times in the back while he was walking across the bridge. press reports at the time called it the highest profile assassination since the stalin era. he wasn t the only target. days before nemtsov was assassinated, russian authorities had thrown one of his allies in jail. another vocal putin critic. his friend was put in jail for 15 days for the high crime of handing out leaflets inviting people to join the opposition march, the one that got nemtsov killed. the guy who was put in jail just for handing out leaflet about the march, his name was alexei navalny. here he is leaving jail after boris nemtsov s death. he left jail that day, went home, took a shower and went straight to visit boris nemtsov s grave. he said of his assassination, t
christmas and i wish you a happy new year in 2022. but before we turn the page on the year of our lord 2021, it is time in this closing week to take stock what we learned this year. the frauds that were exposed. the evils we learned to hate, and the truths we woke up to who we are and who we hope to be. tonight and in the coming days, i will be talking very wise and knowledgeable people who are reckoning with the lesson of the year of chaos and crime. a year that began with a promise that now we could return to normal and ended with a horrifying possibility that this, all of this terrible this is normal now. the images of 2021 that will stick in our minds are many. the footage of brutal criminality in american cities. taking place in broad daylight. our fellow citizens, arrested, not because they stole or ransacked but because they tried to buy a burger without showing their papers. the image of afghanning dropping through the sky as they clung desperately to american planes.
a fierce debate between businesses and unions. david, we begin with you. jackie, good afternoon to you. there s been talk recently of testing problems. no question about that. people are waiting in line hours to get a test. today the administration mentioned national guard troops helping out with testing. that brings people back to the early days of 2020. people don t want to hear the terms together. however, the administration asserting that they have a strong plan to deal with testing after people are waiting in line. administration officials announced a plan, 13,000 national guard troops helping in covid related issues in 48 starts. testing is a serious problem with people waiting not just one or two hours or three or four, sometimes five or six hours to get a simple test. the president himself just two days ago admitted his team is behind the eight ball when it comes to testing. listen. it s not enough. it s clearly not enough. if i had if we had known, we would hav