The biden administration has taken as they affect more than 100 million americans. Of course in that 100 million many of those workers have likely already been vaccinated. But the response from the right erases any doubt at all the gop is in this thing together with the rest of us. The health and safety of residents of gopled states a matter of personal choice, it would appear, in their view. Texas governor greg abbott calling the mandates, quote, an assault on private businesses. Said the state is, quote, already working to halt this. Gordon said he asked his state s ag, quote to stand prepared to take all actions to oppose this administration s unconstitutional overreach of executive power, end quote. South carolina governor henry mcmaster promised to battle biden to the gates of hell. President biden today equally forceful response. Have at it. Look, i am so disappointed that particularly some republican governors have been so cavalier with the health of these kids. So cavalier for
new york governor andrew cuomo under fire tonight. a investigation now under way into two sexual harassment allegations. tonight, the governor s latest comments on these allegations and amid growing questions about the data on nursing home deaths in new york, the governor now hiring a lawyer to represent the governor s office. new images emerging along the southern border. the biden administration now saying tonight the more than 500 families still separated by the trump administration s zero tolerance policy will be allowed to reunite in the u.s. if they choose. the number of unaccompanied minors growing. and tonight, questions about new tents going up. matt gutman reporting from the border tonight. the storms this monday. an ef-1, straight line winds turning deadly today. trees coming down, killing a man in georgia. at least 15 states on alert for flooding and high winds tonight. and the northeast now bracing for sub-zero wind chills. ginger zee timing it out. tonight
. take him under arrest. citizens arrest. um, that was republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin asking whether an armed insurrection even happened january 6th. just to remind people, people recovered a dozen guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition from seven people who were arrested over their involvement in the riot at the capitol that left at least five people dead. senator johnson should read his own state s paper, the milwaukee journal sentinel. 14 people tied to the january 6th attack. and two are facing federal charges. he was calling it a pitiful armed insurrection and questioning whether it was an insurrection at all and wondering what people were going to do with the plastic ties they were holding. in is that the game plan? are we really to play incredibly stupid. is that where they end up after this is all over? yeah. . pretending this did not happen? had we have the video. we have the video. . did he not watch? . we have the video of polic
then an emotional day in court as witnesses recount what happened to george floyd after derek chauvin pinned him down. george was motionless, limp and chauvin seemed very he was in resting state meaning, like, he just rested his knee on his neck then as covid-19 cases surge in wisconsin, republicans shot down the governor s mask mandate. while in pennsylvania, infrastructure week finally arrives. it is big, yes. it is bold, yes. and we can get it done when all in starts now. good evening. if you ve been following the news today, you probably heard a lot about the justice department investigation into republican congressman matt gaetz over potential sex trafficking sigh tied to a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl which he denies there are lots of crazy developments on this store i y we re going to bring you all of them but first, we thought it would be worth reminding you who matt gaetz was before he was under investigation. this guy is really somethi
veterans battling ptsd forge new bonds. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening as it turns out kyle rittenhouse s dramatic testimony was not the last word in his defense. with no ruling yet on a mistrial, his lawyers resting their case tonight, closing with witnesses meant to reinforce rittenhouse s testimony that he killed two people and wounded a third in acts of self-defense at the heart of the case was rittenhouse acting as a hero or looking for trouble when he headed into a volatile racial justice protest in kenosha, wisconsin last year with his ar-style rifle one defense witness today painting the first person he shot as an aggressor who charged rittenhouse from behind. the prosecution, which calls the killings intentional again today feeling the impatience of the judge. gabe gutierrez is in kenosha tonight. ready for the jury. reporter: tonight the kyle rittenhouse homicide trial is barrelling towards conclusion we will rest. reporter: th