the city that became the epicenter of the virus is now the latest symbol of the nation s journey toward hopeful and cautious recovery. even as we get closer to normal, the political battles over the deadly january 6th attack on our capitol have intense identified. tonight the house of representatives has to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the riot and insurrection. despite an effort from house republican leader kevin mccarthy and his aides to kill it, the vote was 252-175, which means 35 republicans broke ranks with their own leadership, crossed over to join democrats to vote yes. just hours before the vote, fresh reminders of the brutality of that day. it came in the form of new videos released by the fbi which has also announced the arrest of six more suspects. before today s house vote, house members debated the bill and democratic congressman tim ryan of ohio had clearly had enough. he invoked the sacrifice of the police officers who defended the capitol in
even as we get closer to normal the political battles over the deadly january 6th attack on our capital have intensified. tonight the house of representatives passed a bill to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the riot and insurrection. despite an effort from house republican leader kevin mccarthy to kill it. the vote was two 52 to 1 75, which means, 35 republicans broke ranks with their own leadership, crossed over to join democrats to vote yes. just hours before the vote, fresh reminders of the brutality of that day. it came in the form of new videos released by the fbi which is also announced the arrest of six more subjects, before today s house vote, house members debated the bill and tim ryan clearly had enough. he invoked the sacrifice of the police officers who defended the capitol in calling out the republicans. l to the other 90% of our friends on the other aisle, holy cow, incoherence. no idea what you are talking about. you guys chase the former secre
exhibition? hello. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and of course around the globe. in the last hour, the new york state attorney general s office said its investigation into the trump organization, run by former president donald trump, is now a criminal probe and not purely civil in nature. what does that mean? i m joined now by the bbc s will grant in washington. he has been looking at this for us. a step into a criminal investigation in itself is a serious matter. what are the precise areas, and effectively, points that they are exploring that they believe are now worthy of criminal investigation? worthy of criminal investi . ation? ~ worthy of criminal investiuation? ~ , ., investigation? well, the state attorney general s investigation? well, the state attorney general s office - investigation? well, the state attorney general s office has l attorney general s office has been looking at the dealings of the trump organisation, specifically the question of whethe
announces penalties for other russian entities. let s get details now from white house correspondent peter doocy who who is live on the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: geenks bret. the day before the inauguration anthony blinken went to the senate and told lawmakers there he agreed with them the nord stream two pipeline was a bad idea not for the environmental reasons that have led this administration to cancel pipelines here in the states already. instead, because it would give russia an advantage in the region. the but, tonight, the biden administration is going to waive sanctions on certain officials that will make it possible for this project to be completed. and anthony blinken is sitting with russia s foreign minister right now in iceland making nice. president biden has demonstrated that in both word and deed not for purposes of escalation, not to seek conflict, but to defend our interest. this foreign policy decision tonight has the top foreign policy de
celebrations and slashes in the streets as the middle east ceasefire holds another day. richard engle is in gaza. road rage manhunt. a 6-year-old boy believed to have been shot and killed by an worst nightmare. the police asking for the public s help to catch the killer. the deadly hidden danger at the beach. rip currents. the new science that could save your life. and the moment this teen s college dreams came true. but it s what he did next that is so remarkable. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening. every saturday we end our broadcast by telling you there is good news tonight, but this evening that s where we begin. 15 months into the pandemic, there is good news tonight about case counts and deaths. now the lowest they have been in a year. there is good news tonight about hospitalizations. one city s largest hospital has zero, yes zero, covid patients. and there is good news tonight about the country reopening. this pandemi