this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening a snapshot of a restless nation and a president appearing to struggle to satisfy on several key fronts from the economy to covid to his ability to unite the country to some of the takeaways from a brand-new nbc news national poll on the one-year anniversary of president joe biden s inauguration the president ending his first year in office with a 43% approval rating. the only new president with a worst first year number, biden predecessor donald trump. but tonight, the white house is consumed with repairing immediate damage from remarks the president made at yesterday s marathon news conference about a possible minor russian incursion into ukraine. in a moment i ask white house chief of staff ron klain about it but first, here s peter alexander. reporter: one year after taking office, according to our new nbc news poll, america s report card for president biden is grim his overall approval rating just 43%. more tha
Russia will pay a heavy price if it sends forces in. plus, our new nbc news poll, how many americans approve of the job the president have doing. and my one-on-one with his chief of staff. also tonight, the january 6th panel asking ivanka trump to voluntarily cooperate and how the investigation into former president trump s alleged election interference in georgia is heating up. testing company. growing allegations of mishandled samples and inaccurate results now another state taking action. our nbc news exclusive. our cameras are there as a group of youtube scuba divers make a discovery police missed will it crack a four-year-old cold case of a missing mother problems for peloton. why it s temporarily halting production of its iconic bikes. and the scary moment on live tv. a reporter hit by a car and then getting up to finish her report her first interview since it happened.