of people in the capitol. if, in fact there s any troublemakers around. it made sense. i don t think anybody should take any encouragement that because some troublemakers might show up that we changed our whole schedule. we just moved it a few hours. this as the president has made a major concession to moderate democrats by reducing the number of merging getting relief checks in the new package, capping the ability to remove 7 million americans from the benefits as it heads to the senate. in new york, a remorseful andrew cuomo making a public apology for questionable behavior with younger women who allege he sexually harassed them. he said he will not resign. starting first, joining us now, nbc s garrett haake on capitol hill, chief white house correspondent kristen welker, co-host of weekend today and nbc justice correspondent pete williams. pete, take us through latest on the security posture on the hill. why today is such an important day for these extremists and c
our team at the scene. the fbi chief telling congress the capitol riot was domestic terrorism and after police said they didn t see the fbi s warning the night before, how he s defending his agency the third woman accusing new york governor andrew cuomo of unwanted advances the growing calls for him to resign. new images from the crash involving an nfl coach. the 5-year-old victim now out of a coma, but what her family now fears. the firestorm over dr. seuss. why several of his books will no longer be published and the mystery. who s been leaving huge tips for restaurant workers announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. we ve got a lot to tell you about tonight, beginning with the accelerated covid vaccination timetable just announced by president biden. he s now saying there will be enough vaccine on hand for every adult american by the end of may that s two months sooner than originally expected thanks to an unusual arran
hello, thank you forjoining us. several more countries around the world have detected cases of the new coronavirus variant known as omicron. it s the most heavily mutated version of the virus discovered so far and early evidence suggests that it has a higher risk of re infection. canada has confirmed two infections and france has also reported a number of suspected cases. a third case has been detected in the uk. at least 13 cases have been confirmed in the netherlands. they were all on flights coming from south africa where scientists first identified the variant. omicron is responsible for most of the infections found in gauteng province in south africa, and has been found in all provinces there. britain, as the current chair of the g7 group of leading economies, is to convene an urgent meeting of health ministers to discuss how best to respond. it comes as a number of countries have moved to restrict or ban incoming flights from southern africa, as caroline davies reports.
the president s post election actions to challenge the results of the election, alleging she is a wide ranging conspiracy. the angle strongly maintains that prosecuting him for what is mostly politically protected speech will not go over well with the american public or on appeal. certainly not with the bulk of g.o.p. voters. ultimately they could see this as persecution not prosecution. now, at the same time, hill republicans have announced their own investigation of d.a. fani willis. her true motivations, her tactics, and her connections to liberal causes. how will trump ever get an impartial jury there? we re also going to talk to sol wisenberg, mike davis and former trump attorney tim parlatore later in the show. plus, we will get live reaction from 2024 presidential candidates who made a lot of waives last night vivek ramaswamy. but, first, who won? that s the focus of tonight s angle. laura: all right. it s been almost, what? 24 hours since the first and trumpless g.o
down that indictment to challenge the results of the election, alleging she is a wide ranging conspiracy. prosecuting him for what is politically protected speech will not go over well with the american public or with gop voters that could see this as pers sugz, not prosecution. hill republicans announced an investigation of da fani willis. how will trump ever get an impartial jury there? talk to sol wisenberg, and tim pallatore during the show. e a lf waives last night vivek ramaswamy. but, first, who won? that s the focus of tonight s angle. laura: all right. it s been almost, what? 24 hours since the first and trumpless g.o.p. debate slowly but surely the public is getting to know these candidates. here is the angle handy thumbnail analysis. these two guys are irrelevant. i think i took them a little too literally when they said go to milwaukee and break a leg. whenever i was in the bush administration, we went down there and met with president vicente fox of mexico.