all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. new questions today around the killing of 22-year-old amir locke in a pre-dawn raid wednesday. that was carried out by the minneapolis police department serving a no-knock warrant. yesterday, hundreds of protesters again took to the streets of minneapolis to demand justice for locke. nbc s megan fitzgerald has more. reporter: anger and frustration pouring out into the streets from new york to minneapolis. horns and lights blaring in protest after minneapolis police shot and killed 22-year-old amir locke after entering an apartment on a no-knock warrant that police now say locke wasn t listed on. body cam video capturing the deadly encounter on wednesday just before 7:00 a.m. in seconds, where locke appears to be under a blanket. police say a gun slides from underneath, and officers opened fire. nbc news has reached out to the officer for comment, but has yet to hear back. that s the moment
tempting to restrict their access to the franchise in every state they live in, and even the ones that barely have any people of color in the first place. of course, that s not the case in arizona, where a quarter of the eligible voters is hispanic. many identifying as democrats. and so state republicans have been working overtime to legislate restrictions into law, to the extent that this weekend, one of the state s top republicans had to stop his own caucus in its latest bid to take over the state elections that this time went too far even for him. we ve got another big show tonight, folks. plus, protests continue in minneapolis over the police killing of amir locke last week. i talked to locke s mother and father and their attorney, the attorney general of black america, ben crump tonight about the life, the loss, and the justice they are demanding from the city. that s in just a little bit. but first, voting rights and the new view from the southwest. joining me now, co
russian invasion of ukraine. firing back, former president trump rips into his vice president after mike pence said trump was wrong about january 6th. a daring raid caught on video. police freeing michael bloomberg s housekeeper who had been kidnapped from his estate. was the alleged kidnapper after the billionaire s daughters. joe rogan apologizes of him using a racial slur multiple times. spotify has pulled dozens of his shows. we take you behind the scenes in beijing, and what the athletes are really doing between competitions. this is nbc news nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. we begin outside tonight in our expanded olympic home here at rockefeller center, the first full day of competition in beijing where it is already a new day. the american women off to a big start in the snowboard course and on the hockey ice, but it is a bittersweet announcement by snowboarding legend shaun white that has team usa talking tonight and we ll hear about h
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