city hall. jamming with none other than rocker john fogerty. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening from los angeles, where picket lines went up today in front of major film studios the people who write the plots that enthrall and entertain millions of american tv and film watchers sidelined tonight by a writers strike 11,000 writers off the job after talks with producers reached an impasse overnight. at the root of the dispute, some of the very things that have transformed how all of us watch our favorite shows. think streaming and the impact of emergiging technonology thinink virtual l reality. tonighght the writiters and d productionon cocompanies, i including our parentnt company nbcuniveversal appeaear to be farar apart, virtually y guaranteeieing rereruns will l be coming g to screens as productions grind to a halt for some shows, the impact will be felt immediately. miguel almaguer has the latest what do we want a fair contract re
the center of our galaxy the first image of it ever captured. announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the nationwide shortage of infant formula is growing more acute tonight, leaving more parents in a desperate hunt for the nutrition their babies need. with the percentage of out of stock product climbing, president biden is vowing to step in, meeting today with industry leaders and announcing a series of measures to increase supplies. the white house vowing to cut the red tape. saying the use of the defense production act to increase formula availability is on the table. a tool most recently used to speed up delivery of covid related health supplies tonight, the shortage being felt across the country, but the crisis has become especially urgent for certain vulnerable groups of children jo ling kent has late details. reporter: tonight, the biden white house under growing pressure to act, with millions of families unable to get infa
Lester miguel almaguer starting us off in los angeles, thank you there is breaking news from london, where police arrested a man and put buckingham palace on lockdown just days before the coronation of king charles. kelly cobiella is there. kelly, is the lockdown still in place reporter: well, police say most of the cordons have now been lifted, and rehearsals are continuing here tonight. but earlier, there was a heavy police presence, the palace locked down, police arresting a man suspected of carrying a weapon they say he threw a number of items believed to be shotgun cartridges on to palace grounds and also had a suspicious bag which was destroyed in a controlled explosion worth noting, police say this is not terrorism-related, and king charles was not here at the time lester kelly cobiella, thank you. now to that catastrophe on a highway in illinois one day after a blinding dust storm led to crashes that
From mariupol. a rocket hit our house. it blew up our home. but we by a miracle survived. she says russian forces are stealing everything, furniture, cars, and sending the locals to russia today, the u.n. human rights chief said they found a thousand bodies of civilians in the kyiv region alone, calling the scale of unlawful killings shocking lester kelly cobiella in ukraine, thank you now to the record number of migrants crossing the southern border and the firestorm over a covid border restriction known as title 42, which the biden administration wants to end a federal judge now set to take it up at a critical court hearing. gabe gutierrez is at the border in texas. it is becoming more and more frequent. reporter: it is utter desperation, crossing the rio grand, child in tow. the currents are up quite a bit. especially with the two little kids. they could get swept pretty easily. reporter: over eagle pass, we re
Mr. trump s efforts to subvert the election results, the planning of events around january 6th or efforts to somehow restore the former president to power. several of those members toda describe the committee s work as illegitimate or as a witch hunt and suggested would fight efforts to force them to testify that could drag this process well into the summer it s very rare for a committee to subpoena members of congress. republicans are suggesting they might do the same to democrats next year. garrett haake, thank you. overseas, the leaders of finland declared today they want to join nato without delay, drawing an immediate reaction from russia as it battles for control of eastern ukraine. kelly cobiella is there. reporter: tonight, as russia intensifies its assault on eastern ukraine, the kremlin now vowing retaliatory steps after finland s announcement it will seek to join nato with sweden expected to follow. russia says it considers the move a threat finland shares more