announcement the all star lineup for the 2022 super bowl halftime show. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. congress stepping away from the cliff tonight racing to beat a midnight deadline. both chambers voting today to avert a shutdown and fund the government through december 3rd shortly before we came on the air, president biden signing the bill into effect tonight, however, the country still facing potential fiscal peril and defaulting on loans if congress can t raise the debt limit soon another big vote in the offing our team is standing by garrett haake starts us off and, garrett, this vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill has turned into a real cliff hanger. reporter: it has, lester this vote was originally scheduled to be held on monday. tonight negotiators from the house, the senate and the white house behind closed doors scrambling to find some kind of compromise to move the president s agenda forward after a week of infighting among
our colleague out of washington, d.c. gillian: good to be here. five degrees cooler than d.c. i m glad to be here. i m gillian turner. lawyers from brian kohberger are seeking a trial delay slated to start in october. he is charged with four counts of first degree murder as well as felony burglary. defense is claiming he was out driving alone when those four students were murdered. prosecutors say they want details including specific places he claims to have been at the time of the murders and witnesses to back up his alibi. bill: nancy grace joins us for a deeper dive into the hearing and the evidence and what she expects but first to the story and news and dan springer outside the courthouse in moscow, idaho. brian kohberger has been at the other pre-trial motion hearings and expect him to be in court today six weeks before the start of his murder trial. a lot of loose ends in the case to tie up before this thing can go to trial. his defense lawyers are going to ask t
ground troops enter. the united nations says there is nowhere safe to go for the 1.5 million palestinians sheltering in rafah. but speaking to abc, mr netanyahu defended the potential military offensive. the areas we have cleared north of rafah, patio areas there, but we are working out a detailed plan to do so and that s what we ve done up to now. we are not cavalier about it, it is part of our war effort to get civilians out of harm s away and part of the hamas effort to keep them and harm a s way but we have succeeded so far and we will succeeded so far and we will succeed again. those who say we should not enter rafah are basically saying lose the war, keep hamas their command their command hamas has promised to do the top of the seven massacre over and over and over again. rafah has become the last refuge for many palestinians fleeing bombardment elsewhere in israel s four month war against hamas, since the group s attack on october the 7th. hamas is designated a terrori
hour s time. new figures are expected to show net migration to the uk reached a record level last year. what a way to seal europa league football for the first time. ensiso s cracker earns brighton a draw, and a place in the group stages of next season s competition. # waterloo, i was defeated, you won the war. and we ll hear from abba on those eurovision reunion rumours. plus, the perfect day to take to the river, here in baiano on the banks of the thames, a bit more clout around the uk but most will avoid the ray. here in malo on the banks of the thames, cloud around but most will avoid the rain. tributes to the singer tina turner have been pouring in overnight after her death at the age of 83 was announced. known as the queen of rock n roll, she survived poverty, domestic abuse and career setbacks before becoming one of the world s biggest stars. our arts correspondent david sillito looks back at her life. # when you were a young boy # did you have a puppy # that always
we start here in the uk with a very rare piece of good news about the cost of living because for people in england, scotland and wales, average energy bills are set to fall by hundreds of pounds this summer. the uk energy regulator ofgem is about to release its latest price cap the maximum amount suppliers can charge the average household. because the cost of energy has fallen sharply on global markets, that cap is expected to come down from july, saving the typical household annually around £450. hannah miller has been talking to energy users in the east of england who have been struggling to pay their energy bills. since we last came to suffolk, 18 month old robyn has taken her first steps. and her mum, claire, has been trying to keep the family bills under control. we first met in august, when claire was already cutting back on her electricity use. i am terrified that, when the winter comes, we re not going to have enough for the bills. since then, energy prices hav