capitol. and after a tragedy how one community is helping the band play on. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. a verdict as we come on the air in the closely watched jussie smollett trial a chicago jury tonight finding the former empire actor guilty on five of six counts related to lying to police about being the victim of a hate-driven attack in 2019 the verdict coming on the second day of deliberations. rehema ellis has the breaking news for us. rehema reporter: lester, jussie smollett stood with his arms crossed and he was stoic as the jury read the verdict. as you point out, he was found guilty of five of six counts not guilty on a charge of reporting a false aggravated battery to police but it was nearly three years ago that he was facing six felony counts of reporting a fake, anti-gay and racist attack against himself and lying to police about it on the witness stand he had always insisted on his innocence saying there was no hoax, but
vi charlottesville, a cnn special report at 9:00 p.m. on cnn. the new hour of new day starts right now. we are always so grateful to have you with us. welcome to new day. it is saturday, december 4th. i m christi paul. great to be with you. i m boris sanchez. we begin with the fugitive parents of the suspect in the oxford high school shooting now in oakland county jail, where their son is also being held for allegedly killing four of his classmates and injuring seven others. you re watching exclusive video obtained by cnn as james and jennifer crumbley were arrested early this morning on manslaughter charges after police were tipped off that the couple were in detroit. an attorney for the pair said they left town for their own safety and intended to turn themselves in yesterday. that, of course, never happened. this type of evasive behavior, though, and what the crumbleys allegedly did leading up to the shooting appear to be what led the prosecutor to filing ch
become an asu student. details coming up in a live report. and shortages and inflation may be damaging america s christmas spirit with families hit hard by pricing will make price increases. congressman joins us live to help crunch the numbers prebubble again tonight with the president s winter coat featuring travel testing requirements and extending mask mandates among other things. white house correspondent kevin corke is taking a closer look at what else to expect. a lot on that story tonight. good evening to you. more hoops for u.s. travelers to hop through as the biden administration continues a shifting approach to attacking the covid-19 crisis. this time, new flight rules regardless of vaccine status. and you probably heard this too. an emphasis on pretesting. speak out the actions i am announcing that all americans can rally behind. and it should unite us in the fight against covid-19. it was a familiar refrain from the bite in white house. if i covid-19, we all n
chooses to ban flights and tightens testing requirements for people entering the u.s. by plane regardless of vaccination status. john: democrats pouncing on a potential covert surge as a reason to pass the president s spending plan and infuse the economy with even more covid relief money on top of the $5 trillion already allocated for the pandemic. sandra: louisiana senator john kennedy will join us in a few moments. but we begin with a stomach live at the white house. the presidents were marts will happen in the context of sinking poll numbers when it comes to handling the pandemic. and the right house is pondering how they re going to finesse all of this. the white house as of the president is going to pull out all the stops to address this ahead of the winter season and a new variant that is already in the united states. what does that mean? for now, it means that the white house is going to be pushing boosters come at home testing, and tightening travel rules. feder
eight others, including a teacher. some of these kids are in very bad shape right now. classroom video shows students barricading themselves as the shooter walks through the hallways. some of them managed to escape through a window. they were running for their lives through the snow. the suspect was taken into custody within two minutes of police arriving on scene we re told. this was the 651st mass shooting this year in 11 months. the weapon was purchased four days earlier by the boy s father. authorities believe the young mann acted alone. a shattered community north of detroit is coping with another senseless act of violence. governor whitner choked up as she described a parent s worst nightmare. joining us is dave collin, author of new york times best seller s columbine and parkland, birth of a movement. i like getting your perspective on these things. i have to be honest, i don t like seeing you because it s always for the same reason. your book columbine is a caut