when the saints go marching in, oh when the saints go marching in another addition to the registry is a 1941 recording of franklin dell nor roosevelt s lighting of the community christmas tree. winston churchill joined him just weeks after the attack on pearl harbor. their sign of unity was broadcast around the world. it is a strange christmas eve. almost the whole world is locked in deadly struggle. american culture is not, all serious. and neither is the registry. other inductees include lady marmalade by la belle. celebration by cool and the gang. and a song that always gets me misty-eyed. the rainbow connection by kermit the frog from the muppet movie. it s the top of the hour and it s so good to be with you tonight. right now, some folks in georgia are protesting new voting laws. covid cases on the rise nationwide and asylum seekers continue to push toward the border. but the president has his focus on infrastructure. why? well, the answer may be on capitol hil
resetting. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. boy, was it a long night on capitol hill. after 25 hours and 20 minutes, the senate passed the covid relief plan this afternoon. it is one step closer to the bidenvictory. the president spoke shortly after the bill passed. i want to thank all of the senators who worked so hard to reach a compromise and do the right thing for the american people kur during this crisis and voted to pass the american rescue plan. it obviously wasn t easy. it wasn t always pretty, but it was so desperately needed. now, no senate republicans voted for the package. democrats passed it with a simple majority vote using the process of budget reconciliation to avoid a filibuster. so, why they did not need any republicans, they did need every single democrat. turns out they had to fight hard to get all of them. namely, west virginia senator joe manchin. he raised concerns about enhanced unemploym
clarify what is at stake. meanwhile, the white house announced more than half of americans 65 and older are at least partially vaccinated. but what should you do after you get your shot? the cdc is working on guidelines for that. we were supposed to have them this week, but they re delayed. that has not stopped states across the country from easing restrictions. some faster than others. we ll see how california, texas, and florida are reopening and resetting. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. boy, was it a long night on capitol hill. after 25 hours and 20 minutes, the senate passed the covid relief plan this afternoon. it is one step closer to the biden administration s first major legislative victory. the president spoke shortly after the bill passed. i want to thank all of the senators who worked so hard to reach a compromise and do the right thing for the american people during this crisis and voted to pass the a
separation program. i specifically asked secretary mayorkas about accountability for members of the trump administration. you remember president biden in the debate with kristin welker called the policy criminal. he promised a thorough investigation. this is the part of the conversation, when i asked him about that exact thing. the attorney general is a member of the task force, or when he is confirmed will be a member of the task force. will his role be to look into potential criminality of members of the trump administration? i think we are focused right now, jacob, on reuniting families and restoring them to the best of our abilities. this is an all of government effort. it s not just the department of homeland security and the department of justice. it s also the department of state working with our international partners, the department of health and human services to bring whatever health relief we can to the families. and we re going to work, as i mentioned, with int
what biden vows to do to kick it into high gear the one-two punch of storms on the move just in time for new year s new body cam video from the christmas bombing in nashville what it reveals. inside the first passenger flight of the boeing 737 max since it was grounded after two deadly crashes. and caught on camera the native american man tasered by a park ranger speaks out as outrage erupts and just out, the first ever u.s. guidelines on children and food allergies what every parent needs to know. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good tuesday evening, everyone. i m craig melvin in for lester with more than 337,000 americans dead from coronavirus and hospitalizations at record levels in most states, more troubling news tonight that mutant, very contagious covid strain many worried would find its way from the uk to america is here. this as the federal government s response, dubbed operation warp speed, isn t moving nearly fast enough to get