arrested after the death of a police officer injured in the capitol riot the charges they face. we re on the southern border. why fema is now being deployed to help with the surge in migrant children one of the new york governor andrew cuomo s accusers meeting with investigators for over four hours what she gave to them. our series the future of travel and what you may no longer see at the airport when you fly again and our one on one with michelle obama on her new netflix show and what she said about the feud between meghan markle and the royals announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. in more and more parts of this country, even those hardest hit by covid, life is beginning to look familiar again doors now reopening to things considered high risk just months ago amid growing confidence and an ever-expanding vaccination program, states and local governments are lifting restrictions the celebrations of life resumed drownin
get your credit swagger on. become a member of experian credit tracker and find out your fico score powered by experian. fico scores are used in 90% of credit decisions. breaking news. nbc news has confirmed the name of the engineer on amtrak 188. his name is brandon bostian. nor on him as we learn it. now, while speed was a factor in this derailment, it s certainly true that amtrak s aging infrastructure has been a factor for years, especially since the system is seeing record ridership. it was up 55% from 1997 to 2012 with nearly 31 million riders last year. but amtrak still getting roughly
people. and i certainly am thinking about them now. to answer your question alex we have not adequately invested in any surface transportation for at least two decades. highways transition and especially rail. and you cannot starve a transportation system for decades and then beat it for underperforming to your high level of expectations. amtrak has not been invested in at an adequate level to sustain it maintain it much less grow it and yet even in those very stressful financial times, amtrak has shown record ridership and revenue for ten of the last 12 years. the northeast corridor carries 77% of the market share over the airlines between washington and new york. it serves my hometown of meridian, mississippi, that