getting americans back to work vital for the economy, but to get back to work you need a road to get there on, fueling the administration s push for congress to pass its infrastructure plan which new polling shows a whopping 60% of voters support. the morning consult shows support for biden s american jobs plan like modernizing highways and roads and funding for caregivers are supported by even higher margins. what americans say they want does not appear to matter to the gop. the grand ole party with a former president won t even give them his name to put on a t-shirt. with or without trump s name to use, republicans have his legacy to pull from, stoking culture war after culture war. this weekend in florida, it is a who s who of gop lawmakers and donors for the rnc s spring retreat. a revival aimed at seeking unity within a party now largely defined by being divisive. the man who helped cement that image, former president will headline this weekend s event. it is all with an
and killed during a traffic stop after a minnesota police officer shouted taser but fired her handgun instead. at this hour, we are monitoring a vigil for mr. wright at the site his car crashed after he was shot. after minnesota s governor announced a curfew for counties surrounding minneapolis, beginning at the top of the hour. also, shocking new video emerged of a second lieutenant in the u.s. army medical corp who is black and latino held at gunpoint by two police officers during a traffic stop in december. he was pepper sprayed and threatened by an officer. both incidents are happening against the backdrop of day 11 in the murder trial of a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin. the prosecution is expected to officially rest its case tomorrow after presenting nearly 40 witnesses, including today a cardiologist and law professor that specializes in use of force, as well as one of the people that knew george floyd the best, his brother. george, he would always
commented earlier about it. we are not sitting on a secret dose of supplies. we are focused on getting these out the door as quickly as possible at this point. vice president kamala harris is about to start a listening session with florida leaders at a food bank, making another pitch for the biden administration s nearly $2 trillion relief package. we are covering these stories, here and abroad, and joining us now to start off the coverage this hour, senior white house correspondent for the pbs news hour and msnbc political analyst, and correspondent in mission, texas, and nbc news, senior international correspondent keir simmons. and i ll begin with you at the white house, president biden says he will head to the border to see the situation for himself what is unfolding there and he was also asked about what his administration could do to stop people from making that dangerous trip. watch. what is the message to the migrants telling them to stay home and not to come
facility, that you said is not overcrowded. it s more like an aspirational facility. there are a lot of classrooms, nurses, new clothing and the republicans are headed to a very different facility, one that has gotten a little bit of notoriety from leaked photographs coming out for its overcrowding. that is a customs and border protection facility. so two different groups, two different facilities. they might get a really different picture of how things are going and senator cruz is leading the 19 senators here. we expect them to get on the boat here. he was out next to the river overnight. he says this is far beyond humanitarian crisis. it s and national security crisis and it s time for the biden administration to put an end to it. and stop sanctioning the lawless chaos on our southern border. customs and border protection releasing some staggering numbers. more than 100,000 encounters along the southwest border in the month of february alone. triple the number of encou
christmas with fears that travelers will deepen the crisis. plus, reaction t a supreme court decision involving how many can worship together. to the rescue, the military s new mission stepping up to help hospitals out of rooms and resources in the heartland. the effort to feed families this thanksgiving long lines across the country and a shocking new report, 1 in 6 without enough to eat. black friday s best deals and a shopping season like no other, the one simple thing you can do to get the best buys online. and thanking health care heroes, the outpouring of love and kindness bringing smiles this holiday. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and happy thanksgiving i m kate snow in for lester tonight and we begin with late breaking news, president trump continuing to insist he won the election taking questions for the first time since the election and saying he s not ready to concede but the president also pledging to leave the white house