and it s not part of our ethics or values. what does it mean for the defense? we will consider what we might expect to hear. i am joshua johnson with a special report on the derek chauvin murder trial. welcome to the week. tomorrow we expect the prosecution to call its 36th witness. this week the state focused on two points, chauvin s use of force and george floyd s medical distress. let s begin with the use of force. multiple law enforcement officials took the stand to testify against derek chauvin and it included his former boss, the minneapolis police chief. is it your belief, then, this particular form of restraint if that s what we can call it, it violates the department policy? it violates the policy. once mr. floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stopped. chief arradondo was not the only one to verbize this. is this an mpd trained neck restraint? no, sir. has it every been?
mystery tonight why did a navy medic open fire injuring two sailors? blunt testimony: an expert witness tells the jury derek chauvin used excessive force when he kept his knee on george floyd s neck for more than nine minutes. voting rights fallout, with major league baseball moving its all star game out of georgia, we ll take a deeper look at the state s new voting law, the bad and the good. why experts tell us texas will be the next battleground. border crisis: the revealing moment we asked students in guatemala who wants to come to the u.s.? all of you would like to go to the united states? o donnell: frantic rescue: incredible video of a helicopter rushing to save the crew before their cargo ship almost capsized. and super hero kids. one woman s prescription for fighting serious childhood illnesses. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining
trump s acquittal. the trial fall-out and the gop divided. will trump s daughter-in-law be the next to run for office those highly contagious variants in 41 states. the vaccine eligibility chaos, some tried days or weeks to get an appointment. governor cuomo under scrutiny of nursing home covid deaths. s students on how the pandemic is impacting them the spirit of mardi gras, no parade. the party is on. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening everyone. at least 12 people have died. snow and ice and freezing rain and brutal cold making travel across texas and oklahoma paralis as temperatures drop into the single dimgits in some places we are following closely of the steady drop of corid infections in this country as some place are easing restrictions the new study giving us new insight of how this pandemic is affecting our children let s begin in our storm zone, kathy park has late details reporter: a dangerous mix of snow and ice and bone chi
president biden is getting covid relief through the senate and signed. that s where he wants to make his early mark. the biggest reason democrats were intent on wrapping up the trial quickly. while congressional republicans are skeptical about going big the country is largely behind biden s effort, state and local republicans insisting it s badly needed and polls revealing many republican voters want it too. at the same time some other numbers show we may be getting on the right side of the coronavirus. 52 million shots in arms and new cases in hospitalizations are dropping dramatically. all over the country. now if we can only get a handle on those new variants. so we ve got a lot to get to today. i want to bring in kelly o donnell at the white house, garrett haake on capitol hill, monica alba is in west palm beach, florida. also with me today, jake sherman and anna palmer, cofounders of punch bowl news. kelly, i want to start talking about joe biden. how does he plan to
vaccine demand and the building pressure to get schools back open. coming up, our exclusive reporting out this morning looking at what researchers found on the serious and stressful difference between students who are virtual only versus back in the classroom. then you ve got the former president, donald trump, hinting he s trying to get back into the political spotlight with the battle lines now drawn over the future of the gop and whether it should include him at all. but just look at what s happening at home today for some of those seven republicans who voted to convict, we will bring you the backlash and why mitch mcconnell is saying i ve got your back. good morning, i m hallie jackson in washington on this monday along with my nbc news colleagues kara lee outside the white house, garrett haake on capitol hill, gabe gutierrez is joining us live from new york at a mass vaccination site. kara, let me start with you because president biden once we get through the holiday