the enforcers, the power just granted to the tsa for that new national mask mandate on public transportation. transportation. defiance, defiance, battle lines, republicans proposing a much smaller covid relief bill. will president biden go bigger without them what it could mean for you members of former president trump s defense team exit. his new team with the impeachment trial just a week away plus, who doesn t love a snow day the national zoo s panda sliding through the storm. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening the northeast is bracing for a major nor easter tonight not just snowfall, but high winds that could make for blizzard conditions and lead to power outages. the chicago area already picking up at least nine inches, causing treacherous road condition an there. winter weather alerts are in place across 11 states this new system fueled by a storm that came from california and crossed the entire nation over the past week we l
rural alaska. we are here we re all vaccinated. duncan: and later, meet the minnesota pizzaman with the moves and a message. duncan.a pizzaman with the duncan: good evening. tonight a massive winter storm is barreling towards the northeast with tens of millions in its path. winds could be fierce and the snow deep. the midwest got hit last night making for slick roads in chicago. today, people in plainsfield, illinois, spent part of the day digging out. even this dog in kenosha, wisconsin, found it tough going at times. icy conditions proved treacherous for this fire truck in virginia. fortunately no one was hurt. the nation s capitol declared a snow emergency. still, kids near the lincoln memorial turned out for some sledding.angsomersaus. cbs news meteorologist jeff berardelli is in new york city. jeff, i know my daughter s school has already been canceled for tomorrow. what s ahead? hi, jericka. yeah, my wife is a teacher here in new york city. her school has been c
the u.s. could lead to another deadly surge. growing accusations. the new york times reporting several young men have accused prominent political strategist and lincoln project co-founder john weaver of online harassment. some claiming the former aide to prominent republicans like johnm overt sexual solicitations. putin s crackdown. nearly 5,000 people detained across russia as protesters demand the release of kremlin critic alexei navalny. police clashing with demonstrators for a second weekend in a row. taunting wall street. the times square billboard taking aim at major investors. the next play in the gamestop saga. tonight, the new limitations announced by the free stock trading app robinhood outraging many customers. and, lifeline. the woman plunging into freezing water while chasing her dog who got away. the moment firefighters jumped in to save her.. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i m tom llamas. we begin with the state of emergency as a monster nor ea
the united states are known to have been infected with covid-19. more than 442,000 americans have died. add to that america is struggling with the vaccination rollout and there s growing concern about new variants of the virus. dr. michael osterholm with the center disease research at the university of minnesota. he says a surge of the u.k. variant could happen in the u.s. in the next six to 14 weeks. i think right now in advance of this surge, we need to get as many one-doses in as many people over 65 as we possibly can to reduce the serious illness and deaths that are going to occur over the weeks ahead. meanwhile, millions of americans remain out of work. tomorrow is the first of the month. rent s due. so it might be good news that ten senate republicans are proposing a relief package in hopes of a bipartisan solution. but it is significantly smaller than president biden s $1.9 trillion proposal. today they wrote a letter asking to meet with the president and pitch him
release details tomorrow on their proposed $600 billion coronavirus package, far short of the biden administration $9.1 trillion relief package. the question now, how far is the house willing to negotiate. one week before the second impeachment trial of president donald trump, his entire legal team walk out. according to a source, trump wanted them to make his lie of a fraud election central to his defense. arlette saenz and sun lin are fooling this. what do we know about the package and are ten on board? it s essentially trying to get the talks to move more toward the middle, and these senators sending a letter to president biden saying, the question, our letter states many of your priorities, and we believe this could be passed quickly by congress and with bipartisan support. here s what the senators are proposing. they re proposing a new round of what they are emphasizing is more targeted direct payments. they are trying to reach families they say need it the most. it