2025 abruptly stepping down. The catastrophic Flash Flood Emergency in vermont. The New Research on Weight Loss drugs. Can they protect against alzheimers . And they call her the troublemaker from texas. Her citys First Olympian, fighting for gold here in paris. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News reporting tonight from the olympics in paris. Here is lester holt. Good Evening And Welcome from the french capital, where tonight the Team Usa womens gymnasts are sampling the sweet taste of redemption. Simone biles leading her team in a dominant win over italy and brazil. The americans leaping their way to the top of the podium to claim the gold that fell just out of their reach three years ago in japan. Simone biles earning her eighth olympic medal. Her teams win tonight helping to keep the u. S. Atop the overall Medal Count here at 26, ahead of france and china, which both lead the u. S. In gold medals. But there is disappointment for another big name competing here. American Tennis Sensat
And good evening once again. Day 91 of the biden administration, though tonight in minneapolis at the intersection that has become a memorial known as George Floyd square, Peaceful Crowds gathered yet again not to protest but to mark a change. A new message of accountability and just perhaps a bellwether moment in the relationship between Law Enforcement in our country and communities of color. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is now in a Jail Cell after being convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd. Late this afternoon after some ten hours of deliberations in all The Jury said it had reached a verdict. Count 1, unintentional Seconddegree Murder, guilty. Count 2, thirddegree murder, guilty. Count 3, seconddegree manslaughter, guilty. And with that it was all over. The jury was dismissed. Court officers went over to chauvin, placed him in handcuffs, led Him Out of the room to await sentencing two months from now. [ cheers ] outside court as Word Spread Tension ga
vivek murphy back. he was confirmed by the senate last night. he should be sworn in soon. tonight the senate also confirmed the official who will be vivek murphy s bos, dr. rachel levine was confirmed tonight to be assistant secretary of health. that is a history making appointment. dr. levine is now the first transgender official to be confirmed by the senate, the highest ranking u.s. government official in history. she will be the number two official at hhs. all republicans but two voted against her. susan collins and murkowski voted for her. dr. levine s boss will be the new secretary of health and human resources. no republican 1234er9s voted for him at all but democrats were nevertheless able to confirm him on a party line vote. in order to become health secretary he had to leave his previous job, which was attorney general of the state of california. there had been a bunch of discussion that congressman adam schiff of california, frequent guest on this show. he had such
out of him for the nra. despite that year delay, he was ultimately confirmed and he served as surgeon general under president obama, he served as surgeon general, in fact, until president trump fired dr. murthy from that job in 2017. president biden has just brought vivek murthy back to be surgeon general again. he was confirmed by the senate last night. he should be sworn in soon. tonight, the senate also confirmed the official who will be vivek murthy s boss at the department of health and human services, dr. rachel levine was confirmed to be assistant secretary of health. that is a history-making appointment, dr. levine is now the first transgender official to ever be confirmed by the u.s. senate. the highest-ranking transgender u.s. government official in history. she will be the number two official at hhs. all republicans accept two voted against her nomination, only susan collins and lisa murkowski voted for her. she ll be vivek murthy s boss. dr. levine s boss at hhs i
transgender official to ever be confirmed by the u.s. senate, the highest ranking transgender u.s. government official in history. she will be the number two official at hhs. all republicans, except two, voted against her nomination. only susan collins and lisa murkowski voted for her. so, she ll be vivek murthy s boss. dr. levine s boss at hhs will, of course, be the new secretary at health and human services, xavier becerra. he was recently confirmed and will be sworn in soon. no republican senators voted for him at all, but democrats were nevertheless able to confirm him on a party-line vote. in order to become health secretary, mr. becerra had to leave his previous job, which was attorney general of the state of california. and there had been a bunch of discussion that congressman adam schiff of california, frequent guest on the show he had such a high-profile role, particularly in first impeachment of president trump. there had been lots of discussion that congressman