Night s news conference with president biden as he pushed just forward with his reelection campaign. Today in the mustwin state of michigan plus no power, no water. But plenty of heat. An even more for ration, hundreds of thousands of texans waiting for electricity as anger of the utility companies is growing. So is concerned about what the future might look like texas pours more money into the same industry fueling this crisis and their wedding. And then there s the celebration happening in india this weekend, months in the making for a family only worth billions of dollars. We will dive into the details of this opulent starstudded affair. We re following these stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news we are following new developments as president biden is intensifying his fight to stay in the race for the white house. While the list of lawmakers in his own party were publicly calling on him to step aside continues to grow. Congressman mike levin of california s now
Storm complicate earthquake relief efforts? and after banning mask and vaccine mandates, texas governor greg abbott has testified positive for coronavirus. Despite being fully vaccinated. The news come as a breakthrough in infections in a handful of states. The question is what does it mean for vaccinated americans? it s way too early for this. Good morning. Welcome to way too early, the show that wishes the baseball season was over already. I m john lemire on this wednesday, august 18th. We begin with the race to evacuate thousand of americans in afghanistan following the taliban s takeover of the country. Biden administration officials told staffers yesterday that as many as 15,000 americans are still in afghanistan. About 1100 american citizens, permanent residents and their families, have been evacuated so far. Nbc as you chief foreign correspondent richard engel has the latest from kabul. Reporter: we made it on the military side of the kabul airport. This is where the u. S. Is ca
sending up a huge ash cloud. and advantage lewis hamilton as he sits on pole position for tomorrow s saudi arabia grand prix. in the past hour, the uk s health secretary sajid javid has announced a further tightening of travel restrictions in response to the omicron variant of covid. anyone arriving into the uk will require proof of a negative test taken before departure, in an effort to limit the spread of the virus. nigeria will also be added to the travel red list of countries from where people arriving must quarantine in a hotel for ten days since we learned of this new variant, our strategy has been to buy time to assess it but also to put in place protective measures. we ve always said we would act swiftly should new data require it. in recent days, we have learned of a significant number of growing cases linked to travel with nigeria. there are 27 cases already in england and that is growing, and nigeria is now second only to south africa in terms of linked cases to om
thanksgiving day parade. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening there was no self-defense, no lawful citizen s arrest, just murder. at least that s how a jury in brunswick, georgia fairly saw it in the death of ahmaud arbery in their second day of deliberations, the jury found the three defendants guilty of chasing down and murdering the 25-year-old black man as he ran through a neighborhood the person who fired the fatal shot travis mcmichael guilty on all nine counts related to arbery s death. his father, gregory mcmichael, and neighbor william bryan guilty on most of the counts arbery s mother who fought to bring her son s case to justice welcoming the verdict tonight. in the end, a case that evoked a painful history of racism amid worries of an uneven playing field was decided against three white men in the deep south by a nearly all white jury sam brock is at the courthouse with the verdict and reaction all rise for the jury. reporter: a series
their neighborhood. count one, malice murder. we the jury find the defendant travis mcmichael guilty. say his name ahmaud arbery! arbery s killing in february of 2020 would eventually become part of this country s larger reckoning with race and injustice. the case came under national scrutiny only because a cell phone video of the shooting emerged. arrest followed but the path to prosecution was marked by delays and allegations of misconduct. for months arbery s family pressed for action in this case. today that same family welcomed the verdict. back in 2020 i never thought this day would come, but god is good. yes, he is. and i just want to tell everybody thank you, thank you for those who marched, those who prayed, and most of all the ones who prayed. yes, lord. thank you, god. thank you. let s keep fighting. let s keep fighting. let s keep making this place a better place for all human beings. amen. all human beings. today is a good day. the j