it s continue:in the east, 7:00 a.m. in the west. today americans have been dreading the book end to one of the busiest travel seasons on record that has certainly seen its fair share of headaches for travelers. we re live from atlanta s airport as folks hope to start off the new year the right way. and overseas, russia unleashing a swarm of drone strikes on ukraine, showing no signs of backing down from the strategy of targeting key infrastructure amid the bitter winter cold. we re live in the region with the latest as we approach the one-year mark of russia s invasion. also ahead, the family of the suspect arrested in connection to the killing of those four university of idaho students is addressing that arrest. what the suspect s lawyer and the police chief there are telling nbc news. plus, new chaos on capitol hill with republicans set to take control of the house. how kevin mccarthy s bid for the speaker s gavel just got even more complicated thanks to his very own
by president biden, saying if americans remain vigilant and get their vaccinations when it s their turn, we could be gathering with loved ones and neighbors for the fourth of july. and directing every state to make all u.s. adults eligible for a vaccine in just seven weeks, may 1st the latest. how will this work? and news tonight on the pfizer vaccine coming in. whit johnson and mary bruce standing by. we re also tracking a major winter storm across more than a dozen states tonight. bracing for up to two feet of snow. in fact, the national weather service now warning of, quote, impossible travel conditions. rob marciano in denver timing this out for us. in new york city tonight, the newly released body cam. the shooting at a famous cathedral. the images revealing just how close this was to being much worse. and the woman appearing to play dead to survive. the unruly passenger fined more than $14,000 after forcing a flight from new york to turn around. among other things
settlement in the george floyd case.city agreeing to george floyd s famil $27 million. across the country tonight, the race to meet new goals set by president biden. saying if americans remain vigilant and get their vaccinations when it s their turn we could be gathering with loved ones and neighbors for the fourth of july. and directing every state to make all u.s. adults eligible for a vaccine in just seven weeks. may 1st, the latest. how will this work? news tonight on the pfizer vaccine. we re also tracking a major winter storm across more than a dozen states tonight. denver for one bracing for up to two feet of snow. the national weather service warning of, quote, impossible travel conditions. rob marciano in denver timing this out for us. in new york city tonight, the newly released body cam. the shooting at a famous cathedral. how close this was to being much worse. and the woman appearing to play dead to survive. the unruly passenger fined more than $14,000 after
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janis mackey frayer is live in beijing with the latest on this. what s the takeaway on this speech and xi s tone admitting the toll covid has played there? we saw a lot of backlash. reporter: steven, as china begins to reopen, streets and cities like beijing are getting busy again, but sadly so too are the hospitals with china s own experts bracing for 800 million people to be infected with covid by spring. now, that speech by xi jingping also made a subtle reference to protests against the zero covid policy here when he talked of divergent opinions being normal in a big country. he s urged unity for this news phase of china s approach which he hasn t really talked about publicly after praising the zero covid policy for years. officials continue to downplay the severity of covid, despite what one doctor described to me as the medical reality which is