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justice department giving their first briefing, six days after the capitol attack 170 cases opened so far. among the potential charges, murder and seditious conspiracy and did the fbi warn of violence the day before the assault security ramping up for joe biden s inauguration in just eight days metal detectors installed at the house chamber. members of congress warned of chilling new threats against them all 50 state capitols and the secret chat rooms where intelligence sources say new attacks are being planned. plus the major change to u.s. vaccination guidelines designed to speed up the rollout. who officials say should get their shots now. and the new cdc order for anyone flying in to the united states. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we heard from the president today, who offered no regrets or contrition for his role in egging on the attack on the capitol. and so with eight days left in his term democrats are focused on ending
PeoplePandemicLotCitiesTake-careCovid-19PerspectiveBitLuckPresidentAttackU-s-capitol sanctions as the heaviest ever look at the latest from seoul. and judging is now under way at. the olympics winter games we re kind of the sebastian two told one the first ever title for the man speak and snowboarding in bad. mood. i m edith c mon you welcome to the program so we begin in syria where the government is escalating attacks on the opposition held suburbs of damascus known as eastern ghouta for the sixth day running intense shelling has killed almost five hundred people including many children now the u.n. security council has been unable to agree on a cease fire resolution in syria and has delayed a vote until later today. the temporary ceasefire would allow much needed humanitarian aid to reach traps of civilians but serious key ally russia is blocking the resolution it says it wants guarantees that rebel fighters in east and go to will respect a halt to the fighting will get expert analysis in a moment but first this report. these crackling bright lights have a
SwedenBerlinGermanyMoscowMoskvaRussiaChinaCanadaWashingtonUnited-statesHelmandAfghanistan williams. good evening. brian has the night off. i m lester holt. if there s anything we ve learned as a nation at war for the past 13 years, it is that events on the ground can change rapidly and so can the mission. today, the united nations declared a refugee crisis in iraq. a level 3 emergency, its highest level. late this afternoon we learned u.s. special forces landed on an iraqi mountain top to assess the feasibility of a military rescue mission. thousands of yazidi civilians are stranded there under threat by islamic fighters. it was less than a week ago the u.s. began humanitarian air drops and limited air strikes against isis targets inside northern iraq. and now tonight a possible large scale refugee evacuation is on the table. we get to keir simmons with the latest on iraq in a moment, but first to the pentagon and nbc s jim miklaszewski. reporter: good evening. there s late word that those u.s. forces have flown off the mountain and safely back at their base.
New-yorkUnited-statesIraqNew-jerseyNebraskaIsraelSinjarBabilBostonMassachusettsGazaIsrael-general today it s been declared a level three emergency and we ve learned u.s. forces landed on a moub mountain top. as we ve been reporting, thousand of civilians are stranded there under threat by islamic fighters. it was less than a week ago u.s. began humanitarian air drops and limited air strikes against icy targets. we begin tonight at the pentagon and jim miklaszewski. good evening. reporter: good evening. there s late word that those u.s. forces have flown off the mountain and safely back at their base. but based on what they saw, the pentagon says a full blown rescue mission is now far less likely. for 24 hours two teams of u.s. special forces were atop the sinjar mountain with thousands of yazidi refugees have been trapped, many dying of thirst or starvation. the heavily armed green berets were there to assess what it would take to complete a rescue mission, to get the refugees off the mountain in the safest way possible. u.s. officials say early assessments are encourag
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