What to know about masks and your backyard barbecue, especially if you have unvaccinated children. And the first milliondollar winner of ohio s vaccine lottery being revealed tonight. Rising tensions in japan over the tokyo olympics now just eight weeks out. Growing calls to cancel the games due to the covid emergency. How olympic organizers are responding the new home of james bond the blockbuster deal struck by amazon and what it could mean for the price you pay. And the 10yearold chess champ inspiring america. Announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening a transit light rail yard in northern california became a killing zone early today when a man opened fire on a group of workers, killing at least eight people it happened in san jose in a manner that has become sickeningly familiar the shooter targeting his coworkers another workplace mass shooting but in this case there may have been something more authorities saying there was evidence of explosives found at th
now? so let s be real clear about one thing, there is no actual crisis here. this is entirely a crisis of their making if it occurs. president joe biden continues to call out house republicans over the debt ceiling, delivering, what sure sounded like a 2024 stump speech. meanwhile on capitol hill republican senators air their grievances with the attorney general. and also ahead, a major move on the price of insulin that will bring much needed relief for millions of americans. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 2nd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin on capitol hill where attorney general merrick garland faced a barrage of attacks from republican lawmakers yesterday during a senate judiciary committee hearing. as is customary for an attorney general to do, garland appeared before the new congress to answer questions about a wide range of topics. but the a.g. spent a large portion of the four-hour hearing de
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy defended embattled Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday after she was ousted from the caucus where she was once the best-known face.
Congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. during a hearing on tuesday greene blamed two overdose deaths of fentanyl on president biden despite the fact it was when president trump was president. isn t she amazing? she was very specific i shouldn t digress, probably. she s very specific recently saying that a mom lost two kids to fentanyl, that i killed her sons. well, the interesting thing is that fentanyl they took came during the last administration. cnn reporter daniel dale