Virus. But there is also News Tonight involving a new highly contagious variant. Very similar to the india variant. Where its been found and how effective are the vaccines against it . First, the Cyber Attack on the colonial pipeline on oil affecting Gas Prices in the u. S. Now, News Tonight on the newest Cyber Attack, this one targeting one of the largest Meat Producers in the u. S. Several plants forced to shut down. The attack, its believed, based in russia. How soon before we see prices affect gd at the Grocery Store . The images coming in tonight. The deadly shooting at a fire staugs. A Firefighter Shot and killed, another wounded. Emergency crews then rushing to a home up in flames. The Showdown Tonight over Voting Rights in this country. This time in texas. Governor Greg Abbott vowing to still push tHrough one of the most restrictive Voting Bills in the country. Even after democrats walked out, halting its passage. Tonight, the governor tHreatening their pay now. And late today,
Announcing they just found that vehicle remembering tulsa. The nation marking the worst act of racial violence in u. S. History. A thriving Black Community destroyed 100 years ago. The surprising move by a tennis superstar. Naomi osaka abruptly quits the French Open after refusing to speak to the Media Tonight getting personal about her struggles with depression the Summer Wedding Season is now in swing. Why prices are surging this year and how you can save and this Memorial Day the tributes large and small to those who have served and sacrificed to protect our Freedoms Announcer this is nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening im Peter Alexander in tonight for lester across the country this Memorial Day a chance to remember and to reflect but for so many americans today also marks the unofficial start of summer and a return to what looks a lot like life before the pandemic records set at airports, crowded beaches, hotels in many places fully booked but with more than half of all
Weekend. The first Holiday Weekend with half of americans vaccinated. Were covering all of that with our Reporters Coast to coast. But i want to start in washington, d. C. , Sahil Kippur on Capitol Hill, yamiche alcindor, white House Correspondent for Pbs Newshour and washington week. And carol leon ig, her new book just came out, the Rise And Fall of the Secret Service. Lets start with whats going on on Capitol Hill, Gaveling Out at 3 00 a. M. Whats going on in the senate . Chaos, i can think of other words but let me walk through it briefly. They were set to vote and a chinese competitive package that was written by Chuck Schumer the Democrat And Todd young the republican. It has deep bipartisan buyin from the start. The senate faced a number of Curveballs Yesterday that delayed passage. The first was from Republican Mike Crapo who demanded a vote on an amendment and finally got it. It looked ready to pass when Out Of Nowhere another curveball came from senator ron johnson, the wisco
Andrew yang will respond right here live. And well talk to the former republican congressman who said his antitrump views literally got him canceled from his new j job. A good morning to viewers here in the united states and around The World. It is thursday, may 27th. And it is a tough morning. Americans who are surviving the pandemic are dying from americas other epidemic. Another day, another hour, another Mass Shooting. This morning, the friends and Loved Ones of nine more americans are shott shattered b unimaginable grief. The latest carnage in san jose, california, where a shooter went on a rampage at a Light Rail Yard in a case of workplace violence. This is the 232nd Mass Shooting of 2021. It is the 17th just in the past week from an analysis from the gun archive. 17 shootings in america this past week. 17. Since last wednesday, at least two dozen people have been shot to death with many more injured. Its a list that is expanding. Mass shootings occurring in san jose, michigan,
Prepares to tell his party its time to cut and run from trump. And missed signals . Were just learning the killer has previously been questioned by federal Law Enforcement about his hatred of the workplace in San Jose. So what if anything was done about it . Welcome to the lead. We start today with our Politics Lead and at any moment a key Senate Vote is all but guaranteed to fail. Ending any hopes of a bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol Insurrection to make sure such a dark day does repeat itself. Senate republicans are very confident they will defeat the Vote Today despite many of those very same senators calling for this exact type of investigation in the days and weeks after the deadly riot. Since then, of course, republicans have largely changed their tune in fear of Angering Trump who supports, they feel, they need to recapture control of the house and senate. They are in voting against the creation of the commission breaking with decades of precedent and refusing t