Multiple injuries and reports the shooter was a sixthgrade girl what were learning about that the School Bus hijacked with 18 children on board. The suspect an Army Trainee with a rifle who abandoned his post the new u. S. Warning to russia as the Kremlin Masses troops on the ukraine Border Andrea mitchells exclusive conversation with Secretary Of State blinken. New images inside a Migrant Holding Facility that was overcrowded with children two months ago. And why a texas democrat says they dont tell the whole story. And the price you pay for summer travel. The Surprise Fees to watch out for. Announcer this is nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening, everyone as america eases open the doors of familiar life this week, the number of people weve lost in this country to covid has quietly ticked above 580,000 over 600 Deaths Today alone. A reminder the battle has not been won but a dramatically slowing rate of deaths and Covid Infections tells us the vaccinations are working. And we
authorizes pfizer s booster shots for kids ages 12 to 15 as kids go back to school and health officials nervously watch the rising number of hospitalizations nationwide. and the president meets with american farmers and ranchers later this afternoon as the white house unveils a plan to combat rising prices at the supermarket as it battles the rising political fallout from inflation. welcome to meet the press daily . i m kristen welker in for chuck todd. happy new year. president biden made his return to the white house in the snow. it s an apt metaphor for the blizzard of urgent issues facing him and his party right now, stalled agenda in congress. surging covid cases nationwide. inflation concern at home. russian aggression abroad and much more. and the president is confronting the call amid the very long and dark shadow being cast over washington this week as elected officials reckon with the ongoing aftermath of the january 6th attack on the capitol now approaching th
washington, d.c. for a game of checkers at the site of our nation s capital you rarely see on tv. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. across america reporting tonight from washington, d.c. good evening from washington, d.c. on day three of our journey across america where i spoke to the country s top military leader about a world growing more dangerous. we ll get to that in a few moments. but tonight we also happen to be standing in the shadow of our top story, the election for governor in neighboring virginia the win by republican glenn youngkin over democrat terry mcauliffe has democrats licking wounds and looking for something or someone to blame as president biden observes another political body blow. the president returning from europe overnight. his legislative priorities at home still in limbo and now facing his party s loss of a key state house with another that s been hanging by a thread all day kristin welker leads our coverage reporter: tonight presi
where are you headed? we are just out for a drive. headed to the border? oh no, we were just going up to the hay there! what s your name? grace. are you pregnant, grace? mom. step out of the vehicle. she does not have to subpoena the vehicle. yes she does. put your hands on the vehicle, step out. mom! sound impossible, or hysterical? some states, where abortion would immediately be outlawed, are considering loss to prosecute those who travel for abortions. in march, the house of representatives locked or republican sponsored bill, allowing individuals to suit any helping cross state lines, for an abortion. if roe v. wade would be overturned, legislations like this could gain more support. here s the thing. many pointed out, it is not just an abortion. they re opening the door for ending even more rights, for health care to international marriage or, marriage equality. an extreme, right wing politician, five extreme right-wing justices, on the c
in louisiana not, the republican legislature advanced a bill, classifying abortion as a murder. allowing prosecutors to criminally charged patients with murder. the bill would grant constitutional rights to a person, quote, from the moment to fertilization. raising alarms with the bill, if signed into law, could restrict access to in vitro fertilization, and emergency contraception. so, will there be a murderers row for those who take the morning after pill? it sounds crazy, i know, because it is. this is why thousands of people, thousands of women, have turned out, across the country, to protest having a constitutional right taken away. a new political series, imagining in america where abortion is legal. everything will be okay, let me do the talking. evening, ladies. license please. where are you headed? we are just out for a drive. headed to the border? oh no, we were just going up to the hay there! what s your name? grace. are you pregnant, grace? m