. >>> and kevin tibbles with the right thing to inspire you as we finish out the week. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. house democrats rested their case on the third day of the second impeachment trial of former president donald trump. the house managers spent some of their final day making of his most extreme supporters jamie raskin used the michigan capitol as an example. >> on april 17th, 2020, he tweeted, quote, liberate michigan not even two weeks later on april 30th, his supporters marched on the michigan state capitol in lansing they storming the building trump's marching orders were followed by aggressive action on the ground the siege of the michigan state house was effectively a state-level dress rehearsal for the siege of the u.s. capitol that trump incited on january 6th. >> during those proceedings, nbc news spotted the former president at his florida golf course all of this unfolding as mr. trump's legal team prepare his defense for today. susan mcginnis has more. >> good morning, phillip the house manag

kevin tibbles. >> reporter: finishing touches to a frozen masterpiece. >> what was the hard part >> reporter: chicago's latest snow days into old fashion fun with snow dragons >> you are a couple of big kids >> yes >> wow, this is so cool >> reporter: a few hearty souls embrace the vortex, turning the white stuff into a thing of beauty. ice sculptures in grand rapids, michigan, helping small business during the cold clamp down. >> it has been a challenge for businesses like ours >> reporter: one couple dreaming of a romantic valentine's, sculpting a little tower. kevin tibbles. nbc news >> that's "nightly news" on this friday, thank you everyone for watching please take care of yourself and each other. good night >> kate: knock it off, viv. you know exactly who i am. >> vivian: how could i? i've never seen you before. >> kate: yeah, right. well... maybe you'll know who this is. oh, you're not going to say hello to your long-lost son? >> vivian: i'm sorry. you're confusing me. >> kate: really? becaus

their is kevin tibbles. >> reporter: the 13-year-old is stitching some hopes back her life for ten months, madeline has been using her hands and heart to create a memorial quilt. >> what's the message behind your quilt >> it is a wonderful experience to be able to hear about who that person was, you can really see that person comes alive through the stories and squares. >> reporter: her mom worked on the memorial quilt in the 1980s. >> to be apart of both memorial is healing >> reporter: >> i am just glad that my daughter has had a chance to touch people's lives >> reporter: her display is at the california's science center >> i hope people can heal from it >> reporter: kevin tibbles, nbc news >>> that's "nightly news" on this friday, i am lester holt, thank you for watching everyone, please take care of yourself and each other ♪ ♪ ♪♪ the heart is a bloom ♪ ♪ shoots up through the stoney ground ♪ ♪ there's no room ♪ ♪ no space to rent in this town ♪ ♪ you're out of luck ♪ ♪ and the reason that you had to care ♪ ♪ the traffic is stuck ♪ ♪ and you're not moving anywhere ♪ ♪ you thought you'

their is kevin tibbles. >> reporter: the 13-year-old is stitching back her life >> even though i am young, i do understand it is a great importance to remember these people dying from covid for ten months, madeline has been using her hands and heart to create a memorial quilt. >> what's the message behind your quilt >> it is a wonderful experience to be able to hear about who that person was, you can really see that person comes alive through the stories and squares. >> reporter: her mom worked on the memorial quilt in the 1980s. >> to be apart of both memorial is healing >> it makes me not feel powerless >> i am just glad that my daughter has had a chance to touch people's lives >> reporter: her display is at the california's science center >> i hope people can heal from it >> reporter: kevin tibbles, nbc news >>> that's "nightly news" on this friday, i am lester holt, thank you for watching everyone, please take care of yourself and each other good night . >>> right now at 6:00, one step closer to getting a third vaccine. how soon the fda can officially approve johnson & johnson's one-d

the groundhog. >> to the groundhog. >> reporter: so phil, please go back to sleep and reconsider kevin tibblesnews, chicago. >> yeah, go back for another answer that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night >>> right now at 6:00, abrupt cancellations amidst the shaky vaccine rollout. >> we could give a lot more vaccines, as could a lot of the other entities in our community. we just don't have them. >> the problems that thousands of people are running into as they look to get that dose. >>> a potentialcenter. the reand bay area grocery stor workers getting a hefty pay we'll tell you where. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> good evening, thanks for being with us. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. frustrating evidence of the uneven vaccine rollout plan. kaiser says it can't get enough doses of the vaccine and had to cancel appointments for vaccinations, while another hospital says it's getting a frustrating number of no-show patients. scott budman joins us with more. >> reporter: if you'

kevin tibbles, nbc news >> as long as he's not in it, kevin that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ if you could give me one good reason ♪ ♪ why i should believe you ♪ ♪ believe in all the things that you tell ♪ ♪ and if you give your very best ♪ ♪ to bring me happiness ♪ ♪ i'll show you just how much i adore you ♪ ♪ 'cause you mean the world to me ♪ ♪ you are my everything ♪ ♪ i swear the only thing that matters ♪ ♪ matters to me ♪ ♪ oh baby baby baby baby baby ♪ ♪ 'cause you mean so much to me ♪ ♪ there's a feeling in my heart ♪ ♪ that i know i can't escape ♪ ♪ so please don't let me fall ♪ ♪ don't let it be too late ♪ ♪ there's a time when words are good ♪ ♪ then they just get in the way ♪ ♪ so show me how you feel ♪ ♪ baby i'm for real ♪ ♪ oh baby baby baby baby baby ♪ ♪ 'cause you mean the world to me ♪ ♪ you are my everything ♪ ♪ i swear the only thing that matters ♪ ♪ matters to me ♪ ♪ oh baby baby baby baby baby ♪ ♪ 'cause you mean so much to me ♪♪

out for one more look k or get a second opipinion >>> so are we in for six more weeks of winter kevin tibbles with the answer from one of the world's most famous forecasters. >> reporter: thanks a bunch, phil. punxsutawney phil, that is. the prognosticator of prognosticators. poked his head out of his pennsylvania gopher hole this morning and saw his shadow >> six more weeks of winter there will be >> reporter: his top-hatted troupe had us hoping for an early spring disappointing his pandemic fan club of cardboard cutouts and the rest of us >> what is going on? >> reporter: bill murray played a weather man trapped in the fickle groundhog's wintry spell as a mild-mannered reporter in chicago i'd been living it for two decades. >> it's groundhog day. >> it's still just once a year, isn't it? >> reporter: but let's face it, in a pandemic every day feels like groundhog day. ♪ ♪ i got you babe ♪ >> to the groundhog. >> to the groundhog. >> reporter: so phil, please go back to sleep and reconsider kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> yeah, go back for another answer that's "nightly news" for this t

. >>> finally, a young boy saved thanks to a man with a sharp eye here's kevin tibbles >> i climbed in. >> reporter: folks, this is one lucky kid. >> i was thinking this might be the end for me >> reporter: 7-year-old elias quezada of tampa picked the wrong place to play hide and seek, in a trash can all of a sudden the garbage truck arrived. its mechanical arm scooped up the can and dumped elias into a mountain of trash in the back >> i almost thought i was going to be a mashed potato. >> reporter: waste trucks crush and squeeze trash down to a quarter of its original size. but driver waldo fidele saw something out of the corner of his eye and paused >> i see something drop >> and the next thing i hear was the sound of the truck and a guy screaming. >> i see him, he says help me, help me i said okay. >> reporter: that split second saved elias's life he escaped with just a cut on his wrist >> i don't like trash cans anymore >> reporter: but that doesn't mean he won't still have to do his chores and take out the garbage. kevin tibbles, nbc news >> as long as he's not in it, kevin that's

reporter: in this pandemic dead of winter, we can all use this escape room dive in and lose yourself kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> art therapy at its finest that's "nightly news" on this thursday, thank you for watching everyone, i am lester holt, please take care of yourself and each other good night >> valerie: oh. what do you think? too much? >> abe: oh, no. no, it's fine. >> valerie: what's wrong? >> abe: you know, they should be here by now. >> valerie: oh, abe. we can finally stop worrying. they'll be here. >> abe: tell that to the knots in my stomach. >> valerie: see, i told you. >> eli: hey, grandparents. >> valerie: welcome home my darlings! oh. >> abe: you are a sight for sore eyes. >> lani: i have been waiting for this day for so long. >> abe: give me one of those babies. >> valerie: me too, me too. oh, oh. >> abe: oh, hello, pretty girl. >> valerie: oh, grandma missed you, ca daddy. >> abe: oh. >> tripp: okay, so the florist has confirmed that the yellow roses have been delivered to the nurses' station. >> steve: good. >> tripp: and i double checked to make sure the card was rig

reporter: in this pandemic dead of winter, we can all use this escape room dive in and lose yourself kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> art therapy at its finest that's "nightly news" on this thursday, thank you for watching everyone, i am lester holt, please take care of yourself and each other good night >>> i'm tracking that rain on storm ranger. he'll show you when the heaviest gets here tonight and more details on the weekend chance. >>> plus, vaccines are if short supply in the bay area, and some are getting left out. >> there's a life-saving vaccine, and we're being denied it. and it's crushing. >> the people who are demanding the state reexamine the vaccine tiers. >>> and reversing course, the judge's ruling that will reverse restrictions on churches in the south bay. i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm janelle wang. the rain has returned to the bay area. the rain, as you can see on the lens, and it's moving across the entire bay area right now. let's bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. he's tracking it for us. and it seems like a pretty quick-moving storm. >> it definitely is. that's the

kevin tibbles with the story. >> reporter: with so many lost to covid, 13-year-old madeline stitchesi am very young, i do understand that it's of great importance that we remember these people that died of covid. >> reporter: for ten months madeline has used her hands and heart to create a tt lost a loved one. >> what is the message behind your quilted? >> it's a very wonderful experience to be able to hear about who that person was and you can see that person come alive through the stories and squares. >> reporter: her mom, katherine, worked on the aids memorial quilt in the '80s. >> to be part of both memorial quilts makes me not feel so powerless. >> carter submitted fabric in the memory of her late daughter. >> i am glad my daughter had the chance to touch peoples' lives. >> one of the displays is at the california science center. >> i hope people can come and see a quilt and heal from it. >> plus, dueling conservative attacks on democrat, one on the capitol and the other targeting your right to vote. this is "american voices." we begin with this week's trump's revival in the gre