yarl was 16 years old when prosecutors say andrew lester shot him in the head and arm after yarl says he mistakenly rang the doorbell of the wrong house while trying to pick up his younger siblings. yarl was hospitalized and later recovered. nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster is outside the courthouse. shaq, what happened in court? >> reporter: zinhle, this is a hearing that just wrapped up. it went on for just about ten minutes. we do know that ralph yarl and his family were inside that courtroom, as was the 86-year-old defendant who accepted this plea deal. and according to folks in the courtroom, you saw 86-year-old andrew lester plead guilty to a class d second-degree assault felony, that's a crime that is punishable by up to seven years in prison, though we don't know the specific terms of that agreement. we do expect to hear from prosecutors and from the family potentially at some point later today. but, zinhle, this is a major development in this case, for the obvious reason of the plea deal. but this was a trial that was set to begin next week. jury selection was schedu

. >> andrew lester pled. >> guilty to a. second degree assault. >> felony. >> according to missouri court websites. that's something that's a charge that can carry a sentence of up. >> to seven years. >> but we don't. >> know what the terms of this agreement. >> exactly were. >> in this case. our producer inside is saying that andrew lang. 86 years old, he got or entered into the courtroom using a wheelchair. we know that charles family was there. ralph was also there in. >> that courtroom. >> and chris. >> this is a. >> major development. >> in this case. >> for obvious reasons, of the guilty. >> plea. but also because this. >> was a trial that. >> was set to. >> begin next week. jury selection, in fact, was scheduled for tuesday. >> and this. >> is a. >> trial that has seen delay after delay. >> we know. that it was last year, late. >> last year. >> that the judge kind of put things on hold as he ordered. >> the 86. >> year old andrew lester. to undergo a mental evaluation. >> we know that again. >> the trial was scheduled

andrew lester had been due to stand trial on charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal actiond he pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and faces up to seven years in prison. ralph yarl was in court to hear the plea. he was 16 years old when he mistakenly ended up at lester's house after mixing the streets he was due to pick up his twin siblings. the shooting renewed questions about america's relationship with guns and race. he's since graduated from high school, earning a national merit award for academics. on wall street, stocks ended mixed after an otherwise strong week. the dow jones industrial average slipped 106 the five points, about one third of 1%. the nasdaq posted a decent gain, adding roughly 80 points. the s&p 500 ended virtually flat. it was a day of brotherly love on this valentine's day for the super bowl champion philadelphia eagles. tens of thousands of fans lined the streets to cheer on their beloved birds as they paraded across downtown, hoisting the vince lombardi trophy. >> say it with me. eagles. >> and with the final rallying cry from the famous rocky

the case of the homeowner, who shot a black teen who rang his doorbell by mistake. 86 year old andrew lester. he was scheduled to stand trial next week after shooting ralph yarl. but as part of a plea deal, lester pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of second degree assault as opposed to first degree assault. the new charge carries a sentence of up to seven years in prison, and lester will be sentenced on march 7th. he was 16 years old when the shooting happened in april of 2023. he survived and has since graduated from high school. he was in the courtroom for the plea change yesterday. alaska senator lisa murkowski is trying to reverse a trump executive order that changes the name of the tallest mountain in north america. alaska natives call it denali. it was named mckinley in support of the presidential candidate william mckinley in 1896, and the u.s. formally recognized that name in 1917. nearly a century later, president obama restored the name denali, but trump changed it back the day he was inaugurated. senator murkowski wants to end the back and forth with an act of congress. >> when

andrew lester has pled guilty to shooting a black teenager who rang the wrong doorbell at his home in 2023. as part of the plea deal. the 86 year old will be sentenced on march 7th and faces up to seven years in prison. then 16 year-old ralph jarrell showed up on lester's doorstep on the night of april 13th, 2023, after he mixed up the streets where he was supposed to pick up his siblings. the shooting shocked the country, and it renewed a debate about gun policies and race in the u.s. jarrell survived the shooting and has since graduated from high school. back to plastic president trump moves to ban paper straws from federal buildings. what environmentalist s are saying about the move after a quick break. >> in coming. >> dishes stuck. dawn powerwash. >> flies through 99%. >> of. grease and. >> grime. >> in half the time. >> it absorbs grease five times faster, even replaces multiple cleaning products. >> those suds got game. >> dawn power wash the better grease getter. >> get in on. >> by one foot long. get one free right now in the subway app. that's right. buy one foot long sub. g

authorities say 86 year old andrew lester shot ralph yarl twice once in the head, once in the arm. jarrell survived the shooting and has since graduated from high school. lester had been set to stand trial next week on first-degree assault and armed criminal action charges as part of a plea deal. lester pleaded guilty to second degree assault. he will be sentenced on march 7th. and later today, hong kong's panda twin cubs are stepping into the spotlight, making their much anticipated public debut. cnn got a sneak peek at the six month old duo, born in august, to ying ying, who became the oldest giant panda on record to give birth. now they are on the move, walking, playing and even testing their climbing skills. >> investigators are piecing together what led to that deadly midair collision between a blackhawk helicopter and a commercial jet over d.c. this was on january 29th. the early findings suggest the helicopters altitude gauge may have been inaccurate. cnn's pete muntean has more of the new details. major new details from this. >> very revealing briefing by the national trans