thank you for watching i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night >>> next on nbc bay area news tonight, it's something no other city has ever done, san jose passing a first of its kind gun law. is it legal, though? and is this just political posturing by the mayor? >>> also it keeps happening. french bulldogs stolen right from their owners. why is this breed so popular with thieves and where are these dogs going? >>> and cases of the new covid variant have just been found in the bay area. >>> with us tonight

thank you for watching i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each ♪ ♪ ♪♪ what i want you've got ♪ ♪ and it might be hard to handle ♪ ♪ but like a flame that burns the candle ♪ ♪ the candle feeds the flame ♪ ♪ yeah yeah what i've got full stock ♪ ♪ of thoughts and dreams that scatter ♪ ♪ and you pull them all together ♪ ♪ and a-how i can't explain ♪ ♪ oh yeah well well you ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ you make a-my dreams come true ♪ ♪ well yeah ♪ ♪ on a night when bad ♪ ♪ dreams become a screamer ♪ ♪ when they're messing with the dreamer ♪ ♪ i can laugh it in the face ♪ ♪ twist and shout my way out ♪ ♪ and wrap yourself around me ♪ ♪ 'cause i ain't the way you found me ♪ ♪ and i'll never be the same ♪ ♪ oh yeah well 'cause you ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ mmm hmm you make-ah my dreams come true ♪ ♪ you you you ooh ooh ooh you ♪ ♪ whoa yeah well well well you ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ woo woo you make-ah my dreams come true ♪ ♪ you you you ooh ooh ooh you ♪ ♪ oh yeah ♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: all right, y'all, welcome to

lester >> thank you >>> let's bring in kelly o'donnell from the white house. kelly, do we know when the president will make a decision on any troop deployments? >> reporter: officials tell us in the coming days as the white house monitors putin's troo buildup and we are told the president is considering additional troops in places in eastern european countries that request help to fortify their defenses that would be separate from the troops sent to work for nato lester >> kelly, the president making headlines tonight also about, i guess, a hot mic moment where he is cursing at a fox news reporter let me play that >> thank you, guys >> will you take some questions on inflation then >> this is - >> thank you >> thank you all >> do you think it's a political liability? >> that's a great asset. >> thank you >> more inflation. what a stupid son of a bitch. >> kelly, what is white house saying about this tonight >> reporter: well, we have not heard back from the white house we have asked about this reporters were asking about ukraine because the president has not r

i know one county taking some really drastic measures >> reporter: that's right, lester. sonoma county, which is famed wine country, is also asking residents to voluntarily stay home for the next 30 days because of a spike in cases. the county is banning large gatherings which would include weddings and conferences in a region popular with tourists lester. >> miguel almaguer, thank you. >>> near philadelphia tonight, an incredible survival story the crash of a medical helicopter carrying an infant, and everyone made it out alive. gabe gutierrez is there. >> that's a helicopter >> reporter: it may be hard to believe, but tonight everyone including an infant who was in this mangled medical helicopter is alive. and incredibly, no one on the ground was hurt >> i literally see the chopper in the sky like right there so i'm stopped, but then there was a moment where i realized this is going to hit the ground. so that's when i pulled into reverse. >> reporter: this man was driving his family in a neighborhood just west of philadelphia this afternoon and barely dodged a catastrop

. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening many of us have taken some comfort in the belief that illness from the omicron covid variant is generally mild while that's true for many, some eye opening numbers tonight from the cdc offer important perspective. children under the age of five are being hospitalized at the highest rate since the start of the pandemic. the group of course not yet eligible for vaccinations, but the unvaccinated in general are driving overall hospitalizations to the highest level in a year over 126,000 this evening president biden seeking to assure us that covid as we're dealing with it now is not here to stay we're going to begin tonight in a place where all the numbers we talk about every night here translate to people, patients and medical workers whose lives are being upended by this virus. i want to warn you some of this may not be easy to watch gabe gutierrez reports from inside a covid icu in maryland. >> reporter: when a patient's heart stops, seconds matter this is a code blue. an older covid patient unvaccinated >> this is as u

>> here we go, lester. we've been talking about the model differences. right now we've got 40 million people under winter weather advisories, storm watches or warnings. here's what's happening. we watched this system come up friday afternoon into the evening. the euro, closer to the coast, stronger, slower, more impact, especially in new england. the american model, quicker, weaker, further away although starting to inch closer to the euro but we do expect to see thes major impacts. we expect both models show we will have explosive deepening of this storm, 30 millibar drop or more which is going to bring strong winds, blizzard-like conditions across new england. those impacts could stretch further south as we watch. airports and roads are going to be a big problem over the next 72 hours, lester >> thank you, al >>> new concern tonight about the crisis in ukraine. the pentagon says russia has moved more combat forces to the borders in the last 24 hours. richard engel is on the front lines tonight with ukrainian troops >> reporter: this may be russia's way

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. ♪ i would do anything for love. ♪ but i don't do that . >>> i'm raj mathai. next an nbc bay area news news tonight, looking underground to track the covid surge, our waste water, our sewage. we get an exclusively tour, how it works, and how health leaders knew it would work. >>> plus, 60,000 of those at-home covid tests are now up for grabs in the south bay. what you need to know to get your hands on them. >> i can't comprehend words at times. >> it's called brain fog and some people who got covid are still suffering from it. bay area scientists may have found out the key as to why. >>> good evening, i'm raj

meet the newest four-legged member of the white house family >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening after some uncertainty, the forecasts are aligning tonight for a major snowstorm affecting some 68 million people living along the east coast tonight through tomorrow as we come on the air, that storm developing along the carolina coast where it will make its run north all the way to maine, bringing bitter cold, strong winds, and significant snow, including blizzard warnings big cities including dc, philadelphia, and new york, in its path, along with boston bracing for what could be one of its biggest january snowstorms ever snow totals of two feet possible in the worst places along the coast. power outages and coastal flooding also forecasted and the travel impact being felt across the country as airlines begin canceling flights ahead of the storm. nbc's emilie ikeda has the latest >> reporter: tonight, more than 60 million people are bracing for a dangerous winter storm barreling up the east coast from south carolina to maine. >> this has the potential to be a

lester >> emilie ikeda, thank you. dramatic new details tonight about that hostage standoff this weekend at a synagogue near dallas and how the rabbi and two others were able to escape from the gunman morgan chesky is there tonight. >> reporter: tonight from a texas synagogue to a town in england, the investigation into saturday's hostage crisis now international. authorities id'ed the suspect as malik abram a 44-year-old british citizen, who the fbi says acted alone when he took four hostages during shabbat services a senior law enforcement official sharing police in the u.k. questioned akram's two teenage sons who according to that official were in touch with the suspect at some point on saturday there is no indication they're being considered suspects. akram was in the u.s. legally arriving at jfk airport on december 29th. rabbi charlie cytron-walker said he didn't notice anything suspicion until he heard a click during one of the prayers and turned to see a gun. he spoke to cbs. >> it was terrifying it was overwhel

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt.e take care of yourself and each ♪♪ it's not simple to say ♪ ♪ that most days i don't recognize me ♪ ♪ that these shoes and this apron ♪ ♪ that place and its patrons ♪ ♪ but i still remember that girl ♪ ♪ you're not what i asked for ♪ ♪ if i'm honest i know i would give it all back ♪ ♪ for a chance to start over ♪ ♪ and rewrite an ending or two ♪ ♪ for that girl that i knew ♪ ♪ who was reckless just enough ♪ ♪ who gets hurt ♪ ♪ but who learns how to toughen up when she's bruised ♪ ♪ and gets used by a man who can't love ♪ ♪ and then she'll get stuck ♪ ♪ and be scared of the life that's inside her ♪ ♪ getting stronger each day ♪ ♪ 'til it finally reminds her ♪ ♪ to fight just a little ♪ ♪ to bring back the fire in her eyes ♪ ♪ that's been gone but used to be mine ♪ ♪ oh used to be mine ♪ ♪ she is gone but she used to be mine ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: all right, everybody, welcome to "the kelly clarkson show"! give it up for my band y'all! that was "she used to be mine" from "wa

. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. half the country tonight staring down some of winter's worst in all its forms as we head into the weekend. from close to a foot of snow predicted in the northern plains and the midwest, these pictures from iowa where several inches are already on the ground with more to come the carolinas bracing for ice and even high wind and fire warnings across texas to eastern new mexico in all 64 million of us are under winter alerts from a system spreading from the middle of the country into the southeast and then up the i95 corridor where big cities like washington and philadelphia could also get snowed on while the northeast and new england face another round of brutal cold. our dasha burns has the very latest. >> reporter: tonight the monster winter storm already hitting north dakota drivers battling near white-out conditions in minnesota, cars getting off icy roads. the cedar river now frozen over. 64 million americans now under winter weather alerts across 26 states. the storm set to get ev

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lester >> all right, tom. let's turn our focus to covid now and some notion omicron variant causes less severe disease and shorter hospital stays. now, while the number of new cases remains high for the first time in almost a month, the seven-day average declined slightly deaths still mostly from the delta variant rising by 36% in the past week, and 82% of hospital icu beds are occupied that's a pandemic record kate snow got exclusive access to the country's largest medical icu at the cleveland clinic >> reporter: how does the situation right now compare to last year >> we have more patients our patients are sicker our teams are tired and exhausted, too. >> reporter: in a covid icu unit at the cleveland clin im's main practice, 25 patients struggle to hang on. as soon as one recovers or dies, another moves in. >> we're seeing patients in their 20s and their 30s and their 40s. >> good morning! >> reporter: nurse tim washington came on at 7:00 a.m. >> first thing i did is kind of look in the room to see if my pa

thank you for watching i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. ♪ ♪ ♪♪ there'll be no strings to bind your hands ♪ ♪ not if my love can't bind your heart ♪ ♪ and there's no need to take a stand ♪ ♪ for it was i who chose to start ♪ ♪ i see no reason to take me home ♪ ♪ i'm old enough to face the dawn ♪ ♪ just call me angel of the morning angel ♪ ♪ just touch my cheek before you leave me baby ♪ ♪ just call me angel of the morning angel ♪ ♪ then slowly turn away from me ♪ ♪ i won't beg you to stay with me ♪ ♪ just call me angel of the morning angel ♪ ♪ just touch my cheek before you leave me baby ♪ ♪ just call me angel of the morning angel ♪ ♪ just touch my cheek before you leave me ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: all right, y'all! thank you, crew! welcome to "the kelly clarkson show," give it up for my band y'all! filling in for jason today! thank you! that was the classic "angel of the morning" we decided not to have an in person audience today in the midst of the surge, the house seats are full of p

lester >> reporter: all right. stephanie gosk in new york thanks. >>> in philadelphia tonight, a community is in mourning after a devastating house fire killed at least 13 people, including 7 children the mayor calling it one of the most tragic days in that city's history. ron allen is there >> reporter: cries for help awakened neighbors around 6:30 a.m. as fire erupted from the three-story row home converted into apartments in a neighborhood where a lot of families with children live. >> i passed by that house for years now and seen the faces it is just sad. you know, what might have happened. >> reporter: authorities provided the death count late tonight. 8 children and 4 adults >> please keep all these folks and especially these children in your prayers. losing so many kids is just devastating >> reporter: investigators say smoke detectors that passed inspection last spring failed to work, that the building had just two first floor exits and that 26 people appeared to be living in the building officials say the

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other good night from washington >>> i'm raj mathai. next on nbc bay area news tonight, get ready for another sickout. bay area teachers taking a stand, and it's leaving families in san francisco and oakland scrambling. what can be done to prevent teacher sickouts? we're joined by libby schaaf. >>> and an outbreak on a princess cruise ship which docked today in san francisco. >>> and marking one year since the attack on the capitol. we will be speaking to local members of congress who were inside the capitol at the time and a look at the bay area residents who are facing charges. >>> you're looking at the u.s. capitol buildin

i'm lester holt.lease take care of yourself and each other.se] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ so this is my apology ♪ ♪ for saying all those things ♪ ♪ i wish i didn't really mean ♪ ♪ i'm sorry i'm not sorry ♪ ♪ you had your red flags up and raised ♪ ♪ more traffic than east l.a. ♪ ♪ but i drove in anyway ♪ ♪ my common sense on holiday ♪ ♪ people fall outta phase ♪ ♪ we were a crash course ♪ ♪ we will just be a place ♪ ♪ stuck on your passport ♪ ♪ you traveled to sometime ♪ ♪ but i hope you will find ♪ ♪ someone to cry for ♪ ♪ someone to try for ♪ ♪ someone to turn your crooked roads into her streets ♪ ♪ someone to fight for ♪ ♪ someone to die for ♪ ♪ someone whose arms will hold you tight enough to be ♪ ♪ the reason you breathe ♪ ♪ be the reason you breathe ♪ ♪ so this is my apology ♪ ♪ for saying all those things ♪ ♪ i wish i didn't really mean ♪ ♪ i'm sorry i'm not sorry ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: all right, everybody! [cheers and applause] give it up for my band, y'all! that is what we call a classic, elizabeth a

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other ♪ ♪ ♪♪ it's a feeling that i can't explain ♪ ♪ that i miss you more when i'm away ♪ ♪ and i swear i've been counting the days ♪ ♪ but when you're here i think i need some space ♪ ♪ well we've always had good conversations or we used to ♪ ♪ but i haven't been serious since high school ♪ ♪ maybe i'm the one to blame ♪ ♪ mm-hmm ♪ ♪ but in real life it's not the same ♪ ♪ and when i'm working ♪ ♪ you're the only one that i want ♪ ♪ but we're not working ♪ ♪ yeah i told you from the start ♪ ♪ i'm not perfect that's why you like me so much ♪ ♪ we're not working, we're not working ♪ ♪ la-da da da-da da ♪ ♪ la-da da da-da da ♪ ♪ we're not working, working, no ♪ ♪ i don't mean to be rude ♪ ♪ still got a thing for you ♪ ♪ i gotta tell the truth ♪ ♪ no more leading you on ♪ ♪ that's wrong, so wrong ♪ ♪ when i'm working ♪ ♪ but we're not working ♪ ♪ now i told you from the start ♪ ♪ i'm not perfect that's why you like me so much ♪ ♪ but we're not working

superstar behind one of the best selling albums of all time ♪ >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lesterolt. >>> good evening, everyone over 60 million of us woke up this morning to windchills at or below zero this evening, two-thirds of the country suffering beneath an arctic air mass and heading into a brutal night, including rare ice storm warnings this evening in parts of the eastern carolinas. places that rarely see such a threat. the weather service pulling no punches widespread power outages likely further south, cities including baton rouge, new orleans and boloxie under freeze warnings our emilie ikeda has details. >> reporter: tonight another winter wall line up pummelling the northeast. a january freeze in half the country sends temperatures plummeting 20 degrees below this time of year's average. >> i need all of my layers up, even the mouth and nose. >> reporter: 12 million are under winter alerts. a rare ice storm taking aim at weather weary residents in the carolinas, with dozens of utility crews preparing for the worst. >> we hope that things goo smoothly and that we don'

lester >> richard engel, thank you. >>> for more on how the u.s. is viewing this tense standoff, i spoke late today with jake sullivan, president biden's national security adviser. mr. sullivan, thank you for joining us russia's opening message today was essentially we have no interest in invading ukraine. do you believe them? >> we believe the russians have positioned tens of thousands of troops and advanced military equipment on the border with ukraine and that they have done so with at least the capability, if not the intention to invade we believe the threat of invasion is real and we are determined through a combination of deterrence and diplomacy to divert that circumstance, to defend ukrainian integrity and sovereignty. >> the u.s. position is that some things are on the table, including limiting the size and scope of military exercises as long as russia reciprocates will that be enough, however? will the u.s. have to give more concrete concessions or incentives to make this process move to a peaceful resolution? >> the united states and our

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. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone prices are up. grocery inventories are low, and all roads lead to the bumpy covid landscape. we got news today confirming what many of us have already seen for ourselves officially consumer prices rose by 7% in december compared to the year before. for perspective, inflation hasn't climbed this quickly since the early '80s lately we have been paying more for almost everything from a gallon of gas to a pound of chicken supply chain issues reaching their choke point at the check-out aisle. and at the same time, store shelves are once again thinning out grocery stores are running low on every day items. we're covering it all this evening, starting with the inflation impact and peter alexander. >> reporter: tonight, the alarming spike in inflation soaring to its highest level in nearly 40 years, casting a shadow over america's entire economy. the stunning surge in december, 7% over a year ago the pace of inflation slowing slightly over last month still marking three straight months with inflation over 6

. >>> and the big changes coming to the s.a.t >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening in the constant chase to get ahead of covid-19, a new omicron-specific vaccine is about to enter testing but in a measure of just how quickly this pandemic is evolving, the question being asked, will we need it by the time it's ready? the modified vaccine by pfizer perhaps months away as new covid cases continue to drop, still leaving overwhelmed hospitals, which are now finding some antibody treatments against omicron are not working. >>> also today, the biden administration is pulling its rule that employees at large companies either be vaccinated or regularly tested as now two years into the pandemic, mask rules continue to generate heat. miguel almaguer starts our coverage >> reporter: announcing the start of their new clinical trial today, pfizer says it's testing if their new reformulated covid vaccine will specifically target the omicron variant and to see how effective that new formula would be. with the vaccinated and boosted already highly protected against

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each ♪ ♪ ♪♪ why does the sun go on shining ♪ ♪ why does the sea rush to shore ♪ ♪ why do the birds go on singing ♪ ♪ why do the stars glow above ♪ ♪ don't they know ♪ ♪ it's the end of the world ♪ ♪ it ended when i lost ♪ ♪ your love ♪ ♪ i wake up in the morning ♪ ♪ and i wonder ♪ ♪ why everything's the same ♪ ♪ as it was ♪ ♪ i can't understand ♪ ♪ no, i can't understand ♪ ♪ how life goes on ♪ ♪ the way it does ♪ ♪ don't they know ♪ ♪ it's the end of the world ♪ ♪ it ended when you said ♪ ♪ goodbye ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show." to give it up for my band, y'all. "the end of the world." singing that sharon van etten song, what's your connection to that song? >> i have a relationship to that song. there has been a few times where i absolutely felt like it's been the end of the world especially with my first relationship. relationships can be really hard and really tough. he had gotten her pregnant and i was absol

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other ♪ ♪ ♪♪ rows and floes of angel hair ♪ ♪ and ice cream castles in the air ♪ ♪ and feather canyons everywhere ♪ ♪ i've looked at clouds that way ♪ ♪ but now they only block the sun ♪ ♪ they rain and snow on everyone ♪ ♪ so many things i would have done ♪ ♪ but clouds got in my way ♪ ♪ i've looked at clouds from both sides now ♪ ♪ from up and down and still somehow ♪ ♪ it's cloud illusions i recall ♪ ♪ i really don't know clouds at all ♪ ♪ i've looked at life from both sides now ♪ ♪ from up and down and still somehow ♪ ♪ it's life's illusions i recall ♪ ♪ i really don't know life ♪ ♪ at all ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show," give it up for my band y'all! [cheers and applause] yeah! that was the beautiful song "both sides of now" by the one and only joni mitchell. our audience and i requested it, by the way, i love your pink. >> hi, kelly. i have been a joni mitchell fan ever since i was a child, the song me

thank you for watching, everyone i am lester holt please take care of yourself and each other. ♪ ♪ >>she calls out to the man on the street ♪ ♪ "sir, can you help me? ♪ ♪ it's cold and i've nowhere to sleep ♪ ♪ is there somewhere you can tell me?" ♪ ♪ he walks on, doesn't look back ♪ ♪ he pretends he can't hear her ♪ ♪ starts to whistle as he crosses the street ♪ ♪ seems embarrassed to be there ♪ ♪ oh, think twice 'cause it's another day for you and me in paradise ♪ think about it ♪ oh lord, is there nothing more anybody can do? ♪ ♪ oh lord, there must be something you can say ♪ oh! ♪ oh, think twice another day for you and me in paradise ♪ ♪ oh, think twice it's just another day for you ♪ ♪ you and me in paradise ♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show." give it up for my band y'all and my very special guest, the legendary bassist. we always love when leland comes to play with us. we are so lucky. that was also a phil collins classic. i love that song. gloria in our audience wanted to hear it. what's your connection to that song? >> hi, i am gloria from

lester? >> richard engel in ukraine tonight. richard, thanks. >>> up next, drug dealers selling deadly pills on social media. our exclusive. we ask if snapchat is doing enough to fight it >>> now to our exclusive. we have reported on the alarming number of counterfeit pills young people are getting on social media now for the first time, a snapchat executive faces questions from kate snow on their crackdown. >> reporter: snapchat knows it has a problem. last year the dea seized over 20 million counterfeit pills. 4 in 10 had potentially lethal doses of fentanyl. young people have died after connecting with a dealer on snapchat >> what is snapchat doing to prevent those counterfeit pills from being sold on its platform >> kate, we are determined to make snapchat a hostile environment for drug dealers to operate. >> reporter: jacqueline beauchere joined snapchat as global head of platform safety in september our interview followed months of back-and-forth after the company offered to talk to us. beauchere says snapchat is partnerin

i'm lester holt. other. ♪♪ adia i do believe i failed you ♪ ♪ adia i know i've let you down ♪ ♪ don't you know i tried so hard ♪ ♪ to love you in my way ♪ ♪ it's easy ♪ ♪ let it go ♪ ♪ adia i'm empty since you left me ♪ ♪ try'n to find a way to carry on ♪ ♪ i search myself and everyone ♪ ♪ to see where we went wrong ♪ ♪ there's no one left to finger ♪ ♪ there's no one here to blame ♪ ♪ there's no one left to talk to honey ♪ ♪ and there ain't no one to buy our innocence ♪ ♪ cause we are born innocent ♪ ♪ believe me adia ♪ ♪ we are still innocent ♪ ♪ it's easy we all falter ♪ ♪ does it matter ♪♪ >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show"! that was "adia" by sarah mclachlan! with the ongoing search we decided not to have an in studio audience today because we are respectful. we want people to be safe, but we have people in the house seats dialed in from all over the country. allie from chicago requested that song. why did you want to hear "adia," allie? >> honestly it's actually more for my dad. we a

. >>> and celebrating a barrier breaking fashion icon >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. with potential war looming between russia and ukraine and covid still ravaging the country, president biden making news tonight on several fronts as he offered a self-assessment of his first year in office in a nearly two-hour long news conference, the president appeared to hit the reset button as he begins his second year in office tomorrow, vowing to get out of the white house more and seek more outside advice and input the president enumerating accomplishments, lower unemployment and millions vaccinated, while acknowledging rising inflation and not being on top of covid testing in the early days but the president also exploring the mind set of vladimir putin amid growing signs of a russian invasion of ukraine. kelly o'donnell has our report >> reporter: tonight president biden struggling with soaring inflation, a stalled agenda and sinking approval ratings is searching for a reset. in his first solo white house news conference in nearly a year, the president point

. >>> lester holt pace tribute to legendary americans who flew into history and no our hearts "early today "starts right now good morning, i'm frances mena. >> i'mfrances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. >>> we have details, good morning, thiswill be an uphill battle for democrats. >> reporter: that's right, today the senate will begin debating two bills, the john lewis voting advancement act and the freedom to vote act. the base could be as far as it goes the legislation faces full republican opposition. while democratic senators, joe manchin and kyrsten sinema back the bills but neater support the filibuster to change lawsuit yesterday thousands called for action on martin luther king day. president biden passed the two bills while pop republicans pushed back. >> it's no longer just about who gets to vote it's about who gets to count the vote and whether your vote counts at all. it's about two insidious things, voter suppression and election subversion it's time for every elected official in america to make it clear where they stand. >> the founders didn't have that vision in mind they

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fans are honoring her on what would have been her 100th birthday >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening we have been talking about this weather system since we last saw you on friday. and tonight it is still with us. winter weather alerts remain in effect across northern new england and the great lakes after the storm barrelled across and up the country as a major snow maker tens of thousands in its path are still

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lester holt preparing for nightly news. of the top stories this evening, that potentially historic blizzard taking aim at millions across the east coast. latest on the storm's path. lester joins us from new york in just a few minutes. >>> tonight at 7:00, it is part of our state's history but should it be celebrated? the mission bell. the pushback it is getting in the south bay from native americans. plus, we are getting some guidance from one of our top covid experts as we kick off this very busy weekend. that conversation and lot more stories coming up on our 7:00 newscast. >>> as we wrap up tonight, it is bittersweet for a lot of us here. we normally cover stories about the community, and about others. but tonight, a story about one of our own. >> yeah. is this a hard one. after 23 years covering news in the bay area, one of our longtime reporters and our good friend, jean elle, is hanging up her microphone. nbc bay area's joe rosato jr. takes a look back at her amazing and long career. >> reporter: how an imposter was a

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new year's festivities already underway from around the world >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening i'm peter alexander in tonight for lester she was a national treasure betty white celebrated for that irreplaceable spark, her smile and comedic timing that made her an entertainment legend white died today while she lived a remarkable 99 years, her passing comes as she was publically gearing up for her 100th birthday, two weeks from now the unforgettable golden girl denied hollywood's of youth, becoming more popular the older she got. a beloved tv presence since television itself began here's gadi schwartz ♪ thank you for being a friend. >> reporter:r: for america's last golden girl -- >> someone was actually able to deceive me once. >> do tell, rose >> st. olaf's most famous ob/mag. >> what's that >> obstetrician magician. >> reporter: tributes pouring in from around the world. >> she has led an incredible life, was a wonderful person both on the screen and off the screen. >> reporter: betty white, just shy of her 100th birthday, today remembered for her perfe