antonia hylton, nbc news, houston. >>> all right. up next for us tonight, a man with a healing influence inspiring america. we'll tell how bad the drought is in california this yoer. we'll talk to an astronaut who said he saw something terrifying in space and it changed his life. >>> finally, i'd like you to meet a man who turned his life around by working to bridge divides and heal his community in charlotte, north carolina >> if something is happening -- >> reporter: the defining moment in greg jackson's life came in 2016 after keith lamont scott was shot and killed by police in charlotte. >> i wanted to get involved and immediately the first day of me protesting i was on national news. which was kind of like a big breadcrumb for me letting me know that this is the direction that i needed to head into >> that direction a far cry from his old life in the bronx. >> i did one year in jail, came home, and my mother was in charlotte at the time. and she said, boy, you need to get up out of there. and that's exactly what i did >> reporte

our new nbc news poll shows how american think he's handling key issues like covid, immigration. kelly o'donnell has more >> reporter: a first record for the president. >> my first 100 days in office. >> reporter: in a new nbc news poll, his approval rating stands at 53%, while 39% disapprove, placing president biden ahead of donald trump, but behind barack obama at the same 100-day point. of republicans surveyed, just 9% approve of the president's job performance. confronting the pandemic, mr. biden's stewardship earns a 69% approval with a majority of americans, at 61%, saying they believe the work is behind us, including tennessee republican scott carey. >> on the covid response i think he's taken the leadership role i was hoping he would. >> reporter: but political discourse, raw and contentious, is reflect t in this big number 82% surveyed say the country is divided rather than united >> the only way we come through this is if we come through together as americans. >> reporter: turning to immigration, signs of trouble just 33% support the job he's doing among the sharpest cr

antonia hylton, nbc news, houston. >>> all right. up next for us tonight, a man with a healing influence inspiring america. >>> finally, i'd like you to meet a man who turned his life around by working to bridge divides and heal his community in charlotte, north carolina >> if something is happening -- >> reporter: the defining moment in greg jackson's life came in 2016 after keith lamont scott was shot and killed by police in charlotte. >> i wanted to get involved and immediately the first day of me protesting i was on national news. which was kind of like a big breadcrumb for me letting me know that this is the direction that i needed to head into >> that direction a far cry from his old life in the bronx. >> i did one year in jail, came home, and my mother was in charlotte at the time. and she said, boy, you need to get up out of there.ly what i did >> reporter: bringing him back to that defining moment. >> i wanted to build empathy. >> reporter: so he founded heal charlotte, a grassroots community outreach center that does everyt

nbc news getting a first look at his speech, his $2 trillion plan for families, students, and workers. republicans taking aim at how he plans to pay for it >>> also the fbi raiding rudy giuliani's new york city home and office what they seized from donald trump's former personal attorney and how he's responding. >>> the judge's ruling on body cam footage of the police killing of andrew brown jr. the family allowed to see it but not the public and what a prosecutor now says brown did before police started firing >>> the first juror to break his silence after the derek chauvin verdict. what he says the jury deliberated over the longest inside the room >>> severe weather on the move tornadoes in oklahoma, flooding in arkansas, drivers rescued. where it's all headed next >>> our exclusive in the sky with american fighter jets on a mission to keep russia out of u.s. airspace >>> and the tributes pouring in for the nasa pioneer >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone president biden's speech before congress tonight will not have the usual trappin

joining me now, nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. pete, what more can you tell us about this? >> well, he's john shafer, he's 53 years old, he's from indiana. and he is a member of the oathkeepers. he describes himself as a lifetime founding member of the oathkeepers. this is a still picture from the government's original charging document against him, accusing him of entering the capitol with bear spray and using it on capitol police officers. you'll see the photo of the circle in his hand that the government says showed him deploying and preparing to deploy bear spray. but in the plea agreement today, he does not plead guilty to that. the government filed the charges only of entering the capitol without authority and trying to obstruct congress. in return, he has agreed to cooperate with the government and they will them what he knows about what led him into coming to the capitol. he says in his court documents in his admission that he was among the very first five or six people to get inside the building. it's significant, because

sam brock, nbc news, palmetto >>> three days after that deadly attack on the u.s. capitol police, a new warning about department morale, and we're also learning more about the man who drove his car into those officers kasie hunt has the latest >> reporter: just days after that deadly car attack where they lost one of their own, tonight the u.s. capitol police still reeling. the head of the capitol police union warning of a crisis in morale and that the department is "struggling to meet existing mission requirements." officers now working weekends and overtime to meet the demand for more security. less than three months after a violent mob stormed the capitol on january 6th. when 80 officers were seriously injured and one died >> they're playing hurt and they're buckling the chinstrap and they're going to work because they meet their obligation for the country and for the capitol. >> reporter: meanwhile, investigators are still trying to determine why suspect noah green drove his car into a barricade and lunged at officers with a knife today police releasing this im

thank you. >>> still ahead tonight, an nbc news exclusive. a congressman opening up for the first time about his mental health struggles after the january 6th u.s. capitol attack. >>> also, how the pandemic may be making your seasonal allergies better >>> tonight we're starting our week long series at nbc news called "american extremism. we begin with an exclusive conversation with one of the congressmen inside the capitol during those deadly riots on january 6th. now for the first time, he's talking about the serious physical and mental toll it's taken. hallie jackson has more >> reporter: it's one of the most familiar and chilling scenes from january 6th officers, guns drawn in the house chamber behind the doors, the insurrectionists >> [ bleep ] >> take your pins off. >> reporter: behind the camera, congressman dan kildee huddled in the gallery documenting it that was january 6th here we are three and a half months later almost what happened in those interim weeks to you >> i went home i thought i was fine it was after i got home and i sta

. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with jose diaz-balart. >>> good evening the queen has announced eight days of mourning across the united kingdom all leading up to her husband's funeral a week from today. but already centuries of tradition are running into today's realities. the funeral plans for prince philip are now much smaller due to the country's strict covid restrictions and there's much drama about prince harry who we learned today will be returning to the u.k. for the first time since his and his wife meghan's explosive allegations against the royal family keir simmons leads us off from london. >> reporter: today royal gun salutes for prince philip, 41 rounds fired across the united kingdom and around the world and tonight new details of next saturday's funeral, small and in line with covid restrictions the queen who woke up this morning a widow will say good-bye to her husband of 73 years surrounded by 30 of her close family. daughter-in-law sophie esex telling crowds after a visit today the queen has been amazing. in an address to the nation prince charles saying the fa

home >> this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz balart >> good evening. it's a symbol of our country's democracy and openness, but once again yesterday, the capitol building was attacked today family and colleagues mourn the loss of a capitol hill police officer killed while defending it we're also learning new details about the final days of the suspect who rammed his car into a security barrier, attacking officers and there are new questions about how to secure the capitol while still keeping it open as the people's house. we have two reports tonight, and we begin with kelly o'donnell >> reporter: today at the capitol, new concrete barriers placed near the now closed and padlocked entrance yellow police tape, the visible signs of friday's tragedy the suspect's car towed away from where authorities say 25-year-old noah green rammed a barricade in a deadly attack that killed an officer and the suspect. today law enforcement visited a covington, virginia, home about three hours outside washington, d.c. where the former college football player had grown up

it's expanding into a new franchise across the nbc universal news group to honor people making an impact kicking off with a special primetime event i'll host with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb on may 1st we'll reveal the 2021 inspiration list, featuring the stories of some of the people making a real difference in our country. that's "nightly news" for this thursday. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other.

hazen declined to talk to nbc news hca saying in part, "we value our colleagues and are committed to offering competitive compensation and benefits." and yet the great national divide between the income of those at the top and those at the bottom persists the heads of corporations like ge, starbucks and acuity brands received more than 1,000 times their average workers last year, with walgreen's then ceo earning over 500 times. none of those ceos agreed to speak with nbc news each company saying their practices align with their shareholders' interests and that the ceo will take a hit if their stock price falls. but since 1978 ceo compensation has risen over 1,000%. compared with only a 14% increase for average workers. in theory, ceos are handsomely paid to increase a company's value. >> the problem is not that somebody's getting paid a lot of money. the problem is they get paid whether they do well or whether they do badly. >> reporter: glenn kelman, the ceo of redfin, a real estate brokerage firm, is bucking the trend. under kelman's leadership redfin more than tripled in value to

kathy park, nbc news >> i think we all needed that. up next, ready to travel what airlines are adding this summer to get you to the beach even faster. also, the lawmaker mother of five, on a mission to protect some of the nation's most vulnerable children. >>> back with more of an investigation of group youth home meant to provide care for children with mental health disorders, but critics say the children have become commodities and one state senator from oregon is taking on the company and trying to change the system. >> these are not treatment programs these are facilities to warehouse and manage kids without any treatment expertise and the goal is to make money, not to make kids healthy. >> reporter: sarah gelser, a mother of five, never thought she would spend years taking on a multi-million dollar company it was early 2019 when senator gelser discovered the state of oregon shipped 80 kids to group facilities in other states. >> these are kids who have been placed out of sight and it is my intention that we are going to ensure tha

of the girls safe and where they are tonight. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening for the last ten months one unsmiling selfie of george floyd has stood as the symbol of him and an icon of the racial justice movement but today jurors in the trial of the former policeman accused of murdering floyd learned about the man, his personal story, what he was like and, yes, his struggle with drug addiction. the prosecution not shying away from what is expected to be central to derek chauvin's defense. floyd's girlfriend taking the stand today describing how both became hooked on opioids and how both tried to beat it day four of the trial, the prosecution trying to humanize floyd and through other testimony taking the jury back to that minneapolis street where floyd took his last breaths in the custody of police. gabe gutierrez continues to lead our coverage. >> reporter: it didn't take long for courteney ross to cry as she remembered how she met george floyd in 2017. >> floyd, i called him momma's boy. i could tell from the minute i met him. >> reporter: this now ic

it's expanding into a new franchise across the nbc universal news group to honor people making an impact kicking off with a special primetime event i'll host with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb on may 1st we'll reveal the 2021 inspiration list, featuring the stories of some of the people making a real difference in our country. that's "nightly news" for this thursday. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ i wanna thank you ♪ ♪ for giving me the chance to breathe ♪ ♪ you waited so patiently ♪ ♪ while i got it together ♪ ♪ while i figured it out ♪ ♪ i looked but i never touched ♪ ♪ 'cause in my heart there was a picture of ♪ ♪ us ♪ ♪ holdin' hands makin' plans ♪ ♪ and now i understand ♪ ♪ what a girl wants what a girl needs ♪ ♪ whatever makes me happy sets you free ♪ ♪ and i'm thanking you for knowing exactly ♪ ♪ what a girl wants,what a girl needs ♪ ♪ whatever keeps me in your arms ♪ ♪ and i'm thanking you for giving it to me ♪ ♪ what a girl wants what a girl needs

nbc news speaking exclusively to a 29-year-old hospitalized in nashville. >> i went to the e.r. a week after the -- a week after the shot when i was having fever, and they didn't find anything strange in my blood work so went home and just continued to kind of worsen over the following week when i went back to the e.r., it's because my leg was so swollen that i couldn't really walk so at that time they found the dvts or the clots in my legs. >> reporter: doctors now believe an immune response likely led to the clotting some of the women had no pre-existing conditions they were all between the ages of 18 to 48, experiencing symptoms like severe headaches, abdominal or leg pain, and shortness of breath within two weeks of vaccination the pause of j&j shots dramatic but also likely temporary >> that's what the fda was signaling, saying even though these are rare, even though you could justify not pausing, they were going to take the extraordinary step just to offer that extra level of assurance. >> reporter: with authorities meeting tomorrow to figure out next steps, johnson & john

cynthia mcfadden, nbc news >> and that's "nightly news." thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of ♪♪ your eyes are open ♪ ♪ wear no disguise for me ♪ ♪ come into the open ♪ ♪ when it's cold outside ♪ ♪ am i here in vain ♪ ♪ hold on to the night ♪ ♪ there will be no shame ♪ ♪ always i want to be with you ♪ ♪ and make believe with you ♪ ♪ and live in harmony harmony oh love ♪ ♪ melting the ice for me ♪ ♪ jump into the ocean ♪ ♪ hold back the tide i see ♪ ♪ your love in motion ♪ ♪ always i want to be with you ♪ ♪ and make believe with you ♪ ♪ and live in harmony harmony oh love ♪ ♪ always i want to be with you ♪ ♪ and make believe with you ♪ ♪ and live in harmony harmony oh love ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: [screams] welcome to "the kelly clarkson show," everybody! give it up for my band y'all! [cheers and applause] that was "always" by the english band "erasure. why did you want to hear that song? >> thank you for singing tha

sam brock, nbc news. >>> as i said at the top of the broadcast, we're in houston to begin nbc news cross-platform coverage of the climate challenges we face and while it's warm and pleasant here today, a series of extreme weather events in this region have left a lingering chill about its future it broke virtually every rainfall record in u.s. history. four years ago hurricane harvey washing away nearly everything in the beal family's home. >> water was everywhere >> reporter: in the house? >> in the house. coming up from up under the house, coming from the roof >> reporter: the family of six was still rebuilding from that catastrophic storm. then came february's crippling freeze their pipes burst. for days they had no power, no water. they had to move out again. what was that storm like >> it was terrible it was painful >> reporter: how cold did it get >> probably about 5 degrees in there >> reporter: extreme weather from those hurricanes and winter storms in texas to california's heat wave last summer that led to rolling blackouts, growing more frequent and severe and that has revealed vulnerab

cynthia mcfadden, nbc news >> and that's "nightly news." thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. >>> right now at 6:00, let's play ball, jessica. a home opener like no other. giants' fans were back inside oracle's park for today's big game. >> oh, man. it is amazing, right. we've been waiting for this for so long. >> the one thing fans had to prove in order to enter the park. >>> plus ambulances rush to vaccination clinic in the east bay. the reason? reactions to the vaccine. which one and what you need to know about it. >>> but first, the flood gates are opening. all adults in california will be eligible to receive a vaccine next week. we will tell you about a shortage that's coming at the exact wrong time. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good friday. thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. it is a big week ahead for vaccine eligibility. next week on april 15th anyone at least 16 years old will be eligible to get the vaccine regardless of health risk

>> when dreams come true that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday, i am jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time, and good night >> usa usa! . >>> right now at 6:00, get ready for rain. for the first time in quite some time, we are tracking some wet weather. >>> the news at k starts right now. good evening and thank you so much for joining us. i'm nutritionally anoushah. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. no rain so far in april. that's about to change. rain is slowly, slowly moving in. please come in. please take note, if you got any plans for sunday. >> rob mayeda is tracking it for us. >> the chances will be there, especially around the north bay, inland around contra costa county and solano county with clouds. san jose down to 62 after sunshine earlier. you see the cloudy skies there. 57. we'll take you up to healdsburg. starting to pick up a bit of drizzle or light rain. you can see it on our storm ranger, mobile doppler radar. the main event with this storm still offshore. an interesting look here. these cotton ball popcorn-like clouds offshore is cold air alo

that is "nbc nightly news" on this sunday. i'm kate snow. for all of us at "nbc nightly news," stay safe and have a good night. >>> right now at 6:00, another step closer to normalcy, one bay area county is eyeing a move into the yellow tier this week. what it will take to get there and stay there. >>> good evening, i'm sierra johnson. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. it could be one step closer to prepandemic days. how's that sound? marin county could in order to make that move, the ht be there. just ahead, two cases per 100,000 people and a positivity rate below 2%. according to the latest

catch a new episode tomorrow right here on nbc. and on monday join us for a special edition of "nightly news" from houston as we kick off our week-long climate challenge series across all nbc news platforms. thank you for watching i'm lester holt. good nig >>> right now at 6:00, it's the state's biggest vaccination site, and it is busy at levi stadium. >> we're seeing a lot of interest and there is the demand is high. >> but will the supply still be there when it's your turn? >> okay, are you ready to head back to the shark tank in we'll tell you what you have to do to finally watch game in person. >> and preparing for things to get out of hand in downtown oakland. >> they're trying to protect their property. >> the demonstration expected just two hours from now that has businesses concerned tonight. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good friday. thanks so much for joining us. i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. the south bay was flushed with vaccine vials because of an unexpected influx of hundreds of thousands of doses

in a statement to nbc news the v.a. said it follows the science on questions of health outcomes of military exposures and that studies by the national academies of sciences have so far been inconclusive. so for most combat veterans who are more than five years out of service the veteran must prove to the v.a. that their exposure caused their condition. experts say that's difficult. intuitively we know that a burning hodgepodge is not good for our health we don't need science to tell us that. >> they're holding veterans to a higher bar. i could smoke for 30 years and if i get lung cancer i would have a hard time proving to you that my particular lung cancer came from smoking. >> and you see that as a pattern? >> it's a pattern. we set aside money for war. but we don't set aside money for the true cost of war. >> reporter: the cost of war for veterans like will thompson thompson's medications make his immune system vulnerable so he'll always be living with the consequences >> i am appreciative for being alive. i'm thankfu

catch a new episode tomorrow right here on nbc. and on monday join us for a special edition of "nightly news" from houston as we kick off our week-long climate challenge series across all nbc news platforms. thank you for watching i'm lester holt. good night, ev ♪ ♪ ♪♪ all around me are familiar faces ♪ ♪ worn-out places worn-out faces ♪ ♪ bright and early for their daily races ♪ ♪ going nowhere going nowhere ♪ ♪ children waiting for the day they feel good ♪ ♪ happy birthday happy birthday ♪ ♪ made to feel the way that every child should ♪ ♪ sit and listen sit and listen ♪ ♪ and i find it kind of funny ♪ ♪ i find it kind of sad ♪ ♪ the dreams in which i'm dying are the best i've ever had ♪ ♪ i find it hard to tell you ♪ ♪ i find it hard to take ♪ ♪ when people run in circles ♪ ♪ it's a very, very mad world ♪ ♪ mad world ♪ ♪ mad world ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show," give it up for my band, y'all! that was "mad world,"

sam brock, nbc news. >>> as i said at the top of the broadcast, we're in houston to begin nbc news cross-platform coverage of the climate challenges we face and while it's warm and pleasant here today, a series of extreme weather events in this region have left a lingering chill about its future it broke virtually every rainfall record in u.s. history. four years ago hurricane harvey washing away nearly everything in the beal family's home. >> water was everywhere >> reporter: in the house? >> in the house. coming from up under the house, coming from the roof >> reporter: the family of six was still rebuilding from that catastrophic storm. then came february's crippling freeze their pipes burst. for days they had no power, no water. they had to move out again. what was that storm like it was painful >> probably about 5 degrees in there >> reporter: extreme weather from those hurricanes and winter storms in texas to california's heat wave last summer that led to rolling blackouts, growing more frequent and severe and that has revealed vulnerabilities in our critical infrastructure here in texas th

. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. president biden's speech before congress tonight will not have the usual trappings or even attendance. covid shrinking the audience to just a few hundred. the big numbers of the night will be the president's proposals. $1.8 trillion earmarked for american families from childcare credits to free community college tuition. all on top of his recently announced $2.3 trillion jobs and infrastructure plan. price tags republicans are already balking at. i met with the president for over an hour today as part of a small group of tv journalists. while mostly off the record the president did share on the record his concerns about whether he can find bipartisan consensus on any of this, telling us he has to figure out if there's a republican party to deal with and not one splintered and fearful of one another. so how big will he, can he go? peter alexander previews tonight's address. >> reporter: they can provide powerful moments for a president, those joint sessions of congress in a packed cham

kevin tibbles, nbc news, with the u.s. coast guard in kodiak, alaska >>> up next for us tonight, covid vaccine trials in young kids why getting the shots is crucial >>> let's circle back now on the race to vaccinate and when kids should receive the shot tom costello takes us inside the trials. >> reporter: at duke med center this week follow-up bloodwork for marisol and alejandra gerardo. >> do you want to go first or do you want me to go first >> reporter: the 9-year-old twins were the first in the country to receive the pfizer vaccine part of a nationwide trial testing vaccine safety and efficacy on children between 6 months and 12 years. 12 to 16-year-olds are in a separate trial. while severe covid-related illness and death are low in children, kids still account for 13.6% of all cases. 3.6 million so far 88,000 cases last week alone. vaccinating kids, say experts, is critical to building herd immunity marisol and alejandra's parents, both doctors at duke, felt a responsibility to volunteer their own daughters for the

harry smith, nbc news, new york >>> up next for us tonight, he's making history again and inspiring america. >>> finally, one of golf's greats has returned to the door he helped crack open decades ago. once again, "inspiring america. on one of golf's most revered courses, a legacy cemented. >> today lee elder will inspire us and make history once more not with a drive but with his presence, strength, and character. lee, it is my privilege to say you have the honors. [ applause ] >> reporter: and with that, alongside two of golf's greats, gary player and jack nicklaus, 86-year-old elder became the first african-american honorary starter at the 85th masters tournament >> i feel that i was blessed. >> reporter: but it was 1975 when the trailblazing golfer broke augusta's color barrier. the first black man to tee off at a club which had a history of discrimination and while he didn't make the cut the first time, he would go on to play at augusta five more times, inspiring generations of golfers to come >> i certainly hope that the things that i have done have inspired a lot of young black playe

tom costello, nbc news, washington >>> four days after the deadly car attack on u.s. capitol police officers, new vide shows the suspect buying the knife he waved at police before he was shot and killed the store owner says the knife seen in police photos matches the one the suspect purchased. >>> and now to the migrant surge at the border and a searing new video of a young boy whose face we want you to see, telling a border patrol agent he was abandoned in the desert trying to cross into the u.s. without his parents. andrea mitchell has that story >> reporter: it's heartbreaking to watch, a young boy approaching a u.s. border patrol agent last thursday in the middle of the desert alone and sobbing. can you help me, he says i was coming with a group and they abandoned me and i don't know where they are. they left you alone? the agent asked. they abandoned me, he says, adding his parents were not with him and he was afraid of being kidnapped. it's the latest shocking video of unaccompanie migrant children crossing the border. last week surveillance cameras capturing sm

miguel almaguer, nbc news >>> dr. anthony fauci is acknowledging this news has the potential to shake vaccine confidence but says transparency is important we spoke earlier this afternoon. was a pause necessary in your view >> yes, i believe it was necessary for a couple of reasons. one, to investigate these a bit more to make sure we get much more of the details and the granular details of that but also it's important during this period of pause to alert physicians on the outside who might see women or men, but mostly women as we've seen all six of these women, who might come in with a clotting disorder like this. >> dr. fauci, we were told these vaccines had been thoroughly tested, there were no shortcuts, that they were safe. if there is, in fact, a connection between blood clots and the j&j vaccine, why wouldn't it have been discovered during the trials? >> it's a matter of numbers, lester for example, if you look in the clinical trial, generally clinical trials have anywhere from 30,000 to 40,000 people in it you

sources have confirmed to nbc news. and as we mentioned, it is a major escalation in the criminal investigation that stems from giuliani's various dealings inside the country of ukraine. so joining me now is nbc news correspondent ken dilanian and former fbi senior official msnbc legal analyst chuck rosenberg. so ken, let's get at the delay. this search warrant in some ways, this is an investigation that's been going on for quite some time. the investigators have wanted this search warrant for quite some time but it had been delayed. explain the delay and why today. >> that's right, chuck. i don't think we know the full reasons for the delay. but our colleague tom winter and the "new york times" have reported that the fbi was seeking -- was asking the success department to go to court and get this search warrant for a long time during the trump administration and was meeting resistance. and we can all draw our own conclusions about what was going on there. but the search warrant has now been executed. and what it means

joining us now, tom winter, nbc news investigations correspondent and nbc news correspondent leigh ann caldwell is on capitol hill for us. tom, i think the acting police chief said it so poignantly today when she said this has been an extremely difficult time for capitol police. what do we know? what are you learning about what happened here? >> well, chris, perfectly said. good afternoon. i think the issue here for law enforcement at this moment is confirming that the person that they believe drove this vehicle through a barricade, into this barricade, this blue car you're looking at on the left side of the screen exited that vehicle with a knife, was shot and succumbed to his injuries. who that person is they obviously know. we can't see it. they obviously know who that car is registered to, who the plate is. they probably have pulled a license off of the suspect at this point. now you need to try to match that information up and make sure in fact the person who that car is registered to is the person who tried to attack the capitol today. let's just call it what it is. we also know

new nbc news polling shows 53% approve of the president's job so far. that is higher than donald trump but lower than barack obama. and while biden is getting high marks on issues liked coronavirus and the economy, there are warning signs of the administration on topics of guns and immigration. >>> plus on capitol hill, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle seem to be inching closer to agreement on potential police reform legislation. this morning vice president kamala harris joining the calls for congressional action. >> this is but a piece of it, this verdict. it will not heal the pain that existed for generations, that has existed for generations, among people who have experienced and firsthand witnessed what now a broader public is seeing, because of smartphones and the ubiquity of our ability to videotape in realtime, what is happening in front of our faces. and that's just the reality of it. and that's why -- that's why congress needs to act. >> a bit later this hour, reverend al sharpton's take on the push for action amid several new fatal police

harry smith, nbc news, new york >>> up next for us tonight, he's making history again and inspiring america. . . # >>> finally, one of golf's greats has returned to the door he helped crack open decades ago. once again, "inspiring america. on one of golf's most revered courses, a legacy cemented. >> today lee elder will inspire us and make history once more not with a drive but with his presence, strength, and character. lee, it is my privilege to say you have the honors. [ applause ] >> reporter: and with that alongside two of golf's greats, gary player and jack nicklaus, 86-year-old elder became the first african-american honorary starter at the 85th masters tournament >> i feel that i was blessed. >> reporter: but it was 1975 when the trailblazing golfer broke augusta's color barrier. the first black man to tee off at a club which had a history of discrimination and while he didn't make the cut the first time, he would go on to play at augusta five more times, inspiring generations of golfers to come >> i certainly hope that the things that i have done have inspired a lot of young black

dan sheneman, nbc news. >>> with much of the country now fully vaccinated, we could soon see a slight return to normalcy. president biden is expected to relax guidelines on masks today, at least when we're outdoors tracie potts joins us now with the latest tracie, we might start seeing the other half of people's faces again. how about that >> reporter: wouldn't that be nice, phillip? good morning, everyone seeing those smiles again. the president is speaking this afternoon, and according to a source to nbc news, he is expected to make some sort of announcement about updated cdc guidelines on whether or not you need to wear a mass whk outdoors scientists have said the cdc have said that the risk of transmitting covid-19 outside is low and so now these new guidelines may reflect that, but they may also differ based on whether or not you're vaccinated >> the cdc will be coming out with updating their guidelines of what people who are vaccinated can do and even some who are not vaccinated certainly what one can do outdoors vis-a-vis masks is going to be one of those recommendations. it's

scott kohn, nbc news >> thanks, scott >>> breaking news, minnesota has activated its national guard in response to unrest in the streets. police clashed with hundreds of protesters overnight and appeared to use tear gas in a suburb of minneapolis. 20 businesses were broken into this outrage erupted after a traffic stop turned deadly according to police, a man was fatally shot when he re-entered his car while officers were trying to arrest him for an outstanding warrant. tensions escalated quickly with police in riot gear arriving to secure the area. this all unfolded ten miles from where george floyd died. the governor identified the man who was killed as daunte wright. and tweeted our state mourns another life of a black man taken by law enforcement >>> as that investigation begins the trial of derek chauvin enters its third week. the former police officer is expected to call witnesses soon. nbc's meagan fitzgerald is covering the trial megan, good morning. >> reporter: all eyes are on the defense as they prepare to call their first witness. anxiety in the twin cities as the prosecuti

he is at 53% approval on the latest nbc news poll. 52% approval on the new "washington post"/abc news poll. and 58% in the cbs u.gov survey. according to nbc news numbers, that puts him ahead of president trump's first 100 days, but behind president obama'ses and george w. bush. president biden also received high marks for his handling of the country's most pressing issues. on the pandemic, his approval is at 69% in the nbc news poll. "the washington post" survey puts him at 64%, and the cbs poll at 65%. the cbs news poll also shows 72% of americans approve of how he's handled the vaccine distribution. when it comes to the economy, both nbc news poll and "washington post"/abc poll have him at 52% approval. the cbs/u.gov poll is at 57%. the president's infrastructure and jobs plan is also popular with most americans. 59% support the proposal in the nbc news poll, 52% in "the washington post" poll, and 58% from cbs news. the situation at the southern border continues to take a poll on the president's immigration ratings. 59% disapprove of how he's handling immigration, according to the

let's go to nbc's matt bradley who is in london for us this morning with this breaking news. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is a devastating news for the royal family and for britons throughout the country. the prince was just weeks shy of his 100th birthday. this was a life filled with pain and joy. he saw so much of the 20th century, so much history and now of course it ended with the royal family in the midst of so much scandal and so much of an effort to reinvent itself. you know, prince philip of course was a major part of the royal family's own reinvention throughout his lifetime. he really brought to the royal family a sense of reaching out to the public, of actually reaching out and being less of an aloof royal family and more of a family that was just a family. at the end of the day that's what we're seeing today, a family that is going through a tragedy, one that has in just the recent past gone through very, very public turmoil. for the next couple of weeks i think we're going to see a lot more sympathy and a lot more people looking at the roya

nbc news obtained a report, 104 pages. this report from the inspector general of the u.s. capitol police the watchdog found that they were woefully unprepared for this attack, lacking equipment, policies, and procedures to deal with the deadly insurrection, and it revealed that some r rioters had plans to target congress, and they were actively promoting violence here's what the inspector general told lawmakers at a hearing yesterday. >> they came prepared and planned to do what they were going to do. there was information that was provided to us that it was decided that these heavier munitions, specifically the sting balls, 40 millimeter, were not to be utilized based on the information that we received that it could potentially cause life altering injury and/or death. certainly i can't see how anybody could classify that as a peaceful demonstration >> now, at a news conference yesterday, house speaker nancy pelosi called for this 9/11 style commission she's been talking about to investigate the attack she says to get to the bottom of things to find the truth and prevent

kevin tibbles, nbc news, with the u.s. coast guard in kodiak, alaska >>> up next for us tonight, covid vaccine trials in young kids why getting the shots is crucial >>> let's circle back now on the race to vaccinate and when kids should receive the shot tom costello takes us inside the trials. >> reporter: at duke med center this week follow-up bloodwork for marisol and alejandra gerardo. >> do you want to go first or do you want me to go first >> reporter: the 9-year-old twins were the first in the country to receive the pfizer vaccine part of a nationwide trial testing vaccine safety and efficacy on children between 6r-olds are in a separate trial. while severe covid-related illness and death are low in children, kids still account for 13.6% of all cases. 3.6 million so far 88,000 cases last week alone. vaccinating kids, say experts, is critical to building herd immunity marisol and alejandra's parents, both doctors at duke, felt a responsibility to volunteer their own daughters for the trial. >> for us and specifically

why it's going up on everything from toilet paper to detergent >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone the george floyd story does not end with the conviction of his killer hours after the jury spoke with its verdict against derek chauvin, the u.s. attorney general spoke on what happens next a wide-ranging federal investigation into the minneapolis police department the case and its outcome an inflection point in the struggle over police brutality. congress under new pressure now to pass a package of police reforms. and tonight activists who demonstrated and called for justice in minneapolis now reflecting on what has changed. none of it happening in a vacuum as there are new deadly encounters with police to report tonight, leaving other communities struggling to understand. we'll get to all of it, but let's start in minneapolis with gabe gutierrez. >> justice at last we got justice at last >> reporter: from relief to reflection >> i feel good we got justice >> reporter: today as the country exhaled following the verdict the justice departme

hallie, thanks >>> president biden is set to mark his first 100 days and our new nbc news poll shows a slim majority approve of his performance. 69% say that he's done well on the pandemic but just 33% approve of his handling of border security and immigration. despite the president touting himself as a unifier, 82% say we are still divided. let's get more on all this from peter alexander. >> reporter: from the kickoff of his campaign -- >> yes, unity over division >> reporter: -- to the start of his presidency biden's cast himself as a voice of unity. >> i'll work with democrats and republicans. >> reporter: but 100 days in, the president's signature accomplishment is the only covid relief bill that attracted no republican votes the gop slamming him they say cater to the democratic base. we came here to georgia, a state president biden flipped blue for the first time in decades by the narrowest of margins. do t americans? what was the low point like for you during this pandemic? >> just sitting there with all of my bills laid out in front of me and trying to figure out how i'm going

stephanie gosk, nbc news >>> for a second day india has set a global record for infections, with 333,000 new cases. hospitals are pleading with the government for more oxygen supplies, and multiple cases have now been reported at the mount everest base camp. one of them a norwegian climber who had to be evacuated. >>> and just breaking tonight from north carolina, three pasquotank county sheriff's deputies have resigned after this week's deadly shooting of a black man. seven others have been placed on leave according to our raleigh station wral andrew brown jr. was shot as deputies tried to serve search and arrest warrants on wednesday. it sparked three days of protests with demonstrators demanding the release of body cam video. the investigation is ongoing. >>> in just 60 seconds, sticker shock on home improvements money-saving tips from the experts in the price you pay. >>> the u.s. military is part of an urgent search under way tonight for a missing indonesian submarine with more than 50 sailors on board keir simmons now with late details >> reporter: a desperate search by air and sea

after a cdc advisory panel meets friday >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening former police officer derek chauvin walked out of a minneapolis courtroom in handcuffs this afternoon minutes after a jury convicted him on all counts in the death of george floyd. second-degree unintentional murder, guilty third-degree murder, guilty. second-degree manslaughter, guilty a world that witnessed video of floyd's death under the knee of that police officer today witnessing justice for mr. floyd. president biden and vice president harris calling the floyd family tonight, expressing their satisfaction with the verdict and speaking to the nation this evening as well. a day of intense emotion we want to begin our coverage now with gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight, emotions are spilling into the streets of minneapolis. >> i can't belie. people cried as the verdict was read >> i can't believe it. there's poetry in the fact he couldn't breathe and it feels like we got a breath of fresh air. for the first time, it feels like we can breathe. >> a beautiful moment.

major league baseball announced it's doing in protest. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening and thank you for joining us there is profound shock and sadness at today's violent death of another capitol police officer, killed during a confrontation that left another officer injured and a suspect shot to death. a tragic and a staggering blow to an agency still traumatized by the loss of their own after the january 6th attack today's horror unfolded outside the senate entrance to the capitol when a lone man drove his car into the officers and then rammed a security barricade before confronting them with a knife according to police the driver shot and killed by police later, the fallen officer honored by fellow officers. his body driven away in a police procession hallie jackson has late details >> reporter: you can see the aftermath of the deadly attack just steps from the capitol, where a suspect rammed that blue car into a barricade about 100 yards from the senate entrance >> i've never in my life seen this before. >> reporter: a helicopter arrivin

richard engel, nbc news, los angeles. >>> an urgent search is underway off the coast of louisiana six crew members have been rescued and one person found dead while 12 others are still missing. the coast guard says it's possible some of the missing could be trapped within air pockets within the ship. >>> this morning "the wall street journal" reports the biden administration today will impose sanctions on russian individuals and entities as well as expel ten russian diplomats in an effort to disrupt the 2020 election earlier this week president biden and russian president vladimir putin had what's been characterized as a tense phone call amid russia's buildup along the border with ukraine. >>> democrats want to give the supreme court a deeper bench a group of democrats are introducing legislation to expand the high court from 9 to 13 justices. tracie potts joins us with more. tracie, this bill faces a tough fight ahead. >> reporter: frances, this could be interesting the u.s. supreme court was established back in 1789, and while the size of the court fluctuated early on, it's been the

jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington >>> breaking news. a state of emergency has been declared for manatee county, florida. a waste water reservoir south of tampa is threatening to burst, and it could flood the area with millions of gallons of saltwater mixed with nitrogen and ammonia. more than 300 homes are under evacuation orders. officials warn if the structure collapses, catastrophic flooding could happen in a matter of minutes. >> in a period of minutes, and the models for less than an hour are as high as a 20-foot wall of water. so if your in an evacuation area and you have not heeded that, you need to think twice. >> crews are working to move water out of the reservoir as quickly as possible, but they say they're still in a critical phase. >>> the trial of derek chauvin will resume in just a few hours from now, and prosecutors will be calling on yet another member of the force, this time the police chief he'll be taking the stand against his former colleague our meagan fitzgerald is following the latest developments >> reporter: li