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♪ >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening from los angeles, where picket lines went up today in front of major film studios the people who write the plots that enthrall and entertain millions of american tv and film watchers sidelined tonight by a writers strike 11,000 writers off the job after talks with producers reached an impasse overnight. at the root of the dispute, some of the very things that have transformed how all of us watch our favorite ...

by the chair, which will be its centrepiece. nicholas witchell, bbc news, westminster abbey. time for a look at the weather. heres darren bett. chilly today but there is colder weather on the way as we head into next week. today is the first day of meteorological spring, its also st davids day and its been pretty cloudy. the cloud is thick enough to give us more showers around today. still got high—pressure close by so the really wet weather is being deflected into southern parts of ...

now. ♪ in this era of tribal politics, comedian bill mahr doesnt care if youre a democrat or a republican. >> truth isnt always 50/50. >> welcome -- >> his decades at the cross odes of politics and comedy given him an insight political consultants and bookies would die for this in 2015. >> donald trump could not go all the way, i i dont think theyre right. >> this a few years later. >> i dont think hes leaving, even if he loses the election in 2020. >> tonight bill looks ahead to 2...

of florida. its already holding on bites fingernails, but now with lets see ice protecting it, it just spells bad news. >> so how much of the mountain can be attributed to climate change? >> because its so complicated, the weather systems and the southern ocean, they need at least another decade of data to say specifically empirically that this is what percentage is caused by planet cooking pollution, as, well but the trend lines are just so obvious. they had spikes in record high temp...

southern border days before title 42 is set to expire. jeff has details of the plan. >> they have had control for four months but republicans say they have a plan for the southern border and they are seeking change at the border but with the man who is in charge of security. >> most americans know this is out of control on the open southern border has to be closed and resolved. it was get back to the legal system that should be working for everybody everybody should know what the rules...

someone who used to be president and currently running to be president again, is caught up in so many allegations of misconduct, of crimes. and so everything changes now. i mentioned this once earlier tonight. we will remember march 30th. it will be marked in the history books. the future is unwritten, whether its marked at the beginning of a trial that sends someone to prison or the beginning of a process that cleared his name. we cant tell you that and anyone that tries to p prejudge...

were forced to reveal a massive drop in party membership this week. now its over to the sports centre for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. im gavin ramjaun. ireland are grand slam champions — they defeated england in dublin and the celebrations are onlyjust beginning. france kept their end of the deal, but ultimately not enough — they came away with a win over wales in paris. also coming up on sportsday: a blow for f1 champion max verstappen — he wont be on pole for thi...

this train was almost 1.8 miles long and had 158 cars, 38 cars ultimately had derailed. 11 were containing hazardous material and there were some five toxic chemicals on board, including vinyl chloride. thats the one that has a lot of folks worried right now because even though its colorless and you almost wouldnt know it or sense it or smell it, some can. and that was the one that would have normally alerted people along a path of the train carrying it that youve got a train coming in...

the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, is facing questions in parliament this morning. hes appearing in front of the digital, media, culture & sport committee — hes likely to be asked about his involvement in securing a loan for former prime minister boris johnson. lets listen in. establish the facts about the loan arrangement with the then prime minister, which was being set up at the same time as he was making the appointment of the bbc chair. essentially, from what ive read, ther...

shawn. the executive rails visit as a people living in the crash site say they are frustrated both the state and federal response for their also blaming a railroad for this disaster. this is fema is sending a support team to the area after first denying ohio governor mike to winds at for a disaster declaration. eric is live the site with the very latest. actually where the meeting was. what do we know about femas response and what they are doing today? >> the incident response team wil...