President bidens goal of 100 days of 150 million vaccinations when he says anyone who wants a shot will be able to get one and his new travel ban taking in effect in effect. The mutant strain, how those mutant strains, how effective is moderna vaccines against it the historic moment happening tonight, the house delivering the impeachment of donald trump to the senate for inciting the deadly capitol riot. Double storm threat, people are under alert across 28 states, al roker is tracking it i talked to the gymnasts performance is inspiring america. Performance is inspiring america. It this is nbcs nightly news with lester holt good evening everyone, when it comes to covid vaccines, we are a wash in numbers. Doses distributed and administered and second doses available. None of them seems to be adding ip for a growing number of american seniors who cannot seemed to get their place in line seniors who cannot s 600,000 thats the death toll President Biden says we could reach before we turn the corner in the next few months vaccine shortages and new virus variants and the trial of donald trump all making news on this monday evening tom costello has our lead story. Reporter six weeks into the National Vaccine rollout, Many Americans are asking whats the holdup, complaining their vaccination appointments were cancelled. On a National Level is a disaster we spent an hour and a half of our time in line waiting for stuff that never happened. Reporter in san diego where americans 65 and older can sign up mark smith tried repeatedly but no luck. I tried every day on the hour of all the different sites and a 65yearold cant get an appointment. Reporter states are not getting the doses the federal government promised. New york city postponed a mass vaccination plan at Yankees Stadium and citi field where the mets played. The state is preparing to ramp up vaccinations. We can get the needle in the arm, we just need the supply itself reporter whats the problem . The cdc reports over 41 million doses distributed to states so far. Nearly 22 million doses had been administered as states hold back for the required second dose so far just 3. 2 Million People have received both doses President Biden today reiterated he wants to administer a million shots a day, aiming for up to 150 million shots by may hopes by the spring anyone who wants a vaccination should be able to get one. I feel confident that by summer we are going to be well in our way to heading toward herd immunity. Reporter one hang up before vaccinating residents in longterm care facilities. Scott gottlieb says it is poor planning. That is something the government could have worked for it in advance. Thats something that could be solved for but it was not. Thats part of the delay here. Reporter moderna says its vaccine does provide protection against the u. K. And South African variant. It is now working on a booster shot to improve protection what we are trying to do is bring forward a booster that would specifically help people increase their immunity against the South Africanamerican variant thats something you can do. Another vaccine maker thats stopping its vaccine trial because of poor performance. How is that going to impact things reporter the government was not banking on it. Johnson and johnson could come to the fda for approval within weeks for its vaccine. Lester tom, thank you very much. The new strain prompted the u. S. To impose bans on foreign travelers from countries like. The variant could cause a new explosion of cases here. Miguel almaguer has more. Reporter the travel ban signed today b south africa and brazil in fear of the new variants. The variant could cause a new explosion of cases here. Miguel almaguer has more reporter the travel ban signed today by the president is the latest measure taken to combat the covid crisis, nonu. S. Citizens who spent time in south africa as well as those in brazil, u. K. And ireland and 26 European Countries will be barred from entering the u. S a broad move as an exploding number of variants of the virus are discovered here at home. Everything should be on the Table Including a temporary shutdown of International Borders so we can contain the spread reporter with the u. K. Variant already found in half the u. S. , there is growing concerns it may be deadlier and now the brazilian variant is found in minnesota, the South African strain not yet discovered and appeared to be resilient to the vaccine officials stressed vaccine remains highly effective we need to make sure to prepare if it is necessary to upgrade the vaccines reporter the highly contagious strains threatened to roll back progress new infections at hospitalizations are slowing in much of the country for now. Critically important that we accelerate our efforts to get as many people vaccinated as possible reporter even in hard hit california, today the governor eased restrictions across the state. There are clear signs the crisis is not over. Reporter tonight one out of every 13 americans have been in infected with the virus and more than 3,000 still dying everyday. Miguel almaguer. News, los angeles. Im Richard Engel in nbc news, los angeles. I am Richard Engel in london, with tighter lockdown. The u. S. Will see what the u. K. Is seeing since the virus, it is more difficult to control, spiking some cases and deaths. Mathematical biology and advise it has British Government on reporter neir ferguson, professor of mathematical biology and advises the British Government on covid. This virus changes two ways, it is spread easily and more likely to die. How long will it take for it to spread to the rest of the United States or will it it will spread to the United States, we think between 40 or 50 of greater transmission. Reporter when and how does this strain spread faster than the original virus we just in frequent contact, meeting someone on the streets or stopping to have a coffee without wearing a mask the risk is low of transmission, that risk may have gone up by as much as 70 . Reporter new rules of the road for emerging strain, Richard Engel, nbc news, london. Dr. John torres is joining us common sense to double mask. So should we all be doing it now . It depends. You want a mask with two or three layers high thread count, one you c tell shine a light at it. The light shines through it, you want john, dr. Fauci says it makes sense to double mask. Should we do it now . We want a mask with two or three layers shine a light at it. If the light shines through it then you want to double mask use Something Like a surgical mask and put your cloth mask on top of this one. This does a few things, one it makes sure you have extra layer between you and the outside air, when you are talking, it makes sure the mask does not move. The important part is to wear it correctly. All right, dr. John, thank you very much for that breaking this evening, hous second democrats about to deliver an article of impeachment against former President Trump for a senate trial and there is late word whether chief Justice Roberts will preside jeff bennett has the details reporter House Democrats ready to turn over the impeachment article against former President Trump triggering a second impeachment trial set for february 9th the article of incitement of in insurrection of the deadly riot at the capitol divide among republican senators. Many opposed to a trial many opposed to the trial which will begin two week after mr. Trump left office. I think the trial is stupid, it is counter productive we already have a flaming fire and it is like taking a bunch of gasoline pouring on top of t fire repter orenator romney is suggested to open it again what we saw was incitement to insurrection is an impeachable offense. If not, what is . Reporter democrats would need 17 republican senators to join them to convict, an uphill climb. Tonight we are learning more of the trial itself instead of chief Justice John Roberts who the constitution says presides over impeachment trials of sitting president s, Senate Democrats tapped their longest colleague, senator pat lahey to preside over this trial. Republicans is slamming the move hes got a conflict of interests. That ought to cause reasonable people for skepticism whether this is a path we should go down pushback over the price tagg of his nearly 2 trillion relief it comes as President Biden faces pushback over his price tag of 2 trillion of covid relief package as the white house is reaching out to republicans. I have been doing legislative negotiations for a large part of my life. No one wants to give up on their position until there is no other alternatives the Justice DepartmentInspector General is opening an investigation until doj officials attempt to overturn the Election Results to keep President Trump in power lester we are following Severe Weather from coast to coast including a large winter storm that had tens of millions in the path tonight with heavy snow falling in the plains and parts of the midwest right behind is another series of storms, al roker is tracking it all what can we expect lester, 170 million coast to coast under some sort of Winter Weather advisory or warning. Have this system developed over night . Chicago to detroit and icy mix commute thats a mess from chicago to new york and a for the midatlantic into the northeast and a morning commute thats a mess from chicago to new york and new england in the evening and a Second System coming into the southeast bringing heavy rain on wednesday. A foot of snow in the sierra and as we get into the eastern part of the country, anywhere from 6 to 8 inches snow in the plains and heavier snow in the upper new england area i know you have it all covered for us in the morning. Thank you, al. The team hunting for the source of the coronavirus tells nbc news china is sharing information not previous made public our keir simmons is looking at whether china is telling everything it knows. Reporter more questions tonight of the china resurge of the coronavirus and what the chinese know about the origins of the pandemic. There is a lack of transparency from the beginning. Reporter nbc news confirmin data base with 20,000 entries which may have offered important clues about what the chinese Wuhan Institution database with 20,000 entries which may have offered important clues of what the chinese were studying, taken down last spring a senior lab official said it was removed for security reasons. Tonight one member of the World Health Organization team in wuhan says the chinese are supplying them with data not previously made public can you trust the chinese data this is a scientific this is politics and blame and the data dont lie. Reporter but senior chinese virologist suggesting the virus originated outside china, includin game, it is the science taking lead here reporter the chinese already suggesting that the virus originated outside china including the top epidemiologist at china cdc speaking to our reporter do you believe it started in wuhan . No. Do you believe it started in china . Yes surely its too reporter we put that to the w. H. O. It is too early to come into conclusion either it is in or without china. Reporter other scientists are less critical. Chinas record including arresting or detaining a dozen journalists, whistle blowers telling the truth of covid still the w. H. O. 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Certainly the game last year in 2020 was the most watched event on television, brands who sit out are risking that moment, theyre risking not getting their ads in front of a huge amount of people and being apart of cultural moment reporter pepsi will show up in other ways and releasing their ads early onlineyou will on your phone and social media advertisements is the name of the game, it is cheaper and easier to target you and so many of us skipping parties for safety and staying right here on our couches and watching and scrolling from home. Reporter other newcomers like fiverr are swapping in. We are seeing a number of brands advertised for the first time this year most of them having the Common Thread of having businesses performing well during the pandemic reporter regardless of whos trying to catch your attention, expect to see a major focus on social justice this is where it is tricky for brands because they can accused of purpose washing if they try to ban wagon and say we are here for unity or supporting black lives matter but theyre not backing it up, theyre going to be called out on that. Reporter brands trying to score points with every fan. Nbc news, jo lynn kent thats nightly news for this monday, thank you for watching everyone, i am lester holt, please take care of yourself and each other. Good night right now at 6 00, back in business, but what will it look like this time around as many businesses are allowed to reopen . The whole idea is to keep activities outside, keep you safe, work our way through the next number of months. We have the reopening guidelines for every local county. And this is obviously a huge sigh of relief for struggling restaurant and salon owners. Cant wait to see this place filled with life again. Its been way too long. But many Business Owners are still hesitant about todays big news from the governor. Well tell you why. And ill have the latest on the heavy rain on the way. Our top Flooding Risk and my latest time line. The news at 6 00 starts right now. Good monday evening and thanks so much for joining us. Im janelle wang. And im raj mathai. Its time to scramble again. Jessica has that part of the story. Its like reopening whiplash for so many businesses. There were rumblings this might happen but all of a sudden the governors order lifting it today really put people in a tizzy. That means restaurant owners, hair salon owners and some athletic teams now have to actually scramble. So, yes, they feel its good news but what do doctors think . Are they ready for this . Ill have that coming up. Well see you soon. Now the world a