the judge handing the pop star a victory in her conservatorship battle announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. we thought by now the worst was firmly behind us, but america s summer of recovery from covid is rapidly becoming a season of dread and frustration over americans who remain unvaccinated and highly vulnerable to the delta variant, which now more than half of new covid cases in this country. after weeks of growing confidence amid falling infection rates, a dramatic turn about under way tonight. infections, hospitalizations and deaths climbing again. crowded emergency rooms in some parts of the country fueling a sense of deja vu the number of americans 12 and older at least partially vaccinated now over 184 million. but the daily number of vaccinations has plummeted. miguel almaguer has details. reporter: the summer spike is catching experts by surprise who never expected numbers like these. tonight new infections, hospitalizations, e
off. fox & friends first kicking off your week, starting your monday right now. a sky full of stars. jillian: pretty look at new york city right now. todd: how are you? jillian: it s monday. my friday, i think. you are watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i m ashley strohmier, in for jillian mele. todd: i m todd piro. today, president biden will update the u.s. on the covid economic recovery but more restrictions could be looming as delta variant cases surge. ashley: griff jenkins joins us with more. reporter: it s masks back on in la county, and more areas could follow where cases of the delta variant are spiking. la county s board of supervisor s chair defended the decision. it s not punishment, it s prevention. we have 4 million people out of 10 million that haven t been vaccinated. reporter: former u.s. surgeon general jerome adams is speaking out in favor of masks now, calling on the cdc to reverse course, tweeting this. last year, tony fauc
continuing the big lie on their side and we will break it all down for you straight ahead. also we will bring you an in-depth look at how this kind of dishonest rhetoric cost minority-owned businesses in atlanta tens and tens of millions of dollars, all while stacey abrams is doing books and speeches, et cetera. also tonight, the journalist targeted by a failed iranian kidnapping plot. this happened. the iranians tried it in brooklyn, new york. she will join us in the big question will be, how is joe biden going to reward the iranian mullahs for this action? but first, let s take a closer look at the decrepit, struggling, barely-functioning guy in the white house who sees apparently jim crow around every turn. it remembered joe biden he once called african-americans predators on our streets. he worried that his precious children would grow up in integrated schools that he referred to as racial jungles, his words. he bragged that his home state of delaware my state as a stat
not everybody did. they came up on a body floating in the water. shot him one time in the back of the head. i was like, this cant be happening. what did happen? the hunt is on, a gleaming yacht. i thought, why did you get on that boat? a scheming businessman. and a missing fortune. you re a multimillionaire. and you don t have any money? from high seas adventure to heart-stopping murder. i don t think i will ever get another case quite like this. who killed the radio star? hello. and welcome to dateline extra. i m craig melvin. stans of steven b. williams hit radio show woke up every morning to his golden voice. he was a deejay who found fame and fortune. one day, steven b. disappeared. detectives were determined to solve the mystery. but the key remained stubbornly out of reach. wrapped in a napkin. tucked in a cabinet. and hidden in a library. would anyone ever find it? here s keith morrison. down below the surface of the pacific ocean. on the
mask with photos their private jet. we are told to follow these rules and they did not follow them. the rules were up but not for them. the white house is downplaying all of this and the plotting those members against becks. it s not a characterization we from here. we understand there s going to be breakthrough cases per go th message is thank you for standing up for voting rights and the rights of americans to have their voices heard. we are still waiting to get the details. we are plotting their so-called bravery. we refuse to be a hostage. a hostage within the state of texas. i m ready to be arrested what d you do to a person if you aren going to arrest them when they flee. i m ready to be arrested. no one of the members has seized the opportunities to challenge her. her name is michelle and she tweeted this. i m one of those brave texas democrats they came to fight fo voting rights in my state. critics were ready for this. if you had to help people what you are do