Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Five babies have been diagnosed with measles, all of them in the suburban chicago area. All of them at one day care facility. Its part of this new Measles Outbreak that continues to grow. This news tonight about these five babies raises the issue of infants too young for vaccinations. This will no doubt prompt a lot of parents if they havent already to check what the vaccination requirements are where their children are cared for. And its where we begin tonight with nbcs hallie jackson. Reporter at this suburban chicago day care five babies believed to be infected with measles, their parents powersless to stop it since the infants are too young for the vaccine. Now a warning as many as ten other children may have been exposed to the virus and unvaccinated staff and kids are being asked to stay away for three weeks. There are likely to be more cases. So we sh
Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Five babies have been diagnosed in the suburban chicago area. All of them at one day care facility. Its part of this new Measles Outbreak that continues to grow. This news tonight about these five babies raises the issue of infants too young for vaccinations. This will no doubt prompt a lot of parents if they havent already to check what the vaccination requirements are where their children are cared for. And its where we begin tonight with nbcs hallie jackson. Reporter at this suburban chicago day care, five babies believed to be infected with measles, their parents powersless to stop it since the infants are too young for the vaccine. Now a warning as many as ten other children may have been exposed to the virus and unvaccinated staff and kids are being asked to stay away for three weeks. There are likely to be more cases. So we shouldnt be surprised by that. The cats out of the bag. Reporter 4 mill
Horseback given warning and then they moved in. They set upon those marchers. Those are the similarities that occurred to me. Im struck by the fact that as i look at the crowds behind you, i see young faces and many of those young people were not born when the events that were talking about 50 years ago happened, and robert youve been working the crowd tony, youve been working the crowd. Do they understand what happened 50 years ago today . Robert . I think they do. I absolutely do. But as we heard the elder civil rights leaders say in the past two days some of the two guys ive talked to, they still dont think that the education is high enough. Meaning when these kids go to school are they really learning enough about the historical nature of the past 50 years and the Civil Rights Movement. The answer to that is no. Correct. We learn about moments. Yes. Like this, which is wonderful, but do we really know the full story. The other thing del, i would add to that is that for a lot of you
Inside to registered to vote. We will hear from dr. Martin luther king jr. s eldest son, and we will speak to one of the few republican members of congress who went to selma this weekend, alabama senator Jeff Sessions. I am on free voting. Things happen in two weeks or more before the election, and oftentimes people are, you know urged to go to vote and vote before they are ready. Amy and we will go to the Edmund Pettus bridge, where on sunday more than 70,000 people marched for Voting Rights today. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracy now . Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A group of 47 republican senators has released an open letter to iran in a bid to disrupt the obama administrations attempt at a nuclear deal. It was spearheaded by senator tom cotton and signed by a number of potential 2016 president ial hopefuls, including senators marco rubio, ted cruz and read and rand paul. It reads in part, we will consider any Agreement Regarding your
Passage. We have a rare moment for the Senate Foreign Relation Committee and the senate as a whole to demonstrate this. And coming together to demonstrates our ability to give constructive input on one of the most Important National Security Issues of the day and strain our divisive influences in this body and demonstrate our ability to overcome them and show the relevance and Work Together to come together in the best interest of our nation. With that, madam president , i yield the floor. Next, the Supreme Court Court Hears Oral Argument in several samesex marriage cases. Then we open it up to you and later a debate on samesex marriage on todays washington journal. Throughout the day we have been seeing comments from a number viewers. This one from maxwell who says it has been legal in the uk for a while and their society is still entact and no one elses marriages have been ruined. Get the government out of marriage all together. Facebook. Com cspan. And on twitter jennifer who covere