Miracle baby who beat the odds and is inspiring america. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, everyone it was a goal too far. Tonight, the biden administrations acknowledgment it will miss its latest vaccination objective, as much a setback for the country as it is for the white house. Pace of vaccinations stubbornly lagging President Bidens July 4th Target of having 70 of adults at least partially vaccinated appears it will come up short over 177 million americans have received at least one dose that leaves millions of Unvaccinated Americans at risk of the more contagious delta covid variant. Dr. Fauci today declaring the Delta Variant is the greatest threat to eliminating covid. That threat coinciding with an emerging Generation Gap over the vaccinations tom llamas now with late details. Reporter Tonight The White Hous sounding the alarm about the highly contagious Delta Variant, admitting a setback when it comes to vaccines. The country will fall short
Way today, but things are looking a lot different due to the pandemic. And while people will still head to the stores, it is Online Shopping that is getting a major boost. The National Retail federation says online and other nonstore sales will jump between 20 and 30 . Total sales are expected to be as high as 218 billion. Naomi ruchim is outside of a best buy in new york city. Naomi, good morning. Reporter good morning to you, tom. Yeah, despite the economic fallout from the pandemic, experts predict that consumers are still optimistic about the economy and we will start seeing that this Holiday Shopping season, starting this morning, black friday. Best buy doesnt even open for an hour. But check out the crowd already around the corner as folks wait to get that ps5 and any other electronics theyre trying to get here at best buy. Still, though, the safest place to shop this year is online. And its where you might find the best deals. The countdown to christmas is on. Black friday remai
Armenia and azerbaijan agreed to work to end their conflict. In just under an hour the 2 candidates for Vice President of the United States will face off in their only debate of the campaign ahead of the november 3rd president ial election clear plastic barriers will separate mike pence and. Have both tested negative for corona virus pictures here from Salt Lake City ahead of this 90 minute debate in the state of utah this is the hole in the university of utah where it will all happen. Rob reynolds as our correspondent there today so much anticipation for this one is that they were not usual for a Vice President ial debate these are not usual times. Absolutely kemal i mean the the Vice President ial debates every 4 years are usually pretty forgettable although those of us who are of a certain age will never forget lloyd benson is classic putdown of dan quayle in 1988 senator youre no jack kennedy but this time the stakes are even higher the focus will we squarely i think on covert 19 a
Is really the one spot that bore the brunt of the storm. Reporter absolutely. We heard the noise coming in around 1 00. It was pitch black when hurricane what exactly happened in lake charles, louisiana. Laura making landfall early thursday as a category 4 hurricane. The storm sustained winds of up to 150 miles per hour, bringing the threat of storm surge and tornadoes. Lake charles, louisiana also taking a direct hit from laura as the storm weekend. High winds shook buildings and knocked down trees. It is pretty devastating. Reporter thursday morning heavy flooding could be seen across the northwest gulf coast. Areas some 40 miles inland could be affected by days. More than half a Million People were asked to evacuate, but some stayed behind. Officers are coming to work early and planning on working late. Reporter laura is moving further north. Tornadoes, tree damage, and Power Outages remain a concern. Hundreds of thousands are without power. Red cross units have been deployed to hel
All in the bay area, low clouds, lots of this mo the afternoon hours, we are watching the fire zone forecast is welcome to the wind picks up, nothing too extreme around time is 50 miles an hour. More of your forecast a few minutes. Standing by right now we have an update on the commute. Reporter good morning, we have traffic that is moving along slowly on some of these commutes at the bay bridge toll plaza for example. You will see its backed up all the way to the main metering lights which are on, this is about a 15 minute delay, nothing unusual about that should be gone by 8 00 unless it is a problem this is the 880, i moved too quickly for me. Here it is, goodnews. If you are leaving the city in fremont, the crash is clear, traffic on the ultimate pass approach is still very heavy. The south a commutes to 80 in san jose and all the other freeways are doing well, lets get back to the headlines. Straight to a developing story, we are following overnight, hundreds of people took part i