the first honor flight since covid struck we re on board announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone in a major step to get us in front of the quickly spreading delta covid variant, american adults who have received the full doses of moderna or pfizer vaccines were told today they ll need to roll up their sleeves again. the biden administration says a booster or third shot will be necessary to increase our immune responses to the virus. the announcement today by federal health officials acknowledging that over time, those original doses become less effective in preventing infections, while emphasizing they are still robust in preventing severe disease and hospitalization. still, officials say you ll need that booster eight months after your second shot the jury still out on the johnson & johnson vaccine tonight. miguel almaguer has late details reporter: making it official today, the first booster shots for the general public will go in
frustration is on everyone, and you have been covering this story from your own time in afghanistan and before that for so many years. and when you get to the end what is the end of a of the war chapter of this story, that s when all sorts of emotions take over. and so it s we re all going through this. yeah. and just to see the super human effort that had to be exerted to bring about a small rational human outcome that should not have been that hard to achieve, it is you exalt in the achievement and just you are equally horrified that this is what it takes and that the system isn t working and that you have to you have to, you know, connect this many hail mary passes in a row in order to make it work for somebody. it s just a lot. it s a lot. what i m always hoping for in the horrors of war stories which includes the horrors of the end of war stories is that it makes people think the next time about their decision to go to war because we aren t able to go to war
necessary. the question is was the chaos avoidable. and there is a growing humanitarian crisis in haiti as crews struggle to get to the country following a deadly earthquake and tropical storm. the question is much more can be done to help the island nation recover. it is way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early. i m alicia menendez on this august 19th. the biden administration is employing new strategies to fight the new virus like encouraging booster shots and mandating vaccinations for staff. nbc s miguel almaguer has the latest. reporter: making it official, the first booster shots for the general public will go in the arms on the 20th. most adults fully vaccinated for the first eight months will qualify. a top priority, protecting health care workers, nursing home residents, and seniors who were vaccinated first. the booster shot, a third dose of the same formula and vaccine for those who were fully inoculated with pfizer or modern
information as we can to find a way to peacefully resolve this. so, we are in communication with the suspect. as you can imagine the threat is prompting a major security response on capitol hill. the cannon office building has been evacuate and the nearest metro station is closed. joining with us a live update is justice correspondent pete williams and also correspondent garrett haake, and what can you tell us about his identity? well, he is a man from north carolina named floyd ray rosebarry, and what is extraordinary is that he tried to call attention to him to provote a response, and so police say he drove to the library of congress and he drove the pickup truck to the side of the sidewalk and as if that did not call enough attention, he claims that he called 911 himself, and this is maybe what got to police response. so he clearly wanted to provoke a response here. and then, this is a picture of the pickup truck from a building a long way away, and you can see it park
years peace agreement, and whether a leopard really can change its spots. hello, afghanistan s ousted president ashraf ghani has issued a video message from the united arab emirate, where he is in exile. he is promising to return to his homeland to fight for sovereignty. in a nine minute broadcast mr ghani said he had been forced to leave afghanistan at the weekend to avoid bloodshed and that claims he made off with $169 million were baseless. (biv inside afghanistan the work continues to evacuate afghan allies most at risk, though it proving increasingly difficult to get people who are eligibile to leave to the airport. the german foreign ministry confirmed today that their first evacuation flight left with just seven people on board it. the taliban have surrounded the airport, and although they are promising safe passage few are prepared to take the risk. as our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. come and help, help, help. a girl at the gate screaming