the 25-year-old hostage israel confirmed was killed. the growing concern about rising flu cases, especially among children. and the king of darts, the 16-year-old sensation s quest to make history at the world championship. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, welcome, everyone. a new flash point in the middle east tonight has intelligence agencies racing to connect the dots following twin bombings in iran that officials there say killed at least 95 people and injured at least 140 in a city. they were near a memorial for general qassem soleimani killed in a 2020 drone attack. today s bombing sure to add to concerns over the potential for widening conflict in the middle east, a region that has already been rocked by the ongoing war in gaza. attacks on shipping in the red sea and most recently the assassination of a hamas leader in lebanon. there were no immediate claims of responsibility for today s bombing, which officials in iran say involve re
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vaccination rates are driving a surge in cases of influenza. nbc s sam brock is reporting from outside a children s hospital in new orleans. dr. vin gupta is also with us, a pulmonologist and msnbc medical contributor. sam, i know louisiana is getting hit especially hard. what are you hearing from doctors there? reporter: yeah, that map is very telling, chris, as far as what s going on in the state of louisiana, as recently as several weeks ago, there were about one or two dozen people being hospitalized with influenza. that figure now is 300 per week. i m standing in front of children s hospital new orleans, that s the building behind me. it s part of the lcmc health network, which is the largest here in the new orleans area. they tell me as far as flu cases are concerned. in november, they were up 175%. in december, 115%, which is to say, chris, it keeps doubling and tripling every single month. that s why you re hearing warnings about how this could be comparable to what we saw in