For relief. A major step for britney spears control of her own life. Her father is willing to step down as her conservator. Could that lead to the pop star s freedom? and a group of house moderate democrats threatening to withhold votes for the $3. 5 trillion spending package until the infrastructure bill is passed and signed into law. We begin this hour and this morning with breaking news out of afghanistan where things are falling apart with stunning speed in the last 24 hours. Taliban forces seized four major capitals, grand canyon control of southern and western afghanistan, putting them within striking distance of the capital of kabul. Officials that thought the afghan government would and could stand for at least six months now fear it could collapse in half that time. 3,000 u. S. Forces are sent back into the country to help the united states embassy staff evacuate before the taliban takes over. Kelly cobiella talks to us. Bring us up to speed. We have been checking in daily, t
to those new guidelines, attend gatherings without masks or social distancing in homes where all people are vaccinated, or in a single household where unvaccinated people are not at high risk of developing covid. in gatherings of multiple households and among people at high risk. again, this is guidance for people fully vaccinated. that means they ve had two doses of the pfizer or mona vaccine or one dose of the j&j vaccine, and they have waited two weeks. that guidance followed a long delay in which the cdc was urged to provide guidance that was practical for vaccinated people at a time with a country that is weary. here is michael osterholm yesterday. we have to acknowledge that what is the public likely to do with any guidance we give them. if we just tell people they have to stay cocooned, they have to stay in their homes, they have to continue to wear their masks even though fully vaccinated, they re not going to do that. they re going to disregard the recommendation,
away from what biden said. the behavior of a neanderthal, just to be clear, the behavior of. i think the president, what everybody saw yesterday was a reflection of his frustration and exasperation, which i think many american people have. the red state leaders at the center of biden s rath are hitting back, too. he kind of did it on the worst day he could have. the same day he said that, in texas, the biden administration was releasing illegal immigrants into our community who had covid. that is neanderthal type approach to dealing with the covid situation. 15 other states don t have a mask mandate. we just joined that group. harris, look, we re looking at this very carefully. we re not telling people not to wear masks. we re just removing a mandate. today i feel the same way i did the day hillary clinton called all of us in middle america the deplorables. new back and forth between the white house and texas. the press secretary claims it s not true, the administ
annie live . this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. the drum beat for booster shots for over 100 million eligible americans grows louder tonight as more omicron cases emerge here in the u.s. and around the world the latest u.s. cases include colorado, minnesota and new york but health officials reminding us it is still the dominant delta variant driving a rise in new covid infections with signs more americans are rolling up their sleeves, president biden rolling out a series of new strategies today to combat the covid spread and meet the still unspecified omicron threat including an expanded booster campaign family vaccination clinics, free at home testing and new testing rules for travelers arriving from abroad. kelly o donnell leads us off tonight from the white house. reporter: tonight, expected but still unnerving. more cases of the omicron variant detected inside the u.s. new york officials calling a news conference this evening to announce omi
azeem rafiq who called out racism against him at yorkshire cricket club apologises for using anti semitic language on social media ten years ago. the irish taoiseach micheal martin tells the bbc goodwill on all sides can solve the row over trade in northern ireland. the migrants trapped on the edge of the eu we follow one afghan family who ve tried dozens of times to get in. and prince charles visits the pyramids, saying they should inspire us to protect the planet as egypt prepares to host next year s climate change summit. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, rangers get their man former player giovanni van bronckhorst is the new manager of the scottish champions. the dutchman replaces steven gerrard. good evening. the government has scrapped the h52 line between the east midlands and leeds which was promised a decade ago. instead, as part of the integrated rail plan, the government will increase investment in existing lines which they say will deli