Uncertainty in the Middle East now reaching a whole new level after the killing of hamass political leader in iran, who was a key figure in ceasefire negotiations with israel. We are expecting to hear from prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just minutes from now, also this hour, former President Donald Trump set to speak at a convention for black journalists. His appearance in itself sparking controversy. Meantime, Vice President Kamala Harris heading to texas after a Highenergy Rally in the battleground, State Of Georgia Last Night for her campaign, Attack Trump on immigration. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. To cnn news central hello, im Brianna Keilar alongside Boris Sanchez and we do begin with major developments in the Middle East and growing fears that chances of an allout war in the region have drawn magically increased. Hamas says its top political leader, ismail haniah, was killed inside of iran. He was there as a guest of R
Have the capacity in this country, not just the state, to solve this. Meantime the delta variant tearing across the country as hospitals swell with unvaccinated patients. It is really an outbreak among the unvaccinated. And education secretary miguel core dona calling out republican governors for resisting mask mandates in schools. Don t be the reason schools are disrupted. I m that a la brown in washington. You are live in the newsroom this sunday. Covid19 vaccines are a cheap code for the immune system. Half of americans are still playing this game the hard way. We have seen a slight uptick many new doses administered over the past week but vaccine enthusiasm isn t spreading as quickly as the virus itself. The delta variant has driven new covid cases and now hospitalizations to the highest levels since february. Dr. Anthony fauci today coming out in strong support of mandates once it earns full approval from the fda. Meanwhile, masks are back at the center of a tugofwar. Governor hut
Sustaining it, seek to go weaponize the department of justice. What this exodus could mean. Later we ll talk to a healthware hero immortalized in plastic barbie. Amy o sullivan, who is now a barbie doll, a covid legend. There is a new study by new york times and stanford university about the massive exodus of children. The drop was 28% higher for families earning $35,000 or less. The studies show the months but the able to recover may follow a racial and economic divide. It also suggests the educational loss to our kids may be one of the biggest costs to this pandemic. I m joined by kayla patrick, an analyst with the education trust to help us understand this. Who knows what this will do really for their future. Let s look at the map. It shows ten states lost a full 15% of kinder gartners in public schools. The concentrations are higher, of course, in inner cities what is your latest reaction? i think this is an important study. It highlights what we ve been hearing from families all a
Document outlining the agreements made between the leaders is expected to be released around midday today hour time. China is expected to be the main focus of the communique, however there remains disagreement amongst the leaders about how far it should go in pushing back and on countering china s growing influence and power. The white house is calling biden s proposed plan to counter china, build back better for the world or b3w, which as the new york times notes is a play on china s bli, the belt and road initiative. Biden and his fellow leaders enjoyed a beach barbecue which as you can see is lovely, but before that was a day of sessions and meetings, including with french million emmanuel macron. He had a unique relationship with our former president which included a lot of brew ha ha, and endlessly long and awkward handshakes. Macron s meeting with biden was a lot more subdued. We have to deal with this pandemic, covid19, we have to face a lot of challenges, a lot of crises, clima
The u. S. Adding more than half a million jobs in may. Now a growing number of americans at risk of losing unemployment benefits the season s first major heat wave sweeping across the country this weekend and the government report on ufos what it says about the possibility of extraterrestristrial activity announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening i m kate snow in for lester tonight there s a lot to get to on this busy friday night. But we begin with that urgent push from the cdc to get teenagers vaccinated against covid. The cdc director said today she is deeply concerned by a new report showing rising hospitalizations among adolescents. And she s calling on parents, relatives and friends across the country to make sure american teens get the shot tom llamas starts us off. Reporter: tonight the cdc urging parents to get their teens vaccinated an increase in hospitalizations in march and april leading to the new push i feel safer now. Reporter: researchers note t