Despite urgent warnings, people are traveling this holiday week at the highest levels since march, more than 1 million flying in just 1 day tonight the parts of the country most at risk as hospitals see more Record Numbers. The search for solutions. How to keep schools open safely. Why some are succeeding even as the pandemic grows. The Big New Recall by gm, almost 6 million vehicles could be on the road with dangerous airbags. Which models are affected and holiday displays for our times, my report honoring the heroes on the front lines. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, everyone there is Breaking News as we come on the air tonight. The governments General Services administration is for the first time acknowledging joe bidens win for president. Notifying the President Elect that the formal and official transfer of power can begin. The decision comes more than two weeks after biden was projected as the winner and after a series of legal an procedural defeats in Pr
Before it gets better. As millions wonder about their jobs. Were already living paycheck to paycheck. Their safety. Take nothing for grantd. Their future. This is the moment to keep your family and your friends safe. This is an nbc news special report, the coronavirus pandemic. Hello everyone, im lester holt in new york. In the next hour were going to bring the latest of the coronavirus pandemic infected now close to 1. 5 Million People worldwide, 400,000 in the united states, the death toll reaches 13,000. Tonight the mayor of los angeles ordered starting friday anyone entering an essential business, face covering. Search for a vaccine and the latest on british Prime Minister Boris Johnson still in intensive care tonight. Front line workers risking their lives to save others, well remember some lives lost to the pandemic and in collaboration with pandemic well answer your questions. And well talk to new york mayor bill de blasio, is this country is put to the test of the past, pearl h
Roughly a dozen states are offering drivethrough covid19 testing. Some people confused by special requirements for testing like an appointment or doctors note at christiane Care Hospital in delaware, they tested 536 people in four hours. One in one side of the nose and one in the other side and put it inside the tube and close it off and send it with their individual information. Reporter the white house says 2,000 labs will have the ability to conduct tests by sometime today processing nearly 2 million tests by the end of the week each test could take hours or days to process. But across much of the country, frustration at the lack of tests and slow results a virginia man who returned from a trip to new york is now unconscious on a ventilator and in icu it took three days to get a positive test result. Like hes sleeping but, you know, hes got all these tubes and hes on his stomach and just doing everything they can to keep him alive, but its heartbreaking. I just want him to come home
Good evening, everyone the effort to offer Covid Vaccinations to virtually all americans, including the youngest among us, is close tonight pfizer confirming late today it has started down the road of seeking Emergency Use Authorization for its vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years who are currently ineligible child cases stood last week at over 800,000. Thats less than the previous week but still extremely high pfizer for now calling for two lowerdose shots for the youngest group. If approved, the first injections could begin within weeks but the news comes with a nagging dose of reality, reluctance of among many parents to have their kids vaccinated tom costello now with late details reporter with 3. 5 million new Pediatric Covid cases, january alone, the potential that shots could be going into very young arms within a month is welcome news for millions of parents. Every day im worried about them contracting covid. I would say that were very cautious. Reporter in maryland, the cr
Good evening, everyone the effort to offer Covid Vaccinations to virtually all americans, including the youngest among us, is close tonight pfizer confirming late today it has started down the road of seeking Emergency Use Authorization for its vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years who are currently ineligible child cases stood last week at over 800,000. Thats less than the previous week but still extremely high pfizer for now calling for two lowerdose shots for the youngest group. If approved, the first injections could begin within weeks but the news comes with a nagging dose of reality, reluctance of among many parents to have their kids vaccinated tom costello now with late details reporter with 3. 5 million new Pediatric Covid cases, january alone, the potential that shots could be going into very young arms within a month is welcome news for millions of parents. Every day im worried about them contracting covid. I would say that were very cautious. Reporter in maryland, the cr