and house speaker, sitting behind the president. a lot has happened in 100 days. mapping out a plan to overcome covid, from creating a vaccination plan from scratch to convincing congress to spend more federal funding to those struggling most, and now it s on to infrastructure, which could be a good thing given new polling i mentioned shows nearly 6 in 10 americans think biden s infrastructure plan is a good idea. our new polling shows nearly 70% of the country approves of how he s handled the pandemic. not the same story on other issues. when it comes to immigration and guns, 1 in 3 americans approve of biden s handling so far. will polling change how biden governs? here s vice president kamala harris earlier today. he is someone who i have seen over and over again make decisions based on what he truly believes, based on his years of doing this work and studying these issues, what he truly believes is the right thing to do. joining me now, nbc political correspondent ali
or pfizer. those two actually are far more likely to be the vaccine you get. but in the case of the j&j vaccine, the fda is now recommending a pause, as you recommended, as you suggested, on administering the j&j vaccine because of a very, very small number of people who developed blood clots as a result they think as a result of taking this particular vaccine. it s a blood clot called a cerebral venus sinus thrombosis. it happened only six cases of it we should say, of women between ages 18 and 48 and roughly six days to two weeks after they had the johnson & johnson vaccine. the cdc is now going to gather together one of its advisory committees on wednesday to look at the data, decide what they want to do about it. for people who have now already received the j&j vaccine and remember, this is a one-and-done shot, you don t need the followup, one shot, if they develop severe headaches, abdominal pain, leg pain, shortness of breath within a few weeks of vaccination, you
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
this week, following key allies, allies who helped organize the rally that took place before the capital attacked. amy kramer is the founder and chair of woman for america first. it is a conservative rallies that helped organize rallies on and before october 6th. and trina thompson who was a campaign aid. they are expected to testify before the house select committee in the coming weeks. and the panel is asking them for records for the planning, the funding and the participation in those preceding rallies and bus tours. this could prove to be a watershed moment in the investigation, where we could learn more about what was doing what in the lead-up to the capital attack. and the deadline is hit for those hit with the committee s previous subpoenas. confidants like steve bannon, mark meadows and kash patel have until next thursday to hand over any documents related to the attack. they will sit down for a deposition the following week. now, while the ex-president expects them t
they have three items: weapons, weapons and more weapons. just how much help will ukraine get from western allies? i ll talk to dmytro kuleba and national security adviser jake sullivan. plus ketanji brown jackson confirmed. as america s first black female supreme court justice. in my family, it took just one generation to go from segregation to the supreme court. winning three republican votes after a parade of republican attacks. it goes back to incredible character and integrity she possesses. also, inflation fears. it s scary to think about where it s going. i ll talk to someone who predicted inflation was coming and now says a recession is likely next year. former treasury secretary larry summers. join me for inside analysis, anna palmer, former republican congressman carlos curbelo, kimberly atkins stohr, and josh lederman. nbc news correspondent. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in t