Frontier announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening, everyone back to school jitters were never quite like this this morning the yellow buses lined up and School Bells rang for A Million children in the nations largest school system, many walking inside a physical classroom for the first time in a very long time their first lesson, as it has been for kids across the country, science. Understanding how to safely resume learning against the persistent backdrop of covid. Tonight with over 243,000 Child Covid19 cases reported last week, the second highest number since the pandemic began, there is growing impatience for Vaccine Approval for younger Children Tonight we ask when. And the answer is encouraging. Also, a new study questions the need for booster shots. The Covid Battle Being waged on new fronts this evening we begin with Stephanie Gosk in new York Reporter with excitement and some fanfare, new York City kicked off a new school year. Despite the masks, it fee
Infrastructure package and that one will require near unanimity to reach the president s desk, at least among democrats. Joining me on the pandemic and the politics surrounding it, White House correspondent, kelly odonnell, Jeff Mason and Avita Patel and the Chief Of Staff to President Obama during his first Term And Ceo of the messina group. Kelly, lets start with the president. What can you tell us about Todays Announcement . What is he going to announce . We think it will be renewed regulations for federal workers and requirements, if you will. The pressure is on both the White House to stop the spread and somehow Ramp Up daily vaccinations, two competing impulses here. All of that mixes into this, andrea, and when you think about the fact that the federal government is the largest employer, this is a different role for the president to talk about the federal workforce over which he would have this authority to say we want to see vaccination from federal employees and if they do not
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me to give their views and opinions are kate andrews, economics correspondent at the spectator and sienna rodgers, editor at labourlist. few more papers have come in since we last spoke. the final lockdown the front page of the telegraph reports the prime minister s words at a press conference earlier as he announced a roadmap out of this lockdown will be set out on monday. the metro repeat sjohnson s words that the path out will be cautious but irreversible . the times looks at new figures which suggest vaccination is already reducing hospital admissions, deaths and transmission of coronavirus. border farce the i newspaper s front page says there s already chaos one day into the new quarantine hotels for travellers returning to the uk from 33 red list countries. meanwhile the guardian focusses on the anger over the news that the former aide to the prime minister dominic c
officials threaten further sanctions if they are arrested. we ll look at one of the activists being targeted by the government. and we re live in new deli. severe air pollution forced schools to close for a full week . good to have you wus the leaders of u.s. and china set to meet virtually for the crucial summit in the coming hours and look to tackle recent tensions over taiwan trade and human rights. it will be the first meeting between the two since u.s. president joe biden took office. they have spoken twice by phone. mr. biden is expected to make clear u.s. priorities and concerns. chinese prosecute xi jinping hinted at a slight warming of relations. saying his country is willing to boost corporation and get the two sides back on track. cnn joins us now live from beijing. what are the expectations here? which issues will likely dominate the summit? expectations are relatively low despite all the topics you mention. this relationship often described as the worlds most
northern isles. it doesn t look like it will last many of us although i think we will hold on to a fine weekend in southern and eastern parts. low pressure starts to work backin parts. low pressure starts to work back in bringing the temperatures back in bringing the temperatures back down below average with outbreaks of rain for scotland and northern ireland. some warm weather to come thursday into friday. that s it. i ll be back at 10pm, but you can keep up with all the latest hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. england into the last 8 at the womens world cup but the lionnesses ride their luck against nigeria. i think that s what football is all about, fight until the end and being ready at the moment and being able to take the penalties for that of course for us that was great. not so great though for laurenjames, who s sent off in the second half. how much could that cost them? and the mathildas march on they re too strong for denmark, the co hosts putti