Elect with two small children dies from covid complications. His doctor says he had no underlying conditions. His mentor and friend is my guest. Lets go outfront. And good evening everyone. Outfront tonight, breaking news, a grim new projection. The cdc predicting up to 82,000 more americans will die from coronavirus in just the next few weeks. Thats more than 3,400 deaths every day. Now, it comes as that highly infectious strain of coronavirus has now been identified in a second state, this time hardhit california. Were learning new details about that case and the case in colorado. Ill talk to one of colorados top epidemiologists. But this news could not come at a worse time. Today the cdc reporting nearly 2. 6 million americans have received the coronavirus vaccine. Thats a far cry from the 20 million the administration promised by the end of the year, which incidentally is tomorrow. Even the administration admitting today that there are problems. We know it should be better and were
Angles right know. Peter doocy reporting from the campaign trail is in georgia. Our Political Panel standing by to weighin. First, rich edson. Reporting live from west palm beach, florida near the president s maralargo resort with the latest, rich. Good afternoon, eric. The president just wrapping up his day here. What youve got is a push from the white house and the president to nearly triple or more than triple the size of those 600 checks. The irs is sending them out according to the Treasury Department and the president tweeting this morning, 2,000 asap. The president also accused Senate Republicans of having a death wish for blocking those increased payments. The fastest way to the 2,000 checks would be for the senate, if it had the votes, to approve the bill that passed the house earlier this week. Thats what democrats are pushing. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell has initiated a process for a vote on those 2,000 checks, but hes adding President Trumps other demands too tha
And preoccupied with that but on the other hand he also handed out packets to the journalists on events thats happening here on the ground. And portraying to them the governments side. The government in the past 24 hours has gone on a pr offensive. Theres been several statements from officials addressing the events of the last few days, all of them say they are fighting a war against terrorism and projecting this as a conflict for egypts future and stability not a political dispute but more interesting, the ambassador to washington came out with that statement that the Egyptian Government was trying or at least going to review the u. S. Aid and that certainly caught a lot of people here by surprise. In recent days the Egyptian Government has been trying to assert more of its sovereignty. Its one of the things its criticized for, over the years it was seen that it was somewhat of a lap dog on the u. S. Governments hand because the former regime of Hosni Mubarak was so closely allied to
Improvement in smoke, but the wind has prompted a brand new red flag fire warning on friday and saturday. Tonight, a shocking twist after 11 children are rescued from a ramshackled desert compound. A new disturbing discovery as Authorities Say a suspected child kidnapper was training them to commit school shootings. An arsenal found, a shooting rain and several adults under arrest. A powerful congressman arrested by the fbi. Congressman collins acted as if the law didnt apply to him. One of President Trumps first backers in washington accused of a scheme involving big money, secret phone calls, and lying to the feds. Shot in the back, a man killed by an officer while he was running away, an Investigation Underway tonight in nashville. The u. S. Slaps major new punishment on russia after that attempted assassination of a former russian spy in the u. K. New sanctions as President Trump has continued to praise putin. A heartstopping crash caught on camera. How in the world did this man su
Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Did police in the nashville area prevent another horrific Movie Theater attack . What we know right now is that a 51yearold man inside a theater and reported to be armed with a gun, a hatchet, and pepper spray was shot to death this afternoon in an exchange of gunfire with police. One person received a minor wound, but no one else was killed as Police Responded quickly to reports of an active shooter. The entire incident a frightening echo of what happened only two weeks ago in lafayette, louisiana and of course three years ago in colorado. Mark potter is in antioch, tennessee with the latest. Reporter Nashville Police say it was just before 1 15 local time that reports came in of a man carrying a gun and a hatchet at the Hickory Hollow cinemas. Countywide dispatch to all cars, we have shots fired, an officer involved. 901 bell road. Thats going to be 901 bell road. The hick