Now as the fda begins approval of the first Covid Vaccine, and we take you inside the giant worldwide operation to distribute it. How one carrier plans to move billions of vaccines at temperatures well below zero. Swedens surge and the new restrictions now in place did their Herd Immunity Experiment fail the scare in the air. The windshield of this American Airlines plane cracked all over with passengers on board. And music with heart. Gloria estefans new mission and the heroic nurses who are stealing the show. Stand by me this is Nbc Nightly News with jose diazbalart good evening. As we hit more than 12 million covid cases today, the country finds itself in a perfect storm, a surging virus mixed with Colder Weather plus the strong pull of family and tradition. Were all making hard decisions about the upcoming Holiday Airports are crowded as many choose to travel to see family but hospitals are crowded, too, many at a breaking point it took nearly 100 days for the u. S. To reach its fi
the cape of good hope. that s an extra 3,500 nautical miles, or up to two week s sailing, adding as much as $1 million per ship, in fuel alone. maersk ceo vincent clark told the bbc s aaron heslehurst that these extra costs are already being passed on to consumers. it s one of the most important arteries of global trade and having to re route all of this cargo now south of the cape of good hope is going to create significant disruptions to the global supply chain for the duration in which we have to do that, and probably a few months more as we have to get back then into into normal. so you need to see, i think, a stronger mobilisation. the other thing is that the level of threat is actually evolving and so for the coalition that is trying to put in place this safe passage, they need to constantly reassess the level of protection. but for us, it is really important that this is being addressed with diligence and with a strong mobilisation of the international community so tha
this was the view across the israel lebanon border earlier today where we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky as hostilities continue in that border area. so, let s start this hour by hearing from israel s prime minister. translation: last night, - i talked again with president biden. i do appreciate us steadfast position at the security council a position which backs our war effort. yesterday, i told president biden that we will fight until total victory, as long as it takes. the us understands this. i saw false reports that claimed the united states has prevented us from operational activities in the region. this is not true. israel is a sovereign country. our war decisions are based on our operational considerations. this is the live scene over the israel gaza border, where we ve seen continued bombardement this weekend. an israel military spokesman says it s expanding its ground operations in the southern and northern parts of the gaza strip. reuters is
central gaza. the israeli military says its forces have killed around 8,000 palestinian fighters in the war so far. the hamas run health ministry in gaza says the total number of dead since october 7 is now more than 20 thousand 400. speaking at a weekly cabinet meeting, israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the war had come at a very heavy price for israel. the israeli military says 14 more soldiers have been killed in gaza since friday, bringing the total during the ground assault to 153. these are israel defence forces pictures from operations in khan younis. saturday was one of its deadliest days, but mr netanyahu said his forces had no choice but to press ahead. translation: the war has | taken its toll, but we have no option but keep fighting. 0ur troops have eliminated thousands of terrorists so far. we are fighting with full force until the end, until the victory, until we fulfil our goals. those are the elimination of hamas, the return of our hostages,
day weekend. something we have not seen since before the pandemic. i am talking away before. try 2005. what is it say about you the consumer in 2023? the rush is on in washington. that negotiator scrimmages strike a deal this weekend. to avoid a default it s now expected to hit around june 5 that is four days later than they originally told us. no matter can we forge a deal right here we will ask houston freedom caucus scott perry. blue dog democrat both are here and only here. the rush is on for the 2024 campaign cash a lot of cash at that. soft on senator tim scott is more than 21 million bucks worth. he tells us i plan to leap ahead of the gorgon gop packed with all vapid former donald trump maga donor who now says ron desantis is his man and points out eight-point to million dollars that florida governor has raised over his first 24 hours since making that announcement proves he is a hit. even the twitter launch maybe not so much of a hit print welcome everyone i am neil