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
Julie well start with off with hundreds of thousands of people illegally crossing our borders each month. The crisis causing a Major Political divide draining city and federal resources and worst of all, putting americans at grave risk. This is the the faulkner focus. Im Julie Banderas in for harris today. Thank you for joining me. President bidens Border Failure on full display as the highprofile Migrant Crime Cases pile up. The brutal assault on two nypd officers in january. The murder of georgia Nursing Student laken railey late last month and last week alone massachusetts authorities charged a haitian immigrant with the rape of a 15yearold disabled girl. The white house admitting he entered the u. S. Under a controversial asylum program. The attack allegedly happening in a hotel where he was staying on, you guessed it, your taxpayer dime. A guatemalan was freed after ten months in custody accused of killing a veteran florida cop who died of a heart attack after a scuffle. A judge d
building came crashing down. tonight families trying to reunite with their loved ones as we learn more about the recent complaints filed over the building s safety. the rush to return home from the memorial holiday weekend. tens of millions now heading home. from the roads to the skies. what it all means for the summer travel surge. cruise ship nightmare. carnival oceanliner s emergency after it was battered by a massive storm with fierce winds. the new video from inside the ship. water rushing in, hallways flooded, debris scattered. now questions over why the captain sailed through the storm. passengers outraged. i have never been so scared like i was on this trip. in washington the debt limit deal and the major new test for president biden and house speaker mccarthy. can they get enough votes for their it breakthrough agreement to pass congress and avoid default? a warning about infant loungers tonight with more than two dozen deaths linked to various brands. one
i have never been so scared like i was on this trip in washington the debt limit deal and the major new test for president biden and house speaker mccarthy can they get enough votes for their breakthrough agreement to pass congress and avoid default? a warning about infant loungers tonight with more than two dozen deaths linked to various brands one family s heartbreaking story and what parents need to know. and on this memorial day the emotional reunion of vietnam veterans after 50 years how they survived prisoner of war camps. and across the country remembering all members of the military who ve made the ultimate sacrifice. and the rockets re glare announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas, in for lester tonight we begin with that breaking news out of davenport, iowa. at this partially collapsed apartment building look at that a chunk of the structure crumbling to the ground as residents were inside. the gap now
i don t drink coffee at all. tastes like a puddle. i can t do it. that s because you re not drinking it correctly. you have to prepare it a certain way and with creamers. that s not coffee anymore. no. all right. at least 23 people are dead after russia unleashed a deadly attack on ukrainian civilians. our cnn team is live at the scene where rescue efforts are continue this morning. more than 50,000 people have left sudan after fighting broke out there just a couple weeks ago, including hundreds of americans. one of them shares her story. millions are facing the threat of severe storms. where we could see those storms fire up today. we begin in ukraine, where the death toll from a russian strike on an apartment building is expected to rise. the attack killed almost two dozen people, including five children, and is believed to be the deadliest strike on civilians since january. it targeted more than ten apartment buildings and other civilian targets. but ukra