And the Soccer Sisters Making History on team usa. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening as we try to take back our lives and put covid in the rearview mirror, Health Officials are looking over their shoulders tonight, watching the delta covid variant gain ground. The head of the cdc telling me today that Vaccinated Americans appear to be protected from the highly aggressive strain of the virus while warning the unvaccinated that they should no longer put off the shots, calling recent covid deaths in this country avoidable. Over 177 million or at least partially vaccinated in this country but a cdc panel tonight is offering rare insight into a rare heartrelated issue that has occurred among some Vaccine Recipients well have some of my conversation with the cdc director about the Delta Variant and whether Booster Shots are necessary, but first, heres Morgan Chesky reporter tonight, a cdc panel saying there is a likely association between a rare Heart Condition and vacc
And the Soccer Sisters Making History on team usa. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening as we try to take back our lives and put covid in the rearview mirror, Health Officials are looking over their shoulders tonight, watching the delta covid variant gain ground. The head of the cdc telling me today that Vaccinated Americans appear to be protected from the highly aggressive strain of the virus while warning the unvaccinated that they should no longer put off the shots, calling recent covid deaths in this country avoidable. Over 177 million or at least partially vaccinated in this country but a cdc panel tonight is offering rare insight into a rare heartrelated issue that has occurred among some Vaccine Recipients well have some of my conversation with the cdc director about the Delta Variant and whether Booster Shots are necessary, but first, heres Morgan Chesky reporter tonight, a cdc panel saying there is a likely association between a rare Heart Condition and vacc
Newton. Ahead on cnn newsroom, the head first lady tested positive for covid19, all speak to a doctor about the new variant. Russia looks to north korea for arms, kim jongun may meet with Vladimir Putin to seal a weapon steel. And, another race to avoid a Government Shutdown. Lawmakers have just days to reach a deal about the federal budget. Live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. And we do begin here in the United States where First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for covid19. Now, the white house says she is currently experiencing only mild symptoms and will remain at bidens home in delaware. However, President Joe Biden has tested negative for the virus, both were in delaware for the Labor Day Weekend and an official tells cnn that there are no changes to the president s schedule at this time. The president is scheduled to depart for the g20 summit in india later this week. Meantime, this covid cases increase right across the United States, lab test indicate
because as you know, i ve been speaking about the brutality against asian-americans for the last couple months. and i think it s it is very, very troublesome. but i making no connection at this moment for the motivation of the killer. i m waiting for an answer. police say the man arrested for the rampage has admitted to the shootings. eight people are dead in a ninth wounded in the atlanta area. but as you heard from the president it s not clear if anti-asian racism was the motivation here. six victims were asian women. the other two victims were white. investigators say robert aaron long gunned down four people first in a spa in cherokee county and shot a fifth who is expected to survive. investigators say long then traveled less than an hour south to atlanta, shooting and killing four more people at two massage businesses across the street from each other. today the sheriff in cherokee county where long is in custody says he is talking to convertings and telling them
over 100 million vaccines delivered so far. we are at a critical time. stunning images of crowds flocking for spring break. the other surge raising major concerns this morning is the growing crisis at the u.s. mexico border. right now, more than 4,000 unaccompanied migrant children, that s children without their parents are in border patrol custody. we are following all these headlines, first, cnn jeremy dimons is at the white house with more on the cross-country tour touting his relief package, it s interesting during trump presidency, we talk about campaign-style presidents. i wonder if you see this at a campaign event? reporter: from is no question president biden and vice president harris are talking about the american rescue plan. that coronavirus relief package you signed in law last week. a part is political. it s about preparing for the mid-terms. every democrat up and down the ticket will be running on this plan. particularly throws members of congress and senators