we are coming on the air with a hot mess yet again at airports all across the country with southwest canceling thousands more flights even today after all the winter weather that smoked the u.s. over the weekend. we ll talk about what these grounded flights means for those travelers who want to get home and getter that luggage home. officials are trying to get buffalo back up and running after it was hit with more than three feet of snow. overseas the vatican announcing a turn for the worse for former pope benedict. we re live from home with the latest on the liter s condition. uncertainty at the southern border after the supreme court decision leaving title 42 in place. what it means for the thousands of migrants hoping to cross into the u.s. to seek asylum. we have a lot to get to. i m hallie jackson in washington. i want to bring in nya charles at los angeles international airport, marissa para in buffalo, new york, and meteorologist michelle grossman joining us, too.
the eu s medicines regulator says there s no indication that the oxford astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine causes blood clots. lithuania has become the latest of 1a countries to suspend its use. but both the french and italian prime ministers have said they would be vaccinated very quickly with the astrazeneca vaccine to give the public confidence in the jab if it is ruled as safe by the eu medicines agency on thursday. bethany bell reports from vienna. in italy, vaccination centres are shut after the oxford astrazeneca was suspended after reports of blood clots. reports of blood clots. country sa the reports of blood clots. country say they are reports of blood clots. country say they are acting reports of blood clots. country say they are acting as - reports of blood clots. country say they are acting as a - say they are acting as a precaution. the world health organization has urged countries not to pause the vaccinations. the eu s medicines regulator says the benefits
welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. vaccine nationalism is rearing its head around the world. today the president of the european commission said she will do whatever it takes to get more shots for eu nations including stopping factories inside europe from exporting doses that were meant for other countries. ursula von der leyen s comments come as many eu countries are teetering on the edge of a third wave of infections. our brussels correspondent nick beake has more. in prague, in paris, and once again in bergamo, northern italy, covid patients gasp for air. the nightmare prospect of a third wave in europe is now real. the continent is also facing a vaccination crisis. it is not getting the doses it ordered and today, a warning that the eu would do everything needed to get its fair share. all options are on the table. we are in the crisis of the century and i am not ruling out anything for now, because we have to make sure that europeans
charged in the murder of george floyd. the questions prospective jurors are being asked and the moment that caused floyd s sister to leave the courtroom. queen elizabeth breaking her silence on harry and meghan s explosive interview. what left her saddened and what she said about their allegations of racism against the family new surveillance of the person who placed pipe bombs before the capitol riot walking with a backpack the moment the suspect may have left a bomb in a park near democratic headquarters tonight the manhunt and the plea from the fbi. and a potentially life-saving change for cancer screenings. we ll tell you what you need to know announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone, and welcome. reckless or realistic? across the country states are edging closer to reopening, emboldened by declining infection and hospitalization rates and the increasing number of fully vaccinated americans, now 10% of the population but the
trying to go back to the times and harken back to the times of school closures and use that as something. it s different from the vaccine but, jason, it didn t work. because now people are looking forward. as time has moved on to go back again i think it s going to be hard. the polling we did shows most republicans say they have received the vaccine. about two thirds say they receive the vaccine. it s about 14% of the country better republicans who have not received the vaccine. it s not really enough to have a general election strategy. that doesn t mean that all those voters are going to be, base their vote on the. but it s a sign that this is not a unifying message. the first point you make there i want to go back to. there is the specifics of the vaccine messaging which i think is actually substantively incredibly dangerous that we ve unnecessarily lost hundreds of thousands of our fellow americans because of and i will