temperature records expected to be shattered. new warnings the situation could turn deadly and urgent calls to conserve water and power. emotional toll after more than a dozen bodies are found in the rubble of the collapsed condo building, we talked to a rescuer looking for the missing. i think one of the most difficult was to find our firefighter s daughter. garrett: threatening putin: after more ransomware attacks president biden calls the russian leader, promises to take any necessary action saying there will be consequences. m-u-r-r-a-y-a. garrett: spelling success, the 14-year-old prodigy breaking down barriers at the national spelling bee after breaking records with a basketball. and steve hartman is on the road with a tailor-made act of kindness for an american hero. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. i m major garrett in for
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. i m peter alexander in for lester we begin tonight with two major headlines in the fight to combat covid. the cdc releasing new guidance for schools, urging them to fully reopen this fall for in-person learning, saying those who are vaccinated do not need masks, and those who are not should wear them after the ne we told you about last night, ththat pfizer is developing a booster shot to target the delta variant, the fda and cdc now say those who are fully vaccinated do not need a booster. i just asked dr. anthony fauci about all of it. we will have that in a moment but we begin with late-breaking details from miguel almaguer. how you doing reporter: when fully vaccinated students and teachers return to the classroom, they won t need a face mask, says the cdc. the new guidance, which several states stopped enforcing weeks ago now mirrors the same guidelines for inoculated adults. but vaccines are not
joining us is nbc news chief white house correspondent, peter alexander. what s happening so far and what s on the agenda? as you noted, those meetings are under way behind closed doors. within the next hour or two we ll see the president visiting with the french prime minister, emmanuel macron. these summits can take on the tone, the character of the american president. the past four years had summits that were much more standoffish. yesterday a dramatically different scene as we saw macron and biden literally arm in arm, sharing that embrace, which wasn t just symbolic, it was in many ways descriptive of this effort to bring together, to embrace america s european allies after the last four years to erase the america-first policies. all of it comes ahead of the crucial summit set to take place with vladimir putin next week in switzerland. this morning a white house official telling us that unlike what took place in helsinki a few years ago between former president trump a
is put down to an increase in racist attacks. and countdown to another stratospheric rise for amazon founderjeff bezos. this time he prepares for takeoff on a sight seeing tour into space. hello and welcome. the us vice president, kamala harris, who s visiting guatemala, has urged its citizens not to come to the united states. this is herfirst stop on a regional tour aimed at tackling the undocumented mass migration to america right at the source. ms harris and the biden administration are pledging $310 million in immediate humanitarian aid. in addition, there will be long term investments worth $4 billion to boost development and security across the region. and it s notjust money last week the us said it would send 1.5 million vaccines doses to guatemala and mexico. but consider this: one us aid study looking into programmes in guatemala found that from 2006 to 2011, incomes rose less in places that got us funding, than in similar areas that received nothing. and the num
hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us vice president, kamala harris, who s visiting guatemala, has urged its citizens not to come to the us. this is herfirst stop on a regional tour aimed at tackling the undocumented mass migration to america, right at the source. ms harris and the biden administration are pledging $310 million in immediate humanitarian aid. and on top of that, there will be long term investments worth $4 billion to boost development and security across the region. and it s notjust money last week, the us said it would send 1.5 million vaccines doses to guatemala and mexico. at the same time, one us aid study looking into programmes in guatemala found that from 2006 to 2011, incomes rose less in places that got us funding compared to similar areas that received nothing. and the numbers heading north keep growing. in april, us border agents encountered nearly 180,000 migrants at the border, and that s a 20 year high.