9:00 a. M. In the west. Welcome to alex witt reports. We kick off memorial day weekend and with a growing number of americans fully vaccinated, millions are expected to hit the road for the first time after a long, long year of lockdown. In norfolk, and fredericksburg, fans are leaded to the minor league ballparks and pools and parks are opening up across the state, families are headed down for memorial day weekend to virginia beach and all over the country, we ve gone from pain and stagnation of a long, dark winter to an economy on the move growing faster than it has in nearly 40 years. And coming up, we ll have live reports from some of the country s busiest airports and those vacation hot spots, but first on capitol hill, tensions between republicans and democrats are at a boiling point after gop senators blocked the cree asian of an independent commission to investigate the january 6th attack on the capitol. Only six republicans broke ranks in support of advancing that measure, but
Person starting this fall with no remote learning. But at the same time the cdc is now investigating some reports about potential heart issues in some children who got the vaccine. While in the middle east, the violence between israel and hamas has stopped for now. The ceasefire is holding. But here in the united states developing a very different story. A wave of antisemitic hate crimes are being reported all over this country. And there s breaking news this morning about a meeting with president biden and russian president vladimir putin. We will get to all of that but we want to start on coronavirus with tom costello, dr. Gupta, nbc medical contributor. How is it looking, we re one week away from memorial day when people get together and party? absolutely right. It s a week today and memorial day starts thursday in some cases. You re absolutely right. It s already starting to a return to normal. Take a look at the stats. You alluded to them at the stop but they are encouraging. Case
Announcing they just found that vehicle remembering tulsa. The nation marking the worst act of racial violence in u. S. History. A thriving black community destroyed 100 years ago. The surprising move by a tennis superstar. Naomi osaka abruptly quits the french open after refusing to speak to the media tonight getting personal about her struggles with depression the summer wedding season is now in swing. Why prices are surging this year and how you can save and this memorial day the tributes large and small to those who have served and sacrificed to protect our freedoms announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening i m peter alexander in tonight for lester across the country this memorial day a chance to remember and to reflect but for so many americans today also marks the unofficial start of summer and a return to what looks a lot like life before the pandemic records set at airports, crowded beaches, hotels in many places fully booked but with more than half of a
Weekend. The first holiday weekend with half of americans vaccinated. We re covering all of that with our reporters coast to coast. But i want to start in washington, d. C. , sahil kippur on capitol hill, yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent for pbs newshour and washington week. And carol leon ig, her new book just came out, the rise and fall of the secret service. Let s start with what s going on on capitol hill, gaveling out at 3:00 a. M. What s going on in the senate? chaos, i can think of other words but let me walk through it briefly. They were set to vote and a chinese competitive package that was written by chuck schumer the democrat and todd young the republican. It has deep bipartisan buyin from the start. The senate faced a number of curveballs yesterday that delayed passage. The first was from republican mike crapo who demanded a vote on an amendment and finally got it. It looked ready to pass when out of nowhere another curveball came from senator ron johnson, the wi
Related to the death of a black man after his arrest by troopers in louisiana. The death of ronald greene adding new urgency. Senator cory booker, one of the negotiators negotiating the bill, expressing his optimism earlier today. I wouldn t have a negotiating partner in tim scott if mitch mcconnell didn t believe that that is something that we should be at the table trying to work through. There are a lot of people who know the crisis we have in this country. The federal government has a responsibility, i believe, to deliver substantive, meaningful police reform. And now to expand for you on the hour s headlines, nbc s monica alba and garrett haake. Monica, now that infrastructure discussions have stalled on capitol hill, what options are white house officials exploring ahead of the memorial day deadline just over a week ago? reporter: exactly, alex, the white house is saying they re preparing to explore going it alone again. What that means is employing the strategy they used for the