Mass shooting at a California Rail Yard and the emotional message from the wife of one of the victims. What she told her husband just before he died also, help wanted. Not enough workers to fill jobs at camps, Water Parks, restaurants and more well tell you what could be causing the crisis and what it could mean for you free at last the prisoner finally released after nearly 30 years behind bars for a murder he says he didnt commit and the heroes with that special mission, watching over the Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening im Kristen Welker in for lester tonight, the great getaway has begun. With half of all american adults now fully vaccinated and most states having lifted covid restrictions, americans are preparing for the biggest Travel Holiday in the last year despite that new surge in gas prices, tens of millions of people are expected to hit the roads. The airports packed too. We also have Brand New guidance from the cd
Pharmacies open 24 hours a day, Uber And Lyft providing free transportation to folks wanting to get vaccinated. Child care, if you need child care, the president saying places are providing free child care. So a ground and local game across this country, trying to get as many folks vaccinated as possible, reaching that 70 number by the month of july. One shot in the arm of americans. So as we think about that, and the covid response when it comes to the biden administration, the president facing another major uphill battle, and we are just minutes away from a rare meeting at the White House, and potentially a Make Or Break moment for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure. The president will sit down with a prominent member of the opposing party, even if some top biden advisers move, its still a High Stakes move. Not even the Vice President will be there. Both sides say they want a deal, but privately theyre still far apart. Not only on how to pay for it, but even the very definition of w
Deficit to critical numbers. The president s plan would Ramp Up Government Spending to a quarter of the entire u. S. Economy. Taxpayer overload as we look at just some of the Funding Requests from washington The Plan also does not include 3 Trillion additional dollars in mandatory spending for Social Security and servicing the debt. If we can even do that at this point. The proposal runs a nearly 2 Trillion deficit even with a raft of new Tax Increases. House Minority Leader Kevin Mccarthy is warning that spending would rise to the level of communist countries. This is too extreme and too expensive. Think about what were saying here. This is what everyone has ever warned us about. Your debt becomes so large more than 100 of your gdp. There is no coming back from that. It sounds like venezuela or cuba. You create inflation. Rewarding people not to work. In a short five months he has put us in a place we havent seen since jimmy carter. If he simply did nothing he would make america stron
Sweet when republicans took credit for legislation they didnt even vote for. Will it hurt any chances for future compromise . It is way too early for this. Good morning, welcome to way too earl. Im aly melendez. The vote is not expected until potentially later today. Well have to wait until the senate wraps up their marathon debate. Republicans spent Hours Attack speaking on the floor early this morning. 60 votes are needed for the independent January 6th commission to move forward. So far only three republicans expressed their support. Senator murkowski expressed her Decision Appointment and the attempts to block the vote. Its important that there be a focus on the facts and on the truth. And that may be unsettling. But we need to understand that. We just Cant Pretend that nothing bad happened or that people just got too excitable. Something bad happened and its important to lay that out. I think there is more to be learned. I want to know more and im i want to know when i dont want t
Wifi enable zones so students can be ready for anything. Comcast supports cspan as a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front Row Seat to democracy. Lot to get to on this thursday. Begin with the front paim of the Washington Post, from san jose, california, overnight the Death Toll has increased to now nine in the california rail yard. The latest Mass Shooting in our country. Next to that, the president asking for a report on the virus origins. In a statement from the President Yesterday that reads in part, quote, i have now asked the Intelligence Community to redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring us closer to a definitive conclusion and to report back to me in 90 days. As part of that report ive asked for areas of further inquiry that may be required including specific questions for china. The statement goes on to read the u. S. Will also keep working with likeminded partners around the world to press china to p