the driver arrested. what we re learning now. the man rescued at sea after clinging for hours to a capsized boat our cameras there late today for his emotional homecoming danger on the roads as parts of the u.s. get their first blast of snow of the season al roker is tracking it the oscar nominee announcing he is transgender. the support pouring in and his message tonight to fans. and a call to action on this giving tuesday. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone who will be at the front of the line for covid shots? the question taking on new urgency tonight as the cdc revealed up to 40 million doses of vaccine could be ready before the end of the month. an advisory committee meeting today to determine who will be among the first groups of americans to receive the shots. but not before reminding us all of the stakes the country averaging one covid death per minute put another way, 30 more people dead by the end of this progra
as andrew and mick have observed, can have great confidence in our security arrangements, and in particular our security screening procedures at airports. however, what we have done is increased them so that there will be more bags being checked, it is really intensifying what we are already doing. and some of that will be visible, some of it will not be visible. but it will take more time. earlier our correspondent phil mercer in sydney told me more about the police investigation. well, according to the head of the australian federal police, they believe that the arrests of four men in sydney yesterday afternoon, saturday afternoon local time, was part of an islamic inspired plot. one was arrested in central sydney and the others were detained in the suburbs in the west of the city. investigators are saying they believe the plot was linked in some way to an improvised device and the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, saying that investigators had foiled a conspiracy to bring
a whole new beginning. it s almost like they re reborn. i can t think of another word but phenomenal. [ music ] roma downey: as a mother, i would do anything i could to help my child live a normal life. and i m sure you would, too. but what if you couldn t do anything? what if you were totally helpless? that s the situation for hundreds and thousands of parents in developing countries whose children are born with cleft lip or cleft palate. in the united states, these deformities are corrected shortly after birth. but in many countries around the world, these children are left untreated and are shunned. [ music ] [ children s voices ] roma downey: i m in le loi hospital. the volunteer operation smile medical team has come from all over the world to perform surgeries, and parents have brought their children here, hoping that they ll be selected. nine-year-old sut has been ridiculed and rejected all his life. sut isn t even his real name, but that s what he s been called fro
a whole new beginning. it s almost like they re reborn. i can t think of another word but phenomenal. [ music ] roma downey: as a mother, i would do anything i could to help my child live a normal life. and i m sure you would, too. but what if you couldn t do anything? what if you were totally helpless? that s the situation for hundreds and thousands of parents in developing countries whose children are born with cleft lip or cleft palate. in the united states, these deformities are corrected shortly after birth. but in many countries around the world, these children are left untreated and are shunned. [ music ] [ children s voices ] roma downey: i m in le loi hospital. the volunteer operation smile medical team has come from all over the world to perform surgeries, and parents have brought their children here, hoping that they ll be selected. nine-year-old sut has been ridiculed and rejected all his life. sut isn t even his real name, but that s what he s been called fro
a whole new beginning. it s almost like they re reborn. i can t think of another word but phenomenal. [ music ] roma downey: as a mother, i would do anything i could to help my child live a normal life. and i m sure you would, too. but what if you couldn t do anything? what if you were totally helpless? that s the situation for hundreds and thousands of parents in developing countries whose children are born with cleft lip or cleft palate. in the united states, these deformities are corrected shortly after birth. but in many countries around the world, these children are left untreated and are shunned. [ music ] [ children s voices ] roma downey: i m in le loi hospital. the volunteer operation smile medical team has come from all over the world to perform surgeries, and parents have brought their children here, hoping that they ll be selected. nine-year-old sut has been ridiculed and rejected all his life. sut isn t even his real name, but that s what he s been called fro