reaction to president biden s management of the 32 country nato alliance that he is hosting in washington this week, where nato was born 75 years ago. since then, the nato, nato, has become one of the most important institutions that has helped to bring stability to the global economy in which the american stock market thrives. and the american economy thrives. in his welcoming speech to the nato alliance today, president biden made an announcement about aid to ukraine which is now the principal and urgent focus of every country in nato. today, i m announcing a historic donation of air defense equipment for ukraine. the united states, germany, the netherlands, romania, and italy, will provide ukraine with the equipment for five additional strategic air defense systems, and in the coming months, the united states and our partners intend to provide ukraine with dozens of additional tactical air defense systems. the united states will make sure that when we export critical air
the olympics announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. i m peter alexander in for lester tonight what could be major news in the fight against covid. pfizer now says a booster shot of its current vaccine strongly extends protection against the virus. they re also developing a booster intended to target the rapidly spreading delta variant, now the dominant strain here in the u.s pfizer reports a third dose would likely be needed between six months and a year after you re fully vaccinated, the fda still to weigh in. miguel almaguer has the breaking details reporter: tonight pfizer says a booster shot, a third dose of its current vaccine, could offer americans five to ten times more protection against covid, given six months after the second dose pfizer believes those inoculated would be highly protected against the delta variant, which is now exploding across the u.s. the company expects to deliver new data to the fda within weeks and is also wo
color, from voting. the methodical way this has been laid out in the state legislatures and in this state legislation is geared towards robbing us of the vote. the movement from the ground up is starting to be the only way that we can preserve our right to vote. we informed them that this is going to come not from the white house but our houses up. since january 48 states have got under 89 bills to restrict voting. 17 states have signed 28 new laws curbing access to the vote. another 61 bills are moving through 18 other state legislators. today the texas legislator opened a special session to revive the republican backed election bills that democrats killed in may by staging a walkout in the last moments of the regular session. the proposed texas legislation includes banning 24-hour and drive-through voting. new voter i.d. requirements for mail-in ballots and expanding the powers of partisan poll watchers. democrats in the texas legislator gathered in front of the state hou
achievement. the afghan troops have 300,000 well equipped, as well equipped as any army in the world and the air force against something like 75,000 taliban. it is not. president biden forcibly defending his decision to withdrawal all u.s. troops from afghanistan, but as the taliban continues to gain ground, the question is how long before the u.s. has to re-engage? plus, another warning from the white house as the delta variant leads to increases in covid cases. the question is could a vaccine that specifically targets this strain soon be on the way? and history at the skrips national spelling bee. the question is can you spell the word murraya? good morning. i am kasie hunt on this friday, july 9th. we made it, and we ll start with the news. with the delta variant surge across the country, biden officials are offering another warning to americans still not vaccinated against the coronavirus. the seven-day average of covid-19 cases in the u.s. has gone up by about 11
what they plan to do to safeguard the right to vote. democracy is under vigorous, vicious, and sinister attack, beginning with the events of january 6th at the capitol and cascading like a tsunami through state legislatures across the nation. we are going to build a movement around this country to resist that, what is clearly a move to try to disenfranchise people of color from voting, the methodical way this has been laid out in the state legislatures and at their state legislation is geared toward robbing us of the vote. the movement from the ground up is starting to be the only way that we can preserve our right to vote. we informed them that this is going to come not from the white house down, but from our houses up. according to the brennan center for justice, since january, 48 states have introduced at least 389 bills to restrict voting. 17 states have signed 28 new laws curbing access to the vote. another 61 bills are moving through 18 other state legislatures. t