have a christmas tree in their home around christmas time. that is the same that have received a covid-19 vaccine, at least one dose so far, and it is more my twitter avatar is my childhood dog. look at this, about 61% of american adults have at least some type of pet in their house. this is more than that. just to be clear about this, covid shots, depending on how you look at it, more popular than pets? people like their covid shots more than dogs or cats? certainly some dogs or cats. i agree with you 100% on that. and if you re as popular as christmas you re popular, you re doing very well. santa is a very popular guy. if you re as popular as christmas, you re doing very well. we ve seen an increase in vaccinations in some of the states where there was hesitancy. that s exactly right. take a look. states where new vaccinations have climbed by at least five points last month, and one of the things that s so key, look at this, we know that the red states hav
officials into action with the announcement of a third dose for moderna and pfizer vaccine recipients subject to an independent review from the fda. it is now our clinical judgment that the time to lay out a plan for covid-19 boosters is now. we planned to start this program the week of september 20, 2021. i want to emphasize that this decision was not made lightly. it was made with careful consideration by the top medical and public health experts and it was made by data, thoughtful analysis and collective years of experience addressing illness and epidemics. the 900,000 new u.s. covid cases in the last week include texas governor greg abbot, a fierce opponent of mask mandates who were fully vaccinated and there are bombarding icus with children filling the beds. please get vaccinated. the best action you can do to protect yourself and others is to get vaccinated in the first place. we begin this hour with the situation in afghanistan, and nbc national security and m
live from washington. he has the very latest. hi, david. hi, sandra. big story. democrats are looking at the temporary burden of millions of americans as temporary. they believe this is a marathon, not a print and ultimately the higher spending will help more americans than hurt them. citing a private white house poll, democratic lawmakers are encouraged to focus on how the president s $3 trillion infrastructure plan helps working families by lowering costs and getting people back to work or maybe helping the economy. the consumer price index measures what people pay for goods increased 5% from a year ago. the president is counting on a bipartisan infrastructure plan to help the economy. continues are continue to see inflation and the issue is the democrats in congress is reckless and ultimately increased spending will hurt where it counts at the grocery stores and at the gas pumps. inflation is at the highest in the past 13 years. economists are concerned it won t just dis
i m kendis gibson. i m lindsey reiser. we re going to dive into the suspicions, some of the videos that have resurfaced that are lending a lot of credibility to the idea. a lot of people wondering what exactly were those objects. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the we ll begin with congresswoman marjorie taylor greene doubling down comparing mandating wearing a mask on the house floor to the treatment of jews during the holocaust. this woman isg mentally ill. we can look back at a time in history where people were told toe wear a gold star, and they were definitely treated like second class citizens, so much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in nazi germany. this is exactly the type of abuse that nancy pelosi is talking about. elokay. you may be able to listen to that and think maybe she made a mistake. julie tsirkin joining us on capitol hill with more on this. julie, the congresswoman was asked about this again by a repor
and the tv show that gave her the idea. our journey across america to seattle my exclusive with the mayor. how the nation s first covid epicenter reversed course to lead the charge for community immunity and my conversation with the ceo of alaska airlines what he says about how much longer masks will be required on planes. plus, the covid precautions to expect on planes, at hotels and theme parks this summer travel season announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, across america reporting tonight from seattle. good evening from seattle, a center of innovation and technology and a place having notable success in vaccinating its population what the mayor here told me about reaching community immunity in a few minutes. but first, there s breaking news as we come on the air. a cease-fire slated to be taking effect right now between israel and hamas after an 11-day-long conflict that left death, misery and flattened neighborhoods in gaza and traumatized isra