Despite urgent warnings, people are traveling this holiday week at the highest levels since march, more than 1 million flying in just 1 day tonight the parts of the country most at risk as hospitals see more Record Numbers. The search for solutions. How to keep schools open safely. Why some are succeeding even as the pandemic grows. The Big New Recall by gm, almost 6 million vehicles could be on the road with dangerous airbags. Which models are affected and holiday displays for our times, my report honoring the heroes on the front lines. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, everyone there is Breaking News as we come on the air tonight. The governments General Services administration is for the first time acknowledging joe bidens win for president. Notifying the President Elect that the formal and official transfer of power can begin. The decision comes more than two weeks after biden was projected as the winner and after a series of legal an procedural defeats in Pr
Vote vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Hearing none, the yeas are 64, the nays are 24. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Thune madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune madam president , i have four requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have a approval of the majority and minority leaders. The presiding officer duly noted. Mr. Thune madam president , before i begin, i want to acknowledge the tremendous news released yesterday that early
Announcer we take you live now where the fourth of July Celebration at my Rushmore National memorial. This is live coverage on cspan. [chanting] four more years [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] [cheerful marching band music] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States, donald j. Trump, and first lady, melania trump. [applause] rise further playing fornational anthem about the laying of the national anthem. Oh say can you see, by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming; whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [applause] good evening, everyone. I am a uh 60 pilot with the south Dakota Army National guard. My wife kayla and
I first was young corporal wayne johnson, 22 years old, citizen of the british west indies. My second was corporal manual rivera, citizen of mexico. My third, Staff Sergeant remy lebrune, of canada. Lawful permanent residents served at higher rates than itive born americans and first years in the fleet brought that home to me in human terms because the person i relied on most to teach a young infantry lieutenant his skills were all noncitizens in my first few years in the marine force. And many times i would attend swearing ceremonies when soldiers, sailors, airmen, coast n, swarthy oath of allegiance taken by all who wish to become u. S. Citizens. Here is what that says. I will read it to you. I hereby declare on oath that i absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all fidelity to any foreign prince, state or sovereignty of whom were of which i have heretofore been a subject or citizen, that i will support and defend the constitution and laws of the United States of america against
The violent mayhem we have seen in the streets and cities that are run by liberal democrats in every case is the predictable result of years of extreme indoctrination and bias in education, journalism, and other cultural institutions. Against every law of society and nature, our children are taught in school to hate their own country and to believe that the men and women who built it were not heroes, but that were villains. The radical view of American History is a web of lies. All perspective is removed. Every virtue is obscured. Every motive is twisted. Every fact is distorted. And every flaw is magnified until the history is purged and the record is disfigured beyond all recognition. This movement is openly attacking the legacies of every person on Mount Rushmore. They defiled the memory of washington, jefferson, lincoln, and roosevelt. Today, we will set history and historys record straight. [applause] pres. Trump before these figures were immortalized in stone, they were american