At the forefront of a charge to save a piece of history from the Bulldozers Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening as the nation turns the corner in the fight against covid, the thing that some experts believe has helped slow the spread, Vaccine Mandates, are facing the biggest challenge yet. The governor of texas tonight banning businesses and entities in his state from requiring proof of vaccination, setting the state on a Collision Course with the feds and leaving some companies that operate there caught in the middle. Nationally, the number of fully vaccinated has inched up to 56. 5 , leaving 67 million americans who are eligible for the shots unvaccinated even as attention turns again to Booster Shots for the already vaccinated Miguel Almaguer tells us more. Reporter even as some hospitals in hardhit texas face another surge of covid cases, the governor here is issuing an Executive Order prohibiting any entity including private businesses from imposing va
when they weren t able to get a hold of her since sunday afternoon. sioio city police say they encouraged them to contact the dakota county sheriff s office since that was where hayes was last seen. a dakota county lieutenant was able to ping hayes cell phone, and give woodbury county deputies the location, which was near moville. (matt) tiffany, what s hayes current condition? (tiffany) she is at mercy medical center, in sioux city. family members say she s still not able to talk, but that they y e hoping for a speedy r rovery. matt and sheila? after an incident at north middle where a student brought an unloaded gun, sioux city police shared tips for gun safety. the police department is currently giving away free gun locks to people at the station headquarters. they are cable-type locks for families who don t have ways to secure their firearms from their children. if they wanana lock, we re giving maximum of two per household, said chad sheehan, crime prevention officer
winning powerball numbers be drawn right here on ktiv. (sheila) those numbers, for the record-breaking, 1- point-5 billion dollar powerball jackpot are: 8, 27, 34, 4, 19, and the powerball is 10. the powerball has been the talk of the town for the last week. as the jackpot just kept growing. (matt) it s drawn international attention, too! ktiv s sam curtiss talked with ticket buyers, today. sam, did they feel lucky? it s safe to say so. this jackpot has drawn in a lot of people who say they don t normally play. which means higher ticket sales if you re just joining us, here are those winning powerball s winning numbers: 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and the powerball is 10. if no one wins, the next jackpot is projected to be $2 billion. in the newsroom, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. hundreds of people crossed state lines for their chance to be a billionaire.fr om nevada into california.waiting in a four hours. so, why wait in such a long line? nevada doesn t participate in lotteries. we m
we ll follow up yesterday s mild weather with another day just like it today with a bigger surge into the 30s (a few 40s too) and some decent sunshine! enjoy it because it s the last of them we ll see for a little while. as a cold front moves through tonight, we ll see a few light snow showers across the area as temperatures begin their decent into the teens and 20s and pretty much hold steady there tomorrow morning and fall a bit more tomorrow afternoon. conditions won t get much better this weekend with highs expected to be in the single digits and lower teens with lows falling to near 10 below zero saturday night with a few possible flurries. we ll bounce back a little bit early next week, but not enough to melt off more snow and ice. see graphics. wx timer @ :40 the numbers are in. the winning numbers are 8, 27, 34, 4, and 19. three winning tickets were sold in california, tennessee, and florida. state lottery officials said one jackpot-winning ticket was sold lottery o
we explore its legacy and ask if it can still be used for scientific research. woodruff: under a pristine rain forest in ecuador lie more than 800 million barrels of oil. the country s president had asked the world to ante up in exchange for a promise not to drill, but that plan is being scrapped, as hari sreenivasan reports. brown: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week s news. just wishing i changed my ways. woodruff: and two men from two generations connected by a love of the blues are now collaborators on tour. we profile charlie musslewhite and ben harper. this is what the blues are supposed to do.. make you feel good. it s your comforter when you re down and your buddy when you re up. all purpose music. woodruff: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: bnsf railway. support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called real a