measures. the new field hospital just opened as one city warns it will run out of beds within weeks. rudy guiliani tests positive for the coronavirus as president trump gives his first major speech since the election. local republicans spent today refuting it. the government report first obtained by nbc news, was a foreign adversary hitting american diplomats with microwave radiation to make them sick? plus, the show must go on. the nutcracker in the age of covid. the sugar plum fairy dancing under the stars. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening. there is some hope on the horizon at the start of a new week. the first doses of the pfizer vaccine landing in british hospitals today. here in the u.s. the fda set to meet this thursday to consider emergency authorization for the same vaccine. but that hope is over shadowed at the moment by far too many cases of coronavirus and deaths. california just announced they recorded 30,000 cases yesterday, a n
thanks for joining us. i m alex marquardt in for fredricka whitfield today. we begin at the u.s. southern border where officials say they are seeing fewer migrants crossing than expected, despite the end of title 42. authorities say that the long lines of people who once waited to enter the u.s. have dissipated at many border crossings. many had expected a surge after the covid era policy title 42 expired at midnight on thursday. in its place the biden administration has re-enacted tougher border policies, which require longer processing times, and impose severe consequences for those who cross illegally. the white house has sent thousands of asylum officers, secret service agents and even u.s. troops, to reinforce screening efforts, and to mitigate the already challenging humanitarian crisis. cnn s polo sandoval is in el paso, texas. you re on the ground. what are you seeing? it certainly has been less chaotic the less 48 hours since the lifting of title 42. that being sai
[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] rachel: we go straight to a fox weather alert, four dead and dozens injured as we head into another weekend of severe weather. pete: tornadoes flattening homes, scattering tons of debris. will: 90 million americans are under severe storm warning with the possibility of more twisters. max gordon is live in little rock, arkansas, with the latest. max:scenes of destruction in little rock, arkansas after tornadoes struck yesterday afternoon. three people are dead. the governor has declared a state of emergency. the tornado in little rock struck at 2:30 in the afternoon as the twister tore through the city. the national weather service in little rock had to trade duties in the memphis office as the meteorologist took shelter. homes and businesses were ripped apart by the tornado. in the wake of the destruction emergency crews went into search and rescue mode. residents were told to stay away from the area damaged by the tor