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 working to develop
countless of people around the world. it is way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early. may the fourth be with you. i m kasie hunt, we ll start with the news. the federal government is rethinking the vaccine distributions as the number of americans signing up to get their shot has plummeted. at the lowest to get their first dose since february. 1.1 million each day. two weeks ago, the average was 2 million a day. the biden administration was caught off guard and pivoting to using mass vaccination sites and community vans and even door-to-door campaigns. we still want to be very careful and have a lot of work to do. if you are among vaccinated people, party hard. invite people over to our house and do family related things but get vaccinated. if there was ever a time to get vaccinated, it is now. great message. the u.s. vaccination campaign will sue expand to more people. the fda is authorized to use the vaccine in children as young as 12 by ea
done so far? and with the new york times, what it calls a dramatic twist at the end of last night s oscars ceremony. the question this morning, did the academy snub a fan favorite? it s way too early for this. good morning, and welcome to way too early. the show that knows it s an honor just to be nominated. i m kasie hunt on this monday, april 26th. we ll start with the news. the latest polling shows president biden s approval rating holding strong as he approaches the 100 day mark. he is at 53% approval in the latest nbc news poll. 52% in the new washington post abc news poll and 58% in the cbs new gov survey. according to those numbers that puts him ahead of president trump s first 100 days but behind president obama and george w. bush. at this point, in their presidencies jump was at 40%, obama at 61% and bush at 57%. president biden also received high marks for his handling of the country s most pressing issues. on the pandemic, his approval of the 69% in the
largely divided along party lines. i supported roe v wade, it is a rational position to take and i continue to support it. we are askin: continue to support it. we are asking the continue to support it. we are asking the supreme continue to support it. we are asking the supreme court - continue to support it. we are asking the supreme court of. continue to support it. we are i asking the supreme court of the united asking the supreme court of the united states to overturn roe v wade and restart united states to overturn roe v wade and restart the sanctity of life to the centre and restart the sanctity of life to the centre of american law. scientists are racing to get more information about the omicron variant of coronavirus. lots of elements of this to tell you about today. let s start with this from the world health organisation. it s very early days in terms of our understanding of this variant, and again, we are grateful for the information that s coming in dail
world. it is friday, april 22nd. i m brianna keilar in washington with jim sciutto in lviv, ukraine. we are beginning with breaking news. mariupol is close to a catastrophe. that is how the owner of the azovstal steel plant is describing the situation on the ground now. food, water, ammunition growing more scarce by the hour. men, women, and children, hundreds of them, still hide inside the battered and burned out fortress. there is no agreement on evacuation corridors out of mariupol for the thousands upon thousands of others. they fear the routes will be attacked by russian forces because they have been. this morning, these disturbing satellite images revealing rows of mass graves. russian soldiers accused of dumping the body of countless women, children, and men in ditches to cover their crimes. there are over 200 new graves in these set of photos. think of that in the 21st century. mass killing and mass graves. that s where we are. the mayor of mariupol calls all of thi