donald trump s life. first tonight, the news just in. president biden has covid. what we ve learned moments ago. and it comes amid new questions tonight about whether he ll stay in the race. a new call for him to, quote, pass the torch, from a leading democrat in the house. what our mary bruce and jon karl have learned tonight about where this goes there here. also breaking tonight, that video appearing to show the alleged gunman thomas crooks walking the perimeter of that pennsylvania rally about one hour before trying to assassinate donald trump. and what we just learned, he was first identified as a person of interest a full 62 minutes before he opened fire. and he was seen by secret service snipers on that roof a full 20 minutes before he fired at the president. pierre thomas standing by with his late reporting. here in milwaukee tonight, republican vice presidential candidate j.d. vance preparing to take center stage. his speech in prime time tonight, we ll carry i
seven children what went wrong? the u.s. capitol on high alert hours ahead of a rally supporting the january 6 rioters. the national guard called in. police bracing for possible violence. france abruptly recalling its ambassadors to the u.s. and australia what it has to do with nuclear submarines chaos at the border the number of migrants packed under a texas bridge growing to more than 12,000. the family of a missing woman pleading with her fiance to speak to police after he was named a person of interest. and the view from orbit. the inspiration4 s all civilian crew giving us a tour on their historic mission announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. we begin with late-breaking news on covid-19 booster shots. two highly critical votes by an fda advisory committee late today the first recommending against a third dose boosters of pfizer s vaccine for most of the 180 million fully vaccinated americans and then just a short while ago, th
finals fails. we begin in north korea and what appears to be a show of strength. state media reporting that north korea has now successfully test fired new and strategic long range cruise missiles. according to the report, the missiles tested over the week flew 1,500 kilometers before hitting their targets and falling into water. both south korea and the u.s. say they are looking into these claims. south korea s top nuclear envoy is set to discuss north korea during a meeting monday with u.s. and japanese officials. let s go straight to the region. paula is standing by for us. what more can you tell us? hi. reporter: this was another wake-up in the region. it is not as significant as it would have been if it were a ballistic missile. this is the type of missile that is not violating u.n. security council resolutions so technically, north korea didn t break any rules. clearly it is something that everyone in the region and washington watches very closely. we know in the
conflicting reports at the moment, the leaders of the national resistance saying they still hold key parts of the valley, so in their eyes at least the battle is not over. now to the other news, this worrying news that there are americans trying to escape from afghanistan who have been prevented from doing so. congressman mccall saying yesterday that the taliban is holding american citizens and allies hostage for demands by blocking six plane from leaving northern afghanistan. he says those americans are sitting on-board but unable to leave. this is really, chris, turning into a hostage situation where they re not going to allow american citizens to leave until they get full recognition from the united states of america. they re going to demand more and more whether it be cash or legitimacy as the government of afghanistan. reporter: and as reports of taliban brutality continue to grow, including the murder of a pregnant police woman in front of her own family, on thursda
welcome to all you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. we begin in afghanistan where taliban fighters are trying to seize the panjeer valley north of kabul, home to anti-taliban forces, the only territory not under taliban control. fresh fighting was reported on saturday with both sides claiming successes. now cnn can t independently verify the accuracy of those reports. in the capital where ordinary afghans have been starved for cash, the largest currency exchange market reopened saturday for the first time in nearly three weeks. even banks that are open are limiting withdrawals. and there s word the kabul airport has resumed some operations. qatar s ambassador said he witnessed the first domestic flight taking off on saturday. journalist ben farmer is in kabul and joins us by phone with the latest from there. ben, let s start with the fighting in the pancheer valley. what s the latest on the confl