journey in our exclusive conversation. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone today s big news from pfizer, that its vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11 comes as beleaguered parents, schools and hospitals confront an increasing number of pediatric covid cases. nearly 226,000 child covid infections reported last week alone. the pfizer vaccine for kids tested a smaller dose than what adults are receiving must now pass a rigorous review by the fda before it is approved for emergency use. once okayed, it opens another avenue of defense against the virus for children and the general population but for some parents, it also forces hard questions, similar to the ones that divided adults to trust the vaccine or not stephanie gosk has details. reporter: elementary schools could soon be better protected from covid. pfizer announcing today that its vaccine is safe and effective for children between the ages of 5 and 11 the trial of 2
about 700 people. images from that january 6th riot will be burned in the minds of americans for years to come, that s why we see these massive preparations for whatever is going to happen today. on the political side republican congressional candidates are scheduled to appear, sitting members of congress who made an effort to brush aside january 6th haven t said much about today s rally. we haven t heard if any plan to attend. live to capitol hill, ellison barber is at the capitol, julie is inside. ellison, you were there for january 6th, i was following your reporting as things were getting scary. from your vantage point you didn t know everything that was happening. how are things looking there with less than five hours to go? reporter: it is quiet. it is fencing, fencing, fences, as far as the eye can see. there were bicycle racks january 6th. the heavyduty came after the insurrection took place. closer to the capitol an area to the left that was breached by insurrectio
now uncertaintly remains over sunday s sports programming and whether more presenters and pundits willjoin the boycott in support of gary lineker. police and demonstrators clash across france over welfare reforms as the upper house of parliament passes a bill that will raise the pension age to 64. the british chancellor meets the governor of the bank of england, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank after the failure of its parent company in the us. and the countdown to the oscars begins but who will be smiling at the end of hollywood s biggest event of the year? hello and welcome to bbc news. talks are continuing to try to resolve the row that s led to widespread disruption of football coverage across the bbc. there are fears that more programming could be affected on sunday, including the women s super league and match of the day two. sports presenters boycotted saturday s programmes in support of gary lineker, who was asked to step down from match of the day
for talks on defence, including the plan for australia to get us nuclear subs. britain s chancellor warns uk tech companies are at serious risk from the collapse of the silicon valley bank, and says ministers are doing everything they can to protect them. and the countdown to the oscars begins but who will be smiling at the end of hollywood s biggest event of the year? the controversy over bbc sports presenter gary lineker and his tweets criticising the uk government s policy on asylum seekers shows no sign of abating. yesterday, it led to widespread disruption of the corporation s football coverage as fellow presenters and commentators pulled out in support of the former england international. he d been told by the bbc to step back from presenting its flagship football show match of the day. now the bbc say today s coverage is also likely to be affected with reduced coverage on the live broadcast of the women s super league clash between chelsea and manchester