and tonight, the v.a. now the first federal agency to require its health care workers to be vaccinated in the next eight weeks. and what we learned tonight about breakthrough cases among the vaccinated. overseas tonight, france now requiring vaccination passports for restaurants, bars, theaters. the president there saying to those who refuse to be vaccinated, it s time you stay at home, not us. protesters clashing with police, with that country facing a new wave. back here at home, 85 fires burning in 13 states tonight, and the air quality alerts from the west all the way to the east coast. one just issued ins be on the. we re on the front lines tonight. the high stakes january 6th committee to hold its first hearing tomorrow on what led to the attack on the capitol. house speaker nancy pelosi now with two republicans on the panel. minority leader kevin mccarthy calling them pelosi republicans. and what we ve learned about what the american people will hear tomorrow
the delta variant and nursing homes. more than 40% of the workers at them aren t vaccinated. gold rush in tokyo. u.s. swimmers shattering records and raking in medals, including bobby finke s second thrilling underdog win and the american gymnast triumphing after being thrust back no competition after simone biles pulled out. fighting eviction. millions now at risk of losing their homes after a ban on evictions lapsed. democrats fighting to reinstate it. going too far. customers lashing out at servers as restaurants struggle to staff up. what s behind the anger? and the true spirit of the games. two athletes sharing the gold. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. reporting tonight from tokyo. hello from japan. the olympics moving into a second week even as covid cases in the tokyo region set new records just a day ago topping 4,000 cases for the first time of the while tonight more than 5,000 miles away the united states facing its own covid reckonin
employees. also tonight, simone biles withdrawing from another olympic event to focus on her mental health. will she return to the mat here in tokyo? and my conversation with the legendary michael phelps. his message of support for biles and while he calls this moment a game changer. after weeks of talks of bipartisan breakthrough on a $1 trillion infrastructure deal. the deadly shooting at a movie theater. was it a random act? and america s superstar swimmers. my conversation with katie ledecky and erica sullivan after they dominated a grueling new women s event. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. reporting tonight from tokyo. hello from tokyo. more than 5,000 miles from the u.s. mainland, yet part of what feels like an ever shrinking world under the pandemic. as this olympic city struggles to contain its own covid outbreak, the latest effort to reverse a surge in cases back home in the united states is causing confusion and irritation after th
save her post, and she argued, the republican party. rachel scott on the hill tonight. overseas tonight, the horrific images coming in. the u.n. now warning of a full-scale war between israel and hamas. israeli air strikes destroying targets in gaza, including a 14-story building. and from gaza, more than 1,000 rockets fired into israel. sirens across tel aviv. the u.s. airlines halting flights to the region. and matt gutman tonight in tel aviv. just in tonight, the head of the cdc giving the final green light a short time ago for the pfizer vaccine for children 12 to 15 years old. and what parents need to know tonight. the collision in midair near denver. two planes, both preparing to land, colliding. one deploying its emergency parachute. the fuselage of the other plane ripped wide open. that shooting in new york s times square, tht 4-year-old rushed to safety. and tonight, news of an arrest coming in. that urgent manhunt taking them all the way to florida. and in
the republican party. rachel scott on the hill tonight. overseas tonight, the horrific images coming in. the u.n. now warning of a full-scale war between israel and hamas. israeli air strikes destroying targets in gaza, including a 14-story building. and from gaza, more than 1,000 rockets fired into israel. sirens across tel aviv. the u.s. airlines halts flights to the region. and matt gutman tonight in tel aviv. just in tonight, the head of the cdc giving the final green light a short time ago for the pfizer vaccine for children 12 to 15 years old. and what parents need to know tonight. the collision in midair near denver. two planes, both preparing to land, colliding. one deploying its emergency parachute. the fuselage of the other plane ripped wide open. that shooting in new york s times square, that 4-year-old rushed to safety. and tonight, news of an arrest coming in. that urgent manhunt taking them all the way to florida. and in philadelphia, the crash tonight