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67,000 tickets given out, 80% of them free. 12 and up have to show proof of vaccination to get in. the mayor calls the concert historic, celebration for a city that s overcome incredible challenges in the last year. the mayor teamed up with producer clive davis to produce tonight s show that includes andrea bow check ee, ll cool j, jennifer hudson taking the stage. paul simon, no stranger to concerts in central park, having performed two on the great lawn. and the boss, bruce springsteen will be performing as well. we wait to start a big show. want to check in with reporters on the ground in central park. erica hill tracking tonight s music headlines. what do you expect? it is a great lineup to put it mildly. you hit on some of them, anderson. there are folks in the pen to my left excited about andrea bocelli and the boss. it is a city as diverse as the city of new york itself. a lot of hometown love, a lot of new york artists and artists from all over. that plays to ....
hospitals where beds were scarce. thankfully, thankfully, courage and professionalism were not. it is not marked down anywhere officially. the fight back against the virus began the first time a nurse turned her mask inside out. we remember that. for protection, she wore a garbage bag over her scrubs. at the time, guys, they didn t have ppe because if you didn t know, nothing, and i do mean nothing, comes between a nurse and their duties. grocery store employees, thank you. health care professionals, thank you. the police, nypd here in full force, i was so glad to see them tonight. thank you, thank you, thank you, nypd. other essential workers took their stations on the front lines. next and slowly, new yorkers began to do what we do. we find a way. you know we were once the epicenter of the virus. now we moved to being epicenter of the recovery. so it brings us to this humid, sticky august night. a storm is on the way, but we re good! we gather for a common purpose to ....
see the one that wasn t overflowing at capacity. officials talking to one another, children playing soccer, the visuals were far cry from pictures released earlier this week from democratic congressman of children crammed into an overcrowded facility that didn t appear to have any social distancing in sight. by way of comparison, the trump administration came under fire in 2019 and former vice president mike pence itself went to a facility at the time, was packed with migrants for all to see. it thousands demonstrate across the country against the trump administration s policies on the very day of pensive s visit. very few protests, if any, this week. tomorrow the president is scheduled to hold his first press conference after 64 days in office. a former president trump held his first news conference 27 days, barack obama, it was 20 days. george w. bush bush answered questions 30 days, the white house defends mr. biotin, saying he has taken questions and informal settin ....
meeting since july. hello on friday, i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino. they have not held a be cabinet meeting since july. we ll see how they do, everything costs more because they have the dumbest economic plan in history. their plan is basically lock down the economy, spend like crazy, pay people not to work. what do they do in the next bill for people that have been working? raise their taxes and spend more money. officials are starting to argue the best way to bring pricess down is to pass their social spending bill. some democrats are unsure. the democratic white house does not have the votes in democratic house or senate to pass the build back better plan. bill: jen psaki is back in the office today, is that right, peter? peter: that is right. 15 days sibs she dropped off the trip. family members were covid positive. she will be back in the briefing room before the cabinet meeting. bill: glad to know she is healthy and so is her family. the plan, ....
the ceo announcing he s resigning. and he is not alone. the spring storms delivering blizzard conditions to the midwest and the plains. al roker is here. the u.n. security council passing a resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in gaza. and why israel is canceling a high-level visit to the u.s. over it. new details in that deadly terror attack at a moscow concert hall. who vladimir putin is blaming after the suspects appeared in court. l.a. dodgers superstar shohei ohtani breaking his silence. what he said about his interpreter, who was fired amid allegations of theft and gambling. and hurry up and wait. the paris tradition making its return ahead of this summer s olympic games. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we begin with breaking news tonight. federal agents staging coordinated and coast-to-coast raids on residences associated with record producer and music mogul sean diddy combs. police in tactical gear ....