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 the di
delta variant is now the dominant covid strain in the united states and we re seeing case numbers heading in the wrong direction in areas with low vaccination rates. for those who are vaccinated, there is new confusion about booster shots. pfizer is raising questions about how quickly americans may need another third shot as the fda and cdc say, no, no, not yet. joining me now, the president s chief medical adviser on the covid-19 pandemic, dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci, thanks for joining us. i want to start with this new reporting from reuters today that israel, the government of israel, is beginning to administer pfizer boosters. third shots to people they consider vulnerable. here in the united states the cdc and fda say we do not need booster shots. do you think boosters could theoretically help vulnerable people? well, certainly they theoretically could. what the cdc and fda were saying is that right now, given the data and the information we have, we do not need to gi
and how effective they are against it. chilling new details tonight after the deadly grocery store shooting. grandmother and grandson shot. the grandmother trying to protect her grandchild. and tonight, authorities say warning signs were ignored. what was reportedly found on facebook. also tonight, newly released video of the deadly shooting at san antonio international airport. the gunman seen driving the wrong way at the terminal, jumping from his car and opening fire. the justice department inspector general tonight launching an investigation into whether the trump justice department went after some democrats and their phone records. the secret subpoena to apple to get phone data from house members and their families, including a minor. reportedly, no data requested on republicans. pierre thomas standing by tonight. the remarkable honor. the pulitzer prize board announcing a special citation to darnella frazier. the teenager who recorded the minneapolis police and
u.s., at least 29 states. tonight, news on the vaccines and how effective they are against it. chilling new details after the deadly grocery store shooting. grandmother and grandson shot. the grandmother trying to protect her child. and tonight, authorities say warning signs were ignored. what was reportedly found on facebook. also tonight, newly released video of the deadly shooting at san antonio international airport. the gunman driving the wrong way from the terminal, jumping from his car and opening fire. the justice department inspector general tonight launching an investigation into whether the trump justice department went after some democrats and their phone records. the secret subpoena to app toll get phone data from house members and their families, including a minor. reportedly, no data requested on republicans. pierre thomas standing by tonight. the remarkable honor, the pulitzer prize board announcing a special citation to darnella frazier. the power of an
minority. what do you say to democrats opposed to your filibuster thinking they can still change your mind? and primary voters are heading to the polls across the five boroughs in new york city, navigating the new voting system. a mix of absentee ballots and rounds of rank choice eliminations and vote redistributions could either result in doubt for weeks. let s begin with nbc capitol hill correspondent garrett haake who you just saw in action ahead of today s vote. you caught up with senator manchin and senator sinema. senator manchin in the last hour. senator manchin told me he is still undecided on how he will vote on this procedural vote and to be clear, this is not a final vote on the s-1 bill which he does not support and it s not to get to his compromised list of priorities. it s merely a vote to start debate and on that vote he says he is still undecided. democrats very much understand that this vote will fail and they would like to fail 5050 and not 49 to 51 an