About a christmas surge. Millions traveling despite warnings hospitals so overwhelmed they may ration care. The Christmas Storm Threat al roker tracking it. Its being called the worst Cheating Scandal at west poin in 45 years. Dozens of cadets accused. Attorney general william barr in the final days breakin from President Trump on calls for Special Counsels to investigate the election and hunter biden. Plus, the new charges barr announced in the 1988 pan am bombing. My conversations with victims families. And the spectacular sight in the sky tonight that hasnt happened in 800 years. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Were all trying to understand what the discovery of a mutated and more contagious strain of coronavirus in the United Kingdom means for al of us here in the u. S. , especially as the race to Vaccinate Americans spins into high gear. As we certainly know by now this virus doesnt respect borders. Still tonight parts of the uk are under Strict Lockdown a
Says the pandemic has pushed tens of thousands of Syrian Refugees and internally displaced iraqis further into poverty. A hindu woman in india recounts her suffering under a new law aimed at stopping forced religious conversion. And in sports its exactly 2 years and counting until the World Cup Final heist cats are marking the day by officially opening their 4th tournament that. We begin this news in the United States where regulators are expected to approve a 2nd covert 19 bank scene for emergency use in the coming few hours the vaccine from the Biotech Company would follow a similar one from pfizer and biotech mcgurn is however can be distributed more widely because it can be stored at normal freezer temperatures earlier today the Vice President mike pence was vaccinated with the fires a shot live on t. V. At the white house the public show of support for vaccines comes as the u. S. Reports more than 3000 qubit 19 deaths for a 3rd day in a row live now to washington d. C. And our cor
Its toughest measures yet. Parents are reunited with more than 300 nigerian boys kidnapped a week ago from their school. And we look at why venezuelas president has dissolved his constituent assembly without changing a word of the constitution. In sport it is exactly 2 years in counseling and so the World Cup Final house cats are more community but officially opening their 4th tournament but. Hello welcome to the news hour al top story the u. S. Has experienced its deadliest week ever from the coronavirus with more than 18000 People Killed according to figures from Johns Hopkins university 3. 1270 fatalities recorded on thursday alone and another 230000 infections also confirmed well despite the Vice President described this week as the beginning of the end of the pandemic as he and his wife were inoculated on Live Television my pens is the highest profile recipient of the vaccine made by pfizer and biotech which was authorized for legends use last week karen and i are than happy to st
A special report from nepal on the illegal trade in baby chimpanzees stolen from the wild in africa. And the olympic champion simone biles says shes been greatly empowered by speaking about the sexual abuse shes suffered. Good evening. A legal battle which started four years ago has ended in victory for the owners of a bakery in belfast. Ashers bakery had refused to decorate a cake with a slogan to support gay marriage. The Uk Supreme Court ruled that the bakery, owned by committed christians, had not broken discrimination laws. They said theyd objected to the message, and not to the customer who placed the order, as our correspondent emma vardy reports. Its four years since gay rights activist gareth lee walked into this belfast bakery to place an order. His purchase of a cake became a bitter legal right over the extent to which businesses can refuse to promote certain views. The cake was to be iced with the message support gay marriage. Today, the Supreme Court ruled that the bakerys
Best new building award. Cracking down on dirty money in britain. The woman who spent £16 million at harrods in a decade is told to prove where her wealth came from, in the first case of its kind. And at 11 30pm, we will be taking another look at the papers with our reviewers, michael heaver from the pro brexit website westmonster and Polly Mackenzie from the left leaning think tank demos. Stay with us for that. Hurricane michael has crashed into the state of florida this evening, amid warnings that it may be the strongest storm to hit the continental us in more than a quarter of a century. With winds of up to 155 mph, it has already begun ripping a path of destruction through florida, and has created a dangerous storm surge and flash flooding. This is the expected path of the storm. Right now it is heading north, with the National Hurricane Centre Warning that the storm would sustain extremely high winds as it pushes inland to georgia and the carolinas. Our correspondent Gary Odonogh