Today i spent the day in the Covid Ward in the hospital where i was born in Baton Rouge, louisiana, except theres not really a Covid Ward. Its basically become a covid hospital since there are so many patients with the virus. They are struggling to breathe, they are struggling to live. The doctors and nurses are fighting to make it so. Even though there is a vaccine that could have avoided all of it and they have a message for all of you. Listen. Louisiana has the worst Covid Case rates in the country. Its also near the top of the list when it comes to hospitalizations. I was born in louisiana in Baton Rouge at this very hospital. I came home to see what was happening for myself. Baton rouge general Mid City is bursting at the seams. We have more patients here with covid than without. That is correct. In general hospital in your lifetime, you havent seen anything like this . I have never seen one illness occupy 90 of the resources and 90 of the beds. Whats going on . Its more contagiou
The biden administration is scrambling in the face of this stunningly fast unexpected fall after the u. S. Withdrawal. U. S. At this point now sending some 3,000 troops to help safely evacuate staff from the u. S. Embassy In Kabul. That is where cnns Clarissa Ward is joining us from this morning. This is, this is something to behold how swiftly this is moving, clarissa. Reporter it truly is. I dont think anyone could have predicted this in their wild imagination. And the thing that is so striking here on the ground In Kabul, brianna, is the deafening silence from the afghan government. We havent heard any from them anything from them literally as this country is unraveling. You mentioned all these provincial capitals have fallen. Kandahar, the second largest city in the country, a city with huge strategic significance, huge spiritual symbolism for the taliban. That used to be the capital of their islamic emirate, and yet we are not hearing anything from the government about how they pl
no. there was just one problem, and it was a big one. no one could figure out how he would ve done it. he was announced nearly all adjust. murder. did you kill your wife? hello and welcome to dateline. thousands of americans die from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. but they say one of those deaths wasn t an accident in ohio, it was a murder. and if anyone knew how to use a deadly gas to murder someone, it was their prime suspect. here s someone with deadly exposure. he s come back to where it all began. to the town, and the streets, he knew so well. remembering the old times when life was simple. and the future held so much promise. taking time to reflect on how it happened. a few days from now, it will all be over. one way or another. my carbon monoxide detector going off, and my wife is having a seizure. our story begins in ohio, on a frantic predawn morning september 4th, 2006. doctor mark wrangler says he woke to the sound of an alarm. what kind
visit with the finally reunited right here in arizona. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. across america reporting tonight from phoenix. good evening from phoenix, the last stop in our journey across america. a city that sits on the cross roads of so many major issues impacting this country. we ll dig into that shortly. but, first, will they or won t they or maybe the better question is can they on this friday evening, speaker nancy pelosi s gambit to get a house vote on both president biden s two spending priorities, a bipartisan infrastructure deal and the social safety net and climate bill quickly threaten to spiral out of her control. pushback from moderate democrats forcing pelosi to retreat on the social spending vote for now while holding fast on the infrastructure vote. progressives ready to make their own statement. kristin welker standing by now with late details. reporter: tonight renewed chaos on capitol hill the democratic divide over president bi
us on this. we appreciate it. let s talk about what the fd sa meeting on today, the johnson & johnson booster. a recommendation from the studies of johnson & johnson. this booster to be administered two to six months after that initial dose. of course, we know that s different than moderna and pfizer recommendations for them. talk me through what you expect to hear today from the fda when it comes to the johnson & johnson booster. good morning. great to be here. we ve been talking to the 15 million americans who received one shot of johnson & johnson and formally about this issue for many months. before all the advisory committees, the fda and the cdc was the question does a second shot of johnson & johnson, is that indicated? the answer is absolutely, it is. because we do believe that a second shot for this one shotters is going to get them 90 plus% protection against hospitalization. the question to your point is what s the dosing interval? is it two months after the firs