I m pamela brown in washington. You re live in the cnn newsroom on this busy sunday evening and we begin this hour the same way we did last night with america s gun violence epidemic but with a completely new set of shootings to tell you about and that should say all you need to know about the crisis getting harder to ignore. Nine states are grappling with mass shootings as the u. S. Nears 300 incidents this year in which four or more people were shot excludeing the shooter and as the summer arrives, police departments and communities across the country are bracing for this cycle to keep repeating with no help from politicians and washington expected to come any time soon. Cnn evan is tracking these stories once again for us. Tonight, this trend sadly continues this weekend, devin. Reporter: that s right, pam. A lot of us are looking forward to this summer to take our mask off, congregate again and do the things we like to do but there is another public health crisis touching more and
Victory. How the justices appointed by former president trump sided. And the legal questions still unanswered. The u. S. Investing billions to develop antiviral pills that could one day treat covid. And the concerns over the delta variant. Why the early symptoms can cause confusion. Plus, companies turning up the pressure to return to the office. President biden signing a law to make juneteenth a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery. Tonight we re in the city where it all began. And ahead of father s day, our nbc news dads with some fatherly advice. Announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. I m jose diazbalart in for lester. We begin tonight with severe weather affecting much of the country and a double threat. A tropical storm warning has been issued for part of the gulf coast including metropolitan new orleans as a tropical system gains strength in the gulf of mexico. And in the west a brutal and dangerous heat wave affecting tens of millions is
Bipartisan support of the congress. I hope this is the beginning of a change in the way we deal with one another. And here s what he mentioned there. The juneteenth bill passed with unanimous support in the u. S. Senate. We ll have more on the new holiday just ahead. Today the president also something of an assist from the conservative majority supreme court. Upheld the affordable care act for a third time. President obama s signature legislation has been the target of republican efforts to repeal it. In this latest ruling the court decided 72 a group of republican attorneys general lacked the standing to sue to strike it down. 11 years have now passed since it became the law of the land. The fortunatelier president issued a statement today that red in part, quote this ruling reaffirms what we have long known to be true, the affordable care act is here to stay. For the biden administration the supreme court ruling removes the possibility of millions of fellow citizens losing the insura
Republicans to commemorate this day with an overwhelming bipartisan support from congress. I hope this is the beginning of a change in the way we deal with one another. Here s what he mentioned there. The juneteenth bill passed with unanimous support in the u. S. Senate. One is the last time that happened? near unanimous support in the house. We will have more on the new holiday just ahead. Today, the president also got something of an assist from an unlikely source, the conservative majority supreme court upheld the affordable care act for a third time. President obama s signature legislation has been the target of relentless republican efforts to repeal it. In this latest ruling, the court decided 7 to 2 that a group of republican attorneys general lacked the standing to strike it down. 11 years have now passed since it became the law of the land. The former president issued a statement today that read in part, quote, this ruling reaffirms what we have long known to be true. The affo
Since it was enacted. President biden praising it as a major victory. How the justices appointed by former president trump sided. And the legal questions still unanswered. The u. S. Investing billions to develop antiviral pills that could one day treat covid. And the concerns over the delta variant. Why the early symptoms can cause confusion. Plus, companies turning up the pressure to return to the office. President biden signing a law to make juneteenth a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery. Tonight we re in the city where it all began. And ahead of father s day, our nbc news dads with some fatherly advice. Announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. I m jose diazbalart in for lester. We begin tonight with severe weather affecting much of the country and a double threat. A tropical storm warning has been issued for part of the gulf coast including metropolitan new orleans as a tropical system gains strength in the gulf of mexico. And in the west a