more than a quarter million kids tested positive for covid-19 last week alone nap adds up to 29d% of all of the cases in this country. we ll go live to kentucky where one fifth of all school districts had to shut down. and do you know how to spell maderna. clearly the person that made this counterfeit card did not. an alarming new trend, fraudulent vaccine cards and the people that are supplying them to people. dr. patel is a former white house policy director and now an msnbc medical contributor. i want to start with miguel almaguire. some people are calling it a perfect storm just as more children go back to school. across the country the delta variant continues to do serious damage. more than 100,000 rarnts say they running low on icu beds. this comes as the new variant, officials are just trying to determine how dang trous is. they labelled it a variant of interest. meantime later on today, they outlined a new protect people from the delta variant. right no 177 millio
tell her story. kathleen dealt, the author of theodore roosevelt, a strenuous life. and he is the officers of edith roosevelt. the 1900 election, resident it president make cleaning and brought and the roosevelt family as vice president, but does not last very long because an assassin has other things in mind for president mckenzie. so tell the story of the transition, please, that brings the roosevelt in that very momentous occasion and the white house. it s dramatic because data roosevelt is climbing a mountain many here s the news that mckinley was shot, he rushes down the mountain and comes to buffalo, it looks like mckinley is going to survive, but then blood poisoning sets in and comes to washington. it takes over a nation and it s a national tragedy, it really has to come to the presidency because of an assassination, but he really shores america and he turns out to be a very successful president. this is a snapshot of how much experience he brings. a lot of ex
helen tapped was more ambitious about getting to the white house than her husband, william howard taft, and was willing to get personally in bald in politics to get him elected. as first lady, she overcame a serious illness directly mounted the white house. invited top classical musicians to perform their, and support it causes that matter to her. helen tap also has one of the most physical legacies of our first ladies. washington d.c. s famous japanese cherry trees, the ones that frame the tidal basin in the nation s capital and brings tens of thousands of visitors to washington every year. good evening, and welcome to first ladies. influence and image. the life of hell and taft, her husband served in the white house from 1909 to 1913. here to tell us about her life and her legacy is her biographer lewis gold. his biography of her is helen taft, our musical first lady. you open the book by making the case that of the 20th century first lady, she s the most obscure but you sa
councilmember conditional said it would not block an extension in december. we ll talk to senator menendez about where negotiations stand. exclusive reporting from nbc news reveals the u.s. government knew back in july that thousands of haitians were preparing to head to the united states. julia ainsley will discuss the failures that contributed to the humanitarian disaster. we begin this hour with breaking news that pfizer is asking the fda to authorize its covid-19 vaccine for use in children ages 5 to 11. last month the company announced that based on trial data, their vaccine was safe and showed a robust response among children in that age bracket. joining me dr. kavita patel, a physician and nbc news medical contributor. doctor, it s always good to see you. thank you for being with me. pfizer s vaccine has already been given an emergency use authorization for children ages 12 to 15. how significant would it be for the updated grant authorization for the younger age gro
shooting this morning. four people were hurt. we are new details. we ll take you live to the scene in a minute. i m hallie jackson in washington along with our nbc news team ready to go as we watch what goes on, leigh ann caldwell at capitol hill, shannon pettypiece at the white house, guys, let me just take a pause here, because we don t want to assume that everybody knows everything about what the plan is moving forward and what the options are. so let s talk about what the options could be as it relates to this debt ceiling showdown. and there are new developments here. five possible outcomes, not all of them with happy endings. option 1, republicans blink and back off on their insistence that they will not join democrats to suspend the debt limit. this option just got kind of real with republicans sort of blinking with our new reporting in the last hour that senator mitch mcconnell is offering up a short term deal, but it s more of a maneuvering. the senate republicans