North korea firing a pair of ballistic missiles just days after launching a newly developed Longrange Cruise missile. Californias governor appears to have won the biggest fight of his political career. With cnn projecting he has defeated a Recall Vote by a huge margin. The Recall Effort was led by republicans opposed to his handling of the coronavirus, homelessness and the economy. The first question on the ballot, should Governor Newsom be recalled . About 2 3 of voters said no. A landslide victory. Exit polls show about a third of voters said the Covid Pandemic was the most important issue. Newsom pushed tough lockdowns, made masks and vaccines mandated. It was a sharp contrast to his main republican challenger, Larry Elder, who opposed pandemic restrictions. A few hours ago a very relieved Gavin Newsom thanked his supporters. No, its not the only thing that was expressed tonight. I want to focus on what we said yes to as a state. We said yes to science. We said yes to vaccines. We s
Tennis Phenom Cocoa Goff now out of the games after Testing Positive for covid19. Two athletes in tokyos olympic Village Testing positive now. In all, at least 58 cases of coronavirus have been found among athletes, officials, and contractors there. The number of olympic participants falls, the number of cases in japan is climbing fast. A big spike shows no signs of slowing ahead of fridays opening ceremony. Cnns Blake Essig is live in tokyo, japan. What are officials saying this morning . Reporter well, you know, laura and julia, with a few days to go before the start of the olympics, its fair to say things are not exactly going smoothly. As you mentioned, so far 58 people involved with the games have tested positive for covid19 after arriving in japan. Theres also a growing list of athletes and olympicrelated personnel who have been forced into isolation after being considered close contacts with people who tested positive. Despite that, olympic officials maintain they will be able t
we also talk with a scientific adviser to puerto rico s governor about how the u.s. island territory is dealing with the flood of new infections. also, on this, as a combination of covid and winter weather, it makes for another terrible travel day in the air. and on the ground, as well. on capitol hill, senate democrats are making voting rights their first big priority for the new year. and out west, a one-time silicon valley star now faces jail time after she was convicted of defrauding investors. and new instability in haiti, as the prime minister was forced to flee an independence day event after a deadly shooting at his office. his office says that it was an assassination attempt. and we begin this hour with our top story, evolving coronavirus pandemic. just in the last hour, the head of the cdc, dr. rochelle walensky, approved a third dose of the covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 with compromised immune systems. she also approved a smaller window between the c
harming the rain forest. and celebrating the singer/songwriter who also starred in a classic nbc sitcom. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening we got one of those government reports today that tells you, it s not just you. things are getting more expensive inflation hitting consumers hard, smack in the middle of a holiday buying season. consumer prices rose in november compared to a year ago by almost 7%. that s the highest annual inflation jump since june of 1982 gasoline led the way, up 58% but virtually everything was up from cars to food, electricity and housing. the trend is forcing some pretty tough conversations in many american households about making ends meet president biden offering vague reassurances that things will right themselves soon. it is where we start tonight with chief white house correspondent kristen welker reporter: tonight americans already slammed by soaring prices now getting hit even harder. new numbers showing inflatio
good evening, bill. bret, good evening to you. as you know, all eyes are going to be on the city of milwaukee wednesday night. that is because for voters out there, it is going to be the very first time they get a chance to see all these candidates on stage together all at the same time face to face. and for these candidates, a chance to maybe have a moment and potentially break out of what is a very crowded g.o.p. field. everybody should debate. everybody has a responsibility to earn people s votes. nobody is entitled do anything in this world. florida governor ron desantis sounding off today ahead of wednesday s republican presidential primary debate. at least 8 candidates are expected to attend. having met rnc requirements in polling, fundraising, and signing a flowage support the eventual g.o.p. nominee. and each of them are looking to capitalize on the opportunity. i m looking to introduce myself to the country. six months ago, many people in this country did not