vaccine. how doctors and nurses are getting ready amid a brutal surge in covid patients one state has just run out of icu beds. supreme rejection. the latest attempt to overturn the election shot down by the supreme court. mid-year report card we ve been following these high school students since the first day of class their raw emotions in this challenging year. and making her point. right through there! the first woman ever to score in a major college football game announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening this is a historic day. what very well could be the beginning of the end of the pandemic the first vaccine for covid will be given to americans in less than 48 hours the cdc today affirming the fda s authorization, putting into motion what will be one of the biggest logistical challenges since world war ii but let there be no doubt. this war is still far from over. we hit new records on friday for deaths, cases, and hospitaliz
has been delighting new york city for more than a century. we are carrying the tradition of enchanting our customers and new yorkers. reporter: they paid tribute to frontline workers. now a return to the traditional as shoppers come back to the city. covid-19 and its variants are still here. . you still have to wear your mask and get your vaccines and stuff. but it s nice to be out again seeing people, enjoying things. it s great to start over again. reporter: but a dose of holiday cheer is making the season a little brighter. all right. that is all to say that new york does the holidays best. you have to look back and think about where we were last year. we were just starting to see shots going into arms. we are talking 200 million americans who are vaccinated. this is real cause for celebration for so many families. a lot of people will be happy to put up with the travel headaches to be able to celebrate. it was nice to see all those smiles in that piece. thanks s
a federal appeals court ruled against the former president in his bid to block the release of his white house records to the january 6th house committee, so these records, a whole heap of them that could reveal all kinds of things, could be out very soon. the d.c. court of appeals did agree to pause its ruling for two weeks, so trump can seek an intervention from the u.s. supreme court. and we have brand-new reporting revealing that trump and benjamin netanyahu are no longer allies. saying that he no longer speaks with the israeli prime minister, adding ef- him. he added, the first person that congratulated biden was bibi netanyahu, the man that i did more for than any other person i dealt with. he has made a terrible mistake. pfizer adds 2.6 million teenagers to the eligibility list. overall, pace of vaccinations is up. the seven-day average of people getting their first shot is up 39% from a month ago, but it is a race against the virus. covid hospitalizations are now u
africa, and so far several other places such as belgium, hong kong, and israel have confirmed cases. in europe, travel restrictions are being weighed against seven african countries, six of those being added to the uk s red list. all flights from those locations suspended. today the world health organization meets to determine how they should classify the new variant. meanwhile, dr. anthony fauci says despite there being no indication the variant is in the u.s., we need to be prepared to take proactive measures. first of all, you want to find out if, in fact, it does evade the vaccines that we have. there s always the possibility of doing what the uk has does, namely black travel from south africa and related countries. we don t know that. that s certainly something you think about and get prepared to do. you re prepared to do everything you need to do to protect the american public, but you want to make sure there s a basis for doing that and that s what we re doing right
democrats need good news on the jobs economy. and mass layoffs at any moment. thousands of people who work at twitter this morning might not work there anymore by noon. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. just four days left now until the high stakes mid-term election control of the house. senate and dozens of state governor s offices are on the line. president biden waking up in california. he s on a swing across the west coast trying to rally democrats in key races. mr. president, is your message getting through to the american voters? yes. tonight the president will be in chicago for another campaign event. former president trump also on the road. he held a rally there in sioux city, iowa, backing republican candidates. all but upstaging them with big hints about his plans for 2024. get ready, that s all i m telling you. get ready. get ready. let s begin with the president and cnn s jasmine wright. jasmine,