about that today we ll show you how he responded. breaking news on pfizer s covid vaccine. how soon the new york times reports the fda could give full approval and the new cdc warning for cruises. hurricane warnings up in the northeast as henri takes aim. new england bracing for its first hurricane landfall in 30 years the new track tonight. our nbc news investigation into hundreds of heatwave deaths this summer, and the first to make air conditioning not a luxury but a right the newly named host of jeopardy! stepping down ahead controversy. and the graduate defying the odds and inspiring america. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the military airlift to evacuate americans, allies, and afghans who worked for the u.s. appears tonight to be morphing into a broader refugee relief operation, one captured in some more gut-wrenching images of chaos and heartbreak outside the kabul airport. the pictures and first person acc
health officials consider making the nhs covid app less sensitive, to avoid millions of people having to self isolate this summer. new research confirms that for children, there s an extremely low risk of severe illness or death from covid 19. authors of a new report say that front line care workers supporting elderly or disabled people in england, are underpaid by £7,000 per year. local authorities across the uk say they face a £3 billion shortfall in their budgets over the next three years as the country emerges from the pandemic. and at 9:30, bbc sport looks ahead to today s wimbledon semi final clash between novak djokovic and denis shapovalov. good morning. holiday companies are reporting a surge in bookings following the decision to allow fully vaccinated uk residents to return to england from amber list countries without having to self isolate. but there are warnings from immigration officials of lengthy delays at the uk border, as international travel continues to
monitor anti-trump protesters. hello. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, april 22nd. this morning tensions over policing in america is still incredibly high one day after celebrating the derek chauvin guilty verdict. minneapolis is in mourning yet again. daunte wright is being laid to rest. this is 11 days after being fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop. police say a former police officer accidentally withdrew her gun instead of her taser. last night family and the community gathered to mourn the loss. elsewhere, derek chauvin awaits a sentencing date after being convicted of murdering george floyd. he s been held in a restricted housing unit similar to this one for his own safety. and the justice department is launching an investigation that employed him. meanwhile lebron james is facing backlash for a two-world post about a separate police shooting in ohio. athena jones joins us now live from colum
minorities. the verdict does not address potentially systemic racial as the ag garland laid out there, that verdict now echoing around the world. derek chauvin is guilty of murder. the conviction of the former police officer that murdered george floyd in plain sight in the headlines. the new york times, chauvin guilty of murder. the washington post, chauvin convicted on all counts. in a restricted housing unit is where chauvin is. his sentencing will happen in about eight weeks time and the state says it plans to seek the harshest punishment possible. the verdict delivered yesterday afternoon set off celebrations. it felt like i had just won a championship. it felt like the world had won a championship, because as african-americans, we feel like we never get justice. never get justice. very important words there from george floyd s brother. and now the investigation announced by the attorney general, merrick garland, and what does this mean? this is going to be
arbery, a black man out jogging in the state of georgia. president biden welcomes the verdict. new relevations about jeffrey epstein s final hours before his death we talk to the inmate who monitored and spoke to epstein in his last days. a new coalition government in germany, led by social democrat olaf scholz, pledges to make climate change its top priority. and remembering amy winehouse ten years after her death. the singer s notebooks and stage outfits, go on display in london. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 27 people including a child have drowned while trying to reach the uk. the dinghy carrying the migrants sank. it s the deadliest incident since the channel between england and france became a major route for migrants. the french coastguard said a fisherman had alerted the authorities after seeing the capsized vessel and bodies in the water near the port of calais. two people have been rescued. lucy williamson reports from calais. this