can the big promise he makes on vaccine be delivered? the stunning discovery in wuhan about the months before confirmed case back on the front lines of health workers we met and th struggles they face. more than 530,000 americans lost to covid, the faces and the names we have lost also, tonight andrew cuomo, the groping allegation now referred to police and the new call for him to resign. prince williams breaking his prince william breaking his silence responding to meghan markle and harry allegations of royal racism announcer:this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from washington, d.c. good evening the rumble of the disease and sickness and deaths literally hit home finally on this day one year ago the w.h.o. officially declared coronavirus a global pandemic and nothing had been the same we look back at what we have lost and how we have changed and we look forward to the end and explore the terms of victory. the view from the ground where every vacci
boosters to go indoors. requiring boosters. it s what is going to really impact the spread and we re back to the same all the way back in march 2020. i d like to reckon flatten the curve. we re not at square one. we need to flatten the curve. this virus is is hyper transmissible and really spreading quickly. great to have your insight. and thank you for your time. really appreciate it. thank you. u.s. defense secretary has tested positive for covid-19. austin made the announcement on sunday. saying he did have mild symptoms on home on leave. his immediate staff have started contact tracing. president biden who he last met with before christmas. after testing negative. the defense chief says he s fully vaccinated and received a
a seat belt in the car. you can go on and on, think about things that don t make any sense. i think we need to let public health do what public health does, we need to not interfere with the best decisions. people working in public health are working incredibly hard to try to make the best, to safeguard the health of their citizens. right. i also want to talk about break through cases, los angeles county officials saying one in five new cases there is among fully vaccinated people. what can you tell us about break through cases and of course, this is just ammunition for people who are reticent against vaccinations. they ll say wait a minute, if the person is vaccinated and still become a break through case, meaning they test positive, what s the point of getting vaccinated. well, it is really complicated. i can see why people get that confusion, but the more people you have vaccinated in the community, when you have something like the delta variant, which is hyper
2016 celebration, formally charged with violating lobbying laws and obstructing justice. and millions of americans are under air quality warnings caused by fires taking place 2,000 miles away. we have to start this morning with the coronavirus. it is not behind us. as the delta variant escalates to a whole new level this morning, the hyper transmissible variant now accounts for 83% of all new covid cases nationwide. and in just the last two weeks, the average of new infections has skyrocketed 200%, and deaths are now up 44%. get vaccinated, kids. and new fallout this morning after a very heated exchange on capitol hill. dr. anthony fauci blasting senator rand paul during a hearing yesterday after the kentucky republican accused dr. fauci of lying to congress about the role of the national institute of health played on funding research that took place in wuhan, china. senator paul, you do not know what you are talking about,
that prevagen seems to help me recall things and also think more clearly. and i enthusiastically recommend prevagen. it has helped me an awful lot. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. any minute now president biden will deliver remarks on the covid-19 response and the vaccination efforts in the u.s. the nation fell just short of the white house goal to have 70% of all adults in the u.s. with at least one vaccination dose by july 4th. currently that number is hovering at 67%. meantime, the delta variant is gaining ground. delta now accounts for nearly half of all cases in several states across the midwest. and the cdc says the new hyper transmissible variant could be the cause of an overall 10% increase in new covid-19 cases across the country. joining us now are l.a. times