Support to get as Many Americans vaccinated as fast as possible. The pentagon says theyre going to be deploying 1,100 troops to five vaccination megasites all over the country. Three of those sites are still tbd. The first in california. The pentagon says that those first troops should be arriving there in a little over a week. What we know is that 1,100, an initial group, one team of 222, will be deploying to california to a site in california in the coming days. We expect they will get on site, on or about the 15th of this month. Martha this is part of President Bidens push to get 100 Mass Vaccination Centers in a month. The pentagon has asked fema to provide 10,000 Service Members to staff the centers. Todays announcement marks the beginning of fulfilling that request. Vaccinating teachers, its been a big topic in the White House Briefing room all week after the director of the cdc said it was safe to reopen schools without Vaccinating Teachers first. But the White House Press secre
friday. president biden wasting no time bragging about the august jobs report. even as americans still feel the squeeze of inflation. the president s show of optimism about the economy very different tone than he struck last night. i m john roberts in washington, hello again, sandra. sandra: and we have you there, john. good to be here ahead of the long weekend. president biden s speech in primetime, everyone is talking about it, it turned so political at times that critics say it was more like a campaign event. the president attacking supporters of former president trump accusing them of being a threat to the american way of life, and just moments ago, our own peter doocy pressed president biden himself after that speech on his divisive message. we ll play it out here, it s about a minute long. mr. president, do you consider all trump supporters to be a threat to the country? no, everyone, come on. come on, guys. i don t consider any trump supporter to be a threat to t
neighbors against neighbors. a fight over who gets to use the river that fuels life. we visit two states that are facing off. hello. welcome to the lead. we begin this hour with our world lead. a pair of escalating international crises. russia and the united states are now indicating they re ready to hold talks about a prisoner swap. just a day after a russian court convicted american basketball star brittney griner of drug smuggling, and sentenced her to nine years in prison. potential prisoner swap talks could include fellow american paul whelan who has been detained in russia since 2018. we ll have more on that in just a moment. first another crisis unfolding. china is taking dramatic new steps of retaliation for house speaker nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan including sanctioning pelosi and her family. plus, military escalation. taiwan s defense ministry reports dozens of chinese war planes crossing into its air defense territory today. in return, the white house summon
Prime minister netanyahu. The fire at senator Bernie Sanders office in vermont. Investigators late today saying it was arson. President Biden In Baltimore touring the site of the deadly bridge collapse and meeting with First Responders and victims families. The countdown to the Total Eclipse, the excitement causing a Business Boom in some of the most unlikely places. And final four fever in cleveland. Will Caitlin Clark and iowa punch their ticket to the championship tonight announcer this is . Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening, and welcome. A lot of conversations here in the east today began with the words, did you feel it . Well, potentially tens of millions of people did. An unusually strong earthquake felt from maryland to maine. The shocker sending Tall Buildings swaying in philadelphia, new york, and boston among other places, and a new aftershock shortly before we came on the air this evening. At 4. 8 magnitude, folks in the west would likely have
the tremors felt as far south as washington, d.c., as far north as maine rattling homes, barber shops, coffee shops and now the concern after that new 4.0 aftershock. also tonight, israel s military dismissing two senior officers from their positions after that deadly strike on aid workers. what it now says went wrong. and our nbc news exclusive. my conversation with the families of american hostages nearly six months since hamas abducted them. how do you put one foot in front of the other? like i live my life in agony, in sadness. their new plea to prime minister netanyahu. the fire at senator bernie sanders office in vermont. investigators saying late today it was arson. president biden in baltimore touring the deadly bridge collapse and meeting with first responders and victims families. the countdown to the total eclipse. the excitement causing a business boom in some of the most unlikely places. and final four fever in cleveland. will caitlin clark an