the most popular places to move in america. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, across america. reporting tonight from austin, texas. good evening from the texas capitol as we begin our across america journey tonight in austin. the skyline behind me has come to symbolize one of the stories that brings us here, this city s blistering growth, attracting major tech firms and an explosion of people relocating here for lifestyle and opportunity. we ll get to that shortly. meantime, the state of texas is at the center of our top story the u.s. supreme court today hearing two challenges on the most restrictive abortion regulation in the country. the texas law that has virtually ended abortions in the state and empowered citizens to enforce it. a number of justices today signaling reservations about the law and its potential broader implications pete williams has details. reporter: opponents of abortion rallied outside the supreme court in support of sb-8 the texas law
those toys on time this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. mixed news tonight for those who got the johnson & johnson covid vaccination. an fda safety panel tonight endorsing booster shots for up to 15 million americans who received the j&j vaccine. but the panel also recognizing shortf in the vaccine s effectiveness. today s recommendation less narrow than the group s endorsements of moderna and pfizer boosters, suggesting in the case of johnson & johnson an extra shot for any adult after just two months. but there is also a lot of focus today on the question the fda panel didn t decide on can you mix and match vaccines our gabe gutierrez reports. reporter: marking another major step in the booster battle today an fda advisory panel voted unanimously to recommend authorizing an extra shot for johnson & johnson s vaccine for anyone 18 and older at least two months after the initial dose regulators did not see any evidence of serious safety
targeted by deliberate attacks. and the new warning by the fda on how much salt you are eating what you need to know. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening the white house tonight responding to the growing supply chain disruption that has left cargo ships waiting at sea to unload and consumers and small retailers burdened with shortages and delivery delays for all kinds of products president biden today hailing a deal with the massive port of los angeles to begin operating 24/7 the second west coast port to go around the clock it is part of a major push to relieve supply shortages which helped push prices up 5.4% in september over last year president biden also leaning on major shippers to move to their own round the clock operations as the holidays approach miguel almaguer is in los angeles now with the latest. reporter: tonight the l.a. traffic jam creating shipping gridlock across the nation, facing a crush of cargo backed up for miles and for mo
at the forefront of a charge to save a piece of history from the bulldozers announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening as the nation turns the corner in the fight against covid, the thing that some experts believe has helped slow the spread, vaccine mandates, are facing the biggest challenge yet. the governor of texas tonight banning businesses and entities in his state from requiring proof of vaccination, setting the state on a collision course with the feds and leaving some companies that operate there caught in the middle. nationally, the number of fully vaccinated has inched up to 56.5%, leaving 67 million americans who are eligible for the shots unvaccinated even as attention turns again to booster shots for the already vaccinated miguel almaguer tells us more. reporter: even as some hospitals in hard-hit texas face another surge of covid cases, the governor here is issuing an executive order prohibiting any entity including private busines
the multimillion dollar scam they re accused of running on the league this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening we may be moving rapidly tonight towards emergency approval for covid vaccines for children ages 5 to 11. pfizer today submitting its application for emergency use authorization for kid-sized doses of its vaccine, potentially extending covid protection to nearly 30 million children the fda promising to act quickly. an advisory committee now set to meet and make its recommendation on october 26th, less than three weeks from now regulators to review pfizer s plan to administer smaller doses of the vaccine to children as we get new snapshots today as much the pandemic is impacting kids the pediatric shots, if approved, could help narrow the vaccination gap. right now 56% of americans have been fully vaccinated. stephanie gosk has the latest reporter: just in time for holiday travel that s when nearly 30 million children between the ages of 5 and 1