announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening. i m peter alexander in for lester we begin tonight with two major headlines in the fight to combat covid. the cdc releasing new guidance for schools, urging them to fully reopen this fall for in-person learning, saying those who are vaccinated do not need masks, and those who are not should wear them after the ne we told you about last night, ththat pfizer is developing a booster shot to target the delta variant, the fda and cdc now say those who are fully vaccinated do not need a booster. i just asked dr. anthony fauci about all of it. we will have that in a moment but we begin with late-breaking details from miguel almaguer. how you doing reporter: when fully vaccinated students and teachers return to the classroom, they won t need a face mask, says the cdc. the new guidance, which several states stopped enforcing weeks ago now mirrors the same guidelines for inoculated adults. but vaccines are not
subpoena. tell us what happens now and what happens next. reporter: so tonight, 7:30, anybody can watch this, it will be live streamed, the committee will vote on this criminal contempt referral. then it goes to the house for a vote then to the department of justice. the chances that the most extreme punishment will be levied against bannon are slim. if things get jammed up in appeal, the time line begins to be extended. but what the committee is looking for here is leverage. they are trying to throw the book at steve bannon because they want his testimony. they believe he was at the nexus of this big election lie that preceded the rally that preceded the riot. they want to know who he spoke with, the intention of the rally, what was leading up to the rally and the violence. what is notable about this information is for the first time we re seeing steve bannon s full subpoena. before we had a two-page summary. now they are trying to drill down on 17 key areas of investigati
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ready to head the poll. we are also live in haiti when the president stepped down for a search for a new leader. we re discussg turmoil in that country. good morning a welcome, everyone. michael is off today and glenn is on aassignment in new hampshire where the next round in the primary season is about to get underway. there was another heated republican debate last night wi gloves coming off and boos fromhe crowds. glenn has been on the road she s in new hampshire. good morning, how is the state? reporter: well, headline is it s cold but beautiful. everyone is having a great time here looking forward to the primary and i will tell you they are very engaged. that s the event here. taking that motto to heart. i think they re ignoring the iowa caucuses. no one is talking about that. they consider themselves first here. had a they lack in diversity, demographically, they make up for in engagement and education on the issues. everyone we ve met is very involved onearn
militants killed 135 people, 132 of them children at a school in , the city of peshawar. we will go to pakistan for the latest and speak to tariq ali. then as protests continue over the killing of michael brown, we look at the strange case of witness 40. the duty of the grand jury is to separate fact from fiction. after a full, impartial examination of all of the evidence in the law, and deciding the smoking gun website has revealed the witness who claimed michael brown charged at ferguson police officer darren wilson like a football player suffers from mental illness and has a history of posting racist messages online. did she lie to the grand jury about seeing the shooting? about even being in the neighborhood? we will get an update on one of the most significant press freedom cases in decades. on tuesday new york times reporter james risen learned he will be subpoenaed to answer questions ahead of the trial of a former c.i.a. officer accused of leaking classified