the new heat wave now building in the northeast. and as we come on the air tonight, tropical storm danny making landfall in south carolina. rob marciano tracking it all for us. news tonight about the pandemic. a new study finds the pfizer and moderna vaccines may offer protection for years, even before antibodies start to fade. the highly con stay use delta variant spreading across the states and threadening thousands of unvaccinated americans. overseas tonight, president biden ordering a second round of air strikes on iranian-backed militias. martha raddatz just back from the region. her exclusive interview with the american commander overseeing the u.s. military withdrawal from afghanistan as the taliban gains ground. former attorney general bill barr blasting former president trump s false claims of widespread election fraud. barr, in the bluntest way possible, telling jonathan karl none of it was true. news tonight about the tourist shot in new york city s times s
the tower was in very good shape. engineers looking at this disturbing video frame by frame showing the collapse. when i look at the video, i feel it looks like it starts from the bottom of the building and works its way up or a failure concentrated at the support of the bottom of the building. the video could prove key in this investigation. victor joins us once again from the scene. the mayor of miami-dade county vowed to get to the bottom of why the building collapsed. what are the concerns about the sister buildings? the residents there are concerned. we have been told that the parking garage to both the north and east towers have been inspected and despite some huge chunks of concrete missing from columns in the east tower, both buildings have been deemed safe. no evacuations have been ordered but some residents have chosing to evacuate. thank you. and now to the family still hoping for a miracle. they are holding on to one another as they wait. some getting
with making change? also, the debate over kink at pride. some say these events need to be more family-friendly, others say pride has to welcome absolutely everyone. the chairman of san francisco s leathermen s discussion group joins us live. and lgbtq history goes back a lot further than you might think. our producer brings us the latest research on people like alexander the great and william shakespeare. from nbc news in washington, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. . this week brought some big developments in the fight over voting rights. yesterday, the doj announced that it is suing the state of georgia over restrictive new voting laws passed there. this as the biden administration s first major move against numerous republican-supported laws. critics say they re designed to make it harder to vote. the lawsuit comes just days after democrats in congress failed to advance the for the people act. attorney general merrick garland called on congress to do more.
the chairman of san francisco s leathermen s discussion group joins us live. and lgbtq history goes back a lot further than you might think. our producer brings us the latest research on people like alexander the great and william shakespeare. from nbc news in washington, i m joshua johnson, welcome to the week. this week brought some big developments in the fight over voting rights. yesterday, the doj announced that it is suing the state of georgia over restrictive new voting laws passed there. this as the biden administration s first major move against numerous republican-supported laws. critics say they re designed to make it harder to vote. the lawsuit comes just days after democrats in congress failed to advance the for the people act. attorney general merrick garland called on congress to do more. our complaint alleges that recent changes to georgia s election laws were enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging black georgians to vote on account of thei
struggling mightily. inflation is through the roof, energy prices are reaching record levels, food prices are at a 10-year high and america s supply chain is in a state of chaos. cargo ships off the coast of california and new york are unable to unload because of a lack of dockworkers. meanwhile, goods and products are now piling up in warehouses because of a lack of truck drivers. american retailers are facing nationwide shortages. just in time for christmas, of course. it s so bad that some large corporations are chartering private cargo ships, a costly move that will be paid for by guess who? you, the consumer. but that s not all, travel delays are wreaking havoc nationwide. over the weekend, southwest airlines canceled over 1,000 flights blaming inclement weather but many are wondering if staffing issues going to the companies employ vaccine mandates are really to blame. joining us now is the author of beyond bite and come rebuilding the america we love sounds great, fo