Administration, the message joe biden is telling americans about vaccines and the likelihood of getting millions of americans a pay raise. But first, late this morning, President Biden approved a major Disaster Declaration for texas in the wake of this weeks deadly winter storm. Dozens of deaths now have been connected to this storm. But the death toll is likely a lot higher than whats being reported. First responders say they still have a long list of wellness checks to perform. On top of that, youve got 13 million texans who still dont have clean drinking water. In this country, they dont have clean drinking water. With that, i want to go to Antonia Hilton whos on the ground in houston. It has been harrowing to say the least. But of course its bright and sunny where you are now. Today. That being said, people are still suffering. Talk us through what youre seeing on the ground so far. Reporter yeah, yasmin, im grateful for the sun today, because it has been a chilly week. Here in hou
Could it come here an Emergency Landing and a Passenger Dying of Cardiac Arrest, but did he does coronavirus symptoms before boarding . That scare as millions get ready to travel for the holidays. Super saturday the mad rush inside stores for what may be the busiest shopping day of the year. Our exclusive look inside College Basketballs fight against covid. The Technology Inside jerseys to keep players safe. And a Christmas Toy story. The boy fighting for his life and still delivering for others. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with jose diazbalart. Good evening im kate snow in for jose tonight, and another development to report reinforcements are on the way. Today a cdc panel authorized a second vaccine. This one by Moderna For Americans over age 18 it will start rolling out on trucks within hours. That means the amount of available vaccine overall will more than double by christmas, but that good news tempered by some new warnings that hospitals cannot survive another postholiday
It is tough as well for the church, steve. We are a People Church and we count on our flock. We count on the community. And they count on us. They want to be together. We are people of the sacraments, of community. This is very rough because people need their faith. But weve had to make those decisions. They were difficult ones to make. Tohave a moral imperative protect the health of the community and our own people. And the people are coming through. My priests have been remarkably innovative. They are live steaming everything. They are calling people, keeping in touch with them. This is a tough way, steve, to get ratings to go up, but the with st. We got patricks cathedral, they skyrocketed as people tune in. I think what we are dealing with, we are not used to admitting that we are not in charge. We are not used to admitting that we are not mission and omnipotent. And this has really been a sucker punch to us. I think what people are saying is, there better be somebody out there upo
Time zones. We begin as we always do with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Of 1. 4onfirmed cases million around the world. Here in the u. S. , more than 12,000 deaths. In new york city alone, an estimated 4000. As christians focus on the holy week and deal with coronavirus, we turn to Cardinal Timothy dolan. We thank you for being with us. Guest im grateful for the invitation. Thanks for asking me to join in. Thanks for all you are doing. Host i want to begin with what you told your parishioners on palm sunday, that we miss you very much, we will be making the best of this. I want to ask how you are dealing with it personally, but also the archdiocese of new york. Cardinal dolan it is tough days for everybody. It is tough as well for the church, steve. We are a People Church and we count on our flock. We count on the community. And they count on us. They want to be together. We are people of the sacraments, of community. This is very rough because people need their fai
Host i want to begin with what you told your parishioners on palm sunday, that we miss you very much, we will be making the best of this. I want to ask how you are dealing with it personally, but also the archdiocese of new york. Cardinal dolan it is tough days for everybody. It is tough as well for the church, steve. We are a People Church and we count on our flock. We count on the community. And they count on us. They want to be together. We are people of the sacraments, of community. This is very rough because people need their faith. But weve had to make those decisions. They were difficult ones to make. Tohave a moral imperative protect the health of the community and our own people. And the people are coming through. My priests have been remarkably innovative. They are live steaming everything. They are calling people, keeping in touch with them. This is a tough way, steve, to get ratings to go up, but the with st. We got patricks cathedral, they skyrocketed as people tune in. I