The flood disaster in europe, dozens killed and the warning on renewing your passport why you may have to wait months. Announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone tonight as covid cases climb and vaccination numbers fall, the nation s largest county, los angeles, is turning back the pandemic clock, issuing a new indoor mask mandate for public spaces. Worries intensifying this evening over many states over a new covid wave breaking against a wall of vaccine hesitancy. The delta variant spreading far more quickly than anything we ve seen here as we also learn tonight it will likely be early next year before the fda expects to approve vaccines for children younger than 12. My conversation with the head of the cdc in just a moment. But first, here is miguel almaguer with late developments. Reporter: tonight los angeles, the nation s largest county, taking a step back, requiring masks indoors, even for the vaccinated effective sunday, impacting 10 million peo
Erupting on the streets of cuba. And a terrifying kidnapping attempt caught on tape. A 5yearold boy snatched from the street in new york. We ll show you the video. Travel plans put on pause. Americans facing lengthy wait times for passports, as the state department deals with a massive backlog. What you need to know for your vacation plans. It is saturday, july 17th. Thank you so much for waking up with us, good morning, amara. Good morning, boris, my coffee just kicked in. I m ready to roll. My apple juice is nearby. As you all know, love some apple juice in the morning. Wish we had better news to start with. It is a family of the unvaccinated. That s how the cdc is describing the state of the covid crisis in the united states, as lagging vaccination rates threaten the progress the united states has made in the fight to eradicate coronavirus. For the first time since january, cases are rising in all 50 states. And the outlook is much worse in the parts of the country struggling to get
the former president pushes back, and we learned more today about the new defendant, mar-a-lago s property manager. plus, on the campaign trail in iowa, why republican hopefuls continue to avoid criticizing the g.o.p. front-runner. at the end of the day, voters make that decision. extreme heat reaches the east coast with near triple-digit temperatures expected for tens of millions of americans. we have two air conditioning units running. russian officials say a downed missile hurt people in a southern city near the ukrainian border. this comes as ukrainian forces claim they have successfully taken back a frontline village in the southeast from russian forces. margaret: consumer alert. a major recall of the nation s top selling pickup. what you should know if you drive a ford f-150. as travelers get ready for summer vacations, many are scrambling to get their passports in time. the state department is still digging out from a processing ba
his indictment for mishandling of classified documents. here are tonight s headlines. the former president pushes back, and we learned more today about the new defendant, mar-a-lago s property manager.% plus, on the campaign trail in iowa, why republican hopefuls continue to avoid criticizing the g.o.p. front and on speaker at the end of the day, voters make that decision. extreme heat reaches triple digits, expected returns of millions of americans. we have two air conditioners running. russian officials say a downed missile murdered people during my getting down city successful he taken back and front line village in the southeast from russian forces. margaret: consumer alert. a major recall of the nation s top selling pickup. what you should go if you drive a ford f-150. as travelers get ready for summer vacations, many are scrambling to get their passports in time. the state department is still digging out from a processing backlog that s
this hour we are tracking to stories out of washington that impacts the two front runners as of now. for the white house. dave now released at 1023 form that outlines the bribery accusations against vice president joe biden. and on the right, all isaiah washington grand jury as we wait another indictment against donald trump. welcome back to america reports as we kick off our two. here we go on a friday afternoon. great to be with you in a jam-packed hour ahead. the former president has been named as a target of a special counsel a new investigation in a way to overturn the presidential election in 2020. and they re leading up to the attack on the u.s. capital. there standing by to break down both stories for us one of our reporters. first let s go back to the source, the former president donald trump representing him in the jack smith probe and he joins us now. john thank you for being with us. the president was told to appear before a grand jury just down the st