About a christmas surge. Millions traveling despite warnings hospitals so overwhelmed they may ration care. The Christmas Storm Threat al roker tracking it. Its being called the worst Cheating Scandal at west poin in 45 years. Dozens of cadets accused. Attorney general william barr in the final days breakin from President Trump on calls for Special Counsels to investigate the election and hunter biden. Plus, the new charges barr announced in the 1988 pan am bombing. My conversations with victims families. And the spectacular sight in the sky tonight that hasnt happened in 800 years. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Were all trying to understand what the discovery of a mutated and more contagious strain of coronavirus in the United Kingdom means for al of us here in the u. S. , especially as the race to Vaccinate Americans spins into high gear. As we certainly know by now this virus doesnt respect borders. Still tonight parts of the uk are under Strict Lockdown a
mostly. scientists and great britain say it appears to be much more contagious than others that we have seen thus far. now parts of the u.k. are under a more strict lockdown. dozens of countries including canada, france, germany have suspended incoming flights from the u.k. for now. so far no indication the u.s. plans to join them. one white house coronavirus task force member today explained what u.s. officials know so far. the variant that s being discussed was first identified in september. so it s not something that just arose in the last week. there is no evidence of nor reason to believe it is not anymore lethal or anymore dangerous than the normal coronavirus. there s also no evidence to suggest nor reason to believe that it would evade our vaccines that we have right now. poubl, though, if the updates come in we might ban travel from the united kingdom? i think everything needs to be on the table. the news about this new strain comes as the number of cases in
plans to join them. one white house coronavirus task force member today explained what u.s. officials know so far. the variant that s being discussed was first identified in september. so it s not something that just arose in the last week. there is no evidence of nor reason to believe it is not anymore lethal or anymore dangerous than the normal coronavirus. there s also no evidence to suggest nor reason to believe that it would evade our vaccines that we have right now. possible, though, if the updates come in we might ban travel from the united kingdom? i think everything needs to be on the table. the news about this new strain comes as the number of cases in our country now tops 18 million and our death toll now stands at over 320,000 souls. it also coincides with day one of the rollout of the moderna vaccine, which received, you ll recall, that emergency approval last week. meanwhile president-elect joe biden rolled up his sleeves for the first dose of his first
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