nearly half of all covid patients in some major cities were admitted for another condition. it is possible for somebody to come in with a broken arm or hand and become a covid positive case. exactly the u.s. and russia hours away from high stakes talks as vladimir putin sends more troops into kazakhstan to help contain protests there. happening right now tennis star novak djokovic in court. will he be allowed to leave isolation in australia to play? real life super hero a police officer and former airman s new mission. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening. a terrifying scene in new york city this morning. one of the worst fires in the city s recent history. the fire commissioner says it started with a malfunctioning space heater in the bedroom of an apartment. the door to the apartment was left open allowing smoke to spread to every floor of the high rise building where many residents are immigrant families there were dramatic rescues but also many
how did we get it wrong? nobody saw it coming. nobody in the whole world. who saw it coming? did the administration not expect that there could be moments like this one where you would have a highly transmissible variant? sure, it s possible. it s possible there could be other variants coming along. that s possible. what do you plan for? you plan for what you think is available, that is the most likely threat that exists at the time, and you respond to it. and i think that that s exactly what we ve done. and, for example, omicron is spreading rapidly. but the death rates are much, much lower than they were. this is not march of 2020. so there is reason for optimism this morning on the covid front, really promising news. the fda authorized the first antiviral coronavirus treatment in the u.s., pfizer s paxlovid. and three new studies from overseas suggest there is a lower risk of hospitalization with those infected with omicron compared to delta. we are watching these
likely to send you to the hospital and it may cause less severe illness than previous strains of the virus. right now omicron has been detected in all 50 u.s. states, as expected. it accounts now and very quickly for at least 90% of new covid infections in the u.s. still, americans are keeping their holiday plans and the president and public health officials say that is safe for we should note the vaccinated. today is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the holiday season. we just learned the tsa screened more air travelers yesterday than at the same time in 2019. of course before the pandemic. we re also seeing, though, big lines for covid tests across the country. last night president biden responded to criticism that the u.s. did not get those tests out quickly enough, that it wasn t prepared. we hear this over and over again, empty shelves, no test kits. is that a failure? no, i don t think it s a failure. i think it s a you could argue that we should h
There is good news tonight about real life super heroes and the police officer who took on a new mission to help kids growing up, christopher douglas always wanted to serve his community and country. joining the air force and later becoming an officer with the midlothian, texas police department. but beyond fighting crime, he has another mission. to help change the lives of local children how did this all start? well, about four and a half years ago, just wanted to do a little something more, and i remember seeing somebody dressed as spider-man visiting sick kids in hospitals and i thought, man what an awesome idea thanks to my wife pushing me and motivating me to get the captain america shield we saw one day in the mall everything else is history. reporter: the super hero going above and beyond to help kids at community events, in the hospital, and others with special needs. like 6-year-old michael murphy, who
Nearly half of all covid patients in some major cities were admitted for another condition. it is possible for somebody to come in with a broken arm or hand and become a covid positive case. exactly the u.s. and russia hours away from high stakes talks as vladimir putin sends more troops into kazakhstan to help contain protests there. happening right now tennis star novak djokovic in court. will he be allowed to leave isolation in australia to play? real life super hero a police officer and former airman s new mission. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening. a terrifying scene in new york city this morning. one of the worst fires in the city s recent history. the fire commissioner says it started with a malfunctioning space heater in the bedroom of an apartment. the door to the apartment was left open allowing smoke to spread to every floor of the high rise