is reverberating across the world the new demands to release body camera footage after this black man was killed by police outside his home seven officers put on leave. tragedy at sea why the military now believes that all 53 on board that indonesian submarine are lost touchdown. a massive tornado tears through texas. 14 million at risk of severe storms tonight. back up. a crippling shortage of new cars has sent prices soaring what you need to know. and american dreaming why the whole school came out to cheer on this cafeteria worker. usa usa! announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening every step of the way in the monumental task of vaccinating america there have been challenges first, to develop and test the vaccines. then, to distribute them remember the long lines in those early weeks? now begins a new challenge. convincing a large majority to get it only 41% of the population has received one dose. and as you can see here, nu
from the white house, mark, good morning. benjamin, good morning to you. the white house is not disputing that the president wants to raise taxes, but the plan to target wealthy americans, but there s plans starting to grow against tax increases and the president wants to use money funding the american families plan. 1.5 trillion in spending to go out and call on congress to use the money to fund a number of different projects out there, including child care, education and social programs. the president is not talking about this proposal yet. he did not speak to reporters as he left for delaware this morning, but on friday, the white house press secretary previewed who is going to be impacted by this proposal. what i can say, it will only affect people making more than $1 million a year. that s .3% of taxpayers, or three out of every 1,000 taxpayers, that s even at the top 1% saw their net worth rise by four trillion in the middle of a historic pandemic. republicans are
the american nurses association says it is deeply concerned about the change, citing insufficient evidence and concern for health care workers safety. everything we re going to do right now is going to be imperfect. just accept that right now. we don t know a lot of the things we wish we d know. but what we do know and what is emerging here is that this country is going to be in the soup just in the next few weeks with so many cases and so many locations that we re going to see critical infrastructure as well as health care challenged. take a look at this. for the first time since omicron hit, an uptick in hospitalizations. that s something to watch with data catching up from the holiday weekend. the number now almost doubling in the last eight weeks. michigan is one of several states to hit peak hospitalizations this month. the state department of health says it isn t following the new cdc isolation guidelines and it s sticking with its own rules while they wait for more
nearing a record number of children hospitalized with covid. green light for the red phone. right now president biden and russian president vladimir putin are talking on the phone ahead of a key meeting between the u.s. and russia. and going to extremes. alaska seeing record-breaking high temperatures this week as we come to the end of a horrific year of extreme weather fueled at least in part by man made climate change. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our health lead and encouraging news when it comes to protecting children against covid the u.s. food and drug administration expected to announce kids 12 to 15 will be eligible for pfizer booster shots in the coming days. a source confirms to cnn studies have already shown a third pfizer dose significantly increases protection against covid and, specifically, the omicron variant. in addition, brand new cdc data released this afternoon shows that the pfizer vaccine is 92% effective at preventing any covi
2020 election probe. why his attorneys say the judge should reject it. our nbc news exclusive on the campaign trail with ron desantis after years of avoiding questions about it, desantis now taking direct aim at donald trump s false claims about the 2020 election what he told us. the alleged plot to assassinate ukraine s president zelenskyy foiled the woman in custody tonight. our nbc news investigation. the potential deadly danger from infant nursing pillows. and remembering the oscar-winning director of the french connection and the exorcist, the legendary william friedkin announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone, and welcome. severe weather on the march in the east tonight, forcing thousands of flight delays and cancellations. in washington, d.c. the government allowed federal workers to go home early today d.c. under a tornado watch until mid-evening. the storm prediction center warning of a widespread damaging wind eve