despite urgent warnings, people are traveling this holiday week at the highest levels since march, more than 1 million flying in just 1 day tonight the parts of the country most at risk as hospitals see more record numbers. the search for solutions. how to keep schools open safely. why some are succeeding even as the pandemic grows. the big new recall by gm, almost 6 million vehicles could be on the road with dangerous airbags. which models are affected and holiday displays for our times, my report honoring the heroes on the front lines. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone there is breaking news as we come on the air tonight. the government s general services administration is for the first time acknowledging joe biden s win for president. notifying the president-elect that the formal and official transfer of power can begin. the decision comes more than two weeks after biden was projected as the winner and after a series of legal an
of course it s right now in the stalemate but it s important to reinvigorate and put facts on the table and to inform what s happening in the us i mean you talk about a stalemate what what s the likelihood of it actually if they don t achieve any progress at this stage of it getting worse and for the conflict to kind of escalate and where do you see this going if it does if they can t resolve it now i think all options are on the table in the kremlin they can escalate cheaply you know and they can have depression inflict quite high economic and political cost on the new leadership in kiev because don t forget what kiev is doing is not according to the plan ukraine is moving in a direction the kremlin does not like and so far the plan to subvert and wreck ukraine is failing so all options on the table that s why the current leadership in gave us to be very vigilant has to report all the acts of escalations and make sure that media and international community is aware what is g
are frequent in venezuela these days as the country struggles with an economic crisis that has forced a millions out of the country for the united states and dozens of other countries worldwide who are meeting in. venezuela needs political and economic change the united states and venezuela have historically had a strong bilateral relationship but that relationship started to deteriorate 20 years ago when socialist leader over chavez took office and denounced what he called the united states interference in this country in the past month the situation has escalated even further the united states shut down its embassy here in care act after and i was harsher economic sanctions to go out of office in the past the u.s. imposed sanctions on venezuelan individuals linked to muddle the us government and don t buy the base or venis way less state oil company accusing them of serious human rights abuses. drug trafficking and corruption now they re taking things further by seizing ven
tuned in for a tell la conference outlining new standards among the enhancement blanching raw vegetables. we are committing $10 million to help local growers to provide meat and product in safety protocols. even those that missed out on lunch are encouraged to hear about the safety. if it is a health issue. i think every restaurant should go through something like that and educate their people and i hope they get it clear because i love this place. they are taking a big risk and caring about the people they serve. the employees returning to work encouraged. exciting to see what we can become. it is only will make us better. bo is the in-house food safety expert and joins us. the big question that a lot us that restaurant going to be safer for us? the centers for disease control never found the actual source. it could have originated on a farm. some of the problems could be prevented by what you do in the prison and washing your hands extremely important and th
a report that controversial cdc testing guidance was made public over the objection of the agency s actual specialists and scientists, who did not write the recommendations. and nbc news has confirmed that back in april, the white house scrapped an effort to send cloth masks to every american household. obviously there s a presidential campaign going on amid all this. both candidates were in battleground states tonight. trump just wrapped up a rambling crowded rally in wisconsin no social distancing few, if any, masks despite a state mandate requiring them he did say that in biden s america there would be no guns and no religion. he went after mitt romney and canada for good measure. he says he has saved america s suburbs, and at one point he was interrupted when the crowd chanted nobel prize. joe biden took questions during a cnn drive-in-style town hall near his hometown, scranton, pa. trump ridiculed the covid-designed biden format, then again talked up his vaccine that