The first honor flight since covid struck we re on board announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone in a major step to get us in front of the quickly spreading delta covid variant, american adults who have received the full doses of moderna or pfizer vaccines were told today they ll need to roll up their sleeves again. The biden administration says a booster or third shot will be necessary to increase our immune responses to the virus. The announcement today by federal health officials acknowledging that over time, those original doses become less effective in preventing infections, while emphasizing they are still robust in preventing severe disease and hospitalization. Still, officials say you ll need that booster eight months after your second shot the jury still out on the johnson johnson vaccine tonight. Miguel almaguer has late details reporter: making it official today, the first booster shots for the general public will go into arms september 20
Assessment. The u. S. Military does not have sufficient forces to rescue americans who cannot get to the kabul airport evacuation point. We don t have the capability to go collect large numbers of people. Reporter: the u. S. Is relying on the taliban to let americans and afghan allies pass through checkpoints to reach the airport. A risky journey. In an interview with abc news, president biden said he knew chaos was inevitable. We ll go back in hindsight and look but the idea somehow there was a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing i don t know how that happens. Reporter: the pentagon says the pace of evacuations is improving but not adequate. Pressed about stranded americas the president said if necessary troops would remain beyond the august 31st, withdrawal deadline. If there are american citizens left we ll stay until we get them all out. Reporter: they say u. S. Intelligence said there was a prediction of a rapid collapse. But general milley saying that was weeks or months
Palestinian americans protested the white house s, what they view as silence in the middle east. They believe the president should take a stronger stance against israel. This certainly is something that the president is stepping into. Of course, this trip, he s coming here to visit the ford motor company to tour new electric vehicle. The ford lightning. This has been planned for weeks but the rising conflict in the middle east certainly puts some more tension on the president s trip here. Jeff zeleny, thank you so much for your reporting. New day continues right now. Hello. I m brianna keilar alongside john berman. A republican showdown in arizona between those still pushing a recount of last year s election and those finally fed up with the big lie. Plus, dark money. Rigging the system and making it harder to vote. A republican operative brags on camera about how easy it is. They are skeptical believers. Standing against america s push to vaccinate. We ll ask the reverend franklin gra
Day cake yesterday. I ate the entire thing. Lawrence: one of my favorite holidays. I m definitely a mama s boy. She is watching the show. I want to know how much i love her. My mother got pregnant with me at 16. Decided to choose life and my dad married her. Pete: friends@foxnews. Com. Bonus to get it on hair with the show in the background. Send us anytime with mom. If you have the show, we know it is real from now. We love to share it. If there is a pet you always know you get plus points from me if there is a cat or dog in there. Lawrence: got to have the background. Jedediah: exactly. Thanks for being with us this morning everyone. Pete post thanks for being here. But we start with the new scandal surrounding the biden administration. Republicans and i m reading jed s line. Jedediah: all good. Republicans are calling into question the president s ethics after he reportedly waived rules for some staffers. Lawrence: a lot of hypocrisy going on. Griff jenkins joins us from washington
Too early with us on friday morning. Don t go anywhere. Morning joe starts right now. But now things are getting better every day. Vaccinated friends and family are able to take off their masks, which we just learned! as we got off the plane, and here i had gone out to buy one that was coordinated with my outfit. So you can t win. So businesses are reopening. You know, we re getting back to those things that we lost for so long. Hugging the people we love. I mean, how great will that be? i mean, haven t we all missed that just most of all? nice to see you. Literally. Nice to see you. Oh, my gosh. Good morning! and welcome to morning joe. It is friday, may 14th, and joe, we start today with this great news. And you can see that jill biden actually finally matched her mask with her outfit. That s like my luck. I finally have matching masks. Don t need them, if you re vaccinated, even indoors. It s amazing! it really is such an important thing for the government to say. You know, willie,