frontier announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone back to school jitters were never quite like this this morning the yellow buses lined up and school bells rang for a million children in the nation s largest school system, many walking inside a physical classroom for the first time in a very long time their first lesson, as it has been for kids across the country, science. understanding how to safely resume learning against the persistent backdrop of covid. tonight with over 243,000 child covid-19 cases reported last week, the second highest number since the pandemic began, there is growing impatience for vaccine approval for younger children tonight we ask when. and the answer is encouraging. also, a new study questions the need for booster shots. the covid battle being waged on new fronts this evening we begin with stephanie gosk in new york reporter: with excitement and some fanfare, new york city kicked off a new school year. des
at a bus stop in kent. china releases new photos from its mars rover. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. nine people are now confirmed to have died in the collapse of a block of flats near miami beach after the discovery of four more bodies. 150 people are still missing, four days on from the disaster. safety checks have been ordered on all buildings of a similar age. our correspondent will grant is at the scene. we are digging a trench that is critical to the search and rescue process. we have continued all night to build that trench. as a result of that we were able to recover four additional bodies in the rubble. as well as additional human remains. are corresponding as in miami with the latest. many families are growing increasingly desperate for information. they appreciate how hard the search team is working. for bodies identified, everybody expects the numbers to rise significantly in the numbers to rise significantly in the coming days
warship found at a bus stop? and holders portugal have been knocked out of the eurotwenty twenty football tournament by the world s top ranked team belgium. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. in florida, around 150 people are still unaccounted for four days after the collapse of a 12 storey apartment block. officials in miami said the death toll from the disaster had risen to nine after four more bodies were found in the ruins. officials in miami said the death toll from the disaster had risen to nine after four more bodies were found in the ruins. the building was in the town of surfside in miami dade county, a residential complex called champlain towers which crumbled to the ground in just 12 seconds trapping people inside. rescuers have been searching the rubble of the 55 apartments using dog teams and sonar equipment in the hope of finding survivors. our correspondent will grant is at the scene and sent us this report. these things ar
hello, everyone, and welcome to the amanpour hour, here s where we re headed this week. running out of patience, biden counts the political cost of the carnage in gaza, as netanyahu rejects the two-state solution. we ve been doing a make-believe peace process for 30 years. also ahead, combat veteran, test pilot and space shuttle commander, nasa s number two pam melroy on why returning to the moon is a giant leap for all human kind. this is not about a camping trip, this is actually about pushing humanity into the solar system. then, a claimed filmmaker ava duvernay on exploring the root causes of racism in her new movie origin . and from military aide stymied in congress we take you to the ukrainian front line, where ammunition is running dangerously low. by the way, they re not even explosive rounds, they re smoke rounds. welcome to the program, everyone, i m christiane man poor in london, it s one of the world s most consequential diplomatic relationshi
coming up on the programme israeli forces step up their assault on southern gaza s main city, khan younis, after intense air strikes and street fighting. it comes as differences emerge between the us and israel over what happens once the war ends. israel s pm benjamin netanyahu has dismissed the idea of a palestinian state. with 2,800 jobs to go at tata steel s plants in the uk, we ask where this leaves britain s steel industry and take a look at the environmental arguments which the company says have driven the losses. and fans sue madonna for showing up to a gig more than two hours prince harry dropped his libel claim. good evening. we begin with the situation in gaza and growing concerns for the safety of hundreds of thousands of palestinians in the south of the territory as israeli forces stage a renewed offensive against hamas. tanks have been pushing deeper into the territory s second biggest city, khan younis. this is the eighth day of a communications blackout