Governor police say he made bail, then came back with an assault rifle. The horrific stabbing of a Social Justice advocate in new york the 18yearold suspect now under arrest Tropical Storm philippe taking potential aim at the northeast. The new track. The fedex plane crash landing, sparks flying as it skids off the runway what caused it the Health Concerns about popular Weight Loss Drugs. What a new study found. And all that jazz. The living room concerts with some of the best music youll ever hear, if you can get a Seat Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. A new effort to build a Border Wall Tonight coming from an unexpected place the white house. In an official notice, Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas saying there is an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers to prevent unlawful entries into the united states. Facing a growing influx of migrants illegally entering the country, the administration is waiving 26 fed
Bypassing 26 federal laws to speed up construction of the border wall, despite President Bidens vow not to build another foot during the 2020 campaign. The president today saying he doesnt believe the wall works, but he has no choice because the money was allocated during the trump administration. Former President Trump reacting tonight. Also this evening, the Russian Missile strike on a cafe and Grocery Store in ukraine, killing more than 50 people, as chaos in congress here in the u. S. Threatens to cut off ukraine aid. The armed man arrested at wisconsins capitol for threatening the governor. Police say he made bail and then came back with an assault rifle. The horrific stabbing of a social justice worker in new york. The 18yearold suspect now under arrest. Tropical storm philippe taking potential aim at the northeast. The new track. The fed ex Plane Crash Landing, sparks flying as it skids off the runway. What caused it . The Health Concerns about popular Weight Loss Drugs. What a
for schools across the country. the cdc issuing new guidelines tonight, recommending three feet of social distancing for school children with masks instead of six feet. could this help get children back to school sooner? some teaches unions pushing back tonight, the cdc director say, we have done the science. president biden also at the cdc tonight as health officials raise new concerns over those highly contagious variants, with several states now seeing cases on the rise. the worsening situation on the southern border. president biden s dhs secretary traveling to el paso, texas, today. hundred of migrant children and teens now held at border patrol cities for ten days or longer, well beyond the legal limit. matt gutman tonight. the widening scandal involving new york s governor andrew cuomo. the new york times reporting tonight for the first time a current employee of the governor s office, and what she now alleges involving the governor. back to see the american
building behind me are sleeping on cots curled up together some even sitting on the floor but at least they finally are inside it. it is a cold night and at least they are they have food, they are safe in their warm at the reality they have no clue when and if they will be able to go back to her home country of ukraine, micro. alec hogan bring us very compelling images from there in poland, alex thank you very much, gillian pickwick secretary of state entity blinken said they will send fighter jets is gotten the green light from the biden administration. traveling with the secretary traveling joined us from lithuania with the details. hey good afternoon jill again for the secretaries acknowledging for the first time publicly the administration is working with the ukrainians here. the idea is that ukraine would take some polish mega jets they know how to fly those.
even for vaccinated americans the recommendation is still masking in public because there s still a lot e don t know, even if you have been fully vaccinated. yeah, and here s the key part of that. i think we have very good evidence at this point that getting vaccinated dramatically reduces transmission, but there are still a lot of high-risk people out that that have not yet gotten vaccinated. and so even if there s a small risk of spread, i think we need to continue the mask up. over time we can definitely get rid of our masks and go back to a more normal way of life, but not until we have more high-risk people vaccinated. dr. ashish jha, with us on a friday night. we always appreciate your time. thank you. we move to the worsening situation at the southern border. president biden s dhs secretary traveling to el paso, texas, today. hundreds of migrant children and teens held at border patrol facilities ten days or longer. that s beyond the national limit. here s matt gutman from