Deadly hit on an aid worker and nine other civilians ip colluding seven children. Reporter: for the family involved, we went to the house today and really it is just as it was right after the strike happened. They haven t had the heart to tidy it up. They lost so many family members there and i spoke to a brother today saying the pentagon said that this was a mistake. He said they re happy to hear that. That s what they knew all along and confirms that the family members civilians and the idea that somehow their family that they knew was innocent civilians tarnished as terrorists weighed heavy listen ohm this. They said they would like justice and to see the person and the people who are responsible for this strike to go through the court system. The u. S. Court system. And face justice, appropriate justice in the united states. They told me that no one from the united states yet from the state department or military or any other part of the government have been in touch with them. No
Encouraging it and the stunning silence of the republican leaders as this is all happening, treating it as if it is a walk in the park. It is very painful to see. Not just silence but outright defense and dismissal of the threat. Whitney wild is outside of the fencing, surrounding it. Law enforcement making sure it is more prepared this time around. So what steps are they taking and what are they expecting? reporter: well what they re expecting is potentially hundreds of beam to descend into washington as the event organizer for the nonviolent people who are charged in the january 6 insurrection. It is a little bit noisy out here because they re doing lastminute tweaking that surrounds the u. S. Capitol grounds, somewhat of a familiar site here in washington following this january 6 insurrection. They are prepared for potential violence today as well as tomorrow and the concern, jim, is that people might be potentially promoting violence in furtherance of this stolen election lie and f
Stone updating its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time what do you think about the brandnew number one announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone the debate over covid booster shots may be coming to a head an fda advisory panel set to meet tomorrow to examine key questions. Whether a third dose of the pfizer vaccine is safe or even necessary for everyone they re critical questions and a source of rare open disagreement among covid experts. The booster is backed by the biden administration but regarded with caution by even some within the fda. All this comes as the u. S. Struggles to administer first doses. Just over 54% of americans are fully vaccinated, and vaccine mandates are facing more and more challenges, which we ll get to in a moment miguel almaguer starts our coverage. Reporter: divided over the science, tonight just hours before the fda advisory committee is set to vote on the future of boosters, members of the agency are voicing both s
He s my guest. Let s go outfront. Good evening. I m erin burnett. The breaking news, general milley wasn t alone. As calls grow from mark milley to resign over revelations he contacted a top chinese general twice in the final months of donald trump s presidency to reassure beijing the u. S. Would not attack china, we re learning mark esper also took extraordinary steps at the same time. A former senior defense official says that the chinese were so concerned about the rhetoric coming out of trump s white house last year that esper, the defense secretary had a top deputy, not milley, a top deputy back channel beijing telling them they were in no danger of being attacked. That is the exact same thing milley said and we ve learned today that milley conducted his call to the top chinese general in consultation with and with the approval of secretary esper. That call from milley was on october 30th of 2020. And there was one more call after that. This a call from milley to the same chinese
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 covid19 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. Despite the masks, it