Journey in our exclusive conversation. This is nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt good evening, everyone todays big news from pfizer, that its vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11 comes as beleaguered parents, schools and hospitals confront an increasing number of Pediatric Covid cases. Nearly 226,000 Child Covid infections reported last week alone. The Pfizer Vaccine for kids tested a smaller dose than what adults are receiving must now pass a rigorous review by the fda before it is approved for emergency use. Once okayed, it opens another avenue of defense against the virus for children and the general population but for some parents, it also forces hard questions, similar to the ones that divided adults to trust the vaccine or not Stephanie Gosk has details. Reporter Elementary Schools could soon be better protected from covid. Pfizer announcing today that its vaccine is safe and effective for children between the ages of 5 and 11 the trial of 2,000 kids showed the
Colonialism, how do you think he ll operationally do that now because he has to do more than pay lip service. it s one ultimately the british government will be responsible for. just the fact i think the king is open to these discussions, recently he authorized a study into the royal family s links to the slave trade historically. we know he s built-up a very strong relationship with first nation communities in places like canada, australia. it certainly is something he s concerned about and wants to make right, but it s going to take lots of work as you say to get to a point where all sides will be happy. yeah, one of the canadian leaders and indigenous leaders who met with him before the cor nation put it well, say our elers tell us reconciliation can take 100 cups of tea, and they said that was our first cup of tea with the king. i thought it was a great way to
Authorize the shot for those ages also, the u.s. making a big change to covid flight restrictions. what tvelers need to know. and the grim milestone america s covid s death toll surpassing that of the 1918 spanish flu. also tonight the u.s. stepping up deportation flights of haitians after thousands crowded under a texas bridge and this image of border agents on horse back blocking migrants the white house s sharp response. the fbi searching the florida home of gabby petito s fiancée. the parents of brian laundrie questioned the search for him intensifying after a body believed to be petito s was found in a national park the massive plunge on wall street the worst day for stocks since may. what s causing the slide? the deadly university shooting chilling video of students jumping out of windows. and mission accomplished what the all civilian crew of the inspiration 4 revealed to me about their historic
Bottom of the hour. rick is live in the newsroom. i guess the feds are all over this one, rick. shepard, even a toy can do great damage to a commercial aircraft. that s why the fbi is asking the public s assistance in identifying and locating the unmanned aircraft it s operator. the pilot on final approach to runway 31 right sees what he describes as a black drone unmanned aircraft, three feet wide, four prop elers, hovering two or three feet from the jet. he landed safely but the fbi wants to fine the drone pilot. there s an old airfield very close to jfk where hobbiess fly remote control aircraft but not supposed to go ve 400 feet. if you have money, you can be a drone pilot. the devices range from a few