Number of states banning mask mandates. And rising concerns about mask guidelines for the office prince harry opening up about his struggles with drugs and alcohol after the death of his mother, princess diana our journey across america to los angeles. The homeless crisis here and my conversation with the mayor is the city doing enough and the incredible bravery that earned a korean war veteran the medal of honor announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, across america reporting tonight from los angeles. Good evening, everyone the iconic santa monica beach our backdrop this evening as we conclude our across america journey in los angeles. The beauty belies a crisis here only exacerbated by the pandemic i spoke to l. A. Mayor garcetti about how the city is addressing homelessness, and we ll have some of that conversation ahead. But the mideast is where we start again tonight in israel and gaza residents counting their losses and gingerly surveying the destruction as a shaky
a cross roads. with new variants popping up across the country and a vaccine distribution effort that is still plagued with delays and uncertainty. leading one top infectious disease expert to warn of this. the fact is that the surge that is likely to occur with this new variant from england is going to happen in the next six to 14 weeks. and if we see that happen, which my 45 years in the trefnches tel us we will, we will r going to see something take we ve not seen in this country. after the year that we ve been through. at the same time the extreme financial toll that the pandemic has taken on almost every american is also in the spotlight today. in just a few hours ten republican senators will be meeting with president biden at the white house to talk about the covid relief package that he s been pushing. the group of senators has offered biden a counter proposal, they offered it over the weekend, a scaled down package with about a third of the overall price tag that
the father of 14 year old molly russell, who took her own life, urges social media companies to take action after a coroner rules they did play a part in her death. it s time to protect our innocent young people instead of allowing platforms to prioritise their profits by monetising the misery of young people. the government meets with the financial watchdog after days of market turmoil, but says their forecasts won t be published for almost two months. and new coins for king charles iii. the 50p will enter circulation before the end of the year. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: a must win match in lahore for england. can they win the sixth t20 against pakistan and take the series to a decider? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. president putin has announced the annexation of four regions of ukraine that are controlled by russian forces it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. mr putin declared that kherson, za