Clinics suspended for Vaccinating Teachers President Biden vowing to act vowing to a fast on covid relief taking a major step closer going alone without republican support. The Winter Storm Threat and windchills as low as 50 below al roker is tracking for us a mail delay everything from medications to bills arriving late what you can do about it paying tribute to the oscar winner, the music legend and dogs all looking for homes. This is nbc nightly news with meet the stars this weekend and theyre lester holt. Good evening everyone, last night we told you of the welcome decline in Covid Infections ande decline of new Covid Infections and hospitalizations. Tonight we are talking about what health hospitalizations, well, tonight we are talking about what Health Officials fear could send soaring backup against, super bowl Watch Parties to virtual Covid Incubators incubators. Think of a lot of loud cheering and a lot of people. You get the idea and tonight avoiding gatherings just as critic
during the capitol riot s 187 minutes. the brutal heat wave, almost 100 million americans under heat alert, records being broken again, the impact on farms and what could it mean for those already high food prices. plus, we re on the front lines of the wildfire battle in europe. pop icon ricky martin speaking out about his newly dismissed case and the lurid accusations from his own nephew. and while some summer flights are getting back on track, we ll tell you where the newest pain points are for flyers. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, the 90 million covid cases recorded in this country through the pandemic tonight now include another american president. white house officials and president biden himself offering an upbeat assessment of his condition after a routine covid test this morning came up positive. within a few hours of the news breaking, the president tweeted, i m doing great. pictured at a desk in the white house r
The new COVID variant Pirola is spreading fast across the world and cases have doubled in just a week. The variant is now present in 4 continents and testing has started using wastewater samples. While governments have not addressed it as a serious issue, it is suspected that the variant might surpass previous vaccine immunities.
the prime minister there saying it was the only way to make sure that hospitals wouldn t be overwhelmed. again, just because of the rate at which this variant spreads. here in the uk, as you mentioned, andrea, there s a real political issue when it comes to imposing more restrictions. scientists have been pushing for them. boris johnson, the prime minister met with his cabinet this afternoon. so far no announcement on a fresh lockdown. he would have a really, really tough time selling that to his party, andrea. yeah, and as i was just alluding to, they had an election a couple of days ago, which is the equivalent of one of our special elections in a congressional district, a district that has not gone against the conservatives in 200 years, went for the lib dems which is, you know, shocking to boris johnson, right? reporter: yeah, that s right. the fact that he lost this election, his party lost this
in place at the airport to acam date for the rise in infections? reporter: no big changes yet, jim. remember early in the pandemic, there weren t many changes very quickly to begin with. so many people are having that go/no go discussion but we re seeing millions of people are still going regardless of these new infection rates. the tsa screened 2.12 million people at airports across the country just yesterday. that is the fourth straight day that we ve seen higher than 2 million people at airports nationwide, in fact the number on friday the highest number we have seen since the monday after thanksgiving. it s clear a lot of people have a lot of confidence in traveling right now. there were long lines at airports across the country yesterday from austin to atlanta to boston. dr. anthony fauci says it s important to weigh the risks right now if you re going to travel especially considering how quickly this new variant spreads. here s what he said. clearly, when you travel,