Back in the u. S. , some hospitals seeing more patients now than in previous covid surges. And the revolution from dr. Fauci that the mask guidelines for the vaccinated could change. The congressional investigation into the January 6th attack on the capitol starts this week. Another republican now on board. The homes destroyed by fastmoving wildfires. 85 now burning in the west. Heroic strength. A Mother And Child trapped under a car. The policemen who lifted it up to save them. And tokyo, One On one with The Americans. The first ever to medal in the new Olympic Sport of skateboarding. And what it means to win the first gold with your Hero Michael phelps watching. It means the world to me that michael was there for that. Announcer this is nbc Nightly News with Lester Holt reporting tonight from tokyo. Hello, everyone. The sun up on a new day here in tokyo certainly for Team Usa, coming back from a slow start, collecting 10 medals on day 2, including the first gold of the summer games.
To brIghten up the shed. How one woman ended up wIth a lot more than she bargaIned for. Hello, Im Katty Kay In WashIngton. ChrIstIan fraser Is In london. Israel says It plans to contInue Its operatIon In gaza In order to strIke at the heart of the hamas leadershIp, even as the unIted states and the Eu Push for a ceasefIre. A senIor offIcIal Injerusalem saId today that whIle the IsraelI Defence Force has had major successes In strIkIng the mIlItant group, It has many more targets It wants to hIt. 213 palestInIans, IncludIng 61 chIldren, have been kIlled so far In the IsraelI strIkes. Another 1,400 have been wounded, accordIng to palestInIan reports. In Israel, 12 people have dIed sInce the exchanges of fIre began last week. Today, hamas mIlItants fIred a barrage of Mortar Shells aCross The Border, kIllIng two thaI workers and InjurIng at least ten IsraelIs. From Israel, our correspondent Jeremy Bowen reports. The IsraelI Army blew up the car of a man who attacked them wIth grenades. Sol
families in our neighbourhood but have lost everything. that have lost everything. mourners in south africa pay their final respects to archbishop desmond tutu ahead of his funeral on saturday. and tributes are paid to the golden girls actress betty white, who has died just weeks before what would have been her 100th birthday. hello and welcome. countries around the world have been ringing in the new year. we are taking you to brazil. let s bring you some live pictures now from rio de janeiro s copacabana beach in brazil, where they are bringing in the new year with a bang. they were initially cancelled, the celebrations. the usual concert will not be happening but as you can see, some pretty spectacular fireworks displays on copacabana beach, but famous beach, scaled back but as you can see, pretty spectacular display in brazil. people have seen in the new year in towns and cities around the uk. in london, the usual public firework display was moved to a secret location t
mourners in south africa pay their final respects to archbishop desmond tutu ahead of his funeral on saturday. and tributes are paid to the golden girls actress betty white who has died just weeks before what would have been her 100th birthday. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the governor of the us state of colorado has pledged to help residents who ve lost everything to rebuild their lives after sudden wildfires destroyed 1,000 homes. tens of thousands of people were evacuated as the fires tore through suburban areas of boulder county on thursday. gary 0 donoghue has this report. winds of more than 100 mph drove the flames across more than 1600 acres of suburban colorado, which would normally have snow on the ground at this time of year. the fires spread quickly through homes and businesses, leading to the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. the emergency services did their best, but the sheer speed of the fire took everyone by surprise.
a christmas miracle. i know families in our neighbourhood that have lost everything. mourners in south africa pay their final respects to archbishop desmond tutu ahead of his funeral on saturday. hello and welcome. countries around the world have been ringing in the new year and this hour we re taking you to the us east coast. this is live in new york where they are celebrating in times square with the famous ball drop. events have again been scaled back due to the pandemic. this year, the outgoing mayor bill de blasio said the party could go on but only with around 15,000 people in the square, instead of the usual 60,000, and everybody had to be vaccinated and wear a mask. for decades, tens of thousands of revellers, many of them tourists, have filled the blocks around times square on new year s eve, standing for hours in the cold waiting to see the glittering crystal ball glide down a pole mounted on top of a skyscraper. still a lot of people there, most of them wearing m