But the video appearing to show the boy s hands up as he s shot chicago s mayor pleading for calm. The defense resting in the derek chauvin trial. The former officer speaking in court for the first time to invoke his fifth amendment right not to testify. When the jury will hear closing arguments. Daunte wright s family speaking out for the first time since the former officer was charged in his shooting death what they re demanding tonight. The u. S. Hitting russia with new sanctions. And the warning president biden says he personally gave to vladimir putin and bracing for a blast of spring snow announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we may be closer to a definitive answer to one of the nagging questions about covid vaccines and that is will we need a followon booster shot later on? well, the head of pfizer is saying that will likely be the case for his company s vaccine, suggesting an annual shot could be in the cards beginning a year after being fully vaccin
they have become targets for hate. good to have you with us. well from covid-19 to economic relief to domestic terrorism, u.s. president joe biden fielded a wide range of questions from voters for the first time since taking office during cnn s town hall hosted by anderson cooper. the topic that dominated the night, the coronavirus pandemic. mr. biden was asked about the availability of vaccines. when is every american who wants it, going to be able to get a vaccine? by the end of july of this year. we have we came into office. there was only 50 million doses that were available. we have now, by the end of july, we ll have over 600 million doses, enough to vaccinate every single american. we got in office and found out the supply there was no backlog i mean, there was nothing in the refrigerator, figuratively and literally speaking. and there were 10 million doses a day available. we ve upped that in the first three weeks in office to significantly more than that.
release details tomorrow on their proposed $600 billion coronavirus package, far short of the biden administration $9.1 trillion relief package. the question now, how far is the house willing to negotiate. one week before the second impeachment trial of president donald trump, his entire legal team walk out. according to a source, trump wanted them to make his lie of a fraud election central to his defense. arlette saenz and sun lin are fooling this. what do we know about the package and are ten on board? it s essentially trying to get the talks to move more toward the middle, and these senators sending a letter to president biden saying, the question, our letter states many of your priorities, and we believe this could be passed quickly by congress and with bipartisan support. here s what the senators are proposing. they re proposing a new round of what they are emphasizing is more targeted direct payments. they are trying to reach families they say need it the most. it
rights lacks the votes necessary for a filibuster carveout. and there s a question how to react to russia, amidst reports that it s ready to raise a false flag as a pretext to invade ukraine. it s enough for biden to be envious of boris johnson. against this backdrop, hosting a byob garden party while the rest of the nation is in lockdown, that s a walk in the park. no wonder the president s approval rating according to a survey released by quinnipiac university stands at just 33%. the white house response was to argue that quinnipiac is an outlier. and that the real number according to a 538 average is 43% approval. as in we know things are bad, but they re not that bad. while some of the vexing issues are arguably beyond the president s control, many were missteps. not the sort of things you d expect in a washington lifer who campaigned his season and experience. take the tuesday speech, the president hoped for a momentum shift with a trip to georgia. perhaps his exuberance
private insurance as the biden administration prepares to send out hundreds of millions more tests and masks, trying to contain the surge of new covid cases. we ll tell you how you can get yours. novak djokovic detained. the tennis star back in detention after his visa is again revoked. the moves that could reshape the australian open. and bare shelves, high prices greeting grocery store customers across the country. factors contributing to the shortages and whether we ll see relief soon. the package you have been waiting for could be somewhere on this los angeles train track. thieves looting freight trains in california. how this mess could impact future deliveries. newsroom starts right now. good morning on this saturday, january 15th. so good to have you on. christi paul. boris sanchez. you re live in the cnn newsroom. we begin with breaking news at this hour. the western u.s. coast is under a tsunami advisory as the national tsunami warning center says the