To help australia develop. A senior official speaking to this earlier said that this is extremely rare. In fact, the united states has only once before shared this highly sensitive military technology with another country, and that was with the united kingdom some 70 years ago. And so while the white house is insisting that this new partnership, which is going to be focused on defense issues as well as cyber issues, they say it s not focused on any one country jeremy, let me interrupt, i m sorry, because president biden is speaking now. Built with a strong foundation of truth and trust. Through a similar lens. We ve always believed in a world that favors freedom, that respects human dignity, the rule of law, the independence of sovereign states and the peaceful fellowship of nations. And while we have always looked to each other to do what we believe is right, we have never left each other, always together, never aligned. Our world is becoming more complex, especially here in our regio
Frontier announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone back to school jitters were never quite like this this morning the yellow buses lined up and school bells rang for a million children in the nation s largest school system, many walking inside a physical classroom for the first time in a very long time their first lesson, as it has been for kids across the country, science. Understanding how to safely resume learning against the persistent backdrop of covid. Tonight with over 243,000 child covid19 cases reported last week, the second highest number since the pandemic began, there is growing impatience for vaccine approval for younger children tonight we ask when. And the answer is encouraging. Also, a new study questions the need for booster shots. The covid battle being waged on new fronts this evening we begin with stephanie gosk in new york reporter: with excitement and some fanfare, new york city kicked off a new school year. Despite the masks, it
Coronavirus. Good to have you with us. The u. S. And south korea said they re looking into claims by north korea that it has test fired a new strategic weapon. According to state media, north korea successfully tested long range cruise missiles over the weekend which hit targets 1500 kilometers away. The move is likely to heighten tensions in the region with japan expressing its concerns. Pa paul paula hancocks is following this for us. How big a threat might there this pose? reporter: rosemary, any testing that north korea does does bring its own concerns to those in the region and of course in washington, as well. The fact it appears to be, according to staterun media in north korea, a new strategic weapon will be of a concern. The fact they are test firing something new. We had a couple of parades over recent months one in january and one in october of last year, there are a number of new weapons systems that were unveiled. Experts have been saying since that point that, at some poi
It s 5:00 a. M. In new york. Thank you so much for getting an early start with us. I m christine roman. We. I m laura jarrett. We begin with the white house running into roadblocks from all directions as it enters a critical period to set an economic agenda for the end of the year and the 2022 midterms. Democrats in congress are trying to push ahead with a sweeping multitrillion dollar 10year spending plan to expand the social safety net that includes child care, tackling the crime crisis. The goal to submit detailed bills by the end of the week. Democrats from the opposite end of the spectrum are drawing hardlines. He would not have my vote on $3. 5. B chuck knows that. We talked about this. We put out $5. 4 trillion. All the help we put there and will run until next year 2022. What the urgency? it s absolutely not acceptable to me and i don t think it s acceptable for the president, for the american people, or the overwhelming majority of the people in the democratic caucus. So that
The taliban claim they ve captured the final afghan province not yet under their control. They released a video on social media showing their flag being raised at the governor s compound in panjshir province. The leader of the local resistance fighters has accused the west of allowing the taliban to advance and called for a national uprising against the taliban. As the fighting dies down, the un s humanitarian envoy has arrived in kabul for talks with the country s new leadership. Our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. A white flag of victory, the taliban flag. The centre of the scenic panjshir valley. This last redoubt of armed opposition, now claimed by the taliban. God is great, their fighters cry. In kabul today, the taliban spokesman had a message for the enemy. Translation: we have captured panjshir, with the will of god. We are telling those people who still want to fight, if they want a normal life, they are welcome in afghanistan, their home. But