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
Pandemic. The Biden Administration is deploying 1,110 active duty service members, including teams from army, air force, navy, and marines to support five fema covid19 Vaccination Centers across the country. The first team set to arrive in california in ten days. The Biden White House also says it will soon utilize Defense Production Act in several ways to procure equipment and supplies for pfizer to make additional vaccine, to tap Six Companies to make 61 million at home covid19 tests by end of summer, and built factories to produce Raw Materials needed for nitrile surgical gloves. A billion pairs a month. All of that means jobs. All of that should have been done a year ago. The Biden Administration also isnt ruling out using Defense Production Act to aid in production of Johnson Johnsons one shot vaccine which is currently awaiting Emergency Use Authorization from the fda. That should come any day now. The federal government is set to ship 10. 5 million vaccine doses a week for the n
it was a big win for the climate movement. not just for the movement, but the world. it is a good policy, thank you, hunter walker and hunter the truce, wherever you get your books. it s a good one. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now with alex and south carolina and my friend in new york. take it away, to you first, alex. three msnbc host for the price of one. this is history right here, thank you, chris. as you say, i am in charleston, south carolina where it s been time with the governor of california, gavin newsom, getting a sense of the state of play as he sees it in the potentially general election matchup between biden and trump, we are going to have some clips of that interview to play for you momentarily. first, i will send it up to new york, ayman, so take it away, my friend. thank you very much. we will be talking later on throughout the show because you will give us a big preview and the very latest on the 2024 presi
the l or barista coffee and espresso system. a masterpiece in taste it s opium in washington. there is still no deal to raise the debt ceiling, and at this hour, house republicans are holding a wig meeting to discuss what the process will be over the next few days, if in fact a deal is reached. president biden told reporters today that he is optimistic that a deal can be finalized tonight. with regard to the debt limit, i think they re looking good, very optimistic. i hope we will have some cool or evidence tonight before the clock ticks 12, that we have a deal. but it s very close. and i am optimistic. i am hopeful we will know by tonight whether we re going to be able to have a deal. all right, so settle in. this might be a long night for us. white house and house republican negotiators and look closer to a deal in the last 24 hours as we reported last night. this morning republican house speaker kevin mccarthy had this to say. i thought we made progress yes
that a deal can be finalized tonight. with regard to the debt limit, i think they re looking good, very optimistic. i hope we will have some cool or evidence tonight before the clock ticks 12, that we have a deal. but it s very close. and i am optimistic. i am hopeful we will know by tonight whether we re going to be able to have a deal. all right, so settle in. this might be a long night for us. white house and house republican negotiators and look closer to a deal in the last 24 hours as we reported last night. this morning republican house speaker kevin mccarthy had this to say. i thought we made progress yesterday. i want to be progress again today, and i want to be able to solve this problem. now speaker mccarthy has been given more time to solve this problem. treasury secretary janet yellen said today the protected debt ceiling deadline is now june 5th. in a letter to congressional leaders, secretary yellen wrote, during the week of june 5th, treasury is schedul