destruction, israel and hamas declare a cease-fire with the help of egypt. this morning how the white house hopes to manage the peace. president biden signs the antiasian hate crime bill into law. new protections. as mask mandates continue to drop and vaccinations rise, what precautions should you expect as you wrap up your summer travel plans. the shocking story of a black woman who had her home appraised forjust over 100 grand only to have it reappraised with a white male standing in for

her. the see to believe story of the day. prince's william and harry slam revelations of lies by a bbc reporter to get their mom, princess diana, to commit to an interview that rocked the royal family i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. we begin with the latest on america's vaccination efforts. as of today, over 160 million americans have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. 38% of the population is fully vaccinated president joe biden has set a goal of getting 70% of u.s. adults vaccinated with at least one dose by july 4th states are getting pretty creative with incentives to get americans vaccinated from free and discounted food from metro and gift cards, even pot states continue to one up each other with vaccine rewards but will it work

on thursday maryland's mayor announced a vaccine lottery. ane automatically entered. new york will give you a $20 lottery ticket the pilot kicks off monday, may 24th and runs through friday, may 28th. new york city has started using the prongs zoo as an administration center. all people receiving a vaccine at the zoo get a complementary ticket for a future visit. two counties in georgia are offering certain offenders sentenced to community service the incentive to cut their time by getting vaccinated. nbc's meagan fitzgerald ha frand phillip, good morning. the week started with chicago

mayor lori lightfoot saying she wanted more clarification from the cdc on their new mask guidelines the next day we heard from the city's top health official who said it's strongly encouraged for vaccinated people to wear masks indoors, it's not something they're requiring anymore. putting the onus on businesses to put in place their own mask mandates if so, they have to forfeit. keep in mind, 38% of the population in chicago are fully vaccinated about 48% have one shot. so this is raising a lot of concern and frustration as well as anxiety for business owners take a listen. >> there's a lot of concern about push back. we are not in business to antagonize our clients it puts us in the position of being vaccination police so, you know, any reason to have confrontation with clients is a bad day. >> reporter: now we talked to the city and they said they

understand the frustrations business owners are experiencing, but they say they're going to continue to try and encourage residents here in chicago to wear their masks indoors. ner theless, they are not going to be issuing a mandate on masks. frances and phillip. >> meagan, thank you. overnight in the middle east there were celebrations in the streets. a cease-fire is now in place in israel and hamas after an 11-day long conflict that traumatized communities. nbc's richard engel has the latest from tel aviv >> reporter: after more than 4,000 hamas rockets fired inkrim snantly at israeli cities killing at least 30 and killing 230 including 65 children, a cease-fire israel's cabinet said it unanimously approved a cease-fire

president biden also speaking out. >> my conversations with president netanyahu, i commended him for the decision to bring the current hostilities to a close. >> reporter: but many in israel don't support th saying israel was just fired fit this college student saying every several months hamas decides it wants to shoot at us. albina said we've had so many sees cease-fires, and this always happens again. israel provoked this round with an attack on those praying the rockets and clashes are their only answer. what's not in dispute is that the people of gaza pay attention to this. this man had become popular on youtube as he comforted his children during the israeli

strike then an israeli airstrike next door killed him and his brother. you can hear family members praying for their lives, crying desperately. we reached their house where a surviving brother told us he doesn't want the world to think of killed gazans as victims, but conflicts many in gaza just like in israel do not believe will end with the cease-fire. egypt played a key role in bringing this about. >> richard, thank you. a very rare moment of border patrolship bipartisanship in d.c. president biden signed an anti-asian hate bill nbc's kristin welker has more from the white house >> reporter: there are few bipartisan moments in washington, but this was one of them president biden signing legislation that aims to combat the recent rise in hate crimes, particularly against

asian-americans. the bill inproves hate crime tracking and bolsters support for state and local officials. the president called hatred and racism the ugly poisont indoor gatherings of the biden administration, almost everyone without a mask. >> rare in many ways thanks. breaking news. fast moving brush fire spread your night in santa barbara, california it reached the doors of an nbc news affiliate the employees there, they were able to make it out safely there have not been any reports of injuries. at least one home was damaged. evacuation orders were lifted when the fire was 40% contained. a massive chunk of ice bigger than the state of rhode island has broken off an a antarctic ice shelf. it's named the a-76, it's

roughly 105 miles long and 15 miles wide huge >> let's check in now with nbc meteorologist janessa webb to see what's in store for our weekend right around the corner. hi, good morning. >> hi, good morning. yes. everyone thinking about the weekend. also thinking about this report that was just released from noaa yesterday. above average yet again for the sixth consecutive year where we will see storm after storm they're already starting to brew we're seeing a slight disturbance in the gulf and we're going to watch this one very closely because we've already had saturated ground we've already seen over 20 plus inches this week for sections of southwest indiana. this will continue to flow in throughout the weekend invest 91-l, 21% chance of development. there is circulation on this storm. watching that. now we're watching a disturbance

in the atlantic just south of -- excuse me, just northeast of bermuda where we see a 90% chance of this development by this afternoon this could potentially be our first named storm of the season. thng severe weather for the high plains into the midwest we'll take a look at that weekend forecast coming up >> i like the sound of that. janessa, thanks. could the winning numbers for lottery jack pots be at the bottom of your takeout order new study from open fortun4, ne lottery winners have brought home money from their fortune

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the two issued blistering statements slamming the bbc and the interviewer. >> bbc employees lied and used fake documents to obtain an interview with my mother, made lurid and false claims by the royal family which played on her fears. the interview was a major contribution to making my parents' relationship worse and has since hurt countless others. this comes after an independent allegation that bashir acted inappropriately and breached editorial guidelines to gain access to diana. the network issued a statement apologizing to all affected. shocking video shows a teenage girl who had just given birth and her newborn child to a customer and then walk out the door a pre-school teacher who had been dining jumped into action to administer cpr and moments later that teen was gone

that baby girl is expected to be okay and police were able to track down the 14-year-old who is also in stable condition. she will not face any charges. an 11-year-old girl fends off a predator from tips and orl our kerry sanders spoke to that brave girl >> reporter: just hours after tuesday's disturbing kidnap attempt florida dep discharged 30-year-old jared paul stanga. it wasn't just the surveillance video of the attack at a school bus stop that led to the suspect. 11-year-old alyssa bonal who fought off herr knife wielding abductor had the presence of mind to mark him she was playing with blue slime

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the number of ira millionaires jumped to 300,000 which is an all time high. a woman in indianapolis found the value of her home jump nearly $150,000 after she hid her race our priscilla thompson spoke to her. >> reporter: after her grandmother's death, she set out to buy the family home by refinancing her own house. >> this is a photo of her behind her home with my dad >> reporter: but after receiving two appraisals well below what she thought her home was worth, duffy worried something might be amiss, especially after the second appraisal. >> 110,000. >> 15,000 less than the first one, which was less than three months earlier so duffy tried again this time she didn't disclose her race or gender, only spoke with the appraiser via email and -- >> i took all of these down so they wouldn't be seen. >> reporter: and on the day of the appraisal she found a stand in. >> i met with two of my

girlfriends. both married to white men. i need to borrow one of y'all's husbands. >> a bit skeptical until we saw the results. >> reporter: duffy's home was valued at $259,000, more than double that of her previous two appraisals. >> i screamed with joy i just was -- i was so elated. and then it just -- it quickly dissipated. >> reporter: duffy's experience isn't isolated. >> homes equivalent to their white counterparts in similar social circumstances are underpriced by 23%, about 48,000 per home that adds up to 156 billion in lost equity. >> reporter: this month duffy filed a complaint with the u.s. department of housing and urban development alleging discrimination in both her appraisals and lending process >> you are taking away my family's ability to create

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