>> kristen, that's right. first to the criticism from congressional democrats, among others, not just progressives but some of the centrists, folks like tim kaine and chris murphy, the president used that as potential leverage behind the scenes in his conversations with benjamin netanyahu, israeli prime minister, to say there is not the support in the congress that may have existed in the past on this. you talk about the quiet, intensive diplomacy. among the priorities for this 3rez was to end the violence as soon as possible, refocus on his domestic agenda. it was much more muted his strategy in terms of its style and public facing elements to it but much more hardlined in terms of the message in terms of substance. 80 calls to the administration and foreign counterparts, six calls between the president and benjamin netanyahu yesterday, the first call with the prime minister in egypt with -- excuse me, with president el-sisi. they did mention it was a very fragile cease-fire. this behind-the-scenes incident w

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kristen, peter? >> sarah harmon in london for us, thank you. >>> senate democrats are slamming republicans and their loyalty to former president trump after republicans voted against forming a bipartisan commission investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. monica alba has more. >>> presumptive came out against it, worrying about whether results of the independent panel could be used as a political weapon in next year's midterm. democrats may pursue a select committee to look into the siege which would only require a majority in the house of representatives. in the chamberection took place voted to block an independent commission to investigate the january 6th attack. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: it failed 54-35. six votes short of the necessary 60. despite leadership's encouragement to defeat legislation, six republicans joined democrats in supporting it, including bill cassidy, susan collins, lisa murkowski, rob portman, mitt romney, and ben sasse. pat toomey saying he wou

i was tricky, kristen, you're good at this. the reason i had to throw this in there, remember, with the school year starting and the eua coming for 12 to 15-year- olds, it's something to keep in mind. there are vaccines your teens, your older children may be eligible for, call your dr. , so you can space them out appropriately. if you can't, the risk still i'm sorry, the benefit still vastly outweighs any potential risk. >> serves me right. i should've listened to our viewers on facebook. most went with b. stephanie even weighed in and said, i had to wait two weeks to get my covid vaccine after another type of vaccination. so, hello, facebook friends. >> stephanie, stephanie is on top of it. >> especially kudos to stephanie. more learning will play take place right now. i want to ask about herd immunity, when a large enough portion of the population becomes immune it makes it hard for the disease to find people to spread to. is that an all or nothing proposition? or can we have degrees of herd immunity? >> i'm so glad, kristen,

we will talk to ben jealous about the fight over kristen clarke's confirmation. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the death toll in gaza has reached at least 119 as israel escalates its aerial assault and fires heavy artillery at the besieged territory ahead of a possible ground invasion. israeli attacks have killed at least 31 pestinian children, many under the age of 10. gaza authorities report 40% of the victims in the israeli strikes have been women and children. residents of khan younis described huddling in their homes during the eid al-fitr holiday as bombs exploded around them. >> we can't enjoy the celebration because our neighbors got hit. my neighbor and her daughter were killed. we are like one family. we are very sad. the israeli forces stole the cheer of eid from the children. they are terrified and panicked. amy: over 830 palestinians have been wounded so far this week but gaza's hospital systems are on the verge of collapse as doctors face shortages of medicine and re

in new york just sort of simmering down everything we've heard from these various delegates kristen is it clear that they're as worried as the u.n. secretary general i think he said a couple of hours ago maybe now that if this does not stop it could spill over into being a conflict that simply couldn't be contained. absolutely and his special coordinator for the middle east who are venice la and said that this. not only has potential for getting more violent in israel palestine but also of spilling over and inflaming extremist views on either side and other parts of the world as well so that. invoking the threat to international peace and security that the security council is sensibly here to protect against we heard just now from the u.k. ambassador going through the list of talking points that we've heard so many council members reiterate over and over again the need for a cease fire the ukase offer to help broker a cease fire encouraging the parties to to work with mediators condemning the firing of rockets into civilian populations and calling on the israelis to exercise restraint

kristen? >> peter alexander at the white house. peter, thank you >>> and we will be back in just 60 seconds with new clues and a possible motive in that deadly mass shooting in california >>> plus, the latest major hack who's behind it? >>> with the high-stakes summit between president biden and russian president vladimir putin just weeks away, an urgent new crisis at the forefront another hacking against the u.s. government being blamed on russia our pete williams has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: the latest attack hit the state department's agency for international development, usaid, which distributes america's foreign aid. the hackers inserted malware that sent what appeared to be genuine usaid emails to more than 150 recipients including human rights groups and other organizations that have been critical of russia's president vladimir putin in a blog post microsoft says the attack came from a threat actor called nobelium, originating from russia. the same group behind the

peter, kristen? >> hard to fathom the challenge in a country with a population of 1.4 billion people. molly hunter, thanks so much. >>> with the first 100 days of the biden administration in the books, they're hitting the road to sell the $4 trillion infrastructure and family proposal. >> among those leading the effort, transportation secretary pete buttigieg. i joined him on amtrak from raleigh to greensboro friday, and started by asking the secretary about the criticism that it is too big and too expensive. >> when people talk about infrastructure, they think about roads and bridges and rails. republicans say they'll do a deal on that right now. if it is so urgent, why not take the deal, worry about housing and elder care after. >> we are interested in talking to the republicans, but we believe these are together. anything getting the way of leading a good life or joining the work force is something to tackle in infrastructure. let's keep talking about getting a deal. >> you're open to breaking it

kristen welker is at the white house right now. kristen, a lot of people are going to be watching this move. >> reporter: lester, there is high anticipation with facebook set to announce tomorrow whether it will reinstate the account of former president trump. facebook banned him after the capitol attack mark zuckerberg saying then the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service are too great. republicans blasted the ban as tech company censorship of conservatives and tonight mr. trump, who's also banned from twitter, launched a website to post messages to supporters it comes amid a growing republican divide. third ranking house republican liz cheney has been sharply critical of mr. trump, prompting top house republican kevin mccarthy to say her colleagues are concerned about her ability to be a gop leader lester. >> kristen welker at the white house, thanks. >>> as this country moves toward the withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan by september 11th, many afghans tonight are fearful the taliban will sweep b

kristen's mom.rn half of the country. i mean, we do need the rain in the northeast, and we're going to get a lot of it we are requesting to see cooler temperatures, too, highs only in the 50s. yes, it is chilly, but it does dry out. saturday looks nice for most areas, a little settled in the east coast up into new england a little chilly very warm and sunny in the southwest. on sunday it does start to turn warmer to the 60s and 70s in the great lakes. 80s in southeast more wet weather moves into the plains scattered storms, isolated severe storms and on monday for memorial day itself still stormy in the middle of the country but meteorologist kari hall. we take a welcome at our seven-day forecast. it's going to be very comfortable today, highs in the low 80s for the inland areas. more of the same tomorrow and then even slightly cooler on saturday. by sunday, a warming trend begins and we'll reach into the upper 80s in some spots, and by memorial day, mid-90s in the forecast. it's going to feel like

salumi our correspondent following that so kristen just listening to 1st off the u.s. ambassador to the united nations it was clearly the ambassador talking sounded a lot like mr biden however. indeed although she took great pains to point out the suffering that's happening on both sides of this conflict this is the 3rd meeting that the security council has had in just 6 days is the 1st open meeting and the 1st chance for all countries to put their views on the table formally in this international setting. so far the united states have been resistant to that this is the 1st time that the council was able to come together because of u.s. resistance and we heard linda thomas greenfield who also is a member of biden's cabinet mentioned echoing some of his talking points she talked about the human toll of this conflict and the. i think sought to bolster the reputation of the united states here which has been taking some heads as being the ones who have been blocking international action pointing out that the u.s. has been very engaged with regional partners she pointed out

kristen: thanks for having me.ld say take your picture, that is not the outcome we expect to play out. what we are seeing in the trend take hold in foreign exchange markets is very much what most of our investor base expected coming into 2021. the view was that a broader reflationary environment would lead to a dollar trending lower on the back of cap the real rates, expanding u.s. deficits, and plenty of dollar liquidity. what we actually encountered was this u.s. exceptionalism narrative, where you had outperformance with perspective vaccine rollout, outperformance with respect to growth, and obviously that translated into repricing in u.s. rates. it was the speed of the moving u.s. rate, and addition to the fact that there were some lingering concerns around a fed policy mistake, that underpinned the dollar in the first quarter, but it was really about the dollar providing an alternative to growth and an option for safety. coming into the second quarter, the u.s. data has still been good, but you are starting to

kristen dahlgren now on the explosion in potentially disease-carrying ticks. >> reporter: on a recent expedition in coastal connecticut, this researcher was amazed >> 200 longhorned ticks on myself. that's within two minutes. >> reporter: the longhorned tick first found in the u.s. in 2017 it's known to devastate livestock. researchers are still investigating what it could pass to humans he also found gulf coast ticks, common in the southeast, now spreading into new england. other research shows black-legged ticks similar to ones known to spread lyme disease are now prolific near northern california beaches. scientists calling this year the perfect storm. a mild winter and abundant rain just as people are heading outside in droves. doctors recommend wearing light-colored clothing, tucking pants into socks and spraying with repellent. changing clothes and showering asap and always do a tick check on you and your children the lab is usually sent 3,000 ticks a year for testing they've already gotten 2,200 in the first five months of 2021, a sign ticks are out in force and a warning more

kristen clark is a dedicated and serious civil rights lawyer. rachel, she's not only the first black woman to be confirmed for this post, but the first woman to be confirmed for this post. that's because of the derailment of the nomination of lonny gweniere in the early '90s. she was subjected to the smear campaign they tried on kristen clarke and bonita gupta. but i'm proud for our community fighting back and for fighting for these two extraordinary women that will be bringing this wealth of civil rights experience into the department of justice. so i think we are going to see a lot more changes happen. they have their hands full. it's not just policing, let's be clear. you just did some extensive segments on voting rights, what's happening in arizona with the audit. there's a lot of work for the department of justice to do the civil rights division that was essentially stood up during bill barr and jeff sessions and i suppose matt whitaker's tenure as attorney general. so they have a lot to do to pull the department up. it's already happening,

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lester >> okay, kristen, thank you. >>> now to the hunger crisis in america.taggering 1 in 8 people are reportedly having food insecurity even in places that may surprise you here's cynthia mcfadden >> reporter: despite these amber fields of grain, america's heartland is hungry. in iowa 1 in 7 children struggle with hunger in nebraska it's 1 in 6. brian barks runs a food bank that stretches over 93 counties in those states we followed their work since the start of the pandemic, when things were really rough. how are things now >> still hard. we have not seen a light at the end of the tunnel people are still struggling and still hurting. >> reporter: food bank for the heartland was started 40 years ago >> you grab the onion? got the bread? >> reporter: while there have been plenty of hard times over the years, nothing has been as rough as this. >> how many in your household? >> five. >> reporter: the month before the pandemic struck they were spending $80,000 a month on food. and now -- >> we will spend about $1.5 million per month purchasing food. >> reporter:

kristen some strong wed. so far this morning from speakers. the question is, what do we expect to actually be achieved from this meeting? while we've heard an impassioned call for action coming from several high level officials from countries in the arab world, middle east, and the muslim world who are particularly concerned about the situation on the ground in the middle east in gaza, in particular. and the possibility of that spilling over into a regional conflict in inflaming extremism and anger throughout the region. so what we are hearing is many things, but some certain themes that keep repeating one is the call for an immediate cease fire. we heard a big focus on the humanitarian situation in gaza, which many have compared to an open air prison. they've talked about the fact that a 3rd of the casualties among palestinians have been women and children. of course israeli citizens have died here as well. but what many of the speakers are pointing to is proportionality, which is an issue under international law, the palestinians here are co

kristen clarke's credentials for this job are unimpeachable. unable to undermine her nomination on the merits, senate republicans have engaged in a vicious smear campaign against kristen clarke because they are afraid she'll actually do her job. they are afraid she'll enforce our civil rights laws, challenge discriminatory voting laws, combat systemic racism and policing, and protect the lgbtq community. this work is urgently needed after the civil rights division endured four years of intentional neglect and outright hostility during the trump administration. during his four years in office, the trump administration brought only a single case -- one -- under the voting rights act, even as states like georgia, ohio, and wisconsin worked to suppress the votes by targeting people of color. the previous administration also effectively ended the use of consent decrease to bring police departments into compliance with the constitution. it abandoned this critical tool at the worst possible moment, as the nation watched black americans like george flo

kristen welker is at the white house. kristen, pressure is growing on president biden to be more forceful in his call for a cease-fire where do things stand tonight? >> reporter: lester, the white house says diplomatic discussions are ongoing. and that's the best way to reduce the violence but progressives have demanded more pressure on israel. in michigan congresswoman rashida tlaib, the only palestinian-american member of congress, had an intense conversation with the president. her office saying she told him palestinian human rights are not a bargaining chip. the president said publicly he's praying for her family in the west bank. lester >> kristen welker, thank you. >>> the white house says the country is making progress against covid, but confusion is still rampant over mask wearing. here's miguel almaguer with that. >> reporter: with at least five states ending face mask mandates this week, by the middle of next month the u.s. may finally be a united nation, broadly implementing the cdc's new guidance for the fully

radio the french ambassador to the united nations we're in conversation with kristen salumi. correspondent following what's going on on the diplomatic front in the united states so kristen the french really mirroring what we've heard from pretty much every other delegate so far which is this could get a lot worse before it gets any better. absolutely and he ended with a strong call for the security council to come together and make unanimous call for an end to the hostilities he started out by talking about the spiral of violence and concern there which he blamed largely on a lack of a political process and a lack of political prospects for the palestinians he also blamed the settlement activity and evictions and called for an end to those things in his capacity while of course also affirming israel's right to self-defense and decrying the civilian casualties on both sides since he also talked about concern about spillover pointing to the attacks coming from lebanon into israel as what the international community could face if the situation is not gotten under control but i w

more than 6,600 in one year kristen welker is at the white house for us kristen, there was broad support for this >> reporter: lester, 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 improves hate crime tracking and bolsters support for state and local officials. the president called hatred and racism the ugly poison that has long haunted our nation it's worth noting this was one of the first large indoor gatherings of the biden administration almost everyone without a mask lester >> kristen welker at the white house. thank you. >>> in florida this week an 11-year-old girl was able to escape from a man police say tried to kidnap her and did something else that's remarkable kerry sanders with a story that could have been written for tv. >> reporter: just hours after tuesday's disturbing kidnap attempt florida deputies charged 30-year-old jared paul stanga with attempted kidnapping of a child under 13 and aggravated assault and bat

. >> hi there, i'm kristen sze. welcome to our daily program, getting answers. we asked experts your questions everyday 3:00 to get answers for you in real time. today, we will break down a new report showing the cost of living in california californiaa especially when you have kids. and the discrepancies that we are seeing, based on race and gender. >>> but first, state leaders join governor knutson at his economic recovery plan news conference today, including san francisco assembly member phil ting, who joined us now to talk more about it. assembly man king, good to see you. >> her to see you, kristen. >> is a law to break down this recovery plan. what was the biggest take away for you that you want to understand? >> the biggest take away is that we are very focused on helping working families, middle-class families, who really struggled through this pandemic. we know the aid they have gone from the federal government has helped. we have done some aid, we are just trying to expand that aid and really making sure that those that need our help are getting it. >

she was addicted to the smear campaign that they tried and kristen clark.ho is now associate attorney general. but i'm really proud of the community for fighting back, for fighting for these two extraordinary women who are going to be bringing the swath of civil rights experience in the department of justice. and so organization lot more changes happening. now they've got their hands full. it's not just placing, let's be clear. we just did an extensive segments this week on voting rights, what's happening in arizona with the audit. there's a lot of work for the department of justice to do the civil rights division during bill barr and jeff sessions as opposed to matt whitaker's tenure as attorney general. so there's a lot to do to pull the department up. it's already happening and it's going to i think defy -- they've been dear friends of mine but i'm going to be pushing them from the outside as government lawyers and i'm gonna be in my role as a civil rights lawyer. >> i have absolutely no doubt about that whatsoever and it is heartening to hear you say an

. >> hi there, i'm kristen sze. are watching getting answers live on abc7, hulu wherever you stream carefully asked experts your questions every day at 3:00 to get answers for you in real time to just want to let you know, we are standing by for an abc news special report. that could happen any second now. president biden is expected to speak. after he talked with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, just a short while ago. he will be addressing the violence there. but come in the meantime, we do want to tell you, today on the show, we'll talk about the news california is redesigning math for public schools. what does this mean for your kids? we will also prioritize mental health. we will bring in a psychologist to answer your questions about anxiety and stress as california gets closer to a full reopening. but first, the reason we are getting close reopening is because of the extremely low covid numbers in california now. but the attention now turns to vaccine status and dropping the mask mandate. joining us now to t

joining me now is nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker and also on the ground nbcengel. good to see you both. kristen, let me start with you because the language around the cease-fire has been such an intense focus here. there's pressure mounting from democrats on the president to go further than he has. why have they essentially stopped short of making this demand that we are seeing many other democrats make? >> white house press secretary jen psaki was on defense for that very reason, kasie, when she spoke with reporters on their way to michigan, she got pressed on that very point, why not make this call publicly for a cease-fire? the white house's argument is look, the negotiations, the diplomacy that goes on behind the scenes is far more important, that's where the real work happens. psaki noted there have been more than 60 phone calls with officials in the region and the white house in recent days, including, of course, between president biden and prime minister netanyahu when he did convey on monday that he supported a cease-fire. but he stopped short of dire

joining me for insight and analysis, nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker. former democratic congresswoman donna edwards. "new york times" chief white house correspondent peter baker and republican strategist, brendan buck. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. we're going to get to all the news about the cdc mask recommendations including the confusion that's resulted from the surprise announcement. we'll begin with the fighting between israel and ham maz. one day after the israelis target and demolished pa building in gaza housing -- richard, on friday you and i talked about this. you said hamas and the israeli government were looking for an exit ramp. why can't they find it? >> reporter: well, i think still that both sides do seem to want to find a way that they can declare victory. they both have a lester holt of interest in doing that. israel so far has not invaded the gaza strip and it could ha

kristen salumi al jazeera, the united nations. let's return now to breaking news and within the last job, hong calling me to talk in jimmy ly at being sentenced to 14 months in jail for his role, an anti government protest in 2001, 900. we can cross now to allow, who is the chair woman of the international affairs committee of a democratic party of hong kong. also a former member of the chargers legislative council joined us on scott now from hong kong and indeed understand, i believe just come straight from the court. tell us more about how you feel about it. what your reaction is. well, i feel very sad, of course, to see so many of my colleagues being given such long sentences. well, they admitted to taking part in an authorized assembly, but it was peaceful. they never corner on the participants to resort to violence or go up cause me to on that day. they were things are violent, but they did not call me for that. and it's very sad that they are given such long sentences. i want the international community to know that we in ho

but first, chief white house correspondent kristen welker. kristen, with the president addressing the nation and giving us a covid update, the implications of us not getting to herd immunity, the vaccine hesitancy issue that is running mostry a problem in rural america, what solution are they coming up with to address this? >> chuck, i think their goal is going to be a more aggressive approach towards dealing with those who are hesitant about taking the vaccine, but also the second piece of what you say, which is really the critical part of this, chuck, getting to people in more rural, more hard-to-reach areas and making sure that the vaccines are reaching those people who need it most. taking a step back, i think what we're going to hear from president biden is an update on all of that and those efforts, particularly as we head into the summer. and as we head into that new benchmark that he set, which is by july 4 and, he wants people to be able to gather without masks for small gatherings for parties, for small celebrations. that's, already

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," with peter alexander, kristen welker and dylan dreyer. >>> and welcome to "today." thank you so much for joining us on this saturday morning. dylan is enjoying the weekend off. peter, good to be with you. that move by simone biles, that will wake you up on a saturday morning. it's called the yurchenko double pike, tough to pronounce and tougher to pull off. >> i feel like i did that once while skiing, but that was not on purpose. no woman has ever done this in competition. this is going to be her first competition in 18 months today in indianapolis. there will be tons of people watching to see if she can make it happen. >> a lot of people getting excited for the olympics as they watch. we'll have more on that. >>> first let's get to our top story, double trouble on the weather front. the first named storm of the season in the atlantic and another system drenching the gulf coast this morning. nbc's blayne alexander is following both of them for us. good morning. what's the latest on the ground there? >> reporter: good morning to you. this

both vanita gupta and kristen m. clarke have expensive endorsements from law enforcement organizations. and, yet, when they were characterized on the floor of the senate by their critics, they were characterized as haters of police and law enforcement. it just mystifies me how senators can come to the floor knowing these organizations and believe that these two women have hood winked them into believing they support law enforcement. the women and men in law enforcement aren't pushed around and arnt easily deceived -- aren't easily deceived. they endorse these two women and we have kristen m. clarke record has been supported. consider this statement from schaffer david mahoney from davis county, wisconsin, recently stepped down from the national sheriff's association. it is a powerful organization. sheriff mahoney wrote and i want to quote his words after some of the outrageous charges made against ms. clarke this afternoon. she wrote, building trust between law enforcement and communities is essential for law enforce

saying kristen. well adrian in the last hour or 2 we've had statements from the secretary general and from the president of the general assembly but we're still not getting any word from the security council which did hold an emergency meeting on monday but no those formal statements coming from them as of yet the president of the general assembly volkan boss here perhaps issuing the strongest statements from the united nations condemning the attacks against civilians and religious places including recent airstrikes in gaza he called on israel to abide by its obligations under international law and he called on the u.n. to act immediately to get israel to uphold those obligations and protect palestinians whom he said are bearing the brunt of the ongoing violence in in the occupied territories and in israel and he said that he's willing to call a meeting if other member states are willing to ask for what this was a statement that he released on twitter the secretary general for his part issued a state

our own kristen welker. great to see you, my friend. >> thank you. >>> we're following several new developments this morning. one in california over that rail yard shooting that left nine people dead, including vigils taking place to remember each life lost. >> paul was a wonderful husband and father full of love. >> he was my dad and much more than that to me. he was my hero, my idol. >> his colleagues told me that your brother is a fighter, and when he heard the shots, when he saw that everybody's life was in danger, his first reaction was to tell other people, hey, run to safety. >> give your love ones a kiss good-bye. because that was the last i got. >> at this hour -- it's hard to talk about this. at this hour police are getting a better picture of the moments leading up to the shooting, including a possible motive. jake ward is in san jose. jake, this is a rough story to cover. you've been out there for the last two days. what are authorities telling you? >> well, stephanie, at this hour new surveillan

kristen welker -- >> it wouldn't surprise me. >> exactly. and, kristen welker, the implications for the president's program. he also has divisions on the democratic side. and they couldn't even getting the voting rights bill out of the senate, and the senate rules committee in that evenly divided senate rules committee. going forward, joe manchin is against it. key parts of his program are still not heading toward any kind of successful vote. >> reporter: i think you're right, there are divisions in the democratic party, joe manchin. they are very concerned about his proposal to increase taxes and others want broad sweeping changes and pushing for the increases in taxes. that is where the president has a lot of work to do to unify his party to get his proposals over the finish line not to mention trying to get something done with bipartisan support. that was a key part of his campaign promise that he was going to be a president who would usher in a new spirit of bipartisanship. he wasn't able to do that with that first piece of legislation t

lester >> kristen welker at the white house. thank you. >>> in just 60 seconds we'll tell you about the big safety recall by peloton involving its popular treadmills >>> and what's now driving more americans to retire sooner than later. what you need to know. >>> after the death of a child and numerous injuries peloton reversed course today ordering a safety recall of more than 100,000 treadmills stephanie gosk explains >> reporter: for so many peloton has been the secret to coping with pandemic lockdowns. now the company is announcing a voluntary recall of its tread and tread plus treadmills the consumer products safety commission says one child has died and there have been more than 70 incidents, including a brain injury >> with adult users, children, pets and objects being pulled underneath the machine, it's a grave situation. >> reporter: back in april the agency warned people not to use the tread plus if they had children or pets, releasing this video of a toddler who escaped without injury >> did you three weeks ago ask pe

kristen dahlgren on what you need to know. >> reporter: it's a big day for the williamson family. >> oh, i'm so excited. >> reporter: 15-year-old marshall is getting his covid vaccine. but 9-year-old trixie is still too young >> i'm really confused >> reporter: so are a lot of families. >> does this new guidance change anything for kids who aren't vaccinated? >> no. they still need to continue those prevention measures. >> reporter: that means continuing to mask up inside or when you can't social distance >> what about children under 2 who can't wear a mask >> it's really the individuals that are around them. so the adults in their lives need to make sure that they're taking appropriate precaution >> reporter: especially getting vaccinated yourself and making sure that child isn't exposed. as crowds begin to gather again and places reopen -- >> if possible to be outdoors, that would be ideal but if not then you can bring them into the restaurant they likely would be wearing a mask and then taking off that mask during the meal >> reporter: what about bringing an unvaccinated child to

after a mild flu season doctors fear it could come roaring back later this year here's kristen dahlgren >> reporter: just when you were ready to get back out there, the pandemic perhaps ready to take another toll after a year of hardly any seasonal flu cases doctors are predicting a possible surge >> it is expected that these viruses will start circulating at high levels again. >> reporter: thanks to masks and social distancing there have been fewer than 2,000 lab-confirmed cases of the flu this season to date, a tiny fraction of what we normally see. but while covid-19 mitigation may have lessened the spread of the seasonal flu it may have also left especially children. >> there are more susceptible kids than there has ever been in a given flu year because those kids didn't have the opportunity to be infected with flu. >> reporter: while no one can predict how bad the flu season will get, doctors say there is a way to take control. >> you want to stay out of the hospital? you want to not die of flu? well, then get your flu vaccine. >> reporter: doctors suggest getting your vaccine in e

as a hero. >> he's afraid of heights. >> reporter: who jumped into the role at just the right time kristen dahlgren, nbc news >> i think hero fits him quite well >>> now a follow-up to a story you saw right here more than two years after a viral video of students led to calls for anti-racism education in a texas town, opponents of that plan won big. here's antonia hylton. >> reporter: this week voters in southlake, texas sent a strong message. nine months after the school district proposed a diversity and inclusion plan voters gave a landslide victory to conservative city and school board candidates opposed to it >> if that's not a mandate, i don't know what is. >> reporter: the plan, developed after a 2018 viral video of students chanting the n word, first had the community united but then some parents saw it as an effort to discriminate against white students >> there will be no home for this toxic ideology here in southlake. >> reporter: many believing the school can address racist incidents with its existing code of conduct. >> so now the work begins >> reporter: southlake's candidates

we are joined by chris -- kristen welker and others. kristen, first to you. the president aren't being helped reaching 70% of adults being vaccinated by july 4. how will he tackle that? >> that will be the focus when the president meets with six governors, a bipartisan group. you see the governors of ohio, massachusetts, maine, minnesota and new mexico. some of these states are already getting quite creative in terms of reaching people in hard to reach places. that's really the challenge. so you have a number of those states offering varying incentive, partnering with groups to try to increase vaccine confidence but compatibility. there will be a new partnership with lyft and u ber to give free rides to people to get vaccinated as well as working with colleges to get that population vaccinated. this comes down to confidence and accessibility. those are the issues that the president and governors are going to try to tackle when they meet today. this is just six governors. the country is nowhere near the 70% benchmark the president has targeted for july 4 so it