I saw that earlier today. Ali, i didnt know what the Nobel Peace Prize looks like either until today. Me either. I just, by the way, had to get rid of my cough drop as we begin this hour. We have some disturbing news from louisiana breaking at this hour, ali. Congressmanelect luke letlow, just elected republican congressman in northern louisiana. He has just died from covid19 tonight. This is a report from wdsu. The nbc affiliate in shreveport, louisiana, saying Congressmanelect Luke Letlow has died after contracting covid19 last week, according to his campaign manager. Letlow, who just turned 41, 41 years old, was getting treatment in the intensive care unit in shreveport, according to an announcement on his twitter page just last week. And ali, this is the kind of news that is so grim to have to report. This is someone just 41 years old. Just elected. Won about 62 of the vote. Very strong republican county there. Congressional district in northern louisiana. And he wont be going to c
Itself for years to come. Weve got the georgia runoffs tomorrow which decide control of the senate and then on wednesday it is President Trumps last stand as electoral votes are counted on capitol hill. All of this is happening as the coronavirus pandemic keeps raging. 352,000 americans are dead. More than 20 million infected. And a Record Number are waking up today in hospitals. But we know that is not where President Trumps head is at. He is still trying to figure out some sort of way to turn his election loss into a win. He failed with the american voters. He failed in court. So now hes resorting to the kind of tactics you might read about in third world countries. Putting pressure on the people in charge to somehow find just enough votes to make thing goes his way. Nbc has learned President Trump tried to reach georgia secretary of state 18 times in the last two months. When the two finally spoke on saturday, here is the message President Trump wanted to send. So look, all i want t
Louisiana, saying Congressmanelect Luke Letlow has died after contracting covid19 last week, according to his campaign manager. Letlow, who just turned 41, 41 years old, was getting treatment in the intensive care unit in shreveport, according to an announcement on his twitter page just last week. And ali, this is the kind of news that is so grim to have to report. This is someone just 41 years old. Just elected. Won about 62 of the vote. Very strong republican county there. Congressional district in northern louisiana. And he wont be going to congress. Louisiana now will have to, at some point, schedule a special election some months away. So that will be a vacant seat. And worth noting he was tested on december 18th, and admitted to hospital on december 19th. This is an unusually fast case of covid developing. A long way to go before the end of this, lawrence. Really is. Thank you, ali. All right. Thank you. A Louisville Police officer who shot and killed Breonna Taylor was not indic
President obama had an informal meeting with part with Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of todays the day of services todays dday observances in french. Hollandes office says there is a possibility of ceasefire talks in ukraine. The question is is it possible . His answer was the ukraine Central Government must explain to the separatists exactly how it intends to devolve power, how it plans to give the separatists more autonomy. Ukraines Central Government must show it and show its will and wisdom. I asked him what he is prepared to do to bring about a ceasefire and he did not answer that question nor did he say what he taught the separatists say to do nor did he what he thought the separatists need to do to get into more substantive peace talks. His answer point out the big problem, it is not an answer that the white house or even france will really appreciate. Hoping president clinton after these discussions is prepared to use his influence on the separatists to try to get them to sit
More of that story this morning, today, friday, february 15th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from bosto boston. And youre looking at a live sh shot. Im matt lauer along with Savannah Guthrie. We are on a friday field trip in boston this morning. We are inside this citys historic hall. Well get into everything that makes boston such a great place. Theres a great crowd outside all fired up. Cant wait to get outside and say hi to them. Meteorite coming out of russia, absolutely terrifying and frightening. This is something you expect to see in a weird movie. You can see that meteorite as its burning, streaks across the skies in the euro mountains overnight, 900 miles of east of moscow. Seconds later you can hear that loud explosion. Unfortunately theres been some injuries this morning. Duncan golestani has more. Reporter traveling at 33,000 Miles Per Hour, no wonder people were panicking. Streaking across an Ea