Best month on record in may, but brent and wti move lower in early trade. Amid talk, opec and allies will bring forward to the meeting this thursday. The uk government defending its decision to ease lockdown restrictions as more shops and primary schools reopen today, while the track and Trace Program is due to begin. A very warm welcome to street signs, everybody. Lets get into the top story of the morning. Protests around the u. S. Over the death of george floyd continue as increasingly volatile tensions between demonstrators and police leave many state capitals engulfed in violence. The issue has sparked a Global Movement as residents in london and berlin took to the streets in a show of solidarity. Well go live to minneapolis with our nbc news colleague jay gray to see the scenes on the ground later in this show. So, do stay tuned for that in the meantime, let me bring you fresh data coming out of europe this morning we have final may manufacturing pmis this is for the eurozone as
Podcasts. In our final program looking back for president george w. Bushs decision to increase troop levels in iraq, scholars offered their analysis of the surge. From Southern Methodist university this is almost two hours. So its my pleasure to introduce the chair of this panel who is the executive director of the center at the university of texas at austin. And he has, i think, not unique but certainly worth while perspective, duel perspective of being a person who has both studied Decision Making in the white house and been part of Decision Making in the white house. He was a valuable member of really making the Network Connections and the interviews that are the underlying factor and underlying base of this project work. Will, i thank you for. That i turn the mike over to you. Thank you very much, jeff. Im honored to be moderating this panel here with four very dear friends and valued colleagues. There is a concern afoot that as a moderator i may let i got to my head and try toint
His new book spring forward the annual madness of Daylight Savings time gives us a detailed look at something we all participate in although we have little understanding about why we spring forward and fall back each year. Almost 100 years ago congress and lawmakers in every state first debated, ridiculed and the passionately embraced the possibility of saving an hour of daylight. No one can say for sure why we are required by law to change our clocks twice a year. The first to post this scheme . The most authoritative sources suggest that it was a pittsburgh industrialist, woodrow wilson. A man on a horse in london. A manhattan socialite, Benjamin Franklin, one of dashboard in on his makers of anxious chinese and japanese water clocks. Spring forward is a portrait of Public Policy in the 20th century, a perennial cauldron of unsubstantiated science profiteering piety and mr. Renacci shifting timezone boundaries. It is a true delight social comedy with congress in the leading role. Sur
Many say this was the perception of u. S. Immigration laws passing this to unaccompanied children and as we have reported committee on employment rate they are no longer worse than that of the United States. And violence it shows a decline in per capita rate, followed by honduras and guatemala. The memorandum directly contradicts the Obama Administrations earliest rationale for the explosion of young Illegal Immigrants the Unemployment Rates in honduras and guatemala are lower than here in the United States and that the president is asking for millions of dollars to address the border crisis turn it in this includes a deportation process. Jay johnson predictably today noncommittal. You would have to ask him [inaudible] lou republicans have the latest cash grab. Explaining how president obama ignores the real issue. This president and administration wants close to 4 billion speed up the adjudication process. But that does not address the core problem and that is the problem. I have to a
And just goes kablewy. What has this guy all worked up . Something that will bring back great memories for all of aus, friday, january 23, 2015. Afrnlts from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. That little boy reminding me of a young willie geist in some ways. Same reaction still to what hes talking about. Hell explain. Well tell you what he is talking about. Meanwhile, everybody is talking about deflategate. We heard from brady and belichick yesterday. Trying to take the air out of the scandal. Think of the puns i could have made. They are on line. You dont have to look far. Lets get to that. Its our top story, the deflategate scandal. New questions are raised after both new england coach Bill Belichick and tom brady spoke out denying knowing anything about underinflated footballs. Peter alexander is outside in foxborough with the latest. Good morning to you. Repor