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General suspends those controversial cutbacks until after the election and Congress Calls him to capitol hill demanding answers College Crisis notre dame, the latest university to suspend inperson classes just one week into the semester the spike in cases is very serious and we must take serious steps to address it. An entire Sorority House in oklahoma now quarantining. Just ahead what schools are trying to do to keep covid off campus state of emergency the National Guard mobilized in california with dozens of wildfires raging across the state. Evacuations underway overnight and a searing heat wave making everything worse all that plus just desserts. The Surprising New girl scout cookie thats already the toast of the town. Today, wednesday, august 19th, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody welcome to today. Nice to have you with us couldnt you go for a french toast cookie got to wait
A scare in the skies over syria passengers heard on an iranian plane as its tailed by a u. S. Fighter jet. And. All the sports the Major League Baseball season in north america is finally on the way to a 4 month delay by the global. Thank you very much for joining us its a world famous landmark thats considered sacred by both muslims and christians turkeys iconic i guess sophia is back in the religious spotlight as show you some live pictures right now from istanbul where friday prayers are about to begin inside the building for the 1st time in 86 see is softer turkeys president or ship typo on declared last week at the. Structure or rigidly built as an Orthodox Christian cathedral will once again be converted into a mosque following a court ruling while the hagia sophia has changed several times since it was built 1500 years ago it was originally the non just church in the eastern roman empire in the christian city of consent an opal now called istanbul in 1453 the city fell to the ot
Meanwhile Federal Reserve not even thinking about raising rates now. Fed chair jay powell saying the current economic down torn is the most severe in our lifetime. Warning containing covid is essential to protecting our health and the economy. Big tech in focus all reporting today, their earnings after the bell, ceos grilled on capitol hill yesterday about anticonservative bias, Business Practices, privacy and china. Highlights from the fiery hearing coming up. Markets this morning pointing to selloff at the start of trading. Take a look at futures indicating decline 216 points right out of the gate, s p lower by 28. Marks rallied yesterday following Federal Reserve decision. The market was up 160 points don oh dow. The nasdaq up 140 and s p up 40 points yesterday. Unrest in america with violence in major cities. And the nba tipping off today, players taking to court in bubble at disney world with empty stands, we will check it out. The ceo of fanduel is here on how the virus is impact
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