Weekend. Icu beds in houston already at 97 capacity. Meantime its mostly business as usual at the white house. President trump is traveling to another key battleground state today. His poll numbers in a nose dive and the Vice President is reportedly urging concerned Senate Republicans, many of them by the way whose states are seeing these surges to focus on encouraging signs, thats acourtiacourt i according to the Washington Post reporting. On this busy day its also decision day at the Supreme Court and waiting for a major decision that could be about abortion, religion, the president s tax returns, we should get that any time now, and we will bring you any news as we get it. But first lets start with nbcs sam brock in houston, now the epicenter of the virus in texas. Joe fryer in scottsdale, arizona and monica alba at the white house. Sam, the Texas Governor now admitting the state is dealing with a massive outbreak, take us inside the situation on the ground where you are. Reporter c
Bad the 47 called mitt romney to apologize. In 2008 my slogan was yes, we can. In 2013 my slogan was controlaltdelete. The dinner was the president s chance to turn the tables on washington to get in jabs at the press. Some of his political opponents, too. Washington seems more dysfunctional than ever. Gridlock has gotten so bad in this town you have to wonder, what did we do to piss off Chris Christie so bad . Of course its an election year. The midterms are on everyones mind including the president who wondered what role hell play as the campaign unfolds. Of course now that its 2014, washington is obsessed on the midterms. Folks are are saying with my sagging poll numbers my fellow democrats dont really want me campaigning with them. Kwo think thats true although i did notice the other day sasha needed a speaker at career day and she invited bill clinton. Obamas biggest laugh of the night came when he turn theed attention to the biggest thorns in his side, speaker john boehner. Im fe
Injuring the other. Richard branson, the billionaire founder of virgin, is expected to be on the scene today, too. Joining me from mojave, california, is jacob rascon. Whos expected to speak at this News Conference . Reporter as promised, the ntsb is here. Theyll probably be here for a few days. Theyre here to look into exactly what went wrong. Also expected on site today, Richard Branson himself here to be with the team and looking into what kind of a setback that will be to the program in general. Fridays test flight was the first since january. It was meant to test a new engine and full mixture, what was supposed to happen was spaceshiptwo would be carried up to about 45,000 feet and then would separate from the mothership, a rocket would then propel it even higher and it would be in suborbit before gliding back to earth. It appears what happened yesterday is that at the moment of separation, only minutes after there was some sort of explosion. One of the pilots, were told, was able
Goodell a report from espn that raises serious questions awhat they knew about the ray rice incident and what they may or may not have done with that information. We begin this morning with what is shaping up to be a potentially historic day in new york. Right now, at this hour, about ten blocks from this building the first expected to be at least 450 buses are discharging passengers for what is being billed as the largest Climate Change march ever. Organizers say they expect anywhere between 100,000 and 400,000 people to march through the streets of new york city today. The demonstration comes just two days before the United Nations host a summit on the issue. The u. N. Summit is planning to join todays march. Former Vice President al gore who devoted public life to raising awareness about Climate Change will also reportedly be marching in new york today. The march and the u. N. Summit this week come as a wave of new report and studies paint a dire picture when it comes to Greenhouse
High noon here in the east. 9 00 a. M. Out west. Become to weekends with alex witt. Breaking news, two americans who had been detained in north korea are on their way home. A short time ago, the state department announced the release of kenneth bae and Matthew Todd Miller. James clapper is personally accompanying the men to the u. S. Bae was arrested two years ago as he entered a northeastern city just near the border with china. North korea says he used his business to form groups to overthrow the government and sentenced him to 15 years hard labor. Matthew todd miller was arrested in april after destroying his tourist visa and demanding asylum. He was sentenced to six years of hard labor for whats described as hostile acts. The release following the release of another american, jeffrey fowle. Ian joins us. What are you hearing . Reporter what we can say for sure is they are on their way home accompanied by James Clapper who was in pyongyang. Whos been in pyongyang since midweek. Alth