A widening government crackdown on demonstrations in the aftermath of the countrys disputed president ial election the oldest 9 polls for president Alexander Lukashenko win a 6th term in Office Protesters say the result was rigged. Hurricane laura is rapidly gaining strength as it bears down on the u. S. Gulf coast its expected to make landfall as a powerful category 4 storm with sustained winds of up to 250 Kilometers Per Hour hundreds of thousands of people in texas and louisiana have been ordered to leave their homes this is news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram at v. W. News or visit our website w dot com. Who is on patrol who is in control of the streets in small town america after 3 nights of protests and violence in commercial wisconsin there is no obvious or easy answer what began as anger over Police Brutality against a black man has quickly morphed into murder in the midst of Armed Civilians 2 people were shot dead tuesday night in whats being called a vigilante
Fast track, our exclusive look inside the labs where researchers are working on a vaccine they hope could be ready by the fall. Volunteers already lining up for trials. I thought, oh, gosh, this is a nobrainer for me because it seems like i could potentially qualify. Straight ahead, is this the breakthrough the world so desperately needs . Ready to stand down the. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg hospitalized after receiving treatment for gallbladder condition. Planning to hear cases today. We have the latest. Those stories, plus life savers. Wedd t nations nurses in a day they wont forget. May 6th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning. Nice to have our west coast viewers with us. It is National Nurses day. Craig is going to head to lennox hill hospital there during shift change. We have a surprise for nurses going home after a long night of work. We have that late
He will meet with the ceo of 3m once he arrives there. That Company Makes in part surgical masks suddenly becoming popular. The Vice President reminded not like you need to run to the pharmacies to stock up to get these things. Rather, it is the care providers who need the products that 3m produces. Listen. It is very important to say that our medical experts made it clear, the American People dont need to buy masks but we want to make sure that people that are caring for the American Public have the proper protective gear, masks and gloves and goggles, to be able to be safe as they administer their care. Reporter thats part of the reason why he is heading to 3m at any moment now. After that the Vice President will head to washington where he will meet with the democratic governor of that state and washingtons Emergency Operations center. As you know 10 people in washington have died due to the coronavirus. The Vice President said he had no concerns at all about traveling to one of the
House ways and Means Committee member texas republican kevin brady to defend tax cuts, Democratic Candidates have been dismissing but more on the fallout from oil tankers reportedly getting hit by torpedoes, at least near the strait of hormuz and area that everybody claims its theirs, we seem to think its international waters, blake berman with more from the white house, hey, blake blake hey, neil, no word on President Trump, Sarah Sanders put out a statement, we are aware of reports on attacks on the ships in the gulf of orman, one of the two oil tankers attacked off the coast of iran is operated by a Japanese Company and right now the japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe just so happens to be in iran, having discussions with aitola, hes trying to dial tensions between u. S. And iran saying he wants to help, avoid a, quote, accidental conflict. America has thousands of Nuclear War Heads and they are not qualified, which country and which country cant, we are qualified because we are aga
This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. President trump is trying to resuscitate the biggest item on his domestic agenda, repealing and replacing obamacare. The senate votes tomorrow on whether to bring a bill to the floor for debate, and the president urged republicans today to keep their Campaign Promises and his and, as he put it, do the right thing. To help make his point, the president went before tv cameras this afternoon with a gathering of americans he described as victims of obamacare. Heres Major Garrett. We as party must fulfill that solemn promise to the voters of this country to repeal and replace what they have been saying for the last seven years. Reporter President Trump was talking about repealing the Affordable Care act, the promise that he and senate prince hammered on 2 campaign trail. Over and over again they said repeal and replace, repeal and replace. Reporter but a repeal bill is stuck in legislative limbo. After failing to move the b